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2013 Conference USA Preseason Coaches Poll and Teams

– January 30, 2013Posted in: 2013 Preseason Conference Poll, Conference USA

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Conference USA announced its 2013 preseason baseball awards, as chosen by the league’s nine head coaches. Rice senior infielder Christian Stringer was chosen as the preseason Player of the Year, while Owls junior right-hander Austin Kubitza was named the preseason Pitcher of the Year. Rice was chosen to win the league’s championship. The Owls have won either the regular season or tournament championship in each of its seven years as a member of C-USA. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Preseason Conference Poll, Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

UAB releases 2013 Schedule

Brian Foley

– December 16, 2012Posted in: 2013 Schedules, Conference USA

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —- The UAB baseball team recently announced its 2013 schedule as the Blazers are coming off a historic season when they reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991.

UAB finished 32-30 overall in 2012 and captured its first Conference USA Tournament Championship in program history. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Schedules, Conference USA, UAB

ACC Recap for Feb. 17th

Brian Foley

– February 17, 2012Posted in: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big South, CAA, Conference USA, MAC, Missouri Valley, Pac 12, WAC

Here is your ACC Recap for February 17th.

Game 1: #3 North Carolina 10 Xavier 2

Carolina took a commanding four-run lead after the first inning in game one and never looked back en route to a 10-2 season-opening victory over Xavier.

Tommy Coyle opened the year as he finished 2011 by reaching base safely for the 30th consecutive game with a single to left field in the first. Colin Moran followed with a single of his own before Cody Stubbs was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Jacob Stallings. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big South, Boston College, Bradley, CAA, Clemson, Conference USA, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Hofstra, Kennesaw State, Kent State, MAC, Marshall, Maryland, Missouri Valley Conference, NC State, New Mexico State, Pac 12, Rutgers, Texas, UAB, UCLA, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, WAC, Wake Forest, Winthrop, Xavier

ACC Weekend Preview (Feb. 17th-19th)

Brian Foley

– February 17, 2012Posted in: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big South, CAA, CBD Column, Conference USA, Horizon League, MAC, Missouri Valley, Pac 12

Here is your weekly look into the ACC as we open up the 2012 season. This will be very short this week as we are entering the first week of play and you can check out our full ACC season preview by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 Conference USA Preseason Coaches Poll Released

Brian Foley

– January 26, 2012Posted in: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Conference USA

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Conference USA announced its 2012 preseason baseball awards, as chosen by the league’s nine head coaches. UCF junior utility player D.J. Hicks was chosen as the preseason Player of the Year, while Rice sophomore left-hander Austin Kubitza was named the preseason Pitcher of the Year. Rice was chosen to win the league’s championship. The Owls have won either the regular season or tournament championship in each of its first six years as a member of C-USA. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

UAB releases 2012 Schedule

Brian Foley

– November 30, 2011Posted in: 2012 Schedules, Conference USA

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Head coach Brian Shoop and the UAB baseball team announced its 2012 schedule on Tuesday, which features 56 games, including nine NCAA Regional opponents from a season ago. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Schedules, Conference USA, UAB

2011 CBD Conference USA Awards

Brian Foley

– June 1, 2011Posted in: Conference USA

By: John Lockwood
2011 CUSA Player of the Year – Chad Zurcher, Memphis

In a year when offensive numbers across the country plummeted—and the name “BBCOR” became commonly uttered next to any manner of expletive—Memphis’ Chad Zurcher didn’t seem to get the memo. The junior from Knoxville finished the season with an NCAA-best .443 batting average, and his .455 average to finish the regular season was eight points higher than the CUSA single-season record set by UCF’s Chris Duffy in 2010. Zurcher was a large reason that Memphis finished the season with the best team batting average in the conference, as he led the league in multi-hit games (28). As well, Zurcher displayed an uncanny knack for getting on base as his 33 walks to just 17 strikeouts added up to a league-best (and nation-best) .547 on-base-percentage. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

