Archive for June, 2011

CBD Quick Hits: Arizona State 3, Texas 1

– June 11, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, CBD Column, CBD Quick Hits, Pac 12

Arizona State took advantage of a pair of Longhorn errors tonight in the third inning to pull out a 3-1 victory over Texas in the first game of their 2011 Super Regional in Austin. Brady Rodgers (10-4) took the win, while Taylor Jungmann (13-2) was saddled with his second consecutive loss in what could amount to his final collegiate game. Here are a few notes and observations from the game: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 NCAA Tourney, Arizona State, Big 12, CBD Column, Pac 12, Texas

Arizona State takes Game 1 of Austin Super Regional

Brian Foley

– June 11, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Pac 12

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
AUSTIN, Texas – Fantastic pitching from Brady Rodgers and Mitchell Lambson led Arizona State to a 3-1 win over Texas in Game One of the Austin Super Regional at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Friday. The Sun Devils are now 43-16 overall, and they take a 1-0 in lead the best-of-three series with the Longhorns. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Austin Super Regional, 2011 NCAA Tourney, Arizona State, Big 12, Pac 12, Texas

Vanderbilt takes Game 1 of Nashville Super Regional

Brian Foley

– June 11, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, Pac 12, SEC

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Nashville, Tenn. – Vanderbilt scored four runs in the first inning with two outs and never looked back, cruising to an 11-1 victory over Oregon State in the first game of the Super Regional at Hawkins Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Nashville Super Regional, 2011 NCAA Tourney, Oregon State, Pac 12, SEC, Vanderbilt

UNC wins Game 1 of Super Regionals 5-2 over Stanford

Brian Foley

– June 10, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Pac 12

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
CHAPEL HILL, NC– Patrick Johnson (13-1) combined with Michael Morin on a seven-hitter and lead No. 7-ranked North Carolina (49-14) to the series opening win of the Super Regional, 5-2 over No. 21-ranked Stanford (35-21) on Friday afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Chapel Hill Super Regional, 2011 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Pac 12, Stanford, UNC

Florida wins Game 1 of Gainesville Super Regional

Brian Foley

– June 10, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, SEC

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Sophomore Mike Zunino (Cape Coral, Fla.) drove in three runs and Florida (49-16) scored in each of the first five innings to defeat Mississippi State (37-24), 11-1, in the opening game of the best-of-three NCAA Gainesville Super Regional on Friday afternoon at McKethan Stadium. Game two will be on Saturday at noon and be shown nationally on ESPN, with the Gators needing one more victory to punch the program’s seventh ticket to the NCAA College World Series. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Gainesville Super Regional, 2011 NCAA Tourney, Florida, Mississippi State, SEC

2011 CBD Super Regionals Predictions

Brian Foley

– June 10, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column

College Baseball Daily’s team of writers have put together our predictions for the 2011 Super Regionals. We had our Editor Brian Foley, Assistant Editor Mark Rafferty, Senior Writers William Knox and Kat Cornetta each give our predictions. Nolan Alexander also joins us as a contributor to the site after serving this past season as play by play broadcaster for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Check them out below and leave your thoughts in the comments section. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column

2011 Nashville Super Regional Preview: Oregon State vs. Vanderbilt

Kat Hasenauer Cornetta

– June 10, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column, Pac 12, SEC

Both teams have the lineups and intangibles to make noise if they were to get to Omaha, and the biggest downer is that only one will make it to the College World Series.

For Vanderbilt (50-10), the Super Regional concludes a week that saw twelve of their players drafted in the MLB Draft, including Sonny Gray and Grayson Garvin, who were selected in the first round. The goal for the Commodores will be keeping those distractions out of their mind as they face an Oregon State (41-17) team that has been one of Division I’s most successful in the post-season since 2006. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Nashville Super Regional, 2011 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column, Oregon State, Pac 12, SEC, Vanderbilt

Alan Dunn hired as LSU Pitching Coach

Brian Foley

– June 10, 2011Posted in: New Coach, SEC

Baltimore Orioles Minor League Pitching Coordinator Alan Dunn has been hired as the new LSU pitching coach according to a press release from the university. You can check out the full press release below. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alan Dunn, LSU, New Coach, SEC

2011 NCAA Santa Clara Super Regional: Dallas Baptist vs Cal

Brian Foley

– June 10, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column, Independents, Pac 12

The Cal Bears will host the 2011 Super Regional matchup against Dallas Baptist at Santa Clara University. Cal won the Houston Regional by going on a four game winning streak losing to Baylor in their opener before fighting through the loser’s bracket which included beating Baylor twice. Dallas Baptist went 3-1 in the Fort Worth Regional eliminating two 2010 CWS particpants in Oklahoma and TCU before losing to Oral Roberts. They bounced back from the Oral Roberts loss by defeating them in a winner take all game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 NCAA Tourney, 2011 Santa Clara Super Regional, Cal, CBD Column, Dallas Baptist University, Independents, Pac 12

2011 NCAA Columbia Super Regional Preview: UConn vs South Carolina

Brian Foley

– June 10, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, Big East, CBD Column, SEC

The Columbia Super Regionals features an underdog in UConn taking on the 2010 CWS Champion South Carolina. UConn is coming off four straight wins to grab the Clemson Regional after losing their opener to Coastal Carolina. South Carolina swept through their regional by defeating Georgia Southern and Stetson twice to advance to the Supers. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Columbia Super Regional, 2011 NCAA Tourney, Big East, CBD Column, SEC, South Carolina, UConn

2011 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional: UC-Irvine vs Virginia

Brian Foley

– June 10, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big West, CBD Column

By: Greg Waters

UC Irvine and Virginia will face off in the Charlottesville Super Regional June 11-13 at UVa’s Davenport Field. The teams will play at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 1, 4 or 7 p.m. (all times EST) Monday (if necessary). All three games will be televised on the ESPN family of networks. The Saturday and Sunday games will be broadcast on ESPNU, while the Monday contest would air on ESPN2 or ESPNU. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Charlottesville Super Regional, 2011 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big West, CBD Column, UC-Irvine, Virginia

2011 John Olerud Award Watch List

Brian Foley

– June 10, 2011Posted in: 2011 Top Players, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big Ten, Big West, Missouri Valley, National Awards, Patriot League, SEC, WAC

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Ten players are still competing for the College Baseball Hall of Fame’s John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award.

The winner of the Olerud Award will be announced in Lubbock, Texas, on July 3 as part of the College Baseball Hall of Fame’s Night of Champions. Read the rest of this entry »