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The 2008 Capital One/Southland Conference All-Academic Baseball Teams were released today by the league office as Texas State sophomore first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was voted Student-Athlete of the year.

A native of The Woodlands, Texas, Goldschmidt’s accomplishments off the field are as stellar as his achievements in the classroom. While maintaining a 3.82 grade point average in finance, Goldschmidt led the league in home runs (17), garnering the 2008 SLC Hitter of the Year award, falling one round tripper shy of tying Texas State’s single-season record. Read the rest of this entry »

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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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FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference Baseball players of the week were named today by the conference office as Texas State junior Lance Loftin claimed his first and team’s third weekly honors. Pitchers Bradley Chovanec of UTSA and Matt Whitaker of Central Arkansas are recognized by league votes as the Co-Pitchers of the week. Chovanec is the first pitcher to win two player of the week awards in the SLC and Whitaker takes home his first and team’s only weekly award of the season.

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

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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San Antonio, TX – A regular season title meant little to a hungry Texas State Bobcat team as they trounced onto Roadrunner Field and snatched a 10-3 victory from the No. 1 seed Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners Thursday night in the I-35 Maroon vs. Orange Rivalry contest.

“We had an all-around great night, said head coach Ty Harrington.” “Our pitching was on, our offense was on and our defense came up with some big plays that helped us win the game.”

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Central Arkansas 9 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8

Texas A&M CC Recap

Lamar 5 at Northwestern State 9

Jordan Nipp’s go-ahead single in the seventh inning, followed by a bases-loaded clearing double from Anthony Jones sparked a 6-run inning for Northwestern State as the Demons clinched a spot in the Southland Conference baseball tournament with Saturday’s 9-5 win over Lamar. MORE

Lamar Recap

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McNeese State 11 at Central Arkansas 9

McNeese State Recap

Central Arkansas Recap

Nicholls State 3 at Texas-Arlington 0

Nicholls State Recap

UT- Arlington Recap

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McNeese State 2 at Central Arkansas 10

The University of Central Arkansas Bears scored 10 unanswered runs Friday night to take a 10-2 victory over the McNeese State Cowboys in Southland Conference action at UCA Field.

Central Arkansas Recap

McNeese State Recap
Nicholls State 6 at Texas-Arlington 7

UT Arlington junior left-handed pitcher Ryan Robinson turned in one of his best performances this season, and after a scare in the ninth, the Mavericks would need every ounce of his efforts in a 7-6 victory Friday night against Nicholls State.

UT- Arlington Recap

Nicholls State

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FROM PRESS RELEASE

TUSCON, Ariz. — Senior Trent Lockwood’s record-setting performance last week did not go unnoticed, as he was one of five players selected as Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week, Collegiate Baseball announced on Monday.

Lockwood is the second Roadrunner to be honored this month (junior Michael Rockett, March 3) and just the third to earn the award in the program’s 17-year history (Mark Schramek, April 22, 2002).

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