North Carolina
The Tar Heels (45-14) are a very quiet number 3 overall seed. With much of the national attention swinging toward Virginia and Vanderbilt, North Carolina is making its 26th NCAA appearance, and come into Regionals as one of the top eight seeds for the fourth time in five seasons. Read the rest of this entry »
Oregon State
Players to Watch
Andrew Susac (.325, 5, 31)
Kavin Keyes (.315, 1, 29)
Ryan Dunn (.296, 4, 26) Read the rest of this entry »
Cal-State Fullerton
After shuffling their lineup throughout the season due to injury (15 batters started in 14 games or more), the Fullerton Titans are primed for a postseason run and attempt to make it to their 6th College World Series in the last decade. The Titans have sent out a ton of inexperienced players this season, yet finished the year with a 40-15 record and won the Big West yet again at a 19-5 clip. Even though he had a down year power wise this year, Nick Ramirez turned it on in Big West play to finish the year with 9 HR and a .285 batting average. Read the rest of this entry »
Arizona State (39-16, 17-10 Pac-10)
Players to Watch
Johnny Ruetigger (.329 BA, 35 RBI, 21-33 SB)
Deven Marrero (.320 BA, 2 HR, 17 RBI)
Pitchers to Watch
Brady Rodgers (8-4, 2.90 ERA)
Kramer Champlin (8-3, 3.13 ERA) Read the rest of this entry »
Florida State (42-17, 19-11 ACC)
Players to Watch
James Ramsey (.350 BA, 10 HR, 62 RBI)
Jayce Boyd (.333 BA, 5 HR, 53 RBI)
Mike McGee (.333 BA, 10 HR, 51 RBI) Read the rest of this entry »
By: WhenItStrikesMe.com
The Nashville Regional this year features four all-around, solid teams in National Seed host Vanderbilt, two seed Oklahoma State, three seed Troy and four seed Belmont. We’ll take a quick peek at each team’s strengths and provide some early predictions. Read the rest of this entry »
1. UCLA (33-22)
2. Fresno St. (40-14)
3. UC Irvine (39-16)
4. San Francisco (31-23) Read the rest of this entry »
The 2011 Gainesville Regional sees the Florida Gators playing hosts to Miami (FL), Jacksonville, and Manhattan. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Greg Waters
Several interesting story lines mark the 2011 Charlottesville Regional. St John’s is returning to Charlottesville where they almost pulled the upset last season forcing the 5th overall national seed Virginia to an elimination game. The ECU Pirates return to Charlottesville where they played the Cavaliers tough in a three game series the second week of the season, losing the three game set 2-1, including a one-run loss on Saturday. Navy will be making its first appearance in Charlottesville since a 17-1 loss back in March of 2009. This will be Virginia’s fifth time hosting an NCAA Regional since 2004. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne has announced that Darin Erstad has been hired as the head coach of the Husker baseball program.
“Darin is very passionate about Nebraska and especially our baseball program,” Osborne said. “Nobody is going to work harder than Darin. He showed that both here at Nebraska and in Major League Baseball, and that will be the same as our head coach.” Read the rest of this entry »
1. Texas A&M (42-18)
2. Arizona (36-19)
3. Seton Hall (33-23)
4. Wright State (36-17) Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year were announced today by Collegiate Baseball newspaper.
The 17-man first team, chosen by performances up to regional playoffs and picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features 11 conference players or pitchers of the year, including: 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)
