2011 College Baseball Thread

[bonarae]

The season's just a month away (First Pitch Friday is February 18), but for the Ivy League schools it's six weeks away, but still... I'm excited for it!

Fullerton's strength of schedule is rated #1 by College Baseball Mag (a blog) with games at Hawaii, LSU, TCU, Texas A&M, and the Trojan Horses (1 of 3). We also have the Tar Heels, UDub, Arizona State and 2 games of USC at home. Home and home series include: UCLA, Pepperdine, U. San Diego, Loyola Marymount. Wonder who's #2 according to that blog?

Long Beach State.

Harvard has the Beanpot against UMass and (either) Boston College or Northeastern in mid-April and games against current FCS teams Jacksonville State, Wofford, Georgia State, Bryant, (future) Mercer, Charlotte to start the season. Every weekend of April and the first of May is all Ivy play. After winning the division crown, we go on to the ILCS (if we ever get there at all) and the winner of the ILCS gets the very first ticket on the Road to Omaha.

[darell1976]

April 1, and 3rd NDSU @ UND!!! April 2nd Double header UND @ NDSU!!!!!

[daneboy]

Don't forget the rest of the Big West. UC Irvine, Cal Poly, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UCSB, Pacific, and Northridge...these teams may not be the patsies that some think they are...and don't they factor in to Fullerton's strength of schedule as well?

[MSUDuo]

Missouri State opens their season in San Marcos, TX with matchups of Air Force and Washington on Feb. 18, Texas State on Feb. 19, and Nebraska on Feb 20.

Other season highlights include:

U. of Texas-Arlington Tournament, Feb 25-27
@ OK St, March 1
@ S. Miss, March 11-13
v. Kansas, March 30
@ Kansas, April 5
v. Arkansas, April 12
@ K-State, April 19
@ Mizzou, April 27
v. Mizzou, May 3
v. OK St, May 17

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook opens on 2/25 with a 3 game series at Florida Atlantic and then 3 games at North Carolina. We are also in two tournaments. The Bo Jangles Baseball Classic with Winthrop as host and Michigan. On 3/18 and 3/19 we play in the Coaches to Strike Out Cancer Tournament hosted by Seton Hall along with Fordham and NJIT. Im optomistic this season that we can repeat as America East Champs and return to the College World Series Regionals. Some other teams we play this season are Army, Rhode Island, Marist and Iona.

[NHwildEcat]

UNH still doesn't have baseball...I'll update again in a year.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate baseball (1954 CWS participant) ended after 1994. 16 seasons and counting...

TCU baseball, on the other hand, is ranked preseason #1 by College Baseball Magazine! xhurrayx

Horned Frogs went to Omaha for the first time last year, and look poised to do it again. They return their top 3 pitchers from 2010 as well as 7 men to the lineup. Season opens in a month against Kansas

[El Gato]

Colgate baseball (1954 CWS participant) ended after 1994. 16 seasons and counting...

TCU baseball, on the other hand, is ranked preseason #1 by College Baseball Magazine! xhurrayx

Horned Frogs went to Omaha for the first time last year, and look poised to do it again. They return their top 3 pitchers from 2010 as well as 7 men to the lineup. Season opens in a month against Kansas

Had a home and home with TCS last year, dropped both of them, but at least they weren't complete blowouts.
They won't be paying us a trip to San Marcos this year, but we will be traveling up to Fort Worth on May 5.

In fact, Ty Harrington has put together another great schedule this year including a tourney with Air Force, Missouri State & Nebraska, plus other games with Rice, Akron, Baylor, University of Houston (3 game series at home), Missouri, Texas Tech (series tied at 6-6, but Cats have won big the last three years we have played...now if the football team can do something similar this coming fall...).

http://www.txstatebobcats.com/schedule.aspx?path=baseball&schedule=83

[NHwildEcat]

I have deceided this year that since UNH does not have baseball (which is a true shame) and I feel left out of all the college baseball fun that I am going to pick the next logical team for me to follow and support going forward. I am sticking in state with Dartmouth! The location is close enough where I can make a couple games if I want to and I can get any games picked up on local radio. Also the fact they are in the IVY League was enough for me...If UNH played they would be AE anyways and the quality would not be as high seeing as how there are only 6 teams left if I remember correctly.

