Archive for June, 2010

Gainesville Regional Day 2 Recap

– June 6, 2010Posted in: 2010 NCAA Tourney, MEAC, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt

Florida 10 Oregon State 2

Top-seeded Florida (44-15) used a seven-run third inning to post a 10-2 win over third-seeded Oregon State (32-23) in a winner’s bracket game of the NCAA Gainesville Regional on Saturday night at McKethan Stadium. Sophomore left-hander Alex Panteliodis (Tampa, Fla.) (10-2) matched his career high with eight strikeouts over five innings and earned the win to become the first Gator pitcher with 10 victories since Alan Horne went 10-2 in 2005. Seven of Florida’s 14 hits went for extra bases, with three homers, two triples and a couple of doubles.

The Beavers will meet second-seeded Florida Atlantic (36-23) in an elimination game tomorrow at 1 p.m., with the survivor needing to defeat the Gators twice to advance to next weekend’s NCAA Super Regional. Florida will face tomorrow afternoon’s winner at 7 p.m., live on Sun Sports.

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Tags: 2010 Gainesville Regional, 2010 NCAA Tourney, Bethune Cookman, FAU, Florida, MEAC, Oregon State, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt

Fayetteville Regional Recap for Day 2

Brian Foley

– June 6, 2010Posted in: 2010 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, MEAC, Pac 12, SEC

Arkansas 6 Washington State 4

FAYETTEVILLE – Collin Kuhn had three hits and Jordan Pratt collected a two-inning save as the No. 15 University of Arkansas baseball team defeated Washington State, 6-4, Saturday night at Baum Stadium in game four of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional. The Razorbacks built a three-run lead but Washington State pulled to within one in the eighth inning before Pratt closed the door in front of 9,016 fans to keep Arkansas undefeated in regional play.

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Tags: 2010 Fayetteville Regional, 2010 NCAA Tourney, Arkansas, Big 12, Grambling State, Kansas State, Pac 12, SEC, SWAC, Washington State

Columbia Regional Day 2 Recap

Brian Foley

– June 6, 2010Posted in: 2010 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Patriot League, SEC, Southern Conference

South Carolina 9 The Citadel 4

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Blake Cooper struck out a career-high 12 batters, and South Carolina put together a late-inning rally to defeat cross-state rival The Citadel 9-4 in a winner’s bracket game of the NCAA Baseball Columbia Regional on Saturday. The Carolina Stadium crowd of 7,418 was treated to a spectacular pitchers’ duel through six innings before the Gamecocks exploded for seven runs over their final three at-bats.

Cooper (11-1) stymied the Bulldog hitters through 7.1 innings, hitting double-digits in strikeouts for the second time in his career and holding the Bulldogs to four runs, none of which were earned, on six hits while walking three. Citadel ace righthander Asher Wojciechowski (12-3) was equally impressive until late in the game, striking out 11 Gamecock hitters in 6.2 innings of work before giving up five runs in the seventh inning to be charged with the loss. Matt Price picked up his eighth save, tossing 1.1 innings of shutout ball to preserve the Carolina win.

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Tags: 2010 Columbia (SC) Regional, 2010 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Bucknell, Patriot League, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, The Citadel, Virginia Tech

Charlottesville Regional Day 2 Recap

Brian Foley

– June 6, 2010Posted in: 2010 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big East, CAA, SEC

Virginia 13 Ole Miss 7

CHARLOTTESVILLE – Virginia improved to 2-0 in the Charlottesville Regional with a 13-7 win over Mississippi on Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd of 4,801 at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers, the No. 5 national seed, tied the school record with their 49th win of the season and also matched the school record for home wins with 32.

Ole Miss will meet St. John’s in an elimination game on Sunday at 1 p.m. The winner of that game will play Virginia and needs to beat the Cavaliers twice in the double-elimination tournament format.

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Tags: 2010 Charlottesville Regional, 2010 NCAA Tourney, ACC, CAA, Ole Miss, SEC, St. John's, VCU, Virginia

Austin Regional Day 2 Recap

Brian Foley

– June 6, 2010Posted in: 2010 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Conference USA, MAAC, Sun Belt

Texas 4 Louisiana 2

AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 3 Texas Longhorns received another solid pitching performance as Cole Green and Chance Ruffin combined to scatter seven hits in a 4-2 win over the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns in NCAA Regional action at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday evening.

The victory gives Texas two chances to beat the winner of Sunday’s Louisiana-Rice game (1 p.m.). The Longhorns will play the Ragin’ Cajuns-Owls winner at 6:30 p.m. A win on Sunday night gives Texas the regional crown. A loss would set-up a winner-take-all rematch Monday at 1 p.m.

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Tags: 2010 Austin Regional, 2010 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Conference USA, Louisiana-Lafayette, MAAC, Rice, Rider, Sun Belt, Texas

Auburn Regional Recap for Day 2

Brian Foley

– June 5, 2010Posted in: 2010 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Conference USA, Ohio Valley Conference, SEC

Clemson 5 Auburn 2

Auburn, AL – Junior lefthander Casey Harman pitched a complete-game five-hitter to lead #16 Clemson to a 5-2 victory over #14 Auburn in the Auburn Regional in front of 4,096 fans at Plainsman Park on Saturday night. Clemson, who improved to 2-0 in the regional, upped its record to 40-21 on the season. It marked the 24th season that Clemson reached the 40-win mark. Auburn, who fell to 1-1 in the regional, dropped to 41-20 in 2010.

