Illinois State Archive

Missouri Valley Conference Recap April 5th-7th

– April 8, 2013Posted in: CBD Column, Missouri Valley

An exciting weekend of Missouri Valley conference play is in the books as each series saw it’s teams square off in closely contested match-ups. Perhaps the most exciting was Missouri State and Illinois State’s Friday night opener, in which starters Nick Petree and Chris Razo exchanged strike-outs down the stretch before Petree was ultimately handed his first loss of the season. Perhaps the most controversial was Creighton’s opening game win over Bradley which saw a critical play at the plate, and a not completely unexpected ejection thereafter. Southern Illinois and Evansville saw their own pitchers’ duel on Friday night as starters Kyle Freeland and Cody Forsythe both went nine innings in a finish that would need extras to decide it. Meanwhile, Indiana State rescued a sweep at the hands of Wichita State after Sean Manaea, who was scratched from his Friday start, was able to pick up the win on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bradley, CBD Column, Creighton, Dartmouth, Eastern Illinois, Evansville, Hawaii, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri Valley Conference, Southern Illinois, Wichita State

Missouri Valley Conference Weekend Recap (March 22nd-24th)

John Lockwood

– March 24, 2013Posted in: CBD Column, Missouri Valley

The start of Missouri Valley Conference play was marked as it always seems to be: with a winter snow storm. All the teams in the Valley rushed to finish their series before Sunday (with the notable exception of Wichita State who had the fortune of playing in Hawaii—and ironically had Sunday’s game rained out). In the first weekend of conference play, Creighton took two of three on the road at Evansville, while Indiana State proved they will be a tough team to beat this season by taking all three from visiting Southern Illinois. Out of conference, Illinois State dropped their series to Eastern Illinois, Bradley lost their two games against Dartmouth in Florida, and although their basketball team is on a tear this March, the Wichita State baseball team struggled through their road series at Hawaii, picking up just one win in their four game series. Missouri State had the weekend off. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bradley, CBD Column, Creighton, Dartmouth, Eastern Illinois, Evansville, Hawaii, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri Valley Conference, Southern Illinois, Wichita State

2013 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Coaches Poll and Teams

Brian Foley

– January 30, 2013Posted in: 2013 Preseason Conference Poll, Missouri Valley

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
ST. LOUIS – Missouri State, which returns a dominating young pitching staff and a wealth of depth from last year’s squad, has been tabbed as the league favorite in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, receiving six of eight first-place votes. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Preseason Conference Poll, Bradley, Creighton, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Missouri Valley Conference, Southern Illinois, Wichita State

Illinois State releases 2013 Schedule

Brian Foley

– November 10, 2012Posted in: 2013 Schedules, Missouri Valley

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
NORMAL, Ill. – Seven 2012 NCAA Division I Tournament participants and nine teams that won 30 or more games highlight the 56-game 2013 Illinois State baseball schedule released by head coach Mark Kingston Friday. The schedule features an Illinois State-record 29 home games at Duffy Bass Field, where admission will remain free. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Schedules, Illinois State, Missouri Valley Conference

2012 CBD Season Preview: Missouri Valley Conference

John Lockwood

– February 8, 2012Posted in: 2012 Season Preview, CBD Column, Missouri Valley

In June of 2011, perennial baseball power Dallas Baptist University was granted a provisional season with the Missouri Valley Conference. In essence a year-long test run, the MVC was then planning to vote on DBU’s membership after the duration of the season in May of 2012. While the movement to bring DBU—who made it all the way to the Super-Regionals last season before falling to Cal—was seen as an effort to boost the MVC’s power ranking, it was also met by skepticism from some MVC teams citing travel time and costs as concerns. As a result, the Patriots were offered the provisional membership rather than acceptance in to the conference. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bradley, CBD Column, Creighton, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Missouri Valley Conference, Southern Illinois, Wichita State

2012 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Coaches Poll

Brian Foley

– February 2, 2012Posted in: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Missouri Valley

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
ST. LOUIS – Missouri State, which returns a dominating young pitching staff and a wealth of depth from last year’s squad, has been tabbed as the league favorite in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, receiving five of eight first-place votes. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Bradley, Creighton, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Missouri Valley Conference, Southern Illinois, Wichita State

NCBWA Names 2012 Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List

Brian Foley

– January 31, 2012Posted in: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, CAA, Conference USA, Horizon League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, NCBWA, NEC, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 12, Patriot League, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast Conference