Of course, I went to a Division 2 school as an undergrad so I have them. SNHU plays in an exclusively wood bat league that is the Northeast-10; however, they have never had a single winning season. But the bright side is that the campus is 5 minutes from my house so if I find myself with nothing I can make a last minute choice to head over there. I do love the wood-bat league, that is how baseball should be played IMHO.

I generally back up in state schools regardless of level when it comes to the NCAA's so it seems natural to me to back up the only Division 1 baseball team in state...Go Dartmouth!

[Seawolf97]

I have deceided this year that since UNH does not have baseball (which is a true shame) and I feel left out of all the college baseball fun that I am going to pick the next logical team for me to follow and support going forward. I am sticking in state with Dartmouth! The location is close enough where I can make a couple games if I want to and I can get any games picked up on local radio. Also the fact they are in the IVY League was enough for me...If UNH played they would be AE anyways and the quality would not be as high seeing as how there are only 6 teams left if I remember correctly.

Of course, I went to a Division 2 school as an undergrad so I have them. SNHU plays in an exclusively wood bat league that is the Northeast-10; however, they have never had a single winning season. But the bright side is that the campus is 5 minutes from my house so if I find myself with nothing I can make a last minute choice to head over there. I do love the wood-bat league, that is how baseball should be played IMHO.

I generally back up in state schools regardless of level when it comes to the NCAA's so it seems natural to me to back up the only Division 1 baseball team in state...Go Dartmouth!

If I remember Dartmouth won the IVY last season and went to the CWS Regionals. So you are backing winner. Good Luck

[TexasTerror]

A bit early, but here is some college baseball bracketology for you - courtesy of ESPN

http://espn.go.com/ncaa/blog/_/name/ncaa_baseball/id/6127208/ucla-earns-top-seed-early-bracketology

[NHwildEcat]

That would be a real tough regional for Dartmouth...going into the lion's den!

[bonarae]

The season has officially begun with the first pitches thrown in the Big East/Big Ten challenge. Fullerton won't start theirs until 9:30 PM EST. Harvard has two more weeks to prepare for the season.

[seantaylor]

GSU continues to endure the albatross known as Rodney Hennon. And Sammy Baker.

[bonarae]

Fullerton's season opener today was washed out due to heavy rain in the L.A. area. Tomorrow's game with the Tar Heels might be our season opener. If rain will continue to pour in the area, it will be cancelled.

[Seawolf97]

A bit early, but here is some college baseball bracketology for you - courtesy of ESPN

http://espn.go.com/ncaa/blog/_/name/ncaa_baseball/id/6127208/ucla-earns-top-seed-early-bracketology

Nice bracket for StonyBrook who is picked to win the AE again this season. Thats an easy road trip from Long Island. SBU opens next Friday the 25 th at Florida Atlantic in a 3 game series.

[NHwildEcat]

Nice bracket for StonyBrook who is picked to win the AE again this season. Thats an easy road trip from Long Island. SBU opens next Friday the 25 th at Florida Atlantic in a 3 game series.

Its too bad that there aren't more teams in AE...I wish UNH could afford it.

[bonarae]

Fullerton split today's games. We fought till the end against UNC but lost to them in 11 innings, 4-3. During the 8th inning, a rain delay occurred. We beat the Dirtbags 2-1 in the nightcap. Another rain delay occurred during that game.

In Cal's final baseball season (for now), they haven't even played a single pitch! Rain has postponed all of their games thus far.

[bonarae]

Fullerton lost to the Dirtbags 8-5 Sunday, and claimed the series with them 4-3 Monday. Next series: TCU in their place Friday-Sunday.

[GeauxLions94]

Southeastern Louisiana (4-1) knocks off No. 29-ranked Alabama, 6-2, in the South Alabama Classic in Mobile. Lions' first ever win over the Crimson Tide in baseball. Next up is game against Central Florida.

Southeastern took two of three games last week at FIU (snapped Garrett Wittels' 56-game hitting streak in last week's opener) and beat Tulane into submission, 13-1, in its home opener on Tuesday.

Southeastern Louisiana 6, Alabama 2 (http://www.lionsports.net/news/2011/2/25/BSB_0225115540.aspx)

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook opened their 2011 season with a 5-0 win over Florida Atlantic Univ. tonight. StonyBrook out hit the Owls 12-4 including a 2 run homer and a solo shot. Game two of the three game series is Saturday afternoon.

