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The showdown series of the weekend occurred in Greenville, where No. 3 Rice visited No. 15 East Carolina. After Rice won a wild offensive show on Friday night, 15-11, Seth Maness pitched a gem for ECU on Saturday, firing a complete-game, three-hitter to lead the Pirates to a 4-1 win. That set the stage for Sunday’s showdown for the series victory and first place in the conference standings. Mike Ojala returned to the mound after missing his previous two starts and led the Owls to a 5-4 victory with 10 strikeouts in five innings pitched. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, Conference USA Recap, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

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Here are some of the highlights of the day.

Ryan Rivers of Charlotte hit for the cycle on Saturday in a 12-2 victory over George Washington. Rivers picked up his first career triple of his career and hit his 10th homer of the season. The full recap is available here. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Auburn, Big South, Boston College, CBB Column, Charleston Southern, College of Charleston, Conference USA, Davidson, Eastern Illinois, Elon, Florida, High Point, Ohio Valley Conference, Pepperdine, SEC, St. Mary's, The Citadel, The Warning Track, Tulane, UCF, UT-Martin, Wake Forest, West Coast Conference

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It was a weekend of big innings and high scoring games around Conference USA. East Carolina and Rice both swept their series, keeping the Pirates one game up in the conference standings as the two teams prepare to meet next weekend in Greenville. Southern Miss took two-of-three from Marshall in a close series where four total runs separated the teams. UCF earned its first series victory of the season by winning the final two games at Memphis and Houston extended its winning streak to six games by sweeping a non-conference series against Texas-Pan American. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, Conference USA Recap, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, UCF

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UAB had to battle rain all weekend, playing its series against Harvard in two different states, but in the end the Blazers had a four-game sweep of the Crimson and a six-game winning streak. The two clubs played a single game on Friday and a doubleheader on Saturday in Pensacola, Fla., while Sunday’s series finale was played in Vestavia, Ala., a suburb of Birmingham. When it was over, the UAB bats had a big weekend, out-scoring Harvard, 53-14 and posting at least 11 runs in all four outings. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, Conference USA Recap, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

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Memphis posted its first three-game sweep since March 21-23, 2008 as it took three in a row over Valparaiso. On Saturday, Ryan Fraser struck out seven and scattered five hits in seven innings as the Tigers posted their first shutout since blanking Southeast Missouri on March 16, 2008. Brett Bowen hit .556 in the series with a home run and five RBI to lead Memphis at the plate. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, Conference USA Recap, East Carolina, Memphis, Rice, Tulane, UAB, UCF

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After winning four more games last week, Southern Miss has moved into the national rankings. The addition of the Golden Eagles gives C-USA three ranked teams. East Carolina and Rice are the other two ranked C-USA squads and both defeated nationally-ranked non-conference foes last week. Southern Miss will be tested this coming weekend as No. 7 Cal State Fullerton makes its first-ever visit to Hattiesburg to highlight the upcoming week’s docket. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

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It was quite a weekend for the Rice Owls at the Houston College Classic. Faced with the daunting task of facing three consecutive top 10 teams, the Blue & Gray delivered in a big way. On Friday night, the Owls pitching staff combined to set a Houston College Classic record with 17 strikeouts (11 by Mike Ojala) in a thrilling 5-4 victory in 10 innings over No. 9 UCLA. On Saturday night, Ryan Berry turned in as masterful performance as you’ll see in college baseball, throwing a complete-game, two-hit shutout while striking out 12 and walking none. It was C-USA’s first victory over a top-ranked team since Houston defeated LSU on March 6, 2004. Rice closed out the weekend with a solid 8-3 victory over No. 6 Baylor. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

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The opening weekend of the 2009 Conference USA baseball season is in the books. As a league, C-USA got off to a good start, going 19-10 overall, with six teams posting winning records and another going .500. East Carolina and Southern Miss made it through the first weekend unscathed, going 3-0 against Monmouth and Lehigh, respectively. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

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Here are some of the best Newspaper articles about College Baseball for Feb. 20th. If you have an article that you would like to see featured please email me by clicking here.

Virginia head coach Brian O’Connor has removed the nameplates on the Cavaliers jerseys as the team should focus on playing as a team over as individuals. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Cal, Conference USA, Pac 10, San Jose St., Stanford, UCF, Virginia, WAC

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ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) – A perfect afternoon of sunny weather was the backdrop for the UCF baseball team’s Saturday practice. The Knights got in a lot of defensive work before holding a seven-inning intra-squad game with Austin Hudson and Evan Stobbs getting the starts on the mound. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, UCF

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Charlotte Baseball Begins 2009 Spring Practice

Charlotte, N.C. – The Charlotte 49ers begin practice in preparation for the 2009 baseball season on Sunday, February 1 with a noon practice and 1:30 scrimmage. The public is invited to attend. This is the first day that teams can practice as a whole, following months of individual workouts over the winter.
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Tags: ACC, Arkansas, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Charlotte, Conference USA, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Kansas State, LSU, Rice, SEC, South Alabama, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, UCF

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Hey Bulls fans! My name is Stephen Hunt (sophomore) from Brandon, Fla., and for the next week I will be writing a daily blog in the hopes of giving the fans some insight into the lives of not only myself, but also my teammates on and off the field.

First off, I want to start by saying that it was very exciting to have the Pittsburg Steelers on campus this past week. It was unbelievable to see how big those guys really are up close. With that being said, my teammate Sean Buckley was unimpressed. The 6 foot, 3 inch rail thin first baseman who commonly refers to himself as “the Spartan” jokingly talks about the ridiculous idea that his body is somewhat comparable to those of Big Ben and Hienz Ward.
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Tags: Conference USA, UCF