Archive for November, 2009

San Jose State to start Fall Series Today

– November 13, 2009Posted in: Fall Ball, WAC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

San Jose, Calif. – The 2009 Western Athletic Conference regular-season champion San Jose State University baseball program is set to contest its annual fall intrasquad event, the Spartan World Series, beginning this Friday, November 13.

The Blue and Gold teams were drafted on Monday, November 9. Corey Valine, a second-team All-WAC selection at third base as a junior, will captain the Spartan Gold. Karson Klauer, the only other fourth-year senior on the current roster of 38 players, is the Spartan Blue captain, and is joined by younger brother Kolton, a junior walk-on candidate who spent the past two seasons at Hartnell College in Salinas, Calif.

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Tags: Fall Ball, San Jose St., WAC

UC Riverside releases 2010 Schedule

Brian Foley

– November 13, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, Big West

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The UC Riverside 2010 baseball schedule, released today by Head Coach Doug Smith, continues the Highlanders tradition of playing one of the most difficult schedules in the nation (see chart below). It features 13 games against 2009 NCAA Tournament participants including a three-game home series to open Big West Conference play against Cal Poly (Apr. 1-3).

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Big West, UC-Riverside

2011 Early Signings for November 12th

Brian Foley

– November 13, 2009Posted in: 2011 Recruits, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Conference USA, Mountain West, Ohio Valley Conference, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt

Here is the listings of the Early Signing Day press releases from November 12th. All of these signings will begin play in the start of the 2011 season.

Austin Peay signs Nine to NLI’s

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Facing the loss of 11 seniors, including four pitchers, following the upcoming 2010 campaign, Austin Peay State University head baseball coach Gary McClure and his coaching staff had plenty of work to do on the recruiting trail. That work paid off, Wednesday, as nine players signed a letter of intent on the first day of the signing period.

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Top 100 Countdown: Number 68 Rob Brantly (UC-Riverside)

Brian Foley

– November 13, 2009Posted in: 2010 Top Players, 2011 Top Players, Big West, CBD Column, Northwoods League

The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 68 in our countdown with UC-Riverside sophomore catcher Rob Brantly. He is a 6’3 195 pound catcher out of Temecula Valley California where he went to Chapparal High School. He picked up four letters in high school including being named 2007-08 First-Team All-League and 2008 First-Team All-Valley and Second-Team All-County. He was picked in the 2008 MLB Draft by the Washington Nationals with the 1378 overall selection but decided to attend UC-Riverside.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, 2011 Top Players, Big West, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBD Column, Northwoods League, UC-Riverside

Fall Ball Recap for November 12th

Brian Foley

– November 12, 2009Posted in: Big West, Fall Ball, Sun Belt

Here is your Fall Ball Recap for November 12th. Click on the respective link for the full article.

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Tags: Big West, Fall Ball, Louisiana-Monroe, Pepperdine, Sun Belt, UC-Santa Barbara

Richmond releases 2010 Schedule

Brian Foley

– November 12, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, Atlantic 10

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. – Third-year head coach Mark McQueen has announced the University of Richmond’s 2010 baseball schedule, with the Spiders set to play seven NCAA Regional teams, two College World Series participants, along with 29 home games at historic Pitt Field.

The Spiders’ aggressive 56-game schedule features seven teams that reached the Regionals of the 2009 NCAA Tournament – Virginia, North Carolina, George Mason, Ohio State, Xavier, Oklahoma and Jacksonville. The Cavaliers and the Tar Heels each reached the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Atlantic 10, Richmond

Mississippi State releases 2010 Schedule

Brian Foley

– November 12, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, SEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

STARKVILLE, Miss. – A slate of 33 games at Dudy Noble Field featuring 17 different opponents highlights a challenge-filled 56-game Mississippi State University baseball schedule announced this week by MSU head baseball coach John Cohen.

Mississippi State plays 28 of its 56 games and squares off against 10 teams that advanced to the 2009 NCAA Tournament, including 15 games against teams that reached the NCAA Super Regionals and eight matchups with teams that competed in the NCAA College World Series.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Mississippi State, SEC

Pepperdine to start Fall Series Today

Brian Foley

– November 12, 2009Posted in: Big West, Fall Ball

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

MALIBU, Calif. – Pepperdine Baseball’s annual fall tradition – the Blue and Orange World Series – begins Thursday at Eddy D. Field Stadium at 1:15 p.m. The three-game set marks the end of the Waves’ fall season, which began back in September will individual workouts followed by October’s team practices and intrasquads.

Game’s two and three will take place Saturday and Sunday with an approximate start time of 1 p.m.

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Tags: Big West, Fall Ball, Pepperdine

Lou Lamoriello inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame

Brian Foley

– November 12, 2009Posted in: Big East

Former Providence College baseball and hockey captain Lou Lamoriello was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame over the past weekend for his great leadership with the New Jersey Devils. The Boston Globe did an excellent feature on him including showing how great of a mentor and coach he was on the ice.

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Tags: Big East, Hockey, Providence College

Early Signings for Freshman Class of 2011

Brian Foley

– November 12, 2009Posted in: 2011 Recruits, Big 12, Big Ten, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt

Here is your list of 2011 Early Signing Day press releases for November 11th. We will do a big post each day on this subject until the amount of releases slow down.

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Tags: 2011 Recruits, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten Conference, Conference USA, Illinois, Louisiana-Monroe, MAC, Memphis, Miami (OH), Mountain West, North Dakota State, Samford, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt, TCU, Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Top 100 Countdown: Number 69 Michael Olt (UConn)

Brian Foley

– November 12, 2009Posted in: 2010 Top Players, Big East, Cape Cod League, CBD Column, NECBL

The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 69 in our countdown with UConn junior infielder Michael Olt. He is a 6’2 190 pound shortstop/third baseman from Branford High School in Branford Connecticut. He was a four year letter winner in high school where he hit .475 while holding the school record with 115 hits. He picked up All-State and All-League honors in three of the seasons. He was also a leader during Legion play bringing his team to the 2005 and 2007 State and Regional Championship titles. He was also selected in 2007 to the Legion World Series team for his accomplishments.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, Big East, Cape Cod League, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBD Column, NECBL, UConn