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On Monday, December 19, the Shelter Island school district voted in favor of adding a seventh team to Hamptons Collegiate Baseball (HCB), which makes up a division of the prestigious Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. The team, which currently is without a nickname, will begin play in June 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
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As part of ESPN’s new 12-year agreement with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), ESPNU plans to televise nine consecutive weeks of ACC Olympic sporting events on Mondays at 7 p.m. during the spring of 2012 including six baseball games, two softball games and the women’s lacrosse championship. The final week, Florida State at Clemson baseball, will air on Monday, May 14, at 6 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »
The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper has released their 2012 Preseason Top 40 poll. Florida leads the poll with SEC rival coming second place. Rounding out the Top 5 is Stanford at 3, North Carolina at 4, and Texas at 5. You can check out the full poll below. Read the rest of this entry »
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference has altered the format of its annual baseball tournament, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive announced today. This will mark the first major change to the event’s format since 1996. Read the rest of this entry »
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TAMPA – USF’s 2012 baseball schedule is set and it’s packed with heavy hitters from last season.
The Bulls will face seven schools that are coming off NCAA Tournament appearances starting with a three-game series at home against Bethune-Cookman Friday, Feb. 24 to Sunday, Feb. 26. Read the rest of this entry »
UPDATED 1:01pm: Futures League commissioner Chris Hall responded to my request for comment, saying: “We hope the Brockton Rox will be a member of the FCBL for the 2012 Season and beyond. Campanelli Stadium would be the crown jewel of stadiums in all of Summer Collegiate Baseball. We feel that the Summer Collegiate model works well with former professional franchises and the city of Brockton would benefit from such model.”
ORIGINAL REPORT: On Saturday, the Brockton (MA) Enterprise reported that the Brockton Rox, the city’s Can-Am baseball franchise, would be sitting out the 2012 season due to financial issues. But the Rox’s demise may provide an inlet for a summer college baseball league to establish itself in the southeastern Massachusetts city. Read the rest of this entry »
The Northern Kentucky baseball program has been a Division 2 power over the last nine seasons. They have won the Great Lakes Valley Conference five times under head coach Todd Asalon who is entering his 12th year in charge of the baseball program. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the 2012 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 countdown today at number 38 with Texas A&M junior outfielder Tyler Naquin. The Spring, Texas native attended Klein Collins High School where he was a three year letterwinner. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are your Top 5 Articles of the Week on College Baseball Daily.
1. NCBWA releases 2012 Preseason All-Americans
2. Jeff Gibbs looks to lead Maine back to NCAA Tournament
3. Michigan Baseball Names Wayne Welton Volunteer Assistant Coach
4. Big West adds San Diego State
5 Texas adding new scoreboard at UFCU Disch Falk Field
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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team’s 2012 schedule will include early-season trips to Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Louisiana along with BIG EAST road series at USF, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Villanova and Connecticut.
Notre Dame’s four BIG EAST home series will include games versus Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. John’s and Rutgers. The Irish home slate will feature midweek games against traditional non-conference rivals, most notably Eastern Michigan, Toledo, Western Michigan, Central Michigan and Northwestern. Read the rest of this entry »
The Mystic Schooners of the NECBL moved before last season from Bristol CT to Fitch High School in Groton Connecticut. The team struggled in their first season at Fitch High School going 18-24 and missing the playoffs but the real issues with the squad have come during this offseason. Read the rest of this entry »
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QUEENS, N.Y. – Head baseball coach Ed Blankmeyer has officially announced the schedule for the 2012 season, his 17th season at the helm of the Red Storm. The 56-game slate includes 24 home games and features the fourth annual Big Ten-BIG EAST Challenge as well as a total of 11 games against six teams that participated in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. 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)
