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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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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara baseball Head Coach Bob Brontsema announced on Wednesday that Jason Lefkowitz has joined his coaching staff, now giving the Gauchos three full-time coaches.

Lefkowitz, who played at Loyola Marymount, comes to UCSB from Brown University where he served as Assistant Coach and Camp Director since 2006. He joins Brontsema and Associate Head Coach Tom Myers as full-time coaches at UCSB.

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Tags: Big West, New Coach, UC-Santa Barbara

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Tom Myers, who is entering his 10th season as a coach with the UCSB baseball team, has been promoted to Associate Head Coach, it was announced on Wednesday by Director of Athletics, Mark Massari.

Myers has been the Gauchos’ assistant coach, pitching coach and recruiting coordinator during his time at UCSB under head coach Bob Brontsema, while his other duties have included academic affairs and Gaucho Baseball Camp. The new title comes with the added responsibility of alumni development.

"I’m excited about where we want to go – and must go – in baseball," Massari said. "Bob, Tom, alumni who played their hearts out for UCSB and current student-athletes want what’s best for the program. We need to recruit the best players, which we already do, and give them a chance to win championships. Tom’s new role, alongside Bob and myself, is to direct our baseball fundraising and engage our alumni. This is their program, their school. Santa Barbara, the university and area, deserve us to be top tier in everything, every sport. But we must invest to do this. I’m proud Tom is taking this role with such enthusiasm."

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Tags: Big West, Coaching Changes, UC-Santa Barbara

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Here is your Cape Cod Baseball League Recap for June 30th. I will try to get this up every morning but recently I have not seen the box scores until it was too late. I will try my best the rest of the season as some of the bigger names have started to show up. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Arizona State, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Cape Cod League, Long Beach State, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, New Orleans, Oregon State, Pac 10, Sun Belt, UC-Santa Barbara, UNC

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Santa Barbara, CA – Second baseman Matt Valaika singled down the right-field line to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as UC Santa Barbara defeated No. 12/14 Cal Poly 6-5 in the opener of a three-game Big West Conference baseball series Friday afternoon at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.

Mark Haddow struck out but reached first base on a wild pitch to open the rally. Gunnar Terhune laid down a sacrifice bunt and the throw from Mustang first baseman Wes Dorrell hit Haddow in the helmet and both runners were safe.

Brian Gump’s sacrifice bunt moved the runners up 90 feet and Eric Oliver was intentionally walked to load the bases. With the Mustang infielders and outfielders playing up, Ryan Cavan’s popup was caught by center fielder Ryan Lee on the edge of the outfield grass for the second out of the inning.

Valaika’s single down the right-field line off Mustang senior right-hander Eric Massingham scored Haddow with the winning run. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC-Santa Barbara

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UC RIVERSIDE vs. COLUMBIA
UCR 14 – Columbia 5
UCR 6 – Columbia 4
UCR 15 – Columbia 5

The UC Riverside Baseball Team completed the three-game sweep of the Columbia Lions with a 15-5 win at the Riverside Sports Complex Sunday afternoon. Carl Uhl drove in five runs on the day and Tony Nix extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a fourth-inning double. The win is the fifth straight for the Highlanders (14-3) and 11th in the past 12 games.
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Tags: Big West, Big West Recap, Cal, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Fullerton, Cal-State Northridge, Columbia, Houston, Long Beach State, Oklahoma State, Pacific, Rhode Island, Sacramento St., San Jose St., St. Mary's, Tulane, UC-Davis, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, UC-Santa Barbara, Washington State

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CAL POLY SLO vs. SACRAMENTO STATE

Cal Poly 9- Sac 2
Cal Poly 11- Sac 5
Cal Poly 6- Sac 2

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Sophomore southpaw Matt Leonard pitched six strong innings and junior left fielder Luke Yoder drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning single as Cal Poly completed a three-game series sweep against Sacramento State with a 6-2 victory in a non-conference baseball game Sunday afternoon before 1,427 in Baggett Stadium.

Coach Larry Lee’s Mustangs extended their winning streak to six games and improved to 6-1 on the year, their best start since going 7-1 to open the 2001 campaign. Sacramento State fell to 1-5.

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Tags: Big West, Big West Recap, Cal, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Fullerton, Cal-State Northridge, Hawaii, Houston, Long Beach State, Minnesota, Pacific, Pepperdine, Sacramento St., San Diego State, Stanford, Texas AM, Texas Tech, UC-Irvine, UC-Santa Barbara, UCLA, University of San Diego, Washington

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Fresno State. Fresno State lost two of three against the Oregon Ducks in Eugene this weekend. In game one on Friday the Bulldogs lost a pitching duel 1-0 on Friday. Oregon’s Andrew Schmidt hit a walk-off single with two outs giving the Ducks the victory in front of a sold-out crowd of 2,777. Holden Sprague pitched 7.2 innings giving up just four hits and walking just one.

On Saturday Oregon’s bats pushed them to a 7-1 victory over Fresno State. The Ducks scored two runs in the bottom of the second, three in the bottom of the third and added single runs in the bottom of the sixth and seventh. Fresno State starter Sean Bonesteele lasted just 2.1 innings giving up five runs, all earned and allowed five hits. He also walked four batters.
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Tags: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Chicago State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico St., Oregon, Sacramento St., San Jose St., Santa Clara, UC-Santa Barbara, University of San Diego, WAC, WAC Recap, Washington

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Here is your Big West Recap for this weekend.

LONG BEACH STATE vs. USC

Game #1: USC 5 – LBSU 3
Game #2: USC 4 – LBSU 0
Game #3: LBSU 5 – USC 4

LOS ANGELES – Derek Legg scored the eventual game-winning run in the top of the ninth Sunday while Charlie Ruiz threw 1 2/3 perfect innings in relief as the Long Beach State 49ers beat the USC Trojans, 5-4, at Dedeaux Field. The 49ers recorded 13 hits in the game after a combined seven hits in the first two games of the series. Read the rest of this entry »

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

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

College Baseball coaches from San Diego to Santa Barbara, including Northridge Head Coach Steve Rousey, convened at the ESPN Zone in Anaheim Saturday morning to show off their skills and creativity.

Their tools of choice however were not a glove, a baseball, or a bat but a skillet, a spatula, and a number of ingredients at their disposal as participants in the inaugural Baseball Cooking Challenge.
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Tags: Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Cal-State Northridge, Long Beach State, Loyola-Marymount, Pac 10, Pepperdine, UC-Irvine, UC-Santa Barbara, University of San Diego, USC, West Coast Conference

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Receiving 78 points and seven first-place votes, Cal State Fullerton was tabbed as the favorite to win the 2009 Big West Conference crown, according to the Big West Conference preseason poll conducted by the league’s nine head coaches. The Titans have claimed at least a share of seven of the last 10 league titles and a conference-best 14 overall. UC Irvine was selected to finish second with 67 points and UC Santa Barbara was picked third after receiving 65 points and one first-place nod.
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Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Cal-Poly, Cal-State Northridge, Long Beach State, Pacific, UC-Davis, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, UC-Santa Barbara

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
BREWSTER, Mass. – Thomas Myers, pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of California at Santa Barbara, is the new manager of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Brewster Whitecaps. Myers succeeds Bob Macaluso, Whitecaps manager from 2002 through 2008.

Myers is in his eighth season in his current role after spending four seasons on the Gauchos’ coaching staff from 1998 to 2001. His other duties include academic affairs, fund-raising and Gaucho Baseball Camp development. Prior to returning to UCSB, Myers spent three seasons in the West Coast Conference as pitching coach at Santa Clara University. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, Cape Cod League, UC-Santa Barbara