FROM ABCA RELEASE
OMAHA, Neb. – The American Baseball Coaches Association announced the ABCA/Rawlings Sporting Goods All-American teams on Wednesday, June 17.

Among the First Team honorees are six players participating in this year’s College World Series including Arizona State starting pitcher Mike Leake, LSU starting pitcher Louis Coleman, Arizona State catcher Carlos Ramirez, UNC first baseman Dustin Ackley, ASU outfielder Jason Kipnis and Virginia utility player Danny Hultzen. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 All-Americans, ABCA, Alabama, Arizona State, Army, Ball State, Boston College, Cal State Fullerton, College of Charleston, Dallas Baptist University, East Carolina, Elon, Florida International, Fresno St., FSU, George Mason, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, LSU, Manhattan, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, New Mexico, New Mexico St., Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Sacramento St., San Diego State, Stetson, Texas, Texas State, Towson, UC-Irvine, UNC, Virginia, Western Kentucky

OXFORD, Miss. — It was a night for heroics as sophomore left-hander Drew Pomeranz pitched a complete-game with a career-high 16 strikeouts to tie the school’s single game record as No. 9 Ole Miss (43-18) defeated Western Kentucky (42-20) by a score of 4-1 on Monday to advance to an NCAA Super Regional in the NCAA Tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, 2009 Oxford Regional, Ole Miss, SEC, Sun Belt, Western Kentucky

We see six regional finals taking place tonight to decide who makes the trip to the Super Regional round. We have found Free Live Video links to four of the six games with the Clemson and Oklahoma State matchup shown on CSS. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, East Carolina, Kansas State, Louisville, Ole Miss, Rice, SEC, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Webcasts, Western Kentucky

Here is the Day 3 Recap of the Oxford Regional.

Western Kentucky 11 Missouri 6

OXFORD, Miss. – Western Kentucky University (41-19) jumped on the Missouri Tigers (35-27) early for the second time in three days to post an 11-6 victory on Sunday afternoon at Oxford-University Stadium and advance to the program’s first NCAA Regional Championship round appearance in 29 years. The third-seeded Hilltoppers won their second game in three tries in the NCAA Oxford Regional, eliminating the Tigers, and will now face top-seeded and eighth-ranked Ole Miss at 5:00 PM. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, 2009 Oxford Regional, Big 12, Missouri, Ole Miss, SEC, Sun Belt, Western Kentucky

Here is your Day 2 Recap of the Oxford Regional.

Ole Miss 7 Western Kentucky 4

OXFORD, Miss. — For the fifth-straight season No. 9 Ole Miss (42-17) will find itself playing for an NCAA Regional Championship as the Rebels defeated Western Kentucky (40-19) by a score of 7-4 on Saturday to advance to the championship game of the NCAA Oxford Regional on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, 2009 Oxford Regional, Big 12, Missouri, Monmouth, Northeast Conference, Ole Miss, SEC, Sun Belt, Western Kentucky

Here is your recap from the first day of action at the Oxford Regional.

Ole Miss 8 Monmouth 1

OXFORD, Miss. — Sophomore Drew Pomeranz pitched eight scoreless innings before leaving the game with a man on the ninth as he helped pitch No. 9 Ole Miss (41-17) to an 8-1 win over Monmouth (32-24) in the opening round of NCAA Regional play at Oxford-University Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, 2009 Oxford Regional, Big 12, Missouri, Monmouth, Northeast Conference, Ole Miss, SEC, Sun Belt, Western Kentucky

Ole Miss will be hosting the Oxford Regional with Missouri (Big 12) as the two seed, Western Kentucky (Sun Belt) as the 3rd seed, and the 4th seed Monmouth (Northeast Conference). Ole Miss was tied for first in the SEC West. While Missouri finish third in the Big 12 and lost to Texas in the Big 12 Tournament Championship game.Western Kentucky was tied for first in the Sun Belt but lost in the semifinal of the Sun Belt Tournament. Monmouth finish fourth in the Northeast Conference but won that Conference Tournament. The winner of the Oxford Regional will be paired up with the winner of the Irvine Regional. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, 2009 Oxford Regional, Big 12, CBB Column, Missouri, Monmouth, Northeast Conference, Ole Miss, SEC, Sun Belt, Western Kentucky

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference recognized its top performers on the baseball field with the announcement of the 2009 All-Conference teams on Tuesday. The student-athletes selected to the first and second teams, as voted on by the 11 head coaches, were honored for their consistent play throughout the season, posting impressive numbers all year.
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Tags: Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, New Orleans, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Troy, Western Kentucky

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

NEW ORLEANS – WKU’s Chad Cregar and FIU’s Tom Ebert were named the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, as decided on by the league’s member institutions. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Florida International, Sun Belt, Sun Belt Weekly Honors, Western Kentucky

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

NEW ORLEANS – WKU’s Wade Gaynor and UALR’s Jake Sullivan are this week’s Sun Belt Conference Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, as voted on by the league’s member institutions.

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Tags: Arkansas Little Rock, Sun Belt, Sun Belt Weekly Honors, Western Kentucky

Weekend Winners:  Middle Tennessee State was the big weekend winner, as they swept a three game home series with Missouri State.  Also posting impressive weekends were UALR, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana-Monroe, New Orleans, Troy, and Western Kentucky.  UALR took two of three games at home against Northern Iowa, and just missed a sweep with a one run loss on Saturday.  Florida Atlantic finished the weekend with a 2-1 series record against Fordham.  Florida International posted a 20 run Saturday in route to a two games to one series victory over Jacksonville.  Louisiana-Monroe hosted the ULM  and ended the weekend with a 2-1 record.  New Orleans won the first three games of their home series against Towson before losing the Sunday finale to open the season 3-1.  Troy lost a Friday contest against Kentucky in the Caravelle Resort Invitational before winning their next three games to end the tournament at a very solid 3-1.   Western Kentucky took a single game from Toledo on Friday night, but the Saturday and Sunday meetings were canceled due to inclement weather. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas State, FAU, FIU, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, New Orleans, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Sun Belt Recap, Troy, Western Kentucky

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
NEW ORLEANS – After winning its second tournament title and making its second appearance in the NCAA Tournament in five seasons, along with the majority of its line-up returning, Western Kentucky University is expected to top the Sun Belt Conference in 2009, according to a vote by the league’s 11 head coaches. The Hilltoppers veteran ace Matt Ridings has been tabbed Preseason Pitcher of the Year, while ULM’s shortstop Ben Soignier has been selected as the Preseason Player of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas State, FAU, FIU, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, New Orleans, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Troy, Western Kentucky