Texas Lutheran senior outfielder Kyle Harvey
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EAST DIVISION
HITTERS OF THE WEEK
Jared Hood, OF, Sr., Texas-Tyler
Texas-Tyler senior outfielder Jared Hood ( Marshall, TX / MHS) went 6-for-13 with three home runs, one double and five RBIs over a 4-0 stretch that included a sweep of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Hood, who hit two long balls in one game against UMHB, scored six runs and walked twice.
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MINNEAPOLIS – Salisbury University baseball moved up eight spots to No. 1 in the first regular-season D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Top 25 poll. This is the first time that the SU baseball program has ever been ranked No. 1.
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Rocky Ward
College Baseball Blog WAC correspondent and bleedCrimson.net editor Sam Wasson recently sat down with New Mexico State head baseball coach Rocky Ward. This week he talked with Coach Ward about the opening weekend sweep of North Dakota, the upcoming series against Chicago State, the new WAC schedule as well as his thoughts on the WAC’s performance on opening weekend.
bleedCrimson.net: You put on a pretty big offensive display in the opening weekend but maybe more importantly you had a good defensive showing.
Rocky Ward: Yeah, we’re pleased with the quality of defense and pitching. We didn’t know what to expect from North Dakota. They’re coming out of cold weather, a new Division I program, making the transition. I was really pleased with their quality, I thought they had a good quality ball club. I understand people will look at the scores and say, “they pretty much took it to them.” They made a couple mistakes in the first and third games that expanded the scores, those could have been much closer than they were. We really took it to them pretty well in game one of the doubleheader but overall all three starting performances were outstanding. I don’t know that I can remember in school history that we had three consecutive six plus inning starts out of guys. You’d have to go back a ways. And we got good relief and played solid defense, only four errors on the weekend. A couple of those were kind of silly ones. Two of the four were first hitter of the game, just kind of routine plays to the first basemen and they weren’t quite ready.
Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for February 24, 2009. Comments below:
| RANK | SCHOOL (1st PLACE VOTES) | 2009 RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | Oklahoma City University (16) | 13-0 | 527 |
| 2 | Lee University (Tenn.) (2) | 12-1 | 513 |
| 3 | Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) | 11-2 | 455 |
| 4 | Spring Arbor University (Mich.) | 0-0 | 452 |
| 5 | Union College (Ky.) | 9-0-1 | 437 |
| 6 | Bellevue University (Neb.) | 0-0 | 427 |
| 7 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (1) | 5-3 | 424 |
| 8 | Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) | 13-1 | 407 |
| 9 | Lubbock Christian (Texas) | 9-1 | 406 |
| 10 | LSU-Shreveport | 15-2 | 402 |
| 11 | Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) | 11-1 | 391 |
| 12 | Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) | 11-1 | 324 |
| 13 | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | 7-5 | 312 |
| 14 | Texas Wesleyan University | 9-1 | 295 |
| 15 | Cumberland University (Tenn.) | 6-3 | 276 |
| 16 | University of St. Francis (Ill.) | 0-0 | 275 |
| 17 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 15-3 | 259 |
| 18 | Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) | 9-6 | 192 |
| 19 | The Master’s College (Calif.) | 14-4 | 162 |
| 20 | U. of the Cumberlands (Ky.) | 2-2-1 | 157 |
| 21 | Warner University (Fla.) | 7-3 | 152 |
| 22 | Ohio Dominican University | 0-0 | 124 |
| 23 | Montreat College (N.C.) | 6-2 | 101 |
| 24 | University of British Columbia | 8-1 | 92 |
| 25 | Park University (Mo.) | 6-0 | 81 |
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Lafayette's Daniel Bierce
Player of the Week
Daniel Bierce, Lafayette Sr., SS, Virginia Beach, Va.
Bierce helped the Leopards to a 2-1 record over the weekend by posting multiple-hit performances in each outing. He opened the season by going 2-for-4 with a run scored and the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the eighth of a 2-1 win over Ohio on Saturday. Later in the day, Bierce posted a perfect 3-for-3 game at the plate with a home run, three RBI, two runs scored and two doubles as Lafayette beat Davidson, 10-6. Bierce concluded his weekend with a 2-for-5 day in a loss to Davidson on Sunday. He posted a .583 batting average (7-for-12) on the season’s first weekend, with four runs scored, a home run and four RBI in the three games. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jason Kipnis of Arizona State
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Arizona State junior outfielder Jason Kipnis has been named the Pac-10 Baseball Player of the Week and USC junior right-handed pitcher Kevin Couture has been named Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 16 – 22, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Choice
FRISCO, Texas – UT Arlington first baseman Michael Choice has been named the Southland Conference Hitter of the Week while Nicholls State right-handed pitcher Lance Dupuis and Lamar right-hander Ricky Testa have been named the conference Co-Pitchers of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.
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DENVER, CO – Louisiana Tech third baseman Chris Kersten and San Jose State left-handed pitcher David Berner have been named the Western Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for Feb. 16-22.
Kersten, a senior from Kiowa, Kansas (Medicine Lodge HS), hit .700 (7-10) in helping the Bulldogs to a three-game sweep over Grambling State last week. In the season-opening 15-3 win, Kersten went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and a home run with a pair of RBI. In the second game against Grambling State, Kersten went 2-for-2 with a pair of home runs and six RBI. He then went 3-for-4 at the plate with a pair of doubles and a home run, along with five RBI. On the week, Kersten went 7-for-10 with four home runs, three doubles, 13 RBI and two walks. Read the rest of this entry »
Yesterday two college baseball legendary figures passed away in Curry College’s Jack Vallely and Cape Cod Baseball League figure John Wylde ironically both men are from Massachusetts.
Curry College’s Jack Vallely coached the baseball program from 1948-1998 never missing a practice or a game. He had a career record of 726-278-4 over his 51 year career. He also served as the school’s basketball coach where he had a career record of 397-77 on the court. Read the rest of this entry »
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Greg Rohan (Kent State)
MAC East Division Player of the Week
Greg Rohan, Kent State, Infield
Senior, North Lima, Ohio/South Range
Rohan had a career-high five hits and seven RBI in six at-bats and also scored a game-high four runs in the series finale against UNC Greensboro. He hit a two-run home run in the fourth and had his first career grand slam in the seventh. With the two home runs in the game, Rohan is currently tied for fifth in KSU history with 35 home runs. He finished the week with a .588 batting average, 1.059 slugging percentage, nine RBI’s, six runs and two homeruns. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM NCBWA RELEASE
MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending February 22, today. Louisiana Tech senior third basemen Chris Kersten was named National Hitter of the Week, while Kansas junior left-hander Shaeffer Hall was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. Read the rest of this entry »
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Greg Hopkins
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – With the 2009 baseball season underway, sophomore third baseman Greg Hopkins of St. John’s has been tabbed the first BIG EAST Player of the Week. Sophomore RHP Sean Black of Seton Hall has been named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week.
Hopkins helped St. John’s to a 2-1 showing at the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge, batting .538 with a .923 slugging percentage in three games. He had multiple hits in all three games and had multiple extra-base hits in each of the Red Storm’s wins. He went 3-for-6 with a double and a triple in a 15-6 win against Penn State and was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles in an 18-3 win against Iowa. Read the rest of this entry »
2012 CBD All-American Teams Announced
Top 100 Countdown: 1. Mark Appel (Stanford)
Top 100 Countdown: 2. Mike Zunino (Florida)
Top 100 Countdown: 3. Deven Marrero (Arizona State)
Top 100 Countdown: 4. Michael Roth (South Carolina)
