Archive for March, 2009

SEC Recap (Sunday, March 29)

– March 29, 2009Posted in: SEC

Austin Ross only allowed two hits over eight innings of work in LSU's 2-1 victory over Ole Miss on Sunday. (LSU Media Relations Photo)

All the SEC teams were in action on Sunday, and Arkansas and Mississippi State played a doubleheader due to weather conditions on Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville. Here is the full SEC recap.

#1 Georgia 4, Tennessee 3

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—–Top-ranked Georgia used a four run fifth highlighted by a two-run home run by Joey Lewis to complete a sweep of Tennessee with a 4-3 victory Sunday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The Bulldogs improved to 24-3 overall and won their seventh straight SEC game to move to 7-2 in league action. The win was the 2,000th in program history. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Big 12 Recap 3-29-09

Donald J. Boyles

– March 29, 2009Posted in: Big 12

Andrew Oliver (NY Times Photo)

There were seven conference games on Sunday in the Big 12, with both the Missouri/Oklahoma State and Nebraska/Oklahoma series having doubleheaders due to recent bad weather in the Oklahoma area. The other three series wrapped up their three game sets as scheduled.

#9 Texas 8, Texas Tech 1

AUSTIN, Texas — The No. 9 Texas Longhorns scored runs in each of the first five innings and had four pitchers combine to allow just one run in an 8-1 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Sunday afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Big 12 Recap, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech

Big East Recap for March 29th

Brian Foley

– March 29, 2009Posted in: Big East

Citi Field (Courtesy of Jason with www.faithandfearinflushing.com)

Here is your Big East Recap for March 29th

Georgetown 6 St. John’s 4

Flushing, N.Y. – In front of the seventh-largest crowd to ever watch a NCAA baseball game, the Georgetown Hoyas defeated the St. John’s Red Storm on Sunday afternoon, 6-4. Tim Adleman kept the Red Storm in check over eight innings to earn the win and the first six Hoya batters all scored runs during the first game at the new Citi Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Big East Recap, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John's, Villanova, West Virginia

Patriot League Recap for March 29th

Brian Foley

– March 29, 2009Posted in: Patriot League

Here is your Patriot League Recap for March 29th.

Game 1: Army 9 Bucknell 2
Game 2: Bucknell 7 Army 5

LEWISBURG, Pa. – Ben Koenigsfeld carried a one-hit shutout into the seventh inning of the first game and Army’s furious late-game rally fell just shy in a darkness-shortened nightcap as Army and Bucknell split a Patriot League doubleheader, Sunday afternoon at soggy Depew Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy, Patriot League, Patriot League Recap

Ivy League Recap for March 29th

Brian Foley

– March 29, 2009Posted in: Ivy League

Here is your Ivy League Recap for March 29th.

Game 1: Brown 7 Princeton 3 (7 innings)
Game 2: Brown 7 Princeton 2

Princeton, N.J. – Brown continued to play well on the first weekend of Ivy play, sweeping a doubleheader with Princeton by a combined score of 14-5. Junior infielder Robert Papenhause (Hillsborough, CA) had a terrific day at the plate for the Bears, going four-for-six with a pair of walks, a home run, and four RBI’s. With the win, Brown improves to 6-11 overall, and 3-1 in the Ivy League, while Princeton falls to 8-9 on the season, and 1-3 in league play. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Ivy League, Ivy League Recap, Penn, Princeton, Yale

Southland Conference Recap 3-29-09

Donald J. Boyles

– March 29, 2009Posted in: Southland Conference

Stephen Flora drove in four runs for the Islanders in the series finale.-Courtesy: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

McNeese State 12 Central Arkansas 11

Jace Peterson singled in the winning run from third in the bottom of the 11th inning for a 12-11 McNeese State victory over Central Arkansas here Sunday afternoon.

The Cowboys had held the lead throughout the game and had gone into the eighth inning with a 11-5 edge. In that frame, however, the Bears’ Richey Irvin belted the first pitch from Cowboy reliefer Tommy Luce over the right field wall for a grand slam.
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Tags: Central Arkansas, Lamar, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Texas State, UT- San Anotnio, UT-Arlington

Links from Around the Country (March 29th)

Brian Foley

– March 29, 2009Posted in: Division 3, Links, Pac 12

I will check in throughout the year with links from around the country. Here is three good articles for this Sunday.

The first article today comes from The Daily Californian writer Matt Kawahara who has a recap of California’s 11-0 victory over Washington State on Saturday. The Portland Tribune writer Jason Vondersmith has a recap of the Oregon-Oregon State game on Saturday that Oregon won 3-2 in ten innings. The final article is from The Norwich Bulletin which talks about Division 3 Eastern Connecticut’s strong start to the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Cal, Division 3, Eastern Connecticut, Links, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 12, Washington State

CBB talks with Clemson Baseball

Brian Foley

– March 29, 2009Posted in: CBD Event

I was invited by Don Munson and Bob Mahony of the Clemson Sports Network to join them for a few innings on Saturday afternoon to discuss the College Baseball landscape. We discussed the development of the Boston College program over the last few years and how the team has become better. It was an excellent experience as both of the them are real professionals and a pleasure to work with. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CBD Interview

College Baseball Scores for March 28th

Brian Foley

– March 29, 2009Posted in: College Baseball Scoreboard

We will be providing you with the Top 30 scores everyday throughout the season thanks to D1Baseball.com who has teamed up with us. Here are the scores for March 28th. We will put up a new post every night so you can check out all the scores from around the country at one place. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: College Baseball Scoreboard

CBB Visit: Kansas at Texas A&M

Colin Weber

– March 28, 2009Posted in: Big 12, CBD Visit

Caleb Shofner delivered three hits on the day for the Aggies, including the game winner in the bottom of the 9th. (ESPN Photo)

The Kansas Jayhawks boarded a plane for College Station, Texas with a perfect 3-0 record, sitting alone at the top of the Big 12 standings. After a 3-0 defeat on Friday and Saturday’s 7-6 loss, the Jayhawks are in danger of making the return trip to Kansas with an even 3-3 record in Big 12 play. Saturday’s game between Kansas and Texas A&M wasn’t short on drama. The Jayhawks jumped out to an early lead, touching Texas A&M starter Alex Wilson for two runs in the first inning behind back-to-back RBI-doubles from Buck Afenir and Tony Thompson. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big 12, CBD Visit, Kansas, Texas AM

SEC Recap (Saturday, March 28)

Colin Weber

– March 28, 2009Posted in: SEC

Rich Poythress hit two homeruns to lead #1 Georgia to victory over Tennessee. (AP Photo)

Here is your SEC recap for Saturday, March 28. Arkansas and Mississippi State resumed their suspended game from Friday night, but they were unable to play the regularly scheduled Saturday contest due to field conditions. All of the other games in the conference proceeded as planned.

#1 Georgia 11, Tennessee 9

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—–Rich Poythress hit two home runs for the second straight game and Georgia clinched its first series win at Tennessee since 2001 with an 11-9 victory over the Vols Saturday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

CBB Visit: Clemson at Boston College (March 28th)

Brian Foley

– March 28, 2009Posted in: ACC, CBD Column, CBD Visit

The College Baseball Blog made the trip to Chestnut Hill MA to take in a doubleheader between Boston College and Clemson. The Eagles entered the day with a 15-7 overall record and 5-3 in ACC play while the Clemson Tigers had a 16-7 record while being 5-5 in ACC play. Read the rest of this entry »