FCS Baseball -2013

[CID1990]

El Cid stomps another mudhole in UNCG's a$$ tonight.


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[seantaylor]

GSU baseball as bad as its ever been. Really poor coaching.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook finishes it's regular season this weekend with a double header at Hartford slated for 12 noon today and a single game on Saturday. The Seawolves must win 2/3 to gain the 4th seed in AE Tournament next weekend. Tough season compared to last year when we won 53 games and a College World Series berth.

[PaladinFan]

Furman concludes the season with a final series with Dayton. The Paladins have already clinched a berth in the SoCon tournament. They are waiting for the weekend's results to determine whether they will be the 5, 6, or 7 seed.

As I understand it, one more loss by Georgia Southern, and Furman can finish no worse than 6th. If WCU sweeps App, Furman will be the 5. Both seem like they certainly could happen.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook split their double header with Hartford . Winning game 1 2-1 then losing game 2 9-8 in the bottom of the 9th. We came into the 9th inning leading 8-6 but could not hold a lead with 1 out

[TTUEagles]

TTU wins the regular season OVC title!

[LeadBolt]

W&M finishes a solid second in CAA after pre-season projection of seventh. Coaching change at end of last season seems like a great move. Finished the year @ 35-20, with good chance of making playoffs, whether or not they win the CAA tournament. Go Tribe!

[PaladinFan]

Furman beats Dayton again. With GSU's loss to Charleston, Furman is guaranteed at least the 6th seed in the SoCon tournament. One more loss by App and the Paladins will have the 5.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook beat Hartford 10-3 today to earn the 4th seed in the AE Tournament. We will face #1 seed Maine on Wednesday

[dakotadan]

UND went 13-5 to finish the regular season with a lot of momentum. We are a very young club with our freshmen and sophomores really coming on strong in the last half of the season. Hopefully they can continue to carry us through the Great West tournament.

Northern Colorado took the regular season title away from 3-time defending Utah Valley.

[darell1976]

UND went 13-5 to finish the regular season with a lot of momentum. We are a very young club with our freshmen and sophomores really coming on strong in the last half of the season. Hopefully they can continue to carry us through the Great West tournament.

Northern Colorado took the regular season title away from 3-time defending Utah Valley.

Playoffs next year thanks to the AQ status of the WAC.

[Sammy94]

Sam with the weekend sweep of the UCA Bears wins yet another Southland Conference Championship.

[813Jag]

Jackson State wins the SWAC tourney

[asumike83]

ASU loses the series but avoids the sweep with a big comeback on Saturday against Western. Appalachian finishes the regular season 28-22, 13-14 SoCon as the #5 seed in the conference tournament. Apps will face The Citadel at 10AM on Wednesday.

[daneboy]

Poly sweeps Northridge to tie them for second place in the Big West. Next up for the Mustangs is a three game series at Pacific. Northridge hosts Fullerton. UCSB gets three with UC Davis and Irvine, well, I don't know who they are playing, either Riverside, Long Beach. Both UCSB and Irvine are one game back of Poly and Northridge. Fullerton of course, won the league title. Poly's RPI is currently 23rd, and a good showing against against Pacific should take them back to the tournament. UCSB or Irvine might have a real outside shot at the tourney, but it would require Poly to be swept by Pacific, they would need to sweep their opponents and then, there would need to be some other strange things happening...so, it really looks like Poly and Fullerton will be in for the Big West...

[CID1990]

El Cid sends WCU to the loser bracket in the SoCon tournament. 12-11. We get a day off.

Good to be in the driver's seat. Just have to keep playing D and keep the bats going.


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[asumike83]

App eliminates Samford with a 2-1 victory.

Tomorrow at 3PM: App vs. Western in an elimination game. Doesn't get much better than that.

[CID1990]

App eliminates Samford with a 2-1 victory.

Tomorrow at 3PM: App vs. Western in an elimination game. Doesn't get much better than that.

Whoop their butts. Would rather see you guys in the finals.

That said, they burned 3 pitchers tonight, and played 3 in one inning. They could be in trouble.


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[asumike83]

Whoop their butts. Would rather see you guys in the finals.

That said, they burned 3 pitchers tonight, and played 3 in one inning. They could be in trouble.


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Ha, we owe y'all one. Two straight ninth inning rallies for naught, I'd say we are due.

Western is tough, gotta swing it to beat them. I'm hoping the long, late game and the pitchers burned will give us an advantage. Our starter gave us 8 today.

[CID1990]

Ha, we owe y'all one. Two straight ninth inning rallies for naught, I'd say we are due.

