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2013 Patriot League Preseason Coaches Poll

– February 13, 2013Posted in: 2013 Preseason Conference Poll, Patriot League

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – The Army baseball team was picked first in the Patriot League preseason poll which was released on Wednesday. The Black Knights earned five first-place votes and finished tied with Holy Cross atop the preseason listing, which was compiled by a vote of the league’s head coaches and sports information directors.

Army and Holy Cross, whom Army defeated in three games to claim the 2012 Patriot League tournament championship, both accumulated 45 points to tie for first in the preseason poll. The Crusaders collected six first-place votes. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Preseason Conference Poll, Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy, Patriot League

2012 Patriot League Preseason Coaching Poll Released

Brian Foley

– February 15, 2012Posted in: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Patriot League

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – The Patriot League released the preseason baseball poll on Wednesday with both Navy and Bucknell tied at the top. Both teams were picked first with 39 points, while Navy received more first-place votes (five) than Bucknell (four). Army was picked just behind Navy and Bucknell with 38 points and one first-place vote, while Holy Cross took the fourth spot with 29 points and two first-place votes. Lafayette and Lehigh, respectively, rounded out the preseason poll, which is voted on by the Patriot League’s head coaches and sports information contacts. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy, Patriot League

2011 All-Patriot League Teams and Major Awards Announced

Brian Foley

– May 10, 2011Posted in: Patriot League

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Center Valley, Pa. – Lafayette senior catcher A.J. Miller and Bucknell junior starting pitcher Ryan Ebner had never received an All-Patriot League selection coming into the season, but each student-athlete stood out during the 2011 campaign to take home the Patriot League Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Year honors, respectively, as the sport’s major awards and All-Patriot League teams were announced on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy, Patriot League, Patriot League Players of the Year

2011 Patriot League Preseason Coaches Poll

Brian Foley

– February 16, 2011Posted in: 2011 Preseason Conference Poll, Patriot League

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Center Valley, Pa. – Army finished in first place in the Patriot League Baseball standings by four games in 2010, while Bucknell came through in the League Tournament to win its second crown in the past three seasons. Patriot League coaches and sports information directors predicted success for each team again in 2011 as the Black Knights edged out the Bison for first place in the League’s preseason poll, it was announced on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Preseason Conference Poll, Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy, Patriot League

NCBWA Releases 2011 Stopper of the Year Watch List

Brian Foley

– February 1, 2011Posted in: 2011 Top Players, ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Horizon League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, National Awards, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 12, Patriot League, SEC, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Wichita, Kan. (NCBWA) — Forty-five players have been named to the initial watch list for the seventh 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 Tuesday.
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Tags: 2011 Top Players, Alex Frederick, Andrew Chafin, Andy Mee, Arizona State, Army, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Baylor, Belmont, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, Brett Huber, Brian Hamilton, Brooks Pinckard, Cal State Fullerton, Cameron Amsrud, Chad Sheppard, Charlotte, Chris Dennis, Chris Kaminski, Clemson, Collin Cargill, Conference USA, Cory Kent, East Carolina, Eastern Kentucky, Elon, Florida Atlantic, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Gardner Leaver, Hawaii, Hoby Milner, Horizon League, Illinois State, Iowa, Jack Wagoner, Jacksonville, Jake Morgan, James Allen, Jason West, Joe Rogers, John Soldinger, Jon Ivie, Kansas State, Kenny Long, Kent State, Kevin Lee, Kevin McKague, Kevin Vance, La Salle, Lehigh, Lenny Linsky, Lex Rutledge, LSU, MAAC, MAC, Manhattan, Matt Price, Matty Ott, Michael Devine, Mike McGee, Minnesota, Mitchell Lambson, NCBWA, Nick Pepitone, Nick Ramirez, Northwestern, Northwestern State, Ohio Valley Conference, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Pac 12, Pat Christensen, Patriot League, Paul Snieder, Portland, Rhode Island, Rutgers, Ryan Duke, Ryan Purcell, Rye Davis, Scott Matyas, Scott McGough, SEC, Seth Simmons, South Carolina, South Dakota State, Southern Conference, Southern Miss, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, Stopper of the Year, Summit League, Sun Belt, Texas, Thomas Girdwood, Trever Vermeulen, Tulane, Tyler Gebler, UCF, UConn, VMI, WAC, West Coast Conference, Western Kentucky, Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Bucknell and Holy Cross set to meet for Patriot League Title

Brian Foley

– May 17, 2010Posted in: Patriot League

FROM PATRIOT LEAGUE RELEASE

Center Valley, Pa. – Bucknell and Holy Cross grabbed the last two spots in the Patriot League Baseball Tournament, but they made the most of those positions by taking out the top two seeds in the finales of best-of-three semifinal series on Sunday. No. 4 Bucknell won at No. 1 Army, 11-7, while No. 3 Holy Cross shutout No. 2 Lehigh, 3-0, to complete series victories on the road.

