Archive for May, 2011

All-WAC Baseball Teams Announced

– May 25, 2011Posted in: 2011 Conference Tourney, WAC

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCES
MESA, AZ – The Western Athletic Conference today released its 2011 all-WAC baseball teams and postseason awards as selected by the league’s head coaches. Fresno State junior outfielder Dusty Robinson was named the Player of the Year and Fresno State senior Greg Gonzalez earned Pitcher of the Year honors. The Freshman of the Year award went to Fresno State outfielder Aaron Judge. Hawai‘i’s Mike Trapasso was named WAC Coach of the Year.
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Tags: Fresno State, Hawaii, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, Sacramento State, San Jose State, WAC, WAC Postseason Awards

Stony Brook Seeks To Repeat In America East Tournament

Kat Hasenauer Cornetta

– May 25, 2011Posted in: 2011 Conference Tourney, 2011 Weekend Previews, America East, CBD Column

Boasting a program best 41 wins this season, Stony Brook will look to defend their America East Baseball Championship as play in the conference tournament begins late Wednesday morning.

The tournament will open with match ups that look quite familiar to the teams involved, as they are all rematches of last weekends season ending series. Regular season champion Stony Brook (41-10 overall, 22-2 America East) will face fourth seeded Albany (19-29, 11-11) at 3pm. The Seawolves swept the Great Danes in their four game series this past weekend, amassing 29 runs and holding Albany to a mere eight. America East Pitcher of the Year Nick Tropeano carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning in the series’ first game, and has a program record 11 wins this season. Tropeano heads into the conference tournament with a 1.91 ERA. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Albany, America East, Binghamton, CBD Column, CBD Weekend Preview, Maine, Stony Brook

CBD Journal with Drew Fann (May 25th)

Brian Foley

– May 25, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Journals, SEC

The SEC Tournament starts today in Hoover, Alabama. The town of Hoover really does this thing right—each team stays in the Wynfrey Hotel, which is connected to the Riverchase Galleria Mall. We have easy access to food, a mall and a pool. We also get police escorts to and from each game at Regions Park, the Birmingham Barons AA stadium. Now if they could only hook us up with free WiFi in the rooms… Read the rest of this entry »

Tulane’s Rick Jones Reprimanded by C-USA

Brian Foley

– May 25, 2011Posted in: General CBB News

Tulane head baseball coach Rick Jones has been reprimanded for comments he made on his weekly radio show about the Marshall Athletic Department. On May 13th, the Green Wave were slated to play a single game against Marshall as they started their C-USA series with Marshall. The Marshall Athletic Department decided to move up Saturday’s game with permission from C-USA officials to play a doubleheader on Friday and a single game on Sunday with an impending rain storm coming for Saturday. Tulane ended up losing the second game on Friday by a scored of 7-6 while taking the two other games in their series. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, Rick Jones, Tulane

CBD Column: 2011 ACC Tournament Preview

Brian Foley

– May 25, 2011Posted in: 2011 Conference Tourney, 2011 Weekend Previews, ACC, CBD Column

By: Greg Waters
In preparation for this week’s ACC Baseball Tournament, College Baseball Daily takes a look at eight participants.

Team with something to prove – As the ACC Tournament opens Virginia is considered virtually a lock for a top-8 national seed. But following a sweep in Chapel Hill last week and an OK performance against Miami the previous weekend, there are some doubters. Virginia is 5-5 over its last 10 outings and over the last six have been outscored 23-13 dropping four of those contests. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 ACC Tournament, 2011 Conference Tourney, 2011 Weekend Preview, ACC, ACC Weekend Preview, CBD Column, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, Virginia, Wake Forest

2011 SEC Baseball Tournament Preview

Brian Foley

– May 25, 2011Posted in: 2011 Conference Tourney, 2011 Weekend Previews, CBD Column, SEC

The SEC Baseball Tournament kicks off today with all eight teams in action in the beginning of the double elimination tournament. Year in and year out the SEC conference tournament is regarded as the toughest championship to win with the caliber of schools playing in the conference. Here are some players to watch in each matchup today. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Conference Tourney, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, SEC, SEC Weekend Preview, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

Missouri Valley Conference Tourney Day 1 Recap

Brian Foley

– May 25, 2011Posted in: 2011 Conference Tourney

Here is your Missouri Valley Conference Recap.

#6 Indiana State 5 #3 Illinois State 2

OMAHA, Neb. – The Indiana State baseball team scored two runs in the top of the first inning on Tuesday and never looked back, opening the 2011 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference with a 5-2 victory over the third-seeded Illinois State Redbirds from TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Conference Tourney, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Missouri Valley Conference, Missouri Valley Conference Recap, Southern Illinois, Wichita State

Southern Miss Suspensions Announced

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2011Posted in: Conference USA

Southern Miss pitchers Geoffrey Thomas and Johnathan Thompson have been suspended after being declared academically ineligible.

According to Southern Miss sports information director Jack Duggan, Thompson won’t be playing as long as the Eagles are playing this summer while Thomas is just temporary unavailable over these academic issues. Thomas could potentially be available by the end of the C-USA and NCAA Tournaments. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, Southern Miss, Suspended

Akron’s Pat Bangtson Resigns

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2011Posted in: MAC, New Coach

Akron head baseball coach Pat Bangtson has resigned after six years with the school. This past season, he went 16-37 overall record and a 7-20 mark in Mid-American Conference play. It was a tough year for the Zips as they lost 15 one run games including 11 in conference play. His six year record at the school was a disappointing 119-188. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Akron, MAC, New Coach

NCBWA Names Pro-Line Athletic National Players of the Week (May 24th)

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2011Posted in: Big East, Independents, Players of the Week, Southland Conference

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending May 22 today. UT San Antonio senior first baseman Ryan Hutson and Louisville junior second baseman Ryan Wright were named National Co-Hitters of the Week, while Cal State Bakersfield senior right-hander Mike McCarthy was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Cal State Bakersfield, Independents, Louisville, National Player of the Week, NCBWA, Ryan Hutson, Ryan Wright, Southland Conference, UT-San Antonio

SEC Announces 2011 Baseball Honors

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2011Posted in: SEC

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Florida catcher Mike Zunino was selected 2011 SEC Baseball Player of the Year, Grayson Garvin of Vanderbilt was named SEC Pitcher of the Year and Vanderbilt outfielder Tony Kemp was named SEC Freshman of the Year by a vote of the league’s 12 head baseball coaches. The coaches also tabbed South Carolina skipper Ray Tanner SEC Coach of the Year. James McCann of Arkansas was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »

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

2011 NCAA Baseball Regional Projections (May 24th)

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2011Posted in: 2011 CWS, 2011 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column

College Baseball Daily continues our weekly countdown to the release of the 2011 NCAA Baseball Regional Brackets. The brackets are done as if the NCAA Tournament was set to begin today. The projections are done through games played on Tuesday. You can check out the full bracket below which is our best estimate if the tournament started today. Read the rest of this entry »