Western is tough, gotta swing it to beat them. I'm hoping the long, late game and the pitchers burned will give us an advantage. Our starter gave us 8 today.

You owe us more than one! More like 3 or 4! We'll be ready for you.


Now go whip some Catamount a$$.


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[seantaylor]

GSU actually playing some inspired ball. Still cannot hit, but hopefully the pitching carries us through.

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

CofC chokes and GSU comes alive (at least for a couple of games) in the tournament. Sounds like a typical year.

[PaladinFan]

CofC chokes and GSU comes alive (at least for a couple of games) in the tournament. Sounds like a typical year.

Was a good game last night. Little annoyed that the weather or SoCon pushed Furman back to the late game. As the host team, Furman is entitled to play the 5:00 game until they lose. Oh well.

Furman shut down Elon two nights ago, so let's see if they can pull the trick again. I think Furman and GSU would be a good matchup for the bracket finals.

[asumike83]

Appalachian routs Western 15-4 and eliminates the top seed. Will face El Cid at 10AM tomorrow in the semifinals, App's third trip in four years.

[CID1990]

El Cid doing their best to lose to Elon in the championship game.


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[NoDak 4 Ever]

NDSU and SDSU meet for the 3rd time in the playoffs this year. NDSU won FB, SDSU won BB, now the final game going on with SDSU up 1-0 in the 3rd.

[Laker]

I haven't seen a complete list yet, so I don't know how many FCS teams made it, but I saw on TV that the Jackrabbits are in the NCAA regional.

[bonarae]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9316141/ncaa-baseball-tournament-results

Here are the FCS teams and their seeds in their respective regionals:
Jackson State - #4, Baton Rouge
Sam Houston State - #3, Baton Rouge
Towson - #3, Chapel Hill
Elon - #3, Charlottesville
Columbia - #4, Fullerton (uh oh. Fullerton is my favorite team in the NCAA in terms of baseball.)
Liberty - #3, Columbia SC
Coastal Carolina - #3, Blacksburg
South Dakota State - #4, Eugene
(FCS returnee) ETSU - #4, Nashville
Austin Peay - #2, Bloomington
Valparaiso - #4, Bloomington
Cal Poly - #2, Los Angeles
San Diego - #3, Los Angeles
W&M - #3, Raleigh
(future) Mercer - #3, Starkville
Central Arkansas - #4, Starkville
Savannah State - #4, Tallahassee
Bryant - #3, Manhattan KS

[Laker]

Interesting story on Savannah State.

http://savannahnow.com/sports/2013-05-26/donald-heath-mcgowin-gives-savannah-state-winning-edge

[BEAR]

Well, I'm Bear proud this morning~ ! UCA looked DOOMED after their first loss in the tourney...then 5 straight wins and they are tourney champs! Glad to see Sam in it too! SLC has a tough road ahead but don't they all!

[Laker]

Interesting analysis on who got in and who should have.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/field-of-64-reaction-and-analysis/

[Laker]

This shows how many times the current teams have been in and how many titles they have, as well as representation by conference.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2013-05-27/regional-fields-announced-countdown-begins-college-world-series

[Laker]

Towson beat Florida Atlantic 7-2, Liberty beat Clemson 8-3 but Oklahoma beat Coastal Carolina 7-3..

I was watching K-State pound Wichita State. Does anyone else remember this incident? I wondered what had happened to those involved.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18208

[LeadBolt]

Congrats to W&M for beating Ole Miss and Towson for taking down Florida Atlantic. Go UNC-W. Send the CAA off to a 3-0 start in the NCAA tournament(no offense meant to Elon).

Congrats also to Liberty and hang inthere Austin Peay!

[Laker]

Congrats to W&M for beating Ole Miss and Towson for taking down Florida Atlantic. Go UNC-W. Send the CAA off to a 3-0 start in the NCAA tournament(no offense meant to Elon).

Congrats also to Liberty and hang inthere Austin Peay!

Congrats! xthumbsupx

[LeadBolt]

Thanks. First ever tournament win for W&M and we saved our #1 starter for the second game. That seems like a much better decision with the first game win under our belt playing to stay in the winners bracket.

[Laker]

Austin Peay beats Florida 4-3! Go Peay!

[LeadBolt]

FCS 2-0 over SEC. Therefore FCS>SEC!

[BluBengal07]

at this moment, Sam Houston State 5 - LSU 4 at the top of the 8th.
SHSU has a HUGE lead in the first but been shut out for a while now though. better control going on here than LSU vs JSU, 11-7.

[bonarae]

at this moment, Sam Houston State 5 - LSU 4 at the top of the 8th.
SHSU has a HUGE lead in the first but been shut out for a while now though. better control going on here than LSU vs JSU, 11-7.