[bonarae]

Fullerton lost to TCU 4-1.

[superman7515]

Delaware gets a big win, knocking off #9 Arizona State in Tempe by a score of 7-3.

[TheValleyRaider]

Fullerton lost to TCU 4-1.

Tight game. Fullerton's pitcher struggled early, but TCU could only push 2 runs across. They got one back in the 5th, but TCU pulled it back to 3-1 in the 6th. CSF threatened in the 7th and 8th, but TCU's pitching got out of it.

I might see Sunday's game as well, looks like it could be a good series :)

[bonarae]

Fullerton evened the series with a 5-run 9th. Score: 8-4.

[lionsrking2]

Southeastern Louisiana downs UCF, 7-2, on Saturday to run their record to 5-1...play South Alabama on Sunday to round out the weekend, with LSU coming up on Tuesday night.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook improved to 2-0 on the season yesterday defeating Florida Atlantic 5-1. Game three of the series today 1pm.

[bonarae]

Fullerton takes the series from TCU, 2-1.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook dropped game 3 of our 3 game series against Florida Atlantic today. Final FAU 12 SBU 4. StonyBrook is 2-1 on the season and will face # 18 Univ. North Carolina in a 3 game series beginning this Friday.

[TheValleyRaider]

Fullerton takes the series from TCU, 2-1.

Frogs left a lot of guys on base. Bats have been a bit slow coming around in the early going. Get those into line and TCU will be on a roll again

First weekend series loss for the Frogs since 2009

[BucBisonAtLarge]

Bucknell, the defending Patriot League Tournament champion opened last weekend 0-4 at James Madison, a series in which the two teams' bats combined for 127 runs in a four games series (JMU 37-7, 9-2, 26-15, 19-12).

This weekend, in a three game series, the Bison dropped to 0-5 on Friday, losing at Richmond 4-2, before taking their first two wins from the Spiders, 5-3, 4-3. I expect that the Bucknell pitching staff will have a way to go still in repairing ERAs, but several pitchers did post 0.00 sessions during the weekend.

Bucknell (2-5) will complete its 11-game, three weekend tour of FCS campuses in Virginia with a four game series starting Friday at Lexington with the Keydets of VMI.

The Bison will not play at home until a March 23rd contest with Mount St. Mary's, a tilt which will debut further improvements at Depew Field. A year after adding Field Turf, new brick dugouts and a 'state-of-the-art' scoreboard now grace the former pastures of West Campus. ( I assume this means they'll be using something other than the fat chalk on black slate.)

[bonarae]

Fullerton has finally beat the team of one of its former assistant coaches, Jason Gill, who now heads LMU, 5-1.

[superman7515]

A couple of good wins today for FCS teams in baseball. Georgia State beats #28 Georgia Tech by a score of 6-3. Bethune-Cookman gets a win over #25 Auburn by a final of 5-2.

[seantaylor]

Awful loss by Georgia Southern today.

[Tuscon]

A couple of good wins today for FCS teams in baseball. Georgia State beats #28 Georgia Tech by a score of 6-3. Bethune-Cookman gets a win over #25 Auburn by a final of 5-2.

I don't normally follow college baseball so much, but man it is cool to beat the nerds at any sport.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook lost to # 17 North Carolina today 5-1. Game 2 of the 3 game series is tomorrow. StonyBrook is now 2-2 on the season.

[bonarae]

Harvard started the season on a losing note by dropping a DH to Jacksonville State, 6-1 and 8-4.

Fullerton one-hit USC 10-1.

[NHwildEcat]

Dartmouth salvages the second game of today's doubleheader and series against UCF. DC scores 2 runs in the top of the 10th inning to finally break thru against UCF. Their record now stands at 1-2 and they are off until the 17th when the begin a Florida swing! First home game is not until the 30th when they host Siena.

[bonarae]

Harvard had its game against Jacksonville State yesterday postponed due to rain.

Fullerton claims the series from USC, 7-3. They will go for the sweep at 1 pm today.

[bonarae]

Fullerton swept USC 2-1.

Meanwhile, Harvard was swept by Jacksonville State, each of today's two games scored 5-4.

