Texas-Arlington Head Coach

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ARLINGTON, Texas- UT Arlington head baseball coach Darin Thomas announced Thursday that eight student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent and will play baseball for the Mavericks beginning in the 2010 season. The signing class includes five high school prospects and three junior-college student-athletes. All eight of the Mavericks early signees hail from the state of Texas.

“I would like to thank Coach Jay Sirianni, our recruiting coordinator, for the amount of effort he put into this class. He along with Coach Mark Flatten did a great job in getting out and evaluating a great early signing class,” Thomas said.
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UT-Arlington

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ARLINGTON, Texas- Ten games against 2008 NCAA Tournament teams, 26 home dates and a St. Patrick’s Day game at QuikTrip Park highlight the 2009 UT Arlington baseball schedule, which was released today by head coach Darin Thomas.

“We are excited about competing this spring,” Thomas said. “Our schedule, as usual, will be very challenging. We will need to be at our best every time we take the field.”

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Scott Podsednik spent Thursday afternoon with the UT Arlington baseball team at Clay Gould Ballpark.

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Eight-year major league veteran Scott Podsednik made a visit to the UT Arlington baseball practice on Thursday afternoon at Clay Gould Ballpark to visit with Maverick players and coaches. Podsednik, who currently resides in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Texas spent the 2008 season with the Colorado Rockies, and is among the major league’s best base stealers.

The UT Arlington baseball team is in the midst of its fall season, which consists of practices and intra-squads. The Mavericks had a pleasant surprise with Podsednik making a visit to their Thursday practice to discuss the game of baseball.
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Greg Holle is slated to be one of the pitchers on Saturday.

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The TCU Horned Frog baseball team is set to hold a exhibition game against UT-Arlington Saturday morning at Lupton Stadium. The teams are slated to play an 18-inning game beginning at 9 a.m. Admission is free.

“This is a great opportunity for our players, especially the young ones, to get in some good Division I competition before the actual season begins,” remarked Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle. “It also allows our fans to get a preview of our team in the fall. Our players are very excited about the chance to suit up against another school.”
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B.G. Wilson Alumni Game Most Valuable Player Award: Alan Herrman (2001-03)

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The UT Arlington baseball program held its 26th Annual Alumni Weekend last Friday and Saturday with its 16th Annual Golf Tournament held at Riverside Golf Club and its 26th Annual Alumni Game at Clay Gould Ballpark. A total of 60 alums participated in the golf tournament with 38 former Mavericks in attendance for the alumni game.

The weekend began with the golf foursome of Justin Reagan (1988-90), William Rose (1989-92), John Marek (1989-90) and Paul Paramo (1989-90) winning the golf tourney title on Friday afternoon.

The alumni game was just part of the festivities on Saturday, with batting practice, a home run derby and a post-game barbeque on the schedule.
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Head Coach Pete Wilk- Georgetown University

Georgetown Baseball Announces Incoming Recruiting Class

- Head Coach Pete Wilk announced that Georgetown Baseball will be welcoming eight new players to the fold this upcoming season. Billy Cosmopulous, Nick Geary, Will Harris, Alex Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Bobby Kirby, Andy Lentz and Rand Ravnaas comprise the incoming class that will try and help the Hoyas move up in the BIG EAST pecking order.
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Michael Choice- UT-Arlington

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After compiling one of the most successful seasons ever by a freshman at UT Arlington, center fielder Michael Choice is preparing to once again to lead the Mavericks in 2009. Before the spring arrives, the five-time Freshman All-American and the Mavericks will begin fall practices this week at Clay Gould Ballpark.

The UT Arlington office of sports information caught up with the sophomore standout from Mansfield, Texas, for a conversation asking him about what he has been doing to stay busy over the summer, how he reacted to all of his accolades last spring and how he plans to prepare for a follow-up season in 2009.
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Head Coach Chad Kreuter

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Head coach Chad Kreuter brings in 14 freshmen and one transfer

A total of 14 freshmen and one transfer have enrolled at USC and will be eligible to play in the 2009 baseball season, head coach Chad Kreuter announced today.

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Rick McCarty Joins Redhawks Baseball Coaching Staff

Southeast Missouri State head baseball coach Mark Hogan announced today that Rick McCarty will join the Redhawks coaching staff as the new pitching coach in the 2008-09 season. McCarty has five years of previous coaching experience, all coming at NCAA Division II Delta State University. FULL STORY
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UT-San Antonio 9 Northwestern State 7

Trailing 6-2 with nine outs left in their season, Roadrunners score three times in seventh before senior Trent Lockwood delivers game-winning three-run homer in eighth and senior Zach Etheredge launches solo shot in ninth to send Northwestern State to early exit from Southland Conference Tournament. (more)

Northwestern State Recap

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Huntsville, TX – A 6 a.m. wake up call gave the Texas State Bobcats the extra push they needed to crush four Southland Conference Tournament records with in the 22-2 seven-inning run-rule victory over Texas-Arlington Wednesday morning at Sanders Stadium.