Uh oh. Sam lost to LSU 8-5. They will face ULL 3 pm tomorrow.

Valpo will face Austin Peay tomorrow 1 pm. Also Towson vs. FAU, Elon vs. UNC-W, Liberty vs. Clemson.

And yes, Columbia is still alive... They nipped the Lobos in 13 innings 6-5 and will face the loser of Fullerton/Arizona State tonight.

[LeadBolt]

Uh oh. Sam lost to LSU 8-5. They will face ULL 3 pm tomorrow.

Valpo will face Austin Peay tomorrow 1 pm. Also Towson vs. FAU, Elon vs. UNC-W, Liberty vs. Clemson.

And yes, Columbia is still alive... They nipped the Lobos in 13 innings 6-5 and will face the loser of Fullerton/Arizona State tonight.

W&M loses pitchers duel to Rodon of NC State, who is the real deal 1-0 in a tough loss. Faces Ole Miss later today. Go Tribe!

[Eaglesrus]

Savannah State lost to FSU 10 - 0 on Friday and to Alabama 3 - 2 yesterday.

[Laker]

Two tough losses for the Jackrabbits- they were leading Oregon late before losing and then got beat in 13 innings.

[LeadBolt]

William & Mary beats Ole Miss 4-1 for second win. Goes against NC State @ 6PM EDT for second game of double header. Roll Tribe!

[Laker]

William & Mary beats Ole Miss 4-1 for second win. Goes against NC State @ 6PM EDT for second game of double header. Roll Tribe!

Too bad that you had that 1-0 loss and have to come all the way back now. Good luck!

[LeadBolt]

Too bad that you had that 1-0 loss and have to come all the way back now. Good luck!

Thanks! Roll Tribe!

[BEAR]

UCA plays Miss State tonight in the regional championship. Bear proud!

[bonarae]

FCS teams still in the hunt:

Austin Peay trailing Hoosiers 6-1 T7
Liberty trailing South Carolina 4-2 B5 (delayed)
San Diego trailing UCLA 4-0 T3
Central Arkansas leading Mississippi State 5-2 B7

The rest have been sent home.

[BEAR]

UCA wins. Rematch tomorrow night at 7. Winner moves on.. Loser stays home. xlolx

[Laker]

Nice. Good luck tomorrow night, Bear. xthumbsupx

[TheRevSFA]

Good Luck UCA!

[BEAR]

I think the Bears have this team figured out...but its a matter of having pitching arms left. Even with two bears throwing complete games, our arms are tired from winning 8 elimination games this past week or so.

But Bear proud no matter what...

Kinda scary we were 7th in the SLC... when the bats go cold, they go cold during conference..

[BEAR]

Just worn out. Bases loaded at least twice and still couldn't capitalize. Bear proud anyway. Onto football.

[Laker]

Just worn out. Bases loaded at least twice and still couldn't capitalize. Bear proud anyway. Onto football.

Sorry Bear. Looks like FCS is done. My Mavs lost to Tampa 8-2 in the D2 championship game so they are done too.

[BEAR]

Sorry Bear. Looks like FCS is done. My Mavs lost to Tampa 8-2 in the D2 championship game so they are done too.

Your team made it to the championship game?! Congrats! and congrats on what appears to have been a great year that allowed you to make it all the way there! Nice! xthumbsupx

[Laker]

Your team made it to the championship game?! Congrats! and congrats on what appears to have been a great year that allowed you to make it all the way there! Nice! xthumbsupx

Thanks, Bear! Yah, it was double elim until the final game. MSU got to the championship unbeaten while Tampa lost, then beat Grand Valley who MSU had beaten. Tampa scored five in the second against the Mav ace and that was pretty much the ballgame. MSU probably had their best sports year ever- semi finals in football, regional finals for men's basketball, regional semis for women's bb, NCAA hockey appearance, an number of conference championships.

There is is some talk about Mankato and St. Cloud going D1 but I'm afraid it would come at the cost of football- like UN-Omaha. I'd rather stay D2 with football than D1 without.

[Laker]

Not FCS but this was a long time baseball coach at Wichita who was fired:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9342740/wichita-state-shockers-fire-baseball-coach-gene-stephenson-36-years

This story never really ended.

http://qctimes.com/news/local/a-decade-after-blinding-pitch-anthony-molina-says-he-misses/article_0807d368-2f9b-11de-a388-001cc4c002e0.html

And got worse:

http://wqad.com/2012/05/29/new-details-in-anthony-moline-sex-abuse-allegations/