Archive for May, 2010

ACC Recap for May 15th

– May 16, 2010Posted in: ACC

Here is your ACC Recap for May 15th.

#2 Virginia 3 #21 North Carolina 2
#2 Virginia 5 #21 North Carolina 1

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The top-ranked Virginia baseball team earned a doubleheader sweep over No. 21 North Carolina Saturday afternoon at Davenport Field, winning 3-2 in the opener and 5-1 in the second game to run its win streak to 13 games.

In the opener, John Barr (Jr., Ivyland, Pa.) hit a game-winning single to score Jarrett Parker (Jr., Stafford, Va.) with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Cavaliers to a thrilling win in front of a stadium-record crowd of 4,257. In the finale, Robert Morey (Jr., Virginia Beach, Va.) tossed a complete-game three-hitter and UVa hit two homers in the 5-1 win.

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Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

Patriot League Semifinal Preview

Brian Foley

– May 15, 2010Posted in: Patriot League

FROM PATRIOT LEAGUE RELEASE

Center Valley, Pa. – Top-seeded Army will go for its second consecutive championship with No. 2 Lehigh, No. 3 Holy Cross and No. 4 Bucknell all vying to dethrone the Black Knights in the Patriot League Baseball Tournament starting this weekend. No. 4 Bucknell is at No. 1 Army with No. 3 Holy Cross at No. 2 Lehigh in the semifinal series, with a doubleheader on Saturday and game three, if necessary, on Sunday.

For the third year in a row, the Patriot League Baseball Tournament includes four teams and will be played over two weekends. The top two seeds host the best-of-three semifinals, with the highest remaining seed at home for next week’s Championship series. Every game in the Tournament is nine innings long. The visiting team will have the last at-bat in game two of every series.

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Tags: Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Patriot League

Random Thoughts: 17 Days to Selection Monday

Brian Foley

– May 15, 2010Posted in: ACC, Big East, Big South, CBD Column, SEC

We are now only 17 days away from Selection Monday when we will find out the field of 64 teams. Here are some of my random thoughts for the games played on Friday evening. We saw three top ten teams drop their series openers tonight with the biggest victory being the North Carolina State Wolfpack over the Florida State Seminoles.

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Tags: ACC, Alabama, Big East, Big South, CBD Column, Coastal Carolina, Florida State, Liberty, NC State, Ole Miss, South Florida, UConn

SEC Recap for May 14th

Brian Foley

– May 15, 2010Posted in: SEC

Here is your SEC Recap for May 14th.

#6 Florida 4 Georgia 3

A bases-loaded sacrifice fly by freshman Mike Zunino (Cape Coral, Fla.) in the bottom of the ninth enabled No. 4 Florida (35-12/18-7 SEC) to pull out a 4-3 victory over Georgia (14-34/3-20 SEC) in front of a season-high 5,363 fans on Friday night at McKethan Stadium. Down 3-2 entering the final frame, the Gators capitalized on a pair of Bulldog errors and scored twice without any hits to earn the win. UF kept pace with No. 7 South Carolina (39-11/18-7 SEC) on top of the league standings, as the Gamecocks nipped No. 10 Arkansas (38-12/16-9 SEC) in Fayetteville, 3-2.

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

Big Ten Conference Recap for May 14th

Brian Foley

– May 14, 2010Posted in: Big Ten

FROM BIG TEN CONFERENCE

PURDUE def. ILLINOIS, 8-2
Recap and Box Score
Purdue maintained a share of the Big Ten lead with an 8-2 win at Illinois on Friday evening. The Boilermakers got big innings late in the game with a four-run sixth and a three-run eighth, led by Eric Charles and Kevin Plawecki, who both had a pair of RBI. Charles went 1-for-4 with a double, while Plawecki was 2-for-4 with his eighth home run. Matt Bischoff picked up his ninth win of the year in a complete-game effort, allowing two runs on six hits and no walks with six strikeouts. Lee Zerrusen was tagged with the loss. Josh Parr led the Illini at the plate, going 1-for-3 with an RBI triple.

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Tags: Big Ten Conference, Big Ten Recap, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue

ACC Recap for May 14th

Brian Foley

– May 14, 2010Posted in: ACC

Here is your ACC Recap for May 14th.

#7 Georgia Tech 14 #11 Miami FL 3

ATLANTA – Chase Burnette drove in four runs and Jay Dantzler three Friday night to back the four-hit pitching of Deck McGuire, and Georgia Tech captured the opener of a key Atlantic Coast Conference series over Miami, 14-3, at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Tech (40-9, 18-7 ACC), ranked No. 6 in the nation, won its fifth straight game and reached 40 victories in a season for the 21st time in its history. More importantly, the Yellow Jackets moved into a tie for the ACC Coastal Division lead with the fifth-ranked Hurricanes (36-12, 18-7) and Virginia. Miami’s seven-game winning streak came to an end.

