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Here is your News and Notes for College Baseball News from July 23rd.

UCF Leads All Conference USA Baseball Programs in Team GPA

ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) – Already having set two program academic records in 2008-09, UCF baseball learned that its efforts in the classroom are standing out in Conference USA as well. The Knights ranked first of all C-USA baseball teams with an annual grade-point average of 3.174 to receive the league’s Sports Academic Award.

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Tags: Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Kansas, Marshall University, Notre Dame, Southern Conference, UAB, UCF, Western Carolina

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – College of Charleston outfielder Matt Mansilla has been named the Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Week while Western Carolina starting pitcher Chris Masters has been chosen as the league’s Pitcher of the Week for all games from April 27 through May 3. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: College of Charleston, Southern Conference, Southern Conference Players of the Week, Western Carolina

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 22nd.

#24 East Carolina 4 #1 UNC 0

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Freshman Kevin Brandt fanned a career-high 10 batters and extended his current scoreless streak to 20 2/3 innings as No. 24 East Carolina (30-12) picked up a 4-0 win over No. 1 North Carolina (32-11) Wednesday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, Elon, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, George Mason, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Ivy League, Liberty, Maryland, Miami (FL), SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, UNC, UNC-Asheville, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Western Carolina

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 21st.

#1 UNC 7 UNC-Wilmington 5

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Dustin Ackley and Mark Fleury connected on three-run home runs in the fifth inning for just about all the offense No. 1 North Carolina would need in a 7-5 win over UNC Wilmington Tuesday at Boshamer Stadium. Down 4-0 before the pair of homers, the Tar Heels (32-10) rallied for their largest come-from-behind victory of the season and their ninth straight over the Seahawks (21-15). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Big South, Boston College, Bryant, CAA, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Florida State, Georgia Tech, High Point, Independents, LaSalle, Maryland, NC State, Southern Conference, UNC, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington, VCU, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Western Carolina, William and Mary

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 16th.

UNC 20 Winthrop 4

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Ben Bunting went 3-for-5 with three RBI and tied a school record with two triples, and No. 4 North Carolina got eight strong innings from its bullpen in a 20-4 win over Winthrop Wednesday at Boshamer Stadium. Garrett Gore and Ryan Graepel also added three hits, as the Tar Heels (28-10) snapped a two-game losing skid with their biggest offensive outburst of the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, Florida State, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, High Point, Maryland, NC State, North Florida, Radford, Southern Conference, UMass, UMBC, UNC, UNC-Greensboro, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Western Carolina, Winthrop, Wofford

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 14th.

#11 Georgia Tech 11  #2 Georgia 6

ATHENS, Ga. – Jed Bradley scattered five runs over six innings and Jason Haniger went 4-for-5 with a home run to help No. 10 Georgia Tech (22-8-1) knock off top-ranked Georgia (29-7), 11-6, Tuesday night at Foley Field.

Bradley (2-2) tied a career-high with seven strikeouts to help the Yellow Jackets to their fifth win over a ranked opponent this season and their first against the nation’s top-ranked team since the 2003 season. The freshman lefty faced just one over the minimum from the third through fifth innings to earn his second win of the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Big South, Charlotte, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Davidson, Duke, FAU, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, High Point, Maryland, Miami (FL), Mount St. Mary's, NC State, Northeast Conference, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, UNC, Virginia, Wake Forest, Western Carolina, Wofford

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Western Carolina junior catcher Stephen Notaro has been named the Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Week while the Catamounts’ Chris Masters has been chosen as the league’s Pitcher of the Week for all games from March 16-22. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Southern Conference, Southern Conference Players of the Week, Western Carolina

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference baseball coaches and the voting members of the Southern Conference Sports Media Association have each selected Elon as the preseason favorite to repeat as champion in 2009. A year ago, the Phoenix became the first team in seven seasons to win both the regular season and tournament titles en route to a 44-18 season and a berth in the NCAA Regionals. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, Appalachian State, Charleston Southern, Davidson, Elon, Furman, Georgia Southern, Samford, Southern Conference, The Citadel, UNC-Greensboro, Western Carolina, Wofford

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Cullowhee, N.C. – With the first pitch of the 2009 season just nine days away, the Western Carolina Catamount baseball team continued its preparations over the weekend with a trio of intrasquad scrimmage situations. Team practice commenced the first weekend of February, giving WCU nearly 20 days of practice to gear up for its season opener.
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Tags: Southern Conference, Western Carolina

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Cullowhee, N.C. – Although official team practice will not begin until Sunday, Feb. 1, a pre-season buzz surrounding Western Carolina baseball has already begun. The Catamounts will hit the diamond to open practice in two weeks, but are continuing preparations for the 2009 season, which opens Feb. 20 with a three-game home stand against Bowling Green. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Southern Conference, Western Carolina

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Since we are awaiting the start of the 2009 College Baseball season, I thought I would start a weekly segment with users sending us questions about interesting topics. I will select about five questions every week to be posted with answers on Tuesday morning. You can send us your questions for next week by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alaskan Summer League, California Collegiate league, Canisius, Cape Cod League, MAAC, Manhattan, NECBL, Rider, Southern Conference, Texas Collegiate League, Transfers, Valley Baseball League, Western Carolina

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Cullowhee, N.C. – Senior J.C. Lyons rapped a game-winning single to left field with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning of a five-inning contest Thursday evening as the Gold Squad seized game one of the Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Fall World Series with a 3-2 extra inning victory.

Sophomore Matt Johns opened the second extra frame with a one-out double before advancing to third following a two-out intentional pass and a hit batsman. With the bases full, Lyons rifled a shot to left that dropped in for his lone base hit of the night allowing Johns to score the game winner for the Gold Squad, which wore the off-white, vintage uniforms.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Southern Conference, Western Carolina