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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

Middle Tennessee State releases 2013 Schedule

Brian Foley

– October 16, 2012Posted in: 2013 Schedules, Sun Belt

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee baseball head coach Jim McGuire unveiled the 2013 schedule on Monday. The rigorous slate features 32 home games and also includes contests against six teams from last year’s NCAA Championship field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Schedules, Middle Tennessee, Sun Belt

Jim McGuire named Head Coach at Middle Tennessee

Brian Foley

– August 10, 2012Posted in: New Coach, Sun Belt

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee baseball associate head coach Jim McGuire has been promoted to the head coaching position, as announced on Thursday by Director of Athletics Chris Massaro and President Sidney A. McPhee. McGuire has spent the last 20 years serving alongside former head coach Steve Peterson, who retired on July 5 after 25 seasons at the helm. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Middle Tennessee, New Coach, Sun Belt

Steve Peterson retires at Middle Tennessee

Brian Foley

– July 7, 2012Posted in: New Coach, Sun Belt

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Steve Peterson, Middle Tennessee’s head baseball coach for the past 25 seasons and the program’s all-time winningest coach, has announced his retirement, effective immediately. Peterson amassed 791 wins during his Blue Raider career while leading MT to 11 conference regular-season championships, nine conference tournament titles and nine NCAA Regional appearances.

Associate head coach Jim McGuire, who has served alongside Peterson for the past 20 years, will act as the interim head coach as the athletic department begins a national search to fill the vacated position. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Middle Tennessee, New Coach, 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

Two Middle Tennessee State Players facing Rape Charges

Brian Foley

– January 16, 2011Posted in: Sun Belt

Two former Middle Tennessee State baseball players have been charged with rape by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, according to an incident report on file with the sheriff’s office. The two players who were arrested and charged are Conlon Palo and Damian Seguen. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Middle Tennessee, Sun Belt

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

CBB Column: Ten Series to Watch this Weekend

Brian Foley

– May 20, 2010Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Big East, CAA, CBD Column, Patriot League, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt

We are heading into the last weekend of conference play for most teams across the country except for the West Coast schools who do not have postseason conference tournament. Here are ten series to watch this upcoming weekend.

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Tags: ACC, Arkansas, Auburn, Big 12, Big East, Bucknell, CAA, CBD Column, Elon, Florida, Holy Cross, James Madison, Kansas, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Patriot League, Pittsburgh, Samford, SEC, South Carolina, South Florida, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, Vanderbilt, VCU, Virginia, Western Kentucky

SEC Recap for May 12th

Brian Foley

– May 13, 2010Posted in: Atlantic Sun, Big South, SEC, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt

Here is your SEC Recap for May 12th.

#6 Florida 7 Florida Atlantic 3

Powered by three home runs and outstanding relief pitching, No. 4 Florida (34-12) dealt Sun Belt Conference leader Florida Atlantic (31-19) a 7-3 setback on Wednesday night at McKethan Stadium. Austin Maddox (Jacksonville, Fla.) tied the Gators’ single-season record homers by a freshman with his 16th to even the game in the third, senior Matt den Dekker (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) put the hosts in front with a two-run shot in the fifth and freshman Nolan Fontana (Winter Garden, Fla.) provided insurance with a two-run blast in the seventh.

Senior Jeff Barfield (Perry, Ga.) (3-0) tossed four scoreless frames to collect the win and the trio of sophomore Tommy Toledo (Tampa, Fla.), sophomore Greg Larson (Longwood, Fla.) and junior Kevin Chapman (Coral Springs, Fla.) each threw one scoreless inning as Florida improved to 24-3 at home this season.

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SEC Recap for April 21st

Brian Foley

– April 22, 2010Posted in: Big East, SEC, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt

Here is your SEC Recap for April 21st.

#5 LSU 8 Northwestern State 6

BATON ROUGE – Shortstop Austin Nola knocked in three runs, and No.5 LSU staged a two-out rally in the eighth inning, breaking a 6-6 tie to beat No.30 Northwestern State, 8-6, Wednesday night in Alex Box Stadium.

The Tigers (32-6) are on a six-game winning streak and remain undefeated in mid-week contests this season. Northwestern State dropped to 25-12 with the loss.

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Tags: Big East, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Middle Tennessee, Northwestern State, SEC, SEC Recap, South Florida, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Western Carolina, Winthrop

SEC Recap for April 13th

Brian Foley

– April 14, 2010Posted in: ACC, Atlantic Sun, Conference USA, Mountain West, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt

Here is your SEC Recap for April 13th.

#7 Arkansas 4 New Mexico 3 (11 innings)

FAYETTEVILLE – With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 11th inning, pinch hitter Tom Hauskey delivered his second-game winning hit of the season to send the No. 7 University of Arkansas baseball team to a 4-3 win over New Mexico Tuesday night at Baum Stadium. The Razorbacks trailed by two runs in the 10th inning and completed their come-from-behind victory with Hauskey’s base hit to right field.

"(Hauskey) handles the situation," head coach Dave Van Horn said. "He doesn’t try to do too much. He just takes what the pitcher gives him and he’s done a great job for us."

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