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Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round Pairings Announced

Bob Broughton

– May 14, 2010Posted in: NAIA

The NAIA Baseball National Championship tournament starts with nine tournaments with five teams in each tournament field. This “Opening Round” will be played May 18-21. The nine winners, plus host team Lewis-Clark State, qualify for the NAIA Baseball National Championship in Lewiston, ID May 28-June 4. Read the rest of this entry »

Wired with Cal-State Fullerton’s Greg Bergeron

Brian Foley

– May 14, 2010Posted in: Big West

Cal-State Fullerton assistant coach Greg Bergeron recently wore a microphone as he served as the third base coach. He is currently in his third season with the Titans after working with Coach Serrano previously at UC-Irvine. Bergeron is in charge of running the teams offense while handling the hitting and fielding instruction. The video gives you great insight on how the Titans offense is run by Coach Bergeron and if your a coach at any level you can pick up some great insight for your players. You can check out the full video below.

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Tags: Big West, Cal State Fullerton

Site News

Brian Foley

– May 14, 2010Posted in: General CBB News

I know that this site has been having intermittent issues with Malware over the last week or so due to a security issue in the server. We have been working on it for over the last week and once it seems we have corrected the issue, another one pops up. I think we have settled all the issues right now and if you have any problems PLEASE send me an email so I am informed of the situation.

As always, if you have an idea for the site for a future story or what you want to see done better in the future, drop me an email by clicking here.

Thanks

Brian Foley

ACC Weekend Preview (May 14th-16th)

Brian Foley

– May 14, 2010Posted in: ACC, CBD Column

We enter the second to last week of ACC action with ten out of the 12 teams in action. (Boston College and Maryland are both off from conference play). The biggest series of the weekend features the Miami Hurricanes playing the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Atlanta as both teams look to make their final push for the Divisional title and a Regional Seed for the NCAA Tourney. The other big series is between the number 21 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels who are a bubble team for the NCAA Tourney taking on the number 2 ranked Virginia Cavs in Charlottesville. The other weekend action sees NC State visiting #8 Florida State, Duke going to #16 Virginia Tech and #19 Clemson going to Wake Forest.

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

WAC Weekend Preview (05/13 – 05/16)

Sam Wasson

– May 13, 2010Posted in: WAC

Week six of WAC play sees a change at the top of the standings at Fresno State swept league leader New Mexico State to move percentage points ahead of the Aggies in the standings. New Mexico State holds a half game lead on the Bulldogs but Fresno State’s slightly higher winning percentage would give the Bulldogs the top seed if the season were to end today.

STANDINGS
1. Fresno State (30-20, 11-5)
2. New Mexico State (35-16-1, 13-6-1)
3. Nevada (27-18-1, 8-7-1)
4. Louisiana Tech (25-23, 10-10)
T5. Hawai’i (23-22, 6-10)
T5. San Jose State (18-29, 6-10)
7. Sacramento State (16-29-1, 5-11)

SERIES OF THE WEEK
Hawai’i (23-22, 6-10) vs. New Mexico State (35-16-1, 13-6-1)
Les Murakami Stadium, Honolulu, HI
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Tags: Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico St., Sacramento St., San Jose St., WAC, WAC Preview

NAIA Top 25 and Recap for May 12th

Bob Broughton

– May 13, 2010Posted in: NAIA

Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for May 12, 2010, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. This is the final poll for the 2010 season, and will be used for seeding the NAIA Opening Round tournaments, which start May 18. (poll below)

#1 Lewis-Clark State defeated Division III George Fox 7-3, and defeated Division I Seattle U. Twice, 8-7 and 5-3. The game against George Fox was tied in the seventh inning, and the Warriors needed an RBI single by Jack Eccles and a sacrifice fly by Kawika Emsley-Pai to get the first win against Seattle U. Hentry Buenrostro got a win in this game, and a save in the second game. Arlo Evasick went 7 2/3 innings for the Redhawks in the second game. He held the Warriors to one run during the first seven innings, but gave up a three-run home run by DH Pat Murray with two out in the eighth to get the loss. The three runs were unearned, and the home run was only the fourth hit given up by Evasick.

The regular season is over for the Warriors, and they finished it with a 16-game winning streak. A game scheduled at Gonzaga next week was cancelled, and the Redhawks were the only Division I team the Warriors played this year. The next game for the Warriors will be at the NAIA Baseball National Championship, which starts May 28. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: British Columbia, Cal Baptist, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City