Louisiana-Lafayette 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

Two Players Dismissed from Louisiana-Lafayette Baseball Team

Brian Foley

– January 18, 2013Posted in: Sun Belt

Both Caleb Kellogg and Almann Snowden will not be back with the Ragin Cajun baseball program in the 2013 season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Louisiana-Lafayette, Sun Belt

Louisiana releases 2013 Schedule

Brian Foley

– August 26, 2012Posted in: 2013 Schedules, Sun Belt

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
LAFAYETTE – A season-opening 14-game homestand, visits from LSU and Tulane and hosting the Sun Belt Conference Tournament highlight the home portion of the 2013 Ragin’ Cajuns baseball schedule which features a total of 33 regular season playing dates at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field. The schedule was announced on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Schedules, Louisiana-Lafayette, Sun Belt

Lance Harvell named Assistant Coach at Louisiana-Lafayette

Brian Foley

– August 23, 2012Posted in: New Coach, Sun Belt

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
LAFAYETTE – Lance Harvell has been hired as the new volunteer assistant coach for Ragin’ Cajuns baseball, head coach Tony Robichaux announced Wednesday.

Harvell spent the last three years as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Texarkana College. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Louisiana-Lafayette, New Coach, Sun Belt

2012 CBD Season Preview: Sun Belt Conference (Part 2)

Emma Charpentier

– February 14, 2012Posted in: 2012 Season Preview, CBD Column, Sun Belt

This is the second part of our two part 2012 Sun Belt Preview. You can check out the first part by clicking here.

Louisiana- Lafayette: 31-27; 18-12

After finishing third in the conference last season, the Ragin’ Cajuns are ready for another strong year, although may have trouble due to the loss of key players Taylor Hubbell, T. J. Geith and Joey Satriano. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 CBD Season Preview, Arkansas State, CBD Column, FIU, Louisiana-Lafayette, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Troy, Western Kentucky

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

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

Fall Ball Update for October 28th

Brian Foley

– October 28, 2011Posted in: Conference USA, Fall Ball, SEC, Sun Belt

Here is your Fall Ball Update for October 28th.

Central Florida: Black 5 Gold 4

ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) – Trailing by as many as three runs in Game 2 of the Black and Gold World Series, the Black team never faltered, rallying for a three-run eighth inning to top the Gold team, 5-4, Thursday afternoon from the baseball complex. Game 3 will begin under the lights Friday night with first pitch at 6:30 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Fall Ball, Auburn, Central Florida, Conference USA, Louisiana-Lafayette, Ole Miss, SEC, Sun Belt

CBD Quick Hits for April 5th

Brian Foley

– April 6, 2011Posted in: Big West, CBD Column, CBD Quick Hits, Conference USA, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, West Coast Conference

College Baseball Daily throughout the season will be providing our Quick Hits on games throughout the country. Special thanks to William Knox and Mark Rafferty for contributing to this report. As always, follow us on Twitter @CB_Daily for instant reaction and up to minute coverage on college baseball. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CBD Column, Conference USA, Florida, Louisiana-Lafayette, Pac 12, Pepperdine, Rice, SEC, Sun Belt, UC-Riverside, UCF, UCLA, West Coast Conference

Foley’s Quick Hits for March 22nd

Brian Foley

– March 23, 2011Posted in: Big East, Big West, CBD Column, CBD Quick Hits, MAC, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 12, Patriot League, SEC, Sun Belt, West Coast Conference

Here are some of my thoughts from action on March 22nd. Read the rest of this entry »

Sun Belt Conference Announces New Baseball Tournament Format

Brian Foley

– January 12, 2011Posted in: 2011 Conference Tourney

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
NEW ORLEANS – Following one of the most successful seasons in Sun Belt Conference baseball history the SBC baseball coaches decided to implement a new tournament format for the upcoming 2011 SBC Baseball Championship.

The new round-robin format, which is similar in scope to the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, will feature eight of the ten SBC teams competing against each other in two four-team pools with the team with the best record in each pool advancing to the tournament’s championship game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Conference Tourney, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas State, FAU, FIU, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Troy, Western Kentucky

2010 NCAA Baseball Attendance Leaders

Brian Foley

– January 6, 2011Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, General CBB News, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, WAC

The NCAA released their 2010 NCAA Baseball Attendance Figures which is led by four SEC schools. The LSU Tigers lead the pack with an average of 10,673 fans in 37 games. Arkansas comes in second with 7,704 fans while Ole Miss comes in third with 6,759 fans edging out fourth place South Carolina by an average of one fan. Texas is the first non-SEC school in fifth place with an average of 6,571 fans. You can check out the rest of the Top 50 below. Read the rest of this entry »