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NCAA Division III Baseball West Regional Day 2

By
Donald J. Boyles
– May 15, 2009Posted in: 2009 NCAA Tourney, Division 3
Senior Tommy Rozell allowed just one hit over the final 3.2 innings of Friday's 5-3 win over Hendrix at the NCAA West Regional in McMinville, Ore. The Patriots will play again tomorrow at 3:30 PDT.

Senior Tommy Rozell allowed just one hit over the final 3.2 innings of Friday's 5-3 win over Hendrix at the NCAA West Regional in McMinville, Ore. The Patriots will play again tomorrow at 3:30 PDT.

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Texas-Tyler 5, Hendrix 3

MCMINVILLE, Ore. – The University of Texas at Tyler baseball team scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to come from behind and eliminate Hendrix, 5-3, on Friday at the 2009 NCAA West Baseball Regional at Jim Wright Stadium in McMinville.
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Baseball America previews Division 2 and Division 3

By
Brian Foley
– January 31, 2009Posted in: 2009 Season Preview, Baseball America, Division 2, Division 3

Baseball America has put together previews of Division 2 and Division 3. They have Tampa as the best team in the country for Division 2. The Spartans are seeking their third title in the last four years. UC San Diego is listed as the second best team while Mount Olive who was the 2008 Division 2 champion are ranked third by Baseball America. Central Missouri and Florida Southern round out the Top 5. Baseball America has put Robbie Shields of Florida Southern as the top position player while Mike Adams of Franklin Pierce is the top pitcher. Read the rest of this entry »

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2009 Preseason NCBWA/D3baseball.com Top 25

By
Donald J. Boyles
– January 22, 2009Posted in: Division 3, Pre-Season Rankings
Cortlands 10th-year head coach Joe Brown leads all active NCAA Division III baseball coaches with a .789 career winning percentage

Cortland's 10th-year head coach Joe Brown leads all active NCAA Division III baseball coaches with a .789 career winning percentage

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The SUNY Cortland baseball team is ranked first nationally in Division III for the 2009 season in two preseason polls – one conducted by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and the other by the Web site D3baseball.com.

Cortland finished 42-5 last season, including a school-record 38-game winning streak. The Red Dragons made their ninth NCAA Division III World Series appearance, all since 1995, and finished tied for seventh nationally. Cortland’s string of 16 consecutive NCAA Division III tournament berths is the longest active streak nationally.
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CBB Links: Conference Tournament Edition

By
Mark Rafferty
– May 23, 2008Posted in: ACC, Big Ten, Cape Cod Baseball League, Division 3, Pac 12, SEC

Former MLB Third Baseman Scott Brosius has led Linfield College (34-11) to the Division III National Championship Tournament. (The Oregonian)

How does Brett Wallace’s season rank in ASU history? (Pitchfork Nation)

Are conference tournaments really necessary in college baseball? (The Nickel Block)

Ohio State’s season ends in disappointment (The Buckeye Nine)

Recruiting in Southern California is a balancing act for USC and UCLA (Los Angeles Times)

South Carolina will try and keep it rolling against LSU today (Gamecock Anthem)

Seminole freshmen are getting big game experience in the ACC tournament to prepare them for the College World Series (Nole Sports)

Examining the economics of Summer League Ball (CodBall)

Miami beat Georgia Tech in a 15-12 ACC Tournament battle that looked an awful lot like a College World Series game. (Miami Herald)

Chapman has already beat their first round opponent twice this season (Orange County Register)

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Chapman wins 4th straight West Region Title over Trinity, 4-3

By
Donald J. Boyles
– May 17, 2008Posted in: 2008 NCAA Tourney, Division 3

Game recap to follow

2008 West Region All-Tournament Team:
MVP:
Kurt Yacko, P/SS, Chapman

Patrick O’Hail, 1B, Chapman
Jeff Claydon, 2B, Trinity
Jesus Muela, OF, Cal State East Bay
Mike Vass, OF, Chapman
Dylan Early, OF, Trinity
Kyle Felix, DH, Trinity
Jack Mehl, SS, La Verne

Evan Bronson, P, Trinity
Steven Roll, P, Cal State East Bay
Dakota Smith, P, McMurry
Matt Luzar, P, Chapman

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2008 NCAA DIV III West Region Recap Day 3

By
Donald J. Boyles
– May 16, 2008Posted in: 2008 NCAA Tourney, Division 3

ABILENE, Texas – Mike Vass drove in five runs and Kurt Yacko shut the door
in relief for the third straight day as Chapman won a slugfest with Trinity
Friday at Walt Driggers Field. The win puts Chapman in position to play for
the NCAA Division III West Region Baseball title Saturday, which would be
the program¹s fourth straight.

Vass knocked in a 3-run home run in the third, which was part of a 5-run
inning for the Panthers. The Tigers 3-1 before Chapman took a 6-3 lead,
however, Trinity struck back with four runs in the bottom of third
highlighted by Dylan Early¹s fourth homer of the tournament, a 3-run shot
off Jordan Sigman and the Tigers re-gained the lead 7-6.

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2008 NCAA Division III West Region Championships Day Two games 5 &6

By
Donald J. Boyles
– May 16, 2008Posted in: 2008 NCAA Tourney, Division 3


FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

ABILENE, Texas – All-American Kurt Yacko and Patrick O¹Hail helped the No.
1-ranked Chapman Panthers end McMurry¹s season and a run for a West Region
title. Yacko struck out six and didn¹t allow a hit in the final 3.2 innings
in relief and O¹Hail hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th
inning to give the Panthers a 5-3 win Thursday at Walt Driggers Field.

McMurry led 3-0 to open the game in the top of the second inning. Then,
Chapman scored a run in the second, third and sixth innings to knot the
score at three. However, no run crossed the plate until the bottom of the
12th with two outs when Jake Hurst and O¹Hail scored on O¹Hail¹s opposite
field homer to end the game.

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NCAA Division III West Region Baseball Championships recap of game 1

By
Donald J. Boyles
– May 14, 2008Posted in: 2008 NCAA Tourney, Division 3

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

ABILENE, Texas – The No. 1 ranked Chapman Panthers used a 3-run first inning and never looked back on the way to a narrow 4-3 win over La Verne in the first game of the 2008 NCAA West Region Baseball Championships at Walt Driggers Field. Patrick O’Hail hit a 2-run single in the first and Wayde Kitchens & Kurt Yacko combined for the win and save respectively. Read the rest of this entry »

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Six Teams to compete in NCAA III West Region Baseball Tournament.

By
Donald J. Boyles
– May 12, 2008Posted in: 2008 NCAA Tourney, Division 3

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

McMurry University, the pre-determined site for the 2008 NCAA Division III
West Region Baseball Championships, was awarded a six-team tournament field
late Sunday night. The tournament will feature the No. 1 team in the nation
in Chapman University along with California State University-East Bay,
George Fox University, La Verne University, the hosts McMurry University,
and Trinity University.

All six teams are representatives of the west region, but a seventh west
region team, Linfield (Ore.), was shipped to the Central Region Tournament
site in Rock Island, Ill. The double elimination tournament begins Wednesday
at Noon.

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