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The Tennessee Volunteers have released their 2010 schedule.  The 56 game slate has the Vols playing thirty five home games, including fifteen home SEC contests.  The Vols will begin the season at home against 2009 Regional participant Xavier (Feb. 19-21).  The non-conference portion of the schedule is highlighted by two tournaments in Knoxville, one in which the Volunteers will host Binghamton and Kennesaw State (March 5-7) and the other in which Tennessee hosts Connecticut, Ohio State, and Marshall (March 12-14). 

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, SEC, SWAC, Tennessee, Texas Southern

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The city of Monroe LA is building a new baseball field for the Monroe School District which College Baseball HOF inductee Wilbert Ellis showing his support for the field. He believes that this project should increase the African-American participation numbers which are clearly down at all levels of baseball especially college. It is coming to be a rare site to see an African-American playing baseball as we continue to see the increase in showcases and other forms of elite amateur baseball play.

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Tags: College Baseball Hall of Fame, Grambling State, SWAC

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BATON ROUGE, La. – Kyle Knudson’s two-out RBI single plated Matt Nohelty with the winning run as second-seeded and 21st-ranked Minnesota knocked off fourth-seeded Southern 11-8 in Saturday afternoon’s elimination game at Alex Box Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Baton Rouge Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big Ten, CBB Column, CBB Visit, Minnesota, Southern, SWAC

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BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU took advantage of a pair of errors and broke out for seven seventh-inning runs to erase a 2-1 deficit, and the Tigers held on to beat Southern 10-2 in the opening game of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Friday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Baton Rouge Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, CBB Column, LSU, SEC, Southern, SWAC

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Here is your ACC Recap for May 16th.

UNC 8 Boston College 1

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Duke 5 Georgia Tech 4

DURHAM, N.C. – Jake Lemmerman hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the seventh inning to lead Duke to a 5-3, series-clinching win over No. 7 Georgia Tech Saturday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Grambling State, Miami (FL), NC State, SWAC, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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Here is your ACC Recap for May 15th. The biggest news was that Duke clinched the final spot in the ACC Tournament by beating Georgia Tech 6-4.

Duke 6 Georgia Tech 4

DURHAM, N.C. – Andrew Wolcott tossed a nine-inning complete game and held No. 7 Georgia Tech to four runs to lead Duke to a 6-4 win Friday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Grambling State, Miami (FL), NC State, SWAC, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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With Texas locking up the Big 12 regular season championship last weekend, it’s a battle for second place in the conference this weekend.  Oklahoma and Texas A&M both sit at 14-10 in conference play, and the two teams face off in Norman this weekend with a potential NCAA host spot on the line.  Kansas and Kansas State face off in a split series, with the first game in Manhattan on Friday and the remaining two games in Lawrence.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama AM, Baylor, Big 12, Big 12 Weekend Preview, Cal State Bakersfield, CBB Column, Independents, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, SWAC, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech

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Here is your ACC Recap for May 14th.

Boston College 3 North Carolina 1

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College baseball team earned its spot in the 2009 ACC Championship with a 3-1 win against No. 4 North Carolina on Thursday at Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Commander Shea Field.

It will be the first time that the Eagles have advanced to the conference tournament since its first season in the league in 2006. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Grambling State, Miami (FL), NC State, SWAC, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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We enter the final weekend of ACC play with four squads fighting it out for the last two spots in the conference tournament. Boston College and Duke are currently in the drivers seats for the final two spots as each of them would have to get swept over the weekend for either NC State or Virginia Tech to make the tournament. The final weekend sees five ACC series while Florida State steps out of conference with a series against Grambling State. The North Carolina Tar Heels make their second trip to Boston College in a key series for the Eagles. Georgia Tech heads to Duke which is key for both squads as the Yellow Jackets are trying to hold off the North Carolina Tar Heels for the Coastal Division title. The battle of Virginia takes place this weekend in Blacksburg with Virginia Tech hosting the Virginia Cavaliers. The final two series sees Clemson heading to NC State and Miami (FL) heading to Wake Forest. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Boston College, CBB Column, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Grambling State, Miami (FL), NC State, SWAC, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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#23 Texas A&M 7 #3 Rice 3

HOUSTON – Brooks Raley went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and Barret Loux struck out nine batters to lead No. 23 Texas A&M to a 7-3 win at No. 1 Rice Tuesday night before 4,541 fans at Reckling Park.
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Tags: Arkansas Pine Bluff, Baylor, Big Ten, Conference USA, Creighton, Indiana State, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rice, SWAC, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Texas AM, UT-Arlington, Wichita State

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The Big 12 had six teams in action on Wednesday.  The conference had a pretty good showing on the day, going 4-2 overall with some blowout wins.  Here is Wednesday’s Big 12 recap.

#11 Baylor 14, Prairie View A&M 1

WACO, Texas — Seventh-ranked Baylor sent 15 batters to the plate in an 11-run first inning and coasted to a 14-1, seven-inning victory over Prairie View A&M in midweek action Wednesday night at Baylor Ballpark. Baylor (18-7) improved to 5-0 all-time against Prairie View A&M (15-14) with the win.

Baylor’s 11-run first inning was one run shy of the school record for first-inning runs. The Bears enjoyed a 12-run first inning in the second game of a doubleheader March 17, 1986, against Dallas Baptist. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Baylor, Big 12, Big 12 Recap, Creighton, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, New Mexico, Northern Colorado, Oklahoma State, Prairie View AM, Saint Louis, SWAC, Tabor, Texas Tech

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Here is your ACC Recap for March 24th.

Ohio State 7 #2 Miami (FL) 1

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A trio of Ohio State pitchers, led by starter and winner Alex Wimmers (now 5-0), one-hit the No. 2 Miami Hurricanes and the Buckeye bats did more than enough to secure a 7-1 victory Tuesday before 1,755 fans at Alex Rodriguez Park. Ohio State, ranked 16th in the Collegiate Baseball poll, improves to 18-3 with the win while Miami, No. 2 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll, falls to 18-5. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Alabama AM, America East, Atlantic Sun, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Davidson, Elon, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, George Mason, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Hartford, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, Ohio State, Southern Conference, SWAC, Towson, UNC, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington, USC-Upstate, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest