Arkansas Little Rock Archive

2013 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches Poll and Teams

– February 11, 2013Posted in: 2013 Preseason Conference Poll, Sun Belt

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
NEW ORLEANS – The Florida Atlantic Owls have been tabbed as the preseason favorites to win the 2013 Sun Belt Conference baseball title, the league announced on Monday.

FAU won the SBC regular season title in 2012 behind a 32-22 overall record and a 19-8 record in SBC play. This season, the Owls return six starters from that squad and four starting pitchers, including 2013 All-SBC Preseason selections pitcher Austin Gomber and first baseman Mark Nelson. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Preseason Conference Poll, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas State, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Troy, Western Kentucky

UALR releases 2013 Schedule

Brian Foley

– November 17, 2012Posted in: 2013 Schedules, Sun Belt

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
LITTLE ROCK – Head coach Scott Norwood and has announced the UALR baseball schedule for the upcoming 2013 season. The Trojans will play a 56-game slate regular-season slate featuring matchups against six schools that qualified for 2012 NCAA Regionals before playing in the Sun Belt Tournament in Lafayette, La., May 22-26. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Schedules, Arkansas Little Rock, Sun Belt

2012 CBD Season Preview: Sun Belt (Part 1)

Emma Charpentier

– February 13, 2012Posted in: 2012 Season Preview, CBD Column, Sun Belt

College Baseball Daily continues our series of Conference Previews today with the Sun Belt Conference. Here is the first part of the two part preview. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 CBD Season Preview, Arkansas Little Rock, CBD Column, FAU, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, Sun Belt

2012 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches Poll

Brian Foley

– February 10, 2012Posted in: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Sun Belt

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
NEW ORLEANS – The Panthers of FIU and the Trojans of Troy have been tabbed as the preseason favorites to win the 2012 Sun Belt Conference baseball title in a vote of the league’s head coaches.

FIU, which finished second overall in the standings in 2011, returns five starters to an offense that led the SBC in batting average, home runs and runs scored. The Panthers finished last season 20-9-1 in conference play. FIU received four first-place votes from the coaches and finished with 93 points. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas State, FAU, FIU, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Troy, Western Kentucky

Chris Marx added to UALR Coaching Staff

Brian Foley

– February 4, 2012Posted in: New Coach, Sun Belt

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
LITTLE ROCK – The UALR baseball program has announced the hiring of Chris Marx as its new assistant coach. Marx played for head coach Scott Norwood at Ouachita Baptist from 2005-07, and comes to UALR after spending five years as the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at Southern Indiana. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas Little Rock, New Coach, Sun Belt

UALR completes Installation of New Infield Turf

Brian Foley

– January 10, 2012Posted in: New Facility, Sun Belt

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
LITTLE ROCK – The UALR baseball program has announced that the installation of new polyurethane turf at Gary Hogan Field is complete. The new state-of-the-art surface covers nearly the entire infield, with only the pitcher’s mound being built with true clay. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas Little Rock, New Field, Sun Belt

October 29th Fall Ball Update

Brian Foley

– October 29, 2011Posted in: ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Fall Ball, Sun Belt

Here is your October 29th Fall Ball Update.

UALR: Maroon 2 Silver 1

LITTLE ROCK – Junior Tyler Buckley pitched four scoreless innings to help the Maroon Team even UALR’s Fall World Series with a 2-1 victory over the Silver Team Wednesday afternoon at Gary Hogan Field. Sophomore Ryan Montgomery pitched a scoreless seventh inning to pick up the save as the two teams head into Saturday’s contest with the series tied at one game apiece. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Fall Ball, ACC, Arkansas Little Rock, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Duke, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Maryland, Oklahoma, Samford, St. John's, Sun Belt, Texas Tech, UCF

UALR releases 2012 Schedule

Brian Foley

– October 28, 2011Posted in: 2012 Schedules, Sun Belt

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
LITTLE ROCK – The defending Sun Belt Tournament champion UALR Trojans have finalized their schedule for the upcoming 2012 baseball season, it was recently announced by head coach Scott Norwood. Coming off the program’s first-ever NCAA Regional appearance, UALR’s 56-game slate features matchups against five squads that qualified for the 2011 NCAA Tournament, and will host what will be the first-ever State Farm Arkansas Classic at Dickey-Stephens Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Schedules, Arkansas Little Rock, Sun Belt

Fall Ball Update for October 27th

Brian Foley

– October 27, 2011Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Conference USA, Fall Ball, Horizon League, Mountain West, SEC, Sun Belt

Here is your Fall Ball Update for October 27th.

Arkansas-Little Rock: Silver 4 Maroon 3

LITTLE ROCK - A two-out rally in the top of the third helped the Silver Team claim a 4-3 win in the opener of the UALR Fall World Series Tuesday evening at Gary Hogan Field. A two-RBI double off the bat of sophomoreBen Crumpton capped a four-run inning for the Silver Team, which takes a 1-0 lead in the series heading into game two on Wednesday at 3:05 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Fall Ball, ACC, Arkansas Little Rock, Auburn, Big 12, Central Florida, Conference USA, Duke, Horizon League, Mountain West, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, SEC, Sun Belt, Western Illinois

2011 NCAA Corvallis Regional: Day 2 Recap

Brian Foley

– June 5, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, Missouri Valley, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt

Here is your 2011 NCAA Corvallis Regional Day 2 Recap.

Georgia 7 Arkansas-Little Rock 3

CORVALLIS, ORE.—–Alex Wood pitched eight strong innings and Levi Hyams went 4-for-5 to lead Georgia to a 7-3 win over Arkansas-Little Rock Saturday in an NCAA Regional elimination game at Goss Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Corvallis Regional, 2011 NCAA Tourney, Arkansas Little Rock, Creighton, Georgia, Missouri Valley Conference, Oregon State, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt

2011 NCAA Corvallis Regional: Day 1 Recap

Brian Foley

– June 3, 2011Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, Missouri Valley, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt

Here is your 2011 NCAA Corvallis Regional Day 1 Recap.

Creighton 2 Georgia 1

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Jonas Dufek outdueled Michael Palazzone and No. 25 Creighton scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to claim a 2-1 victory over Georgia to open play at the Corvallis Regional on Friday afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »