Archive for March, 2009

Centenary and Kansas State pull off Upset Wins

– March 11, 2009Posted in: Big 12, Pac 12, SEC, Summit League

Boone Whiting

The Centenary College Baseball team picked up a 8-3 victory on Tuesday night over number 24 ranked Arkansas. They received a great start from Boone Whiting who allowed five hits and three runs in 7.1 innings of work while two way player Brett Eibner struggled in his 1.2 inning start as he allowed three runs. The Kansas State Wildcats also picked up an upset by beating the Arizona State Sun Devils 6-2. Jason King led the Wildcats offense by going 3 for 3 with a huge three run homer in the eigthth inning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Centenary, Kansas State, Pac 12, SEC, Summit League

CBB Players of the Week for March 11th

Brian Foley

– March 11, 2009Posted in: Atlantic 10, CBD Column, CBD Players of the Week, Mountain West, Ohio Valley Conference

The College Baseball Blog for the second straight year will be naming a single Player of the Week and a Pitcher of the Week. This award is selected by a vote on by the writers of The College Baseball Blog. This week we honor Daniel Hill of Murray State as our Player of the Week and for the first time ever we have Co-Pitchers of the Week with Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State and Pat Lehman of George Washington sharing the honors. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, CBD Players of the Week, George Washington, Mountain West, Murray State, Ohio Valley Conference, San Diego State

ACC Recap for March 10th

Brian Foley

– March 10, 2009Posted in: ACC

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Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

Ouachita Baptist Baseball takes doubleheader from East Central

Donald J. Boyles

– March 10, 2009Posted in: Division 2

ARKADELPHIA – The 30th-ranked Ouachita Baptist University baseball team cruised to a doubleheader sweep of East Central Tuesday afternoon as the Tigers won the opener, 5-3, and took the second game, 14-3, at Rab Rodgers Field.

In the opener, Jared Hershberger went six-plus strong innings to get the victory and improve to 3-0 on the year. He gave up three runs on six hits with a pair of strikeouts. Patrick Lemmond earned the save, his fifth of the season.
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Tags: Division 2, East Central, Ouachita Baptist

St Edwards falls to Angelo State

Donald J. Boyles

– March 10, 2009Posted in: Division 2

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

AUSTIN, Texas – The St. Edward’s baseball team took a one-run lead into the top of the ninth inning but they could not hang onto the lead and fell to #12 Angelo State, 11-5, Tuesday afternoon at Lucian-Hamilton Field.

St. Edward’s (12-10) got on the board early in this bout with Angelo State (17-7). Center fielder Dylan Schuch led off the game with a single up the middle and then came around to score on a sacrifice fly from designated hitter Daniel Rufini.
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Tags: Angelo State, Division 2, St Edward's University

Victoria Generals sign two more for ’09

Donald J. Boyles

– March 10, 2009Posted in: Texas Collegiate League

Logan Hull Texas

(Victoria, Texas) The Victoria Generals of the Texas Collegiate League have announced that a local pitcher and an outfielder from Uvalde will joining the team for the summers’ schedule.

Logan Hull, a junior at Texas Lutheran University and graduate of Memorial High School in Victoria has agreed to pitch for the Generals in their inaugural season. At Texas Lutheran he entered the spring as the No. 1 starter. He is a former ASC West Preseason Pitcher of the Year (2008)
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Tags: 2009 Roster, Liberty, Texas Collegiate League, Texas Lutheran, Victoria Generals

Southland Baseball Players of the Week

Donald J. Boyles

– March 10, 2009Posted in: Players of the Week, Southland Conference

Central Arkansas' Jeremy Cloud was named the Southland pitcher of the week after allowing just one hit a nine-inning complete game shutout in the Bears' conference opener at Stephen F. Austin. Courtesy: Southland.org

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

FRISCO, Texas – UTSA outfielder Jose Hernandez has been named the Southland Conference Hitter of the Week and Central Arkansas right hander Jeremy Cloud has been named the Southland Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.

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Tags: Central Arkansas, Southland Conference, Southland Conference Players of the Week, UT- San Anotnio

NCBWA/D3baseball.com Top 25 Week 3

Donald J. Boyles

– March 10, 2009Posted in: Division 3

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

MINNEAPOLIS – The D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Top 25 poll was released on March 10 and Salisbury University remains in the top spot for a third straight week.

Salisbury (14-1, 5-1 Capital Athletic Conference) received 19 first-place votes out of 25 and received 614 points. The Gulls have been ranked No. 1 since the week one poll that came out on February 24.
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Tags: Division 3, Division 3 Polls, John Hopkins, Kean, Salisbury, Trinity(Conn.), UT-Tyler

CAA Players of the Week (March 10th)

Brian Foley

– March 10, 2009Posted in: CAA, Players of the Week

CAA BASEBALL Co-PLAYER OF THE WEEK:

Gary Helmick, Towson

Sr., 2B, Severn Md./Northeast

Helmick batted .611 (11-for-18) with seven runs scored in Towson’s four games at the Florida Gulf Coast Classic. The senior second baseman had three 3-hit games from the leadoff spot and extended his season-opening hitting streak to eight games. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CAA, CAA Player of the Week, James Madison, Northeastern, Towson

Pac 10 Players of the week (March 10th)

Brian Foley

– March 10, 2009Posted in: Pac 12, Players of the Week

Kyle Conley

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Washington junior outfielder Kyle Conley has been named Pac-10 Baseball Player of the Week and Stanford freshman right-handed pitcher Jordan Pries has been named Pitcher of the Week for for Mar. 2 – 8, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Pac 10 Players of the Week, Pac 12, Stanford, Washington

Patriot League Players of the Week (March 10th)

Brian Foley

– March 10, 2009Posted in: Patriot League, Players of the Week

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Patriot League Player of the Week (March 2-8)

Rob Froio, Lafayette So., CF, Midlothian, Ill.

Froio gives Lafayette its third consecutive Player of the Week honoree after an outstanding weekend to help the Leopards to a four-game sweep at Maryland-Eastern Shore. Froio was nearly perfect in Saturday’s doubleheader sweep, going 10-for-12 with six runs scored and seven RBI in the two games. He was 6-for-6 with six RBI and three runs in Lafayette’s 17-5 victory. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Lafayette, Navy, Patriot League, Patriot League Players of the Week

Ivy League Players of the Week and Honor Roll (March 10th)

Brian Foley

– March 10, 2009Posted in: Ivy League, Players of the Week

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Princeton’s Brian Berkowitz (Marietta, Ga.) enjoyed a nice series against William & Mary over the weekend, pacing the Tigers from the plate. The junior outfielder was a menace at the plate, and finished six-for-13 (.462). Two the six hits were home runs, including a grand slam in the third game of the weekend. Berkowitz finished the weekend with seven runs batted in and also scored five runs. Read the rest of this entry »