Archive for September, 2009

Q&A With Florida State’s Tyler Holt

– September 25, 2009Posted in: ACC, Interviews with Players

Florida State's Tyler Holt

Florida State continues their series of player interviews with Tyler Holt. Tyler Holt hit .371 in 22 games with Team USA over the summer.

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With the fall baseball season in full swing, Seminoles.com took some time out this week to visit with a few of the returning players to find out how their summer went and to get their perspective on the upcoming year.

In the final segment of this week’s player feature, FSU Sports Information Student Assistant Ultima Rogers sat down with junior outfielder Tyler Holt (Gainesville, FL) to get his thoughts on the summer and how fall practice has played out so far. Here is what Tyler had to say:

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Tags: ACC, Florida State, Interviews with Players

Vanderbilt plans trip to Japan and Hong Kong

Brian Foley

– September 25, 2009Posted in: SEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —Vanderbilt’s baseball team will get a unique opportunity to tour part of Japan and Hong Kong and play four exhibition games in Japan in November.

Due to a generous gift by VU alum Bill Kaye, the Commodores will travel to Japan and Hong Kong during the Thanksgiving holidays and will face four of the top university baseball teams in Japan.

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Tags: SEC, Vanderbilt

Georgia State releases 2010 Schedule

Brian Foley

– September 25, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, CAA

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The Georgia State baseball team will open defense of its 2009 CAA Championship by travelling to face Florida State in an opening weekend three-game series to start the 2010 season as announced by head coach Greg Frady on Friday. The Panthers unveiled the entire schedule that will feature 29 home games.

After earning its first CAA Championship and a school-record 39 wins, the journey back to the NCAA Regionals will begin on February 19^th in Tallahassee, Fla.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, CAA, Georgia State

KR: Down year in the Big 12?

Brian Foley

– September 25, 2009Posted in: Big 12, Fall Ball, Rivals

Kendall Rogers continues his series of conference reports heading into Fall Practice with the Big 12. He states that the Big 12 on paper is slightly down from where they have been in the past couple of years but as I always say when the pedal gets to the metal in February we will see how strong the Big 12 actually is.

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Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Fall Ball, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rivals, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech

UCLA announces 2009-2010 Recruiting Class

Brian Foley

– September 25, 2009Posted in: 2010 Recruits, Pac 12

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

LOS ANGELES – UCLA baseball head coach John Savage welcomed 13 newcomers to campus Thursday morning as fall quarter classes began in Westwood. Savage’s fifth full recruiting class at UCLA features 12 freshmen and one junior college transfer.

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Tags: 2010 Recruits, Pac 12, UCLA

Miami (OH) releases 2010 Slate

Brian Foley

– September 25, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, MAC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

OXFORD, Ohio – Highlighted by 23 home games and contests against four 2009 NCAA Tournament participants, head coach Dan Simonds has released Miami University’s 2010 baseball schedule. Miami will play its first 15 games away from Oxford before hosting Northern Kentucky March 17.

The RedHawks open their 2010 campaign at Clemson Feb. 19, facing a Tiger team that made the NCAA Super Regionals a year ago and finished 14th in the nation. It will be Miami’s first meeting with Clemson since 1965 – the only other time the ‘Hawks have played the Tigers. While in South Carolina, Miami will also face Furman Feb. 20 — having traveled to Greenville, S.C. in 2006 as well — and Michigan State Feb. 21 in a neutral-site game in Greenville. The RedHawks last faced the Spartans in 1979 when they fell in the NCAA Mideast Regional.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, MAC, Miami (OH)

Northern Illinois Releases 2010 Schedule

Colin Weber

– September 24, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, MAC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

DeKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois baseball program announced its 2010 schedule on Wednesday, featuring 20 home games, two contests at professional ball parks Road Ranger Stadium and Elfstrom Stadium, and a season-opening four-game set on the road against national powerhouse Arizona State.

"We are really excited about the schedule this year," said NIU head coach Ed Mathey. "We have a lot of games against quality opponents. Obviously, the two that stand out the most are the games against 2009 World Series team Arizona State and 2009 NCAA Regional team Cal Poly.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, MAC, Northern Illinois

Q and A with Stuart Tapley

Brian Foley

– September 24, 2009Posted in: ACC, Interviews with Players

Florida State continues their series of interviews with Stuart Tapley today. He spent the summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Harwich Mariners. The full press release is available below.

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Tags: ACC, Florida State, Interviews with Players

Brian McCullough named Assistant Coach at Longwood

Brian Foley

– September 24, 2009Posted in: Independents, New Coach

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

FARMVILLE, Va. — Longwood University 32nd-year baseball head coach Buddy Bolding has announced the recent appointment of former starting pitcher and team captain Brian McCullough as a new Assistant Coach. He previously has played professionally for the past three seasons in the independent Frontier League. McCullough was a four-year starter for the Lancers (2004-07) while majoring in business management. He will serve as the program’s pitching coach while also assisting with all baseball operations, including recruiting.

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Tags: Independents, Longwood, New Coach

KR: SEC teams aiming Higher

Brian Foley

– September 24, 2009Posted in: Fall Ball, SEC

Kendall Rogers continues his preview of conferences as they head into fall ball. He looks at the SEC today which had the NCAA Champion LSU last season with Arkansas also making a run to the College World Series.

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

Florida to kick off Fall Practice on Friday

Brian Foley

– September 24, 2009Posted in: Fall Ball, SEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The University of Florida baseball team will open its fall practice session on Friday, Sept. 25, at McKethan Stadium. The entire squad will have workouts, including several scrimmages, between Sept. 25 and Nov. 1. The fall practice will conclude with a pair of nine-inning games, in which the Gators are split into two teams, on Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov. 1.

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Tags: Fall Ball, Florida, SEC

Florida State releases 2010 Slate

Brian Foley

– September 24, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, ACC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State baseball announced on Wednesday, September 23 the schedule for the 2010 season. The Seminoles will open the season inside the friendly confines of Dick Howser Stadium on Mike Martin Field with a three-game series against the Georgia State Panthers beginning Friday, February 19.

Ten teams on this year’s schedule recorded 30 or more wins a season ago. Seven schools earned a bid to participate in an NCAA Regional in 2009, while five teams finished last year ranked in the top 25.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, ACC, Florida State