With the Bobcats first round victory, their next game is slated for 4 p.m. against the winner of East Division rivals Lamar and Southeastern Louisiana.

“The preparation for this game started long before we arrived at the field,” said head coach Ty Harrington. “Our focus was where it needed to be two days ago and I will be very surprised if that same focus isn’t there again after that performance.”

The shows stars came from Mike Hart pitching a solid six innings on the mound and holding UTA to just two runs off seven hits, and a defense that kept ten Mavericks stranded on base.

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FRISCO, Texas - For the second consecutive season the UTSA Roadrunners have clinched the top spot in the Southland Conference Tournament. UTSA locked up the number one seed defeating league rival Nicholls State, 5-2 on Sunday, May 11, marking the program’s second regular-season title in school history, and the first team to win consecutive titles since Lamar in 2003-04. UTSA makes its fourth straight league tournament appearance and won 38 games this season, the most since joining the Southland Conference in 1992, and the Roadrunners 111 wins over the past three seasons leads the SLC.

The first round opponent for UTSA was not decided until the last day of the regular season as Southeastern Louisiana took two of three in Nicholls State giving the Lions the seventh overall seed, moving Texas A&M-Corpus Christi into the eighth seed to face UTSA in the opening round in the Islanders first Southland Conference Baseball Tournament appearance.

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McNeese State 1 at Lamar 2

Lamar did exactly what it needed to do on Saturday in preparation for the upcoming Southland Conference Tournament. Head coach Jim Gilligan used six pitchers and got enough out of them while producing enough offense for a 2-1 win over McNeese State for a series sweep and a three-game winning streak heading into Wednesday’s tourney-opener. MORE

McNeese State

Northwestern State 2 at Central Arkansas 7

For the second consecutive game, University of Central Arkansas’ starting pitcher struck out 11 and pitched into the ninth inning as the Bears beat Northwestern State 7-2 in Southland Conference action at UCA Field. MORE

Northwestern State Recap

Southeastern Louisiana 3 at Nicholls State 4
Southeastern Louisiana 4 at Nicholls State 1

Nicholls State took game one of an impromptu double header, but the Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team (29-25, 15-15 Southland Conference) rallied to take game two, ensuring a series win over the Colonels and the number seven seed in the 2008 Southland Conference Tournament on Saturday night. MORE

Nicholls State Recap
Stephen F. Austin 5 at Sam Houston State 8

Bearkats will be No. 4 Seed in Southland Tournament starting Wednesday at Don Sanders Stadium   MORE

SFA Recap
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5 at Texas-Arlington 7

Four days from the opening round of the 2008 Southland Conference Tournament, the Mavericks built some momentum Saturday on Senior Day by downing the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders, 7-5, in an SLC game at Clay Gould Ballpark. The victory earns UTA (26-29, 16-14) the No. 6 seed in the postseason tournament, completes the series sweep against the Islanders (23-31, 14-15-1) and officially puts a disappointing 2007 in the rearview mirror. MORE

Texas A&M CC Recap

Texas-San Antonio 8 at Texas State 10

In a memorable senior day at Bobcat Field, Josh Walter closed out a cat-and-mouse rubber match with three ninth-inning strikeouts to hold off the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners for a 10-8 regular season finale vic… Read Full Release [+]

UT-San Antonio Recap

McNeese State 10 at Lamar 11

When his career is over Jim Gilligan is sure to have many more wins but the way Lamar delivered its head coach his 1100th career victory is one that will stick in his memory bank for a long while. MORE

McNeese State Recap

Northwestern State 2 at Central Arkansas 6

The University of Central Arkansas Bears rode the pitching of right-hander Bobby Pritchett to a 6-2 victory over the Northwestern State Demons on Friday night at UCA Field. MORE

Northwestern State Recap

Stephen F. Austin 8 at Sam Houston State 6

SFA tied a season high with 17 hits and led wire-to-wire on Saturday, picking up an 8-6 win over Sam Houston in the second game of the “Battle of the Piney Woods” series at Don Sanders Stadium. MORE

Sam Houston State Recap

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4 at Texas-Arlington 6

ARLINGTON, Texas - - UT Arlington’s baseball team is hot again, erasing a three-run deficit and capturing its third consecutive victory, 6-4, on Friday night in a Southland Conference game at Clay Gould Ballpark against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. MORE

Texas A&M CC Recap

Texas-San Antonio 3 at Texas State 0

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Central Arkansas 11 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 11

Despite coming away with an 11-11 tie in the series finale with Central Arkansas, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball team clinched a spot in the Southland Conference tournament for the first time… more

Central Arkansas Recap

Lamar 3 at Northwestern State 6

For the second straight day, Northwestern State catcher Anthony Jones provided a late-inning double, this time scoring two runs, and relief pitcher J.C. Bredengerd pitched NSU out of a jam as the Demons rallied from a 3-2 deficit to defeat Lamar, 6-3, and take the Southland Conference baseball series two games to one. MORE

Lamar Recap

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