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Tags: 2010 Auburn Regional, 2010 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Auburn, Clemson, Conference USA, Jacksonville State, Ohio Valley Conference, SEC, Southern Miss

Atlanta Regional Day 2 Recap

Brian Foley

– June 5, 2010Posted in: 2010 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Atlantic Sun, SEC, Southern Conference

Georgia Tech 5 Alabama 2

ATLANTA - Georgia Tech starter Deck McGuire allowed just two runs in eight innings and Chase Burnette collected three hits, including a record-tying home run, leading the Yellow Jackets past Alabama 5-2 Saturday night in the winner’s bracket game of the NCAA Baseball Atlanta Regional.

A capacity crowd of 4,157 packed into Russ Chandler Stadium to watch McGuire (9-4) pitch against Alabama’s Jimmy Nelson (8-3) in a battle of two of the top aces in the Southeast. Tech’s Andrew Robinson pitched the ninth inning to record his eighth save.

"This was a really good college baseball game," said Georgia Tech coach Danny Hall. "I told my guys after the game that it was probably the best game that we have played all year long – pitching, hitting, defense.

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Tags: 2010 Atlanta Regional, 2010 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Alabama, Atlantic 10, Elon, Georgia Tech, Mercer, SEC, Southern Conference

Coral Gables Regional Day 2 Recap

Colin Weber

– June 5, 2010Posted in: 2010 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League, Sun Belt

Here is your recap of Saturday’s games at the Coral Gables Regional.

Miami 14, Texas A&M 1

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Senior first baseman Scott Lawson hit three home runs and finished with a career-high six RBI as the top-seeded and 11th-ranked University of Miami baseball team eased to a 14-1 win over No. 2 seed Texas A&M Saturday at the Coral Gables Regional at Alex Rodriguez Park.

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Tags: 2010 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big 12, Dartmouth, Florida International, Ivy League, Miami (FL), Sun Belt, Texas AM

Fort Worth Regional Day 2 Recap

Colin Weber

– June 5, 2010Posted in: 2010 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Mountain West, Pac 12, Southland Conference

Here is a recap of Saturday’s action at the Fort Worth Regional.

TCU 11, Arizona 5

FORT WORTH, Texas – Joe Weik connected on two home runs and freshmen Matt Purke held the Arizona bats in check en route to leading the Horned Frogs to an 11-5 victory on Saturday evening at Lupton Stadium in the Fort Worth Regional.

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Tags: 2010 Fort Worth Regional, 2010 NCAA Tourney, Arizona, Baylor, Big 12, Lamar, Mountain West, Pac 12, Southland Conference, TCU

Ohio State set to name Kent State’s Stricklin head coach

Brian Foley

– June 5, 2010Posted in: Big Ten, MAC, New Coach

UPDATE at 5:00pm

Ohio State is set to name Kent State head coach Scott Stricklin according to a post from Kendall Rogers. He is set to replace Bob Todd who is retiring after 23 seasons leading the Buckeyes.

You can check out the full post by clicking here.

We spoke with Stricklin before this season and the full interview is available by clicking here.

Aaron Fitt of Baseball America tweeted the following about the situation:

Kent State coach Scott Stricklin refutes rumor he will take Ohio State job. He texted: "No basis for that. Have not been contacted by them."

We should see what happens about this situation in the coming days but it is very odd timing for this news to break.

Tags: Big Ten Conference, Kent State, MAC, New Coach, Ohio State

Norwich Regional Report Game 3: UConn vs Central Connecticut State

Brian Foley

– June 5, 2010Posted in: 2010 NCAA Tourney, Big East, CBD Visit, NEC

In the first game of the second day of the Norwich Regional. The UConn Huskies faced off against the Central Connecticut Blue Devils. UConn entered the game with a 47-15 record while Central Connecticut State enters with a 33-22 record. Uconn sent Elliot Glynn to the hill as he was 7-3 with a 2.66 ERA while Central Connecticut State countered with Jason Foster who was 3-2 with a 5.91 ERA.

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Tags: 2010 NCAA Tourney, 2010 Norwich (CT) Regional, Big East, CBD Visit, Central Connecticut, Northeast Conference, UConn

Day 1 Recap

Brian Foley

– June 5, 2010Posted in: CBD Column

We are now done the first day of the NCAA Regionals with the biggest upset being Minnesota defeating Cal-State Fullerton behind an excellent start from Seth Rosin. The other interesting thing that I saw was the fact that the UConn and Oregon game drew 5684 fans as alot of people questioned how good the regional would draw up in the Northeast. We can now say that all of the naysayers were wrong and the regional will probably be a success. I attended both games down there and was pleasantly surprised at the crowd and how well run the event has been run. I will have a full article on the regional in the upcoming week but for now you can check out my FSU-Central Connecticut State Recap by clicking here and my Oregon-UConn recap by clicking here. (Both links include interviews). If you missed any of the recaps feel free to check out our Regional Central by clicking here.