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ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State was favored to capture its first Summit League Baseball Tournament title in a preseason vote among the league’s six head coaches. The Bison received five first-place votes and a total of 25 points.
South Dakota State placed second with 17 points, followed closely by Oakland who received the final first-place vote and 16 points. The Golden Grizzlies received the final first-place vote. Western Illinois (15 points), Fort Wayne (nine points) and league newcomer Omaha (eight points) rounded out the poll. Read the rest of this entry »
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ROCHESTER, Mich. — Games against teams from the ACC, Big XII and Big Ten, as well as a reformatted Summit League schedule highlight the 2013 Oakland baseball schedule, which was released on Friday by head coach John Musachio. The Golden Grizzlies host the 2013 Summit League Baseball Championship. Read the rest of this entry »
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The South Dakota State University baseball team is scheduled to play 21 home games and face a challenging non-conference schedule during the upcoming 2013 season. Read the rest of this entry »
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TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts baseball program released its 2013 schedule, announced by first year head coach Ryan Folmar on Thursday.
ORU opens the season at home on Feb. 15 with a three game set when Saint Louis comes to town, followed by a visit from familiar foe Wichita State for a mid-week contest on Feb. 19. Coach Folmar’s squad will face the Shockers from Wichita two other times on the road on Feb. 26 and March 5. Read the rest of this entry »
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MACOMB, Ill. – Western Illinois baseball has announced the schedule for the upcoming 2013 season. The 54-game schedule for the Leathernecks is highlighted by a new look conference schedule, with 30 games against Summit League opponents. Read the rest of this entry »
MACOMB, Ill. – Western Illinois head baseball coach Ryan Brownlee announced his coaching staff for the upcoming 2013 season. Brownlee announced that assistant coach Shane Davis will return and the hiring of former Iowa assistant Dusty Napoleon. Read the rest of this entry »
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MACOMB, Ill. – Western Illinois Director of Athletics Dr. Tim Van Alstine announced the hiring of Ryan Brownlee as head baseball coach. The hiring announcement came Friday (Sept. 28) afternoon. Brownlee replaces Mike Villano who resigned last month, and will take over the Leatherneck program starting Tuesday (Oct. 2). Read the rest of this entry »
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ROCHESTER, Mich. — Ty Rogers and Ryan Hilton will join Oakland as assistant coaches for the 2012-13 season, head coach John Musachio announced on Wednesday. Rogers will work with recruiting and infielders in addition to assisting with the offense, Hilton will work with the catchers and assist hitters. Read the rest of this entry »
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MACOMB, Ill. – Mike Villano, head coach of the Western Illinois Baseball program the last three seasons, announced his resignation on Wednesday (Aug. 22) effective immediately. Athletics Director Dr. Tim Van Alstine announced a replacement search will begin immediately. Read the rest of this entry »
Halfway through the season Coach Villano started sending us video clips and questions to help us understand ourselves and what we were trying to accomplish this season. I will always remember one of the first ones he sent, of a speech by Kirk Cousins of Michigan State. He addressed over and over what a privilege it is to be an athlete and what an honor it is to represent something bigger. I speak for each of my teammates and anyone that competes with Western on their jersey, that it is a privilege to be a Leatherneck. Read the rest of this entry »
Senior Day has now come and gone and we played our last series at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium. It was an exciting moment to see all of the seniors you have grown so close with and be able to share that moment with their friends and families. We had stellar performances from two seniors, Rich Mascheri and Dustin Hunter as both threw complete games, while Rich threw a shutout and Dustin recorded 15 strikeouts. Although this season has not gone as we had planned, there are many great things that will be remembered from this season and three great years with the Purple Army. Read the rest of this entry »
CBD Scouting Spotlight: Mark Appel (Stanford)
CBD Scouting Spotlight: Adam Plutko (UCLA)
CBD Scouting Report: Kevin Ziomek (Vanderbilt)
CBD Interview with Notre Dame’s Mik Aoki and Dan Slania
CBD Scouting Video: Colton Plaia (Loyola Marymount)
