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Kendall Rogers of Rivals continues his previews of conferences around the country today with the Big West. He believes that the Big West has nothing to worry about this year as they are deeper then usual as Cal-State Fullerton and UC-Irvine are contenders for a CWS bid.

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Tags: Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Cal-Poly, Cal-State Northridge, Fall Ball, Long Beach State, Pacific, Rivals, UC-Davis, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, UC-Santa Barbara

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The College Baseball Blog staff recently got together to start discussing the 2010 season. We have each put out our 2010 picks for the College World Series. The most popular selection is Texas showing up on all six ballots with LSU, Cal-State Fullerton, and Virginia showing up on five of them. There are seven different conferences represented and 17 different schools listed. You can check out each writer’s prediction below.

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Tags: 2010 CWS, 2010 Season Preview, ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kansas, Minnesota, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Texas, UC-Irvine, UCLA, UNC, Virginia

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

IRVINE, Calif. — Three first-time opponents dot the 2010 UC Irvine baseball schedule as announced today by head coach Mike Gillespie.

UC Irvine opens the season against Loyola Marymount Feb. 19-21, and then travels to Myrtle Beach, SC, to compete in the Coastal Carolina Tournament. The games will be played at BB&T Coastal Field, home of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, the advanced-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. UCI takes on the Chanticleers Thursday (Feb. 25) and Saturday (Feb. 27) in their first-ever meetings and also tackle first-time opponents North Carolina State (Feb. 26) and James Madison (Feb. 28) in tournament action.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Big West, UC-Irvine

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Kitsap Blue Jackets 3, Corvallis Knights 1 (20 innings) (completion of suspended game)
Corvallis Knights 6, Kitsap Blue Jackets 3 (13 innings)

The Kitsap Blue Jackets play their home games at the Kitsap Fairgrounds and Events Center near Bremerton, WA, which is a one-hour ferry ride west of Seattle.

A wild West Coast League evening started with the completion of a game that was suspended after 16 innings on June 17 with the score 1-1, because the lights went out at 11 PM. It took another four innings to settle it. Andy Bethel (Washington) hit a ball into shallow center field with the bases loaded in the bottom of the twentieth inning. The outfielder dropped it to allow the winning run to score. Cody Hevner (hasn’t picked a college yet) got the win, and Steve Kalush (Santa Clara) got the loss. Box score and play-by-play The Knights defeated the Blue Jackets 1-0 the previous night (Liam Baron [Linn-Benton CC] pitched a three-hit shutout), and Blue Jackets owner Rick Smith, a Bremerton attorney, was quick to point out that his team had held the Knights, ranked #3 nationally by Perfect Game Crosschecker, to a total of two runs over 29 innings. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Portland, Saint Martin's, San Diego State, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Seattle U., Southeast Missouri State, Southern Utah, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, Washington, Western Oregon

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FROM ABCA RELEASE
OMAHA, Neb. – The American Baseball Coaches Association announced the ABCA/Rawlings Sporting Goods All-American teams on Wednesday, June 17.

Among the First Team honorees are six players participating in this year’s College World Series including Arizona State starting pitcher Mike Leake, LSU starting pitcher Louis Coleman, Arizona State catcher Carlos Ramirez, UNC first baseman Dustin Ackley, ASU outfielder Jason Kipnis and Virginia utility player Danny Hultzen. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 All-Americans, ABCA, Alabama, Arizona State, Army, Ball State, Boston College, Cal State Fullerton, College of Charleston, Dallas Baptist University, East Carolina, Elon, Florida International, Florida State, Fresno St., George Mason, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, LSU, Manhattan, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, New Mexico, New Mexico St., Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Sacramento St., San Diego State, Stetson, Texas, Texas State, Towson, UC-Irvine, UNC, Virginia, Western Kentucky

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Recapping the action from the Irvine Regional at Anteater Ballpark on Sunday.

UC Irvine- 14, San Diego St.- 3

Jeff Cusick went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and the UC Irvine offense belted out 19 hits in a 14-3 victory versus San Diego State in an elimination game of the Irvine Regional Sunday at Anteater Ballpark.

Ben Orloff, Ronnie Shaeffer, Casey Stevenson and Dillon Bill provided three hits apiece as the Anteaters rebounded from a 5-0 shutout loss to Virginia just one night earlier.

