Archive for April, 2009

ACC Weekend Preview (April 24th-26th)

– April 24, 2009Posted in: ACC, CBD Column

Here is your ACC Weekend Preview for April 24th-26th. The marquee series of the weekend sees Georgia Tech making the trip to Clemson. The other key matchup is Boston College visiting Duke which has both ACC and NCAA tournament implications for both squads. The other four series of the weekend sees Maryland going to North Carolina, Wake Forest in Tallahassee to take on Florida State, Miami hosting Virginia Tech, and NC State playing Virginia. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Weekend Preview, Boston College, CBD Column, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

Pac-10 Weekend Preview (April 24th-26th)

Brian Foley

– April 24, 2009Posted in: CBD Column, Pac 12

By: Ryan Rosenblatt

Matt Way of Washington State

It’s week six of the Pac 10 season and all eyes are on Los Angeles where a pair of series will have a major impact on both the Pac 10 standings and the regional prospects of some conference teams. Washington St. visits LA and Dedeaux Field where they will take on a USC team in a series that could determine which team makes a regional. Both teams are either one of the last five in or last five out in just about every regional projection and with the Pac 10 looking ever more like a three bid league, this weekend’s series could determine which club gets that berth. On the other side of town, #25 Oregon St. visits UCLA for three games at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Oregon St.’s series loss last weekend allowed Washington St. to move into a tie for second place with the Beavers, while UCLA’s sweep of Washington has them tied for fourth with USC. Elsewhere, Stanford will visit Arizona in a match-up of struggling teams, Call will look to slow down streaking #3 Arizona St. at home and Washington will head to Oregon. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, CBD Column, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10 Weekend Preview, Pac 12, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State

First Round Series of ASC Baseball Tourney Set

Donald J. Boyles

– April 23, 2009Posted in: 2009 Conference Tourney, Division 3

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RICHARDSON, Texas –– Mississippi College, the University of Texas at Tyler, Texas Lutheran University and Hardin-Simmons University will each serve as first round hosts of the 2009 American Southwest Conference Baseball Championship Tournament Series, to be held April 24-25, after locking up one of the top two seeds from their respective divisions.
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Tags: American Southwest Conference, Hardin Simmons, Mary Hardin-Baylor, McMurry, Mississippi College, Ozarks, Texas Lutheran, UT-Dallas, UT-Tyler

Lipscomb Bison Twosome Teams Up With Brazos Valley Bombers

Donald J. Boyles

– April 23, 2009Posted in: Atlantic Sun, Texas Collegiate League

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Bryan-College Station, TX (April 23, 2009) –

Following the Lipscomb Bisons’ upset over Southeastern Conference powerhouse Kentucky on Tuesday, the Brazos Valley Bombers announced the signing of two Lipscomb freshmen to bolster the pitching rotation.

Martin Grude and Josh Cotham are shaping up to be vital pieces of the Bombers’ bullpen, which will have more depth than either of the two previous seasons. The pair of right-handed freshman have combined to pitch over 29 innings in relief this season, with Grude also starting one game.
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Tags: Atlantic Sun, Brazos Valley Bombers, Lipscomb, Texas Collegiate League

NCBWA/D3baseball.com Top 25 week 9

Donald J. Boyles

– April 23, 2009Posted in: Division 3

MINNEAPOLIS - The D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25 poll was released Tuesday and Salisbury University remains ranked second in the nation. This is the third straight week the Sea Gulls (33-5) have been the second-ranked team in the nation. SU amassed four first-place votes and 560 total points.
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Tags: Division 3, Division 3 Polls, NCBWA

Tennessee Raleigh Suspended

Brian Foley

– April 23, 2009Posted in: SEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Tennessee baseball coach Todd Raleigh has been suspended for one game as a result of violating the Southeastern Conference Baseball Ejection Policy, commissioner Mike Slive announced Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: SEC, Suspended, Tennessee

Rice and Texas should play more?

Brian Foley

– April 23, 2009Posted in: Big 12, Conference USA

Cole Green (Jay Janner AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

The Austin-American Statesman has an interesting article written by Cedric Golden stating that Texas and Rice should play a weekend series against each other instead of the two home and home games they currently play. They used to play a weekend series about 10 years ago but have stopped due to various scheduling issues with the reduction of games the main cause. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big 12, Conference USA, Rice, Texas

CBB Column: Easy or Tough Scheduling?

Brian Foley

– April 23, 2009Posted in: 2009 NCAA Tourney, Atlantic 10, Big East, CBD Column

The biggest thing we start hearing about around this time of the year is that certain teams are going to live and die by their conference tournament results. The biggest person to look at is the head coach of the respective school as they schedule all the games. We will compare the schedules of West Virginia against Rhode Island. Both of these programs are in likely one bid leagues this year but dealt with their early season scheduling much different. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, Atlantic 10, Big East, CBD Column, Rhode Island, West Virginia

College Baseball Scores for April 22nd

Brian Foley

– April 23, 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 April 22nd. 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

Upset Wednesday??

Brian Foley

– April 23, 2009Posted in: General CBB News

We saw seven out of the Top 30 teams pick up losses on Wednesday. The biggest upsets took place in the Top 10 with Jacksonville State beating number 2 ranked Georgia and Western Carolina beating Georgia Tech. We have linked to each upset below. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: College Baseball News

NCAA Regional Projections (April 23)

Colin Weber

– April 23, 2009Posted in: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column

The North Carolina Tar Heels take over the top overall seed in this week’s edition of The College Baseball Blog NCAA Regional Projections. The Tar Heels have won five straight games, including a sweep over Miami (FL) in ACC play last weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, 2009 Regional Projections, CBD Column

ACC Recap for April 22nd

Brian Foley

– April 22, 2009Posted in: ACC, Big East, Big South, CAA, Conference USA, Ivy League, SEC, Southern Conference

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 »