The Bison and Crusaders will now meet in a three-game Patriot League Championship series played in Worcester. The game dates will be announced on Monday, but the series will shift from the original Saturday-Sunday schedule because of Bucknell’s commencement on Sunday morning.

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Tags: Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Patriot League, Patriot League Recap

Patriot League Semifinal Recap for May 15th

Brian Foley

– May 16, 2010Posted in: Patriot League

Here is your Patriot League Semifinal Recap for May 15th. Both series saw the teams split the doubleheader setting up a winner take all game 3 on Sunday.

Game 1: Bucknell 11 Army 9
Game 2: Army 6 Bucknell 4

WEST POINT, N.Y. - Clint Moore blasted a three-run home run and Kevin McKague followed with a solo shot to highlight a five-run rally in the eighth inning as top-seeded Army staved off elimination with a dramatic 6-4 victory over fourth-seeded Bucknell in game two of the Patriot League Tournament Semifinal Series, Saturday afternoon at gusty Doubleday Field. Bucknell outlasted the Black Knights 11-9 in the opener, forcing the regular season champion to the brink of elimination in the best-of-three semifinal series.

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Tags: Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Patriot League, Patriot League Recap

Patriot League Semifinal Preview

Brian Foley

– May 15, 2010Posted in: Patriot League

FROM PATRIOT LEAGUE RELEASE

Center Valley, Pa. – Top-seeded Army will go for its second consecutive championship with No. 2 Lehigh, No. 3 Holy Cross and No. 4 Bucknell all vying to dethrone the Black Knights in the Patriot League Baseball Tournament starting this weekend. No. 4 Bucknell is at No. 1 Army with No. 3 Holy Cross at No. 2 Lehigh in the semifinal series, with a doubleheader on Saturday and game three, if necessary, on Sunday.

For the third year in a row, the Patriot League Baseball Tournament includes four teams and will be played over two weekends. The top two seeds host the best-of-three semifinals, with the highest remaining seed at home for next week’s Championship series. Every game in the Tournament is nine innings long. The visiting team will have the last at-bat in game two of every series.

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Tags: Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Patriot League

2010 All-Patriot League Baseball Teams and Major Awards

Brian Foley

– May 11, 2010Posted in: Patriot League

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Center Valley, Pa. – The four teams that advanced to the Patriot League Baseball Tournament beginning this weekend also received the individual honors from the League’s coaches on Tuesday, as Bucknell, Army, Holy Cross and Lehigh each garnered one of the four major awards.

Bucknell senior outfielder Andrew Brouse earned Player of the Year honors, while Army senior pitcher Matt Fouch was named the League’s Pitcher of the Year. Holy Cross freshman catcher Stephen Wadsworth is the Patriot League Rookie of the Year, with Lehigh Head Coach Sean Leary as the Coach of the Year.

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Tags: Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy, Patriot League, Patriot League Players of the Year

CBB Players of the Week

Brian Foley

– April 13, 2010Posted in: CBD Column, CBD Players of the Week, MAAC, Patriot League, WAC

The College Baseball Blog continues our tradition of naming National Player and Pitcher of the Week. This week we honor Canisius first baseman Brian Burton as our Player of the Week while Lehigh’s Greg Angelo and Fresno State’s Greg Gonzalez are out Co-Pitchers of the Week.

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Tags: Canisius, CBD Column, CBD Players of the Week, Fresno State, Lehigh, MAAC, Patriot League, WAC

Patriot League for April 11th

Brian Foley

– April 12, 2010Posted in: Patriot League

Here is your Patriot League Recap for April 11th.

Game 1: Navy 4 Army 2
Game 2: Army 5 Navy 2

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Logan Lee, Joey Henshaw and Kevin McKague combined to limit Navy to two runs over nine innings and J.T. Watkins went 3-for-4 with one run scored and one run batted in as Army registered a 5-2 win Sunday afternoon at Max Bishop Stadium to earn a split of the teams’ Patriot League twinbill.

With the win, the Black Knights secured their seventh straight series victory over the Midshipmen. Navy won the first game on Sunday by the score of 4-2, riding a three-run second inning that was fueled by a trio of Army fielding errors.

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Tags: Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy, Patriot League, Patriot League Recap

Patriot League Recap for April 10th

Brian Foley

– April 11, 2010Posted in: Patriot League

Here is your Patriot League Recap for April 10th.

Game 1: Army 8 Navy 6
Game 2: Army 11 Navy 3

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Matt Fouch and Steve Cummings turned strong pitching performances and Steve May collected four hits and six runs batted in, leading Army to a doubleheader sweep of arch-rival Navy, Saturday afternoon at Max Bishop Stadium. With the victories Army continued its recent domination of the Midshipmen, claiming their seventh consecutive series "star."

Army, which has defeated Navy in 12 of the teams’ last 13 games and 23 of 27 dating back to 2004, received a pair of stellar starting pitching performances from its two senior left-handers on Saturday.

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Tags: Army, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy, Patriot League, Patriot League Recap