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Tags: 2009 Irvine Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big West, Mountain West, San Diego State, UC-Irvine, Virginia

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Recapping the action from the Irvine Regional at Anteater Ballpark on Saturday.

Virginia- 5, UC Irvine- 0

IRVINE, CA- Danny Hultzen (Fr., Bethesda, Md.) pitched a masterful 7.1 shutout innings and the Virginia offense broke through for five runs in the fifth and sixth innings as the Cavaliers shut out top-ranked UC Irvine, 5-0, Saturday night at the 2009 NCAA Irvine Regional at Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, Calif. UCI is the top seed in the regional and the No. 6 national seed, while UVa is the No. 2 seed in the regional.

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Tags: 2009 Irvine Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big West, Fresno State, Mountain West, San Diego State, UC-Irvine, Virginia, WAC

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Recapping the action from the Irvine Regional at Anteater Ballpark on Friday.

Virginia- 5, San Diego St.- 1

Irvine, CA- Virginia’s pitching staff outdueled San Diego State phenom Stephen Strasburg as the seventh-ranked Cavaliers notched a 5-1 victory Friday afternoon in the opening round of the 2009 NCAA Irvine Regional at Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, Calif. The Cavaliers recorded two early runs, then rode their pitching before tacking on three runs in the eighth inning against the Aztecs’ bullpen to seal the win and hand Strasburg his first loss of 2009.

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Tags: 2009 Irvine Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big West, Fresno St., Mountain West, San Diego State, UC-Irvine, Virginia, WAC

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The 2009 Irvine Regional, hosted by the #6 national seed UC Irvine at Anteater Ballpark, is arguably the toughest of the sixteen regionals and will be broadcast live on ESPNU. The ACC Tournament champion Virginia Cavaliers are the regionals number two seed, San Diego St. and superstar Steven Strasburg are seeded third, while defending champion Fresno St. rounds out the field as the fourth seed.

The opening game of the regional will be played at 4 pm PDT on Friday and will feature Virginia taking on San Diego St.’s Steven Strasburg. The second game of the regional will see UC Irvine play Fresno St. at 8 pm PDT. The first elimination game is at 4 pm PDT on Saturday, with the winner’s bracket championship game at 8 pm PDT. The second elimination game is at 4 pm PDT on Sunday with the first regional championship game at 8 pm PDT. If necessary, there will be a second regional championship game at 8 pm PDT on Monday.

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Tags: 2009 Irvine Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big West, Fresno St., Mountain West, San Diego State, UC-Irvine, Virginia, WAC

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The NCAA has released the 2009 regional host sites.  The ACC earned four regional hosts: Clemson, Georgia Tech, Florida State, and North Carolina.  Florida, LSU, and Ole Miss will be hosting from the SEC.  The Big 12 will have Texas and Oklahoma as hosts, and Conference USA will also have two hosts: Rice and East Carolina.  Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine will host out of the Big West.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Arizona State, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, East Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, LSU, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Rice, TCU, Texas, UC-Irvine, UNC

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FROM COLLEGE BASEBALL FOUNDATION
LUBBOCK, Texas – The finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, honoring the nation’s top shortstop, have been selected by the College Baseball Foundation. The finalist watch list is sponsored by Mizuno.

“It was a very tough decision,” said Raymond Richardson, College Baseball Awards Show chairman and CBF Trustee. “All five of these players are standouts.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, Big 12, Big East, Big West, Brooks Wallace Award, Cal State Fullerton, College Baseball Foundation, New Mexico St., Oklahoma, UC-Irvine, WAC, West Virginia

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Anteaters record 30th win with victory

Salt Lake City, UT – Christian Bergman hurled his first career complete game to lead No. 1 UC Irvine to its 30th win as the Anteaters defeated Utah 10-1 Friday at Spring Mobile Ballpark. The Anteaters extended their win streak to a season-high seven games, improving to 30-10, while Utah dropped to 14-24.

Bergman recorded a career-high nine strikeouts, pitching a four-hitter to improve to 7-1. Bergman, who did not allow a walk in the outing, faced four over the minimum in the winning effort.

Francis Larson and Casey Stevenson each had three hits and two RBI to lead the Anteaters while Jeff Cusick and Dillon Bell had two hits and an RBI apiece. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, Mountain West, UC-Irvine, Utah