Mountain West Archive

NCBWA releases National Players of the Week

– May 22, 2012Posted in: Conference USA, Mountain West, National Awards, Pac 12

FROM NCBWA RELEASE

MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its National Player of the Week awards for the period ending May 20, today. New Mexico freshman outfielder Ryan Padilla was named National Hitter of the Week, while Stanford junior right-handed pitcher Mark Appel and Rice junior right-handed pitcher Tyler Duffey were named Co-National Pitchers of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.

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Tags: Conference USA, Mountain West, National Player of the Week, NCBWA, New Mexico, Pac 12, Rice, Stanford

CBD Mid-Major Poll (May 21st)

Brian Foley

– May 21, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Horizon League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, WAC

By: Aaron Kirby
TCU (35-17) stays at #1 for the 3^rd consecutive week. The Horned Frogs went 3-1 on the week, winning 1-0 at Oklahoma Tuesday and winning 2 of 3 vs San Diego St in MWC play. TCU finished the regular season tied for 1^st with New Mexico at 18-6 in the MWC. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 CBD Mid-Major Poll, 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Independents, MAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, WAC

2012 CBD Mid-Major Poll (May 7th)

Brian Foley

– May 7, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, NEC, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, West Coast Conference

By: Aaron Kirby
TCU (29-16) slides up 2 spots to take over #1 for week 12. The Horned Frogs went 3-1 on the week beating Oklahoma 4-3 Tuesday and winning 2 of 3 vs New Mexico in MWC play. TCU and New Mexico are now tied atop the MWC standings at 13-5 and having split their 6 games. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 CBD Mid Major Poll (April 30th)

Brian Foley

– April 30, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Horizon League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, NEC, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast Conference

By: Aaron Kirby
Purdue (34-7) is #1 for the 5^th consecutive week. The Boilermakers went 3-1 on week, winning 3-2 at Illinois St on Tuesday and winning 2 of 3 from Michigan St in Big 10 play. Purdue has a 3 ½ game lead in Big 10 and steps out of conference play this weekend for HUGE series at UCLA. Read the rest of this entry »

Tony Gwynn Says SDSU Has to Learn From Mistakes

Shotgun Spratling

– April 18, 2012Posted in: CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches, Mountain West

IRVINE, Calif. — Most coaches say it’s doing the little things. But excelling at execution can be a big boost. Tuesday night at Anteater Ballpark, the difference in UC Irvine’s 10-5 victory over San Diego State was the Aztecs complete inability to execute.

Poor execution cost the Aztecs (18-21) several chances to break through and provided UC Irvine (19-14) with extra opportunities. Despite being down only 5-4 in the eighth inning, the Aztecs continually struggled to get timely hits, put down sacrifice bunts and limit Irvine from taking extra bases.

Following the game, the San Diego State coaching staff laid into the players, letting them know their effort Tuesday night was unacceptable.

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Tags: CBD Interview, Mountain West, San Diego State, Tony Gwynn, UC-Irvine

CBD Photo Gallery: Extra Bases Give ‘Eaters 10-5 Win Against SDSU

Shotgun Spratling

– April 18, 2012Posted in: 2012 Season Coverage, Big West, CBD Photo Gallery, Mountain West

IRVINE, Calif. — When an extra base is given, you take it.

UC Irvine did exactly that — over and over and over again — in Tuesday night’s 10-5 win against San Diego State at Anteater Ballpark. Every time the Aztecs (18-21) overthrew a cutoff man or unsuccessfully tried to get a lead runner, Irvine (19-14) took advantage.

“That’s a game I think we could have won if we execute,” San Diego State head coach Tony Gwynn said. ”We pitched horribly. We didn’t execute very well. We didn’t play good defense. We made a couple of mental mistakes that ended up costing us three runs. You’re just not going to win games like that at the college level.”

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Tags: Big West, CBD Photo Gallery, Mountain West, San Diego State, UC-Irvine

2012 CBD Mid Major Poll (April 16th)

Brian Foley

– April 16, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, NEC, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, WAC, West Coast Conference

By: Aaron Kirby
Purdue (28-5) remains at #1 for the 3^rd consecutive week. The Boilermakers have won 8 games in row including 4-0 this week with 15-2 win at Ball State Wednesday and sweeping Illinois in Big 10 play. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 CBD Mid Major Poll (April 9th)

Brian Foley

– April 9, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Horizon League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast Conference

By: Aaron Kirby
The top 3 remain the same with Purdue (24-5) staying at #1 for second week in row. The Boilermakers had a perfect 4-0 week including sweeping their Big 10 series at Northwestern…………….. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 CBD Mid Major Poll (April 2nd)

Brian Foley

– April 2, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Independents, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, WAC

By: Aaron Kirby

For the 4^th week in a row we have a new #1. Purdue (20-5) continues to play great baseball in 2012, moving up to the top spot with a 4-1 week. The Boilermakers started the week off beating Louisville 2-1 in 10 innings on Tuesday, followed by a 6-1 win Wednesday over IUPU-Fort Wayne, and taking 2 of 3 from Penn St in Big 10 play. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 CBD Mid Major Poll (March 26th)

Brian Foley

– March 26, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Independents, MAAC, MAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, NEC, Northeast-10, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast Conference

For the 3^rd week in row we have a new #1. The week was not kind to the top 3 ranked teams, as they went a combined 3-10 for the week. Read the rest of this entry »

CBD Column: SoCal Wk 6 Weekend Preview

Shotgun Spratling

– March 23, 2012Posted in: 2012 Weekend Preview, Big West, CBD Column, Mountain West, Pac 12, West Coast Conference

A number of schools on the quarter system rather than the semester schedule are coming off two week breaks. Several of those teams will oppose Southern California squads this weekend.

But the biggest matchup pits a top 10 Texas A&M squad against a red hot Pepperdine team. There will be a handful of “aces” in this series with both teams possessing top notch weekend rotations.

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Tags: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CBD Weekend Preview, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Diego State, Santa Clara, Stanford, Texas AM, USC

CBD Column: Southern California Wk 5 Power Rankings

Shotgun Spratling

– March 22, 2012Posted in: CBD Column, Mountain West, Pac 12, West Coast Conference

Not a ton of movement in this week’s iteration of the Southern California college baseball Power Rankings. UCLA’s winning streak was snapped after 12 games, but the Bruins bounced right back and continued their winning ways, keeping all Power Rankings contenders at bay for at least another week. Crosstown rival USC went the opposite direction losing its Pac-12 conference opening series to Utah, who had been struggling. Pepperdine and San Diego continue to battle for positioning with wins while Long Beach and San Diego State are battling each other with losses.