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ACC Recap for March 16th

Brian Foley — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:19:55 +0000

Here is your ACC Recap for March 16th.

#1 Virginia 9 William and Mary 1

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The top-ranked Virginia baseball team scored in each of the first five innings and received a strong pitching performance from a trio of hurlers in a 9-1 win over William and Mary Tuesday at Davenport Field. Will [...]

SEC Recap for March 13th

Brian Foley — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:41:35 +0000

Here is your SEC Recap for March 13th.

#1 LSU 4 Kansas 2

BATON ROUGE – LSU first baseman Blake Dean went 3-for-3, including a game-winning two-run home run in the seventh inning to power the top-ranked Tigers past the Kansas Jayhawks, 4-2, in Saturday afternoon in Alex Box Stadium.

With the win, the Tigers (13-1) [...]

SEC Recap for March 12th

Brian Foley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:36:16 +0000

Here is your SEC Recap for March 12th.

Kansas 11 #1 LSU 9

BATON ROUGE, La. – Senior Robby Price and junior Casey Lytle each had three hits and two doubles, while Brett Bochy pitched 2 1/3 innings of hitless relief as the Kansas Jayhawks knocked off previously unbeaten, and top-ranked Louisiana State, 11-9 Friday [...]

Big East Players of the Week

Brian Foley — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:58:45 +0000

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Last week’s BIG EAST baseball action was highlighted by the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge in St. Petersburg and Clearwater, Fla. BIG EAST teams rebounded after last year’s series loss with a 17-13 victory over the Big Ten in the second installment of the challenge. Two BIG EAST teams [...]

Andy Baylock selected for ABCA/Wilson Lefty Gomez Award

Brian Foley — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. – Former University of Connecticut baseball head coach Andy Baylock has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the ABCA/Wilson Lefty Gomez Award as announced by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

The ABCA/Wilson Lefty Gomez award is the highest honor given out by the ABCA. Baylock will be presented [...]

2010 CBB Season Preview: Big East

Brian Foley — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000

The College Baseball Blog continues our series of conference previews today with the Big East Conference. Louisville won the conference regular season and postseason titles in 2009 with a 47-18 overall record while going 19-7 in Big East play. The Cardinals were the only team selected to play in the 2009 NCAA Tourney out [...]

Louisville Tabbed As 2010 BIG EAST Baseball Favorite

Donald J. Boyles — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:50:19 +0000

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – On the heels of a 47-win season that included a sweep of the BIG EAST regular-season and tournament championships, Louisville has been chosen as the favorite to take the 2010 title in the BIG EAST preseason baseball coaches’ poll.

The coaches also selected West Virginia shortstop Jedd Gyorko [...]

CBB Interview with Jim Penders (UConn)

Brian Foley — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000

The College Baseball Blog continues our series of interviews today with UConn head coach Jim Penders. He is entering his seventh season as the head coach and has been involved in the UConn program in 18 our of the last 20 seasons as a student-athlete, assistant coach, and his current role as the head [...]

Top 100 Countdown: Number 69 Michael Olt (UConn)

Brian Foley — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 69 in our countdown with UConn junior infielder Michael Olt. He is a [...]

UConn Announces 2010 Baseball Schedule

Colin Weber — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:36:56 +0000

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

STORRS, Conn. – In 2010, the University of Connecticut baseball team is scheduled to play 56 regular season games in the program’s 115th season, including games against 29 opponents from 14 conferences throughout the country.

UConn will host 20 games at J.O. Christian Field in the upcoming season, including three-game series against [...]