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
Wichita, Kan. (NCBWA) — Forty-five players have been named to the initial watch list for the eighth annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball, as announced by the association Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Abram Williams, ACC, Alex Cillo, Arkansas, Army, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Austin Maddox, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, Bucknell, CAA, Cale Elam, Caleb Dudley, Caleb Reed, Chris Anderson, Chris Overman, Conference USA, Corey Knebel, Creighton, Eddie Magallon, Evan Zerff, Florida, Florida Atlantic, Forrest Koumas, Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Horizon League, Hugh Adams, Illinois State, Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, Jake Boyd, Jake Dyer, Jeff McVaney, Joe Rinehart, Joe Rogers, John Neely, Kenny Long, Kevin McKague, Kurt Spomer, Kyle Glancy, LaSalle, Long Beach State, Long Island, Louisiana Tech, Loyola-Marymount, Luke Bard, MAAC, MAC, Matt Carasiti, Matt Duncan, Matt Gardner, Michael Morin, Michael Schum, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Missouri Valley, Morehead State, Navy, NC State, NCBWA, NEC, Nevada, New Mexico State, Nick Wittgren, Nolan Sanburn, Northern Illinois, Ohio Valley Conference, Oregon State, Pac 12, Pat Christensen, Patriot League, Purdue, Radford, Rider, Robbie Powell, Ryan Harvey, Ryan Hawthorne, San Jose State, Scott Coffman, SEC, Seton Hall, South Carolina, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, St. John's, Stefan Lopez, Stetson, Steven Rodriguez, Sun Belt, Texas, Texas State, Texas Tech, Todd Hornsby, Tony Bryant, Tony Wieber, Tyler Maloof, Tyler Smith, Tyler Wagner, UCF, UNC, Utah, WAC, West Coast Conference, Wichita State, Wright State, Zack Jones

Illinois State releases 2012 Schedule

Brian Foley

– November 28, 2011Posted in: 2012 Schedules, Missouri Valley

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
NORMAL, Ill. – Six 2011 NCAA Division I Tournament participants and 11 teams that won 30 or more games highlight the 52-game 2012 Illinois State baseball schedule released by head coach Mark Kingston Monday. The ISU Athletics Department also announced that admission will be free to all 17 home games played at Duffy Bass Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Schedules, Illinois State, Missouri Valley Conference

October 23rd Fall Ball Update

Brian Foley

– October 23, 2011Posted in: Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Fall Ball, Missouri Valley, SEC, Southland Conference

Here is your October 23rd Fall Ball Update.

Cal-State Fullerton 10 Vanderbilt 8

Nashville, Tenn. – Greg Velazquez had two hits and three RBI and Austin Kingsolver had three hits and drove in two as Cal State Fullerton beat Vanderbilt, 10-8, in a nine-inning fall scrimmage Saturday morning at Hawkins Field.

The Titans are midway through their official fall workout period and made the trip to Nashville, Tenn., for a two-game practice series with the Commodores. Vanderbilt is wrapping up their official practice schedule this weekend with the Titans. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Fall Ball, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Illinois State, Marshall, Missouri, Missouri Valley Conference, Ohio State, SEC, Southland Conference, Texas, UTSA, Vanderbilt

October 19th Fall Ball Update

Brian Foley

– October 19, 2011Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Fall Ball, MAC, Missouri Valley, Pac 12, SEC

Here is your Fall Ball Update for October 19th.

Washington: Gold 12 Purple 7

SEATTLE – The Gold Squad won game one, 12-7, as the Husky baseball team opened its annual Fall World Series Tuesday night at Husky Ballpark.

Freshmen Michael Camporeale and Robert Pehl each drove in three runs for the victorious Gold team. Junior college transfer Mac Acker picked up the win, going four innings and allowing four hits while striking out four. Austin Voth came on in the sixth inning of the seven-inning game and got the final out to preserve a 9-7 lead and Josh Fedendall closed it out in the seventh. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Fall Ball, ACC, Arkansas, Big 12, Duke, Illinois State, MAC, Missouri, Missouri Valley Conference, Pac 12, SEC, Washington, Western Michigan

October 16th Fall Ball Update

Brian Foley

– October 16, 2011Posted in: ACC, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Fall Ball, Missouri Valley

Here is your Fall Ball Recap for October 16th.

Indiana: Cream 11 Crimson 1

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The 2011 IU Baseball Cream vs. Crimson Fall Series will go to a game five as the Cream Squad blasted Crimson, 11-1, on Saturday. Chad Martin delivered five shutout innings on the mound for the second time in the series, striking out eight batters in game four. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Fall Ball, ACC, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Blackhawk College, Coastal Carolina, Illinois State, Indiana, Iowa, Louisville, Missouri Valley Conference, UNC

October 14th Fall Ball Update

Brian Foley

– October 14, 2011Posted in: Big East, Conference USA, Fall Ball, Missouri Valley, SEC

Here is your October 14th Fall Ball Update

Illinois State: Black 13 Red 8

NORMAL, Ill. – Eric Aguilera and Mike Hollenbeck each went 3-for-4, and Ty Wiesemeyer drove in a team-high four runs, as the black team beat the red team, 13-8, in game two of the Illinois State baseball team’s Fall World Series Thursday afternoon at Duffy Bass Field. The black team now leads the intrasquad set, 2-0. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Fall Ball, Big East, Conference USA, East Carolina, Illinois State, Louisville, Missouri Valley Conference, SEC, Vanderbilt