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RICHMOND, Va. (January 19, 2011) – James Madison, which returns five starters from last year’s squad that finished atop the CAA baseball regular-season standings, has been picked to win the conference title in 2011 according to a vote of the CAA’s head baseball coaches. Read the rest of this entry »
The 2010 Titans couldn’t have been much closer to getting to Rosenblatt for a second straight season under Dave Serrano. They were one out away from sweeping UCLA in the Super Regionals at Jackie Robinson Stadium and advancing to the College World Series yet again.
It wasn’t to be though as the Titans lineup was a shell of its midseason self heading into that third game due to key injuries to Big West Player of the Year Gary Brown as well as Corey Jones in the 2nd game of the regional. Both have since moved on to professional baseball, along with 4th overall pick shortstop Christian Colon, weekend RHP Daniel Renken, and catcher Billy Marcoe. The Titans have found the depth to fill most of those holes, and with two high draft picks deciding against pro baseball, the former recruiting coordinator for the Titans has too much talent and not enough positions on the field. I recently spoke with Coach Serrano, and he was able to fill me in on how this immensely talented team will deal with not having nearly enough spots on the diamond to showcase what they’re made of. Read the rest of this entry »
The Big South was dominated last year by the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers as they went a perfect 25-0 on their way to the conference regular season title. The Liberty Flames came in second with a 19-8 conference mark. Radford finished in third place with a 15-11 record in the conference only a ½ game ahead of High Point for third place. VMI and Winthrop tied for fifth place with a 13-14 record while Gardner-Webb and UNC-Asheville tied for seventh with a 10-17 mark. Presbyterian College finished in ninth place with a 7-20 record while Charleston Southern rounded out of the conference with a 6-20 record. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily 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 8 in our countdown with UCLA junior RHP Trevor Bauer. He is from Valencia, California, and attended Hart High School. He ended up picking up two letters as he had an outstanding junior season which saw him go 12-0 with a 0.79 ERA while striking out 106 batters and walking 15 in 70.2 innings. As a junior, he earned first-team All-CIF Southern Section Division I honors and first-team All-Southern Section accolades from the California Baseball Coaches Association (CBCA). Bauer skipped his senior year of high school and enrolled at UCLA a year early. Read the rest of this entry »
Florida Gators fourth year head coach Kevin O’Sullivan recently sat down with Scott Carter of Gatorzone.com to discuss the upcoming season. The Gators have been ranked as the number 2 team in the country by the 2011 Preseason Collegiate Baseball News poll. They return eight regular position players and 11 pitchers from last year’s squad that qualified for the College World Series before going 0-2 to end their season. They also picked up an impact freshman in Karsten Whitson who turned down over $2 million dollars to head to Gainesville. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are the 2011 Cape Cod Baseball League rosters. The league routinely is rated the best summer league in the country and has seen over 200 of their former alumni play in MLB last season. Read the rest of this entry »
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – After capturing a share of its third regular season title in the past four years, Charlotte has been selected to win the 2010 Atlantic 10 baseball title in voting conducted by the league’s head coaches. Xavier, the 2009 A-10 Tournament Champion, was picked second, while Dayton, the 2009 Conference regular season champion, rounds out the top three.
Charlotte looks to repeat as Atlantic 10 regular season champions for the second time since joining the league during the 2006 campaign. The 49ers last took back-to-back league titles in 2007 and 2008. Charlotte has won three titles in the last five seasons as a member of the league, capturing 96 conference victories — 10 more than the next highest team total during that span. Veteran head coach Loren Hibbs returns 21 letterwinners, including six position starters and 11 pitchers, from a team that went 39-17 overall last season. On the mound, Charlotte also returns all three weekend starters from a year ago, with a combined 16-8 season record, along with redshirt senior relief pitcher Bryan Hamilton, who recently garnered Preseason All-America status.
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LSU freshman infielder Kevin Koziol was dismissed from the baseball team after being arrested for driving while intoxicated over the weekend. He was booked on reckless operation of a vehicle and disobeying a red light according to the LSU Daily Reveille. Read the rest of this entry »
The 2010 Atlantic Sun regular season saw Florida Gulf Coast dominate the conference with a 25-5 conference mark as second place Mercer finished six games back with a 16-11 record. East Tennessee State finished a game behind the Bears with a 15-12 record. North Florida and Jacksonville finished tied for fourth place with a 14-12 record. Stetson rounded out the qualifiers for the Atlantic Sun postseason tournament with a 14-13 record. Belmont at 13-13, Kennesaw State at 12-15, Lipscomb at 9-17, and Campbell at 8-19 were on the outside looking in at the postseason tournament while USC-Upstate went 8-19 as they were not eligible for the A-Sun tournament as they are undergoing an NCAA Reclassifying period. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily continues our series of interviews with coaches from across the country today with UNC-Wilmington head coach Mark Scalf who is entering his 20th season in charge of the Seahawks program. He enters the year with a career record of 620-486-1 after going 33-27 with a 13-11 mark in CAA play. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the 2011 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 at number 9 with UConn junior RHP Matt Barnes. The Bethel, Connecticut, native attended Bethel High School where he was a three year letter winner. He earned multiple awards in his high school career including picking up All-Colonial Division honors as a junior, earned All-Conference, All-State (Class L), a Connecticut High School Coaches Association All-Star as a senior, and a 2008 Rawling Pre-Season All-Region Team member. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily kicks off our 2011 Season Previews today with the ACC Atlantic Division. Last season, saw both Clemson and Florida State make the College World Series. The Clemson Tigers ended up tying with the Florida State Seminoles in the Division with identical 18-12 records. Clemson ended up being named the champion by sweeping the Seminoles in the final series of the season. NC State edged Boston College for the third spot with a 15-15 conference mark while the Eagles finished 14-16. Wake Forest came in fifth with a 8-22 record while Maryland rounded out the division with a 5-25 mark. Read the rest of this entry »
Top 100 Countdown: 4. Michael Roth (South Carolina)
Top 100 Countdown: 5. Victor Roache (Georgia Southern)
Top 100 Countdown: 6. Marcus Stroman (Duke)
Top 100 Countdown: 7. Stephen Piscotty (Stanford)
Top 100 Countdown: 8. Peter O’Brien (Miami, FL)
