Archive for February, 2010

ACC Recap for Feb. 23rd

– February 24, 2010Posted in: ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Southern Conference

Here is your ACC Recap for February 23rd.

#5 Georgia Tech 10 Georgia Southern 0

STATESBORO, Ga. – Sophomore Mark Pope combined with freshman Luke Bard for a four-hit shutout and the offense scored double-digit runs for the third straight game, as the No. 3 Georgia Tech baseball team defeated Georgia Southern, 10-0, Tuesday evening in Statesboro, Ga.

Tuesday’s shutout was Georgia Tech`s third in the first four games of the season, the most in school history after four games played. The three runs allowed through four games are tied for the fewest allowed to this point in school history.

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Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Campbell, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, NC State, Southern Conference, UNC, UNC-Greensboro, Wake Forest

Former Arkansas Tech Ryan White Passes Away

Brian Foley

– February 23, 2010Posted in: Division 2

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. – The Gulf South Conference lost a member of its baseball alumni Monday afternoon when former Arkansas Tech first baseman and Ouachita Baptist assistant coach Ryan White sadly lost his life in a single car accident near Hernando, Miss. He was 27 years old.

According to DeSoto County (Miss.) Coroner Jeff Pounders, White was traveling northbound on I-55 when his Nissan sport-utility vehicle left the east side of the road and rolled into the trees. He was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead on the scene. The son of Tommy and Jan White, Ryan lived in a familiar place for GSC fans, Southaven, Miss. The Conference hosts its basketball and softball tournaments in the city and the GSC Baseball Tournament is in Millington, Tenn., just 30 miles northeast

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Tags: Arkansas Tech, Division 2, Gulf South Conference, Ouachita Baptist

From the Cave: The 2nd Edition

Brian Foley

– February 23, 2010Posted in: General CBB News

Eric Sorenson of CollegeBaseballToday.com checks in with his second edition of his “From The Cave” video series recapping action around College Baseball from the weekend. You can check out the full video below.

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Tags: Eric Sorenson

Auburn’s Justin Fradejas Injured

Brian Foley

– February 23, 2010Posted in: SEC

Auburn outfielder Justin Fradejas will be limited to pinch-running duties for the next couple of weeks as he got injured swinging the bat over the weekend during the series against Southeast Missouri. He is currently 1 for 3 on the year with that only hit being a home run.

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Tags: Auburn, Injury, SEC

TCBB Players of the Week (Feb. 23rd)

Brian Foley

– February 23, 2010Posted in: Big 12, CBD Column, CBD Players of the Week, West Coast Conference

The College Baseball Blog for the third straight season will be providing our National Players of the Week. This week we honor Texas A&M senior center fielder Brodie Greene and Pepperdine junior LHP Matt Bywater.

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Tags: Big 12, CBD Players of the Week, Pepperdine, Players of the Week, Texas AM, West Coast Conference

5 Questions for February 22nd

Brian Foley

– February 23, 2010Posted in: CBD Column

Mondays are usually a slow day around College Baseball so I will be checking in with my biggest five questions from the past weekend on every Monday.

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Tags: CBD Column

Big 12 Recap for February 22nd

William Knox

– February 23, 2010Posted in: Big 12, MAC, Mountain West

Here is your Big 12 recap for February 22nd:

Nebraska 4 Fresno State 1

Fresno, Calif. – Freshmen Tom Lemke and Kurt Giller held a potent Fresno State in check, as Nebraska won the final game of the four-game series by a score of 4-1 Monday night at Beiden Field.

Lemke (1-0) tossed five shutout innings for his first career win, as the right-hander scattered five hits and struck out six in his Husker debut. Giller closed the door on NU’s first win of the season, going the final four innings for his first save, as he allowed one run on four hits.

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Tags: Big 12, Big 12 Recap, Eastern Michigan, Fresno State, Kansas, MAC, Nebraska

Big West Conference Players of the Week

Brian Foley

– February 23, 2010Posted in: Big West, Players of the Week

Michael Hur powered UC Riverside to a three-game sweep of Brigham Young to collect Big West Baseball Player of the Week honors, while Daniel Bibona tossed seven innings of shutout ball to earn the win for UC Irvine and the Big West Baseball Pitcher of the Week award.

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Tags: Big West, Big West Players of the Week, Players of the Week, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside

SEC Players of the Week

Brian Foley

– February 23, 2010Posted in: Players of the Week, SEC

FROM SEC RELEASE

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

P.J. Polk • Tennessee
Junior • OF • Murfreesboro, Tenn.
• Was nearly unstoppable in the batter’s box, hitting at a blistering .750 clip with nine hits in 12 at-bats to help Tennessee record its first season-opening series sweep since 2004…Reached safely in 12 of 16 plate appearances for a .750 on-base percentage.
• Had three hits in each game of UT’s sweep over the Musketeers…Tallied four doubles and five singles over the weekend…Posted a tremendous 1.083 slugging percentage with 13 total bases…Walked three times and did not strike out.

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Tags: Kentucky, SEC, SEC Players of the Week, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Big East Players of the Week

Brian Foley

– February 22, 2010Posted in: Big East, Players of the Week

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - With 11 teams playing 33 games, the 2010 BIG EAST baseball season officially began last week. Coming from a pair of undefeated teams, Notre Dame senior first baseman Casey Martin was named BIG EAST Baseball Player of the Week and Villanova senior RHP Brian Streilein was named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week.

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Tags: Big East, Big East Players of the Week, Notre Dame, Players of the Week, Villanova

WAC Players Of The Week

Sam Wasson

– February 22, 2010Posted in: Players of the Week, WAC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

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DENVER, CO – Nevada designated hitter Brock Stassi and New Mexico State pitcher Dan Reid have been named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for February 15-21.

Stassi, a junior from Yuba City, Calif. (Yuba City HS), helped the Wolf Pack to a 2-1 record last week at Santa Clara. Stassi hit .818 (9-for-11) with six runs scored, a double, two home runs and five RBI in three games. In one stretch, Stassi had hits in six consecutive plate appearances. He finished with multiple hits all three games. On the weekend, he had a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .875 on base percentage. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Fresno State, Hawaii, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico St., Sacramento St.

NCBWA Division 1 Poll (Feb. 22nd)

Brian Foley

– February 22, 2010Posted in: 2010 Polls, NCBWA

DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 13th year with its 2010 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 22-June 29 following the 64th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., and final CWS competition at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.

The poll voters come from 40 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation by 11 different conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools in the 2010 NCAA Division I ranks, and there have been 12 circuits in the initial surveys this season. Last year there were 17 different leagues (from 30 in NCAA Division I) among the Top 30 polls. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Polls, NCBWA