2011 Conference USA Tournament Recap for May 27th

Brian Foley

– May 28, 2011Posted in: 2011 Conference Tourney, Conference USA

Here is your Conference USA Recap for May 27^th, courtesy of Conference USA:

#5 Memphis 5 – #8 UAB 4

Tigers hurler Ryan Holland struck out a career-high 11 batters and right fielder Robby Graham broke a 4-4 deadlock with an RBI-single in the bottom of the eighth as fifth-seeded Memphis defeated No. 8 seed UAB, 5-4, to open day three of the 2011 Conference USA Baseball Championship sponsored by Trustmark Friday morning at Trustmark Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Conference USA Tournament, Conference USA, Conference USA Recap, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

Conference USA Day 2 Tournament Recap

Kat Hasenauer Cornetta

– May 27, 2011Posted in: 2011 Conference Tourney, Conference USA

Our Conference USA recap is courtesy of John Lockwood. Thanks, John!

#4 UCF 6 – #8 UAB 4

For 117 pitches, UAB hurler Dillon Napoleon was nearly flawless. On his 118th offering to the plate, however, UCF first baseman Jonathan Griffin sent the recently appointed Conference USA Newcomer of the Year to the bench and turned a 4-3 deficit into a two-run lead as the Knights defeated the Blazers 6-4 in day two of the 2011 C-USA Baseball Championship sponsored by Trustmark Thursday morning at Trustmark Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, Conference USA Recap, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

Conference USA Day 1 Recap

Brian Foley

– May 26, 2011Posted in: Conference USA

Here is your recap for the first day’s action of the Conference USA tournament.

#4 UCF 16 – # 5 Memphis 9

A trio of Knights’ batters tallied three-hit performances and southpaw Johnny Sedlock tossed 4.2 innings of solid relief as fourth-seeded UCF defeated No. 5 seed Memphis in a slugfest, 16-9, in the opening game of the 2011 Conference USA Baseball Championship presented by Trustmark Wednesday morning at Trustmark Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, Conference USA Recap, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

2011 Conference USA Tournament Preview

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2011Posted in: 2011 Conference Tourney, Conference USA

By: John Lockwood

#17 Rice and #20 Southern Miss have finished the 2011 regular season as CUSA co-champions—the first time in Conference USA’s 16 year history that two teams will share the regular season title. With their series victory of the Golden Eagles this past weekend, the Rice Owls lengthened their streak of consecutive titles to 16 years, and earned the No.1 seed in this week’s CUSA Championship Tournament to be played in Pearl, MS. While the odds of Rice and Southern Miss (the No. 2 seed) receiving at-large bids to the NCAA tournament are high, for the other six teams in the field, a tournament championship is the only guarantee they’ll have for extending their season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Conference USA Tournament, Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

Conference USA Weekend Recap (May 19th-21st)

Brian Foley

– May 22, 2011Posted in: Conference USA

By: John Lockwood

The Rice Owls and Southern Miss Golden Eagles are Conference USA Regular Season co-Champions for 2011. #17 Rice stormed into Hattiesburg, MS this weekend and took two of three from #20 Southern Miss to take a share of the league title in advance of the upcoming CUSA Championship Tournament to start Tuesday in Pearl, MS. It was the first time in Conference USA’s 16-year history that regular season co-champions have been crowned, and while it was the second consecutive regular season title for the Owls, it was the first for the Golden Eagles since 2003. Elsewhere in conference play, #30 ECU swept Tulane to secure the #3 spot in the CUSA tournament, Memphis took two of three from visiting Houston and UCF took two of three from Marshall. UAB split two games on the road against Utah to finish their regular season schedule. The Conference Tournament starts Wednesday morning at Trustmark Park in Pearl, MS. (See the College Baseball Daily CUSA Conference Tournament Preview for more information in the coming day.) Read the rest of this entry »