[seantaylor]

Rodney Hennon still has a job. Someone please take him from us.

[Eaglesrus]

Rodney Hennon still has a job. Someone please take him from us.

The Eagles just wrapped up a 7 - 0 win over the # 1 Florida Gators.

[seantaylor]

The Eagles just wrapped up a 7 - 0 win over the # 1 Florida Gators.

Good win, but still doesn't change the fact that our coach is mediocre. We recruit entirely too many JUCO players, and the years we do well are when a perfect storm of a senior-laden high school recruited team comes together, aka 2009. GSU should be in a regional every single year with the facilities we have and the recruiting base.

[seantaylor]

Hence two Juco players chucked from the team yesterday.

[bonarae]

Good win, but still doesn't change the fact that our coach is mediocre. We recruit entirely too many JUCO players, and the years we do well are when a perfect storm of a senior-laden high school recruited team comes together, aka 2009. GSU should be in a regional every single year with the facilities we have and the recruiting base.

Fullerton has a balance of both high school-recruited (some were drafted by MLB teams out of high school) and JUCO players (some were also drafted as well). Our class is consistently in the top 10 each year.

Were your team's players also drafted before?

We have had only 4 coaches in our entire 37-year Division I career: Garrido (2 stints), Cochell, Horton and (currently) Serrano. Garrido (in both stints) and Horton have brought home National Championships for us.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook improved to 3-4 on the season beating Farleigh Dickinson 16-7 today. The Seawolves travel South again this weekend for the Bo Jangles Tournament hosted by Winthrope Univ . SBU will meet the Univ. of Michigan in game 1.

[seantaylor]

Fullerton has a balance of both high school-recruited (some were drafted by MLB teams out of high school) and JUCO players (some were also drafted as well). Our class is consistently in the top 10 each year.

Were your team's players also drafted before?

We have had only 4 coaches in our entire 37-year Division I career: Garrido (2 stints), Cochell, Horton and (currently) Serrano. Garrido (in both stints) and Horton have brought home National Championships for us.

I don't mine a couple of Jucos a year, but Rodney brings in between 5-10 every year. Way too many. It would make sense if GSU was located in Iowa, but no reason at all to take on that many JUCO's.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook picked up a pair of wins this afternoon at the Bo Jangles Baseball Classic.
Game 1 StonyBrook 3 Univ. of Michigan 1
Game 2 StonyBrook 4 Winthrop Univ. 3
The Seawolves will play both teams again on Sunday.

[bonarae]

Fullerton may be swept by LSU tomorrow. xsmhx We lost both games 7-6 each.

[GSUhooligan]

GSU sweeps Furman.

[bonarae]

Fullerton, unfortunately, was swept by LSU.

Harvard is off to a 0-8 start.

[Ivytalk]

Fullerton, unfortunately, was swept by LSU.

Harvard is off to a 0-8 start.

Hard to know why Harvard's baseball program, like its hockey program, has gone into the tank.

I blame Drew Gilpin Faust and Title IX.

[bonarae]

Fullerton's slide in the South continues as Nick Ramirez commits a critical error in the 7th and Texas A&M drives home the only two runs of the game.

Harvard is now 0-9. Tuesday game with Mercer was cancelled.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook extended it's winning streak to 6 games today defeating Iona 5-2. SBU is now 8-4 on the season! This weekend the Seawolves will play in the Coaches to Strike Out Cancer Tournament hosted by Seton Hall Univ. StonyBrook will face NJIT Friday evening in game 1.

[seantaylor]

Rodney Hennon still bunting at Georgia Tech down 2 in the 7th inning. Can't ask for much more.

[NHwildEcat]

Dartmouth played and defeated Akron yesterday 19-2 xhurrayx. There season mark improves to 2-2 and they have another game this morning at 11:30am against Army- its the 2nd game in their 10 game Florida trip...

Other games this upcoming weekend include Saturday's game against Indiana and a double header on Sunday against LIU then Northwestern!

[seantaylor]

Rodney Hennon loses another game tonight by himself. Takes out the best pitcher in the conference with an 80 pitch count on a 2 hitter in the 7th. Our sorry *** bullpen blows it.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook improved to 9-4 on the season with a 14-1 win over NJIT. This extends the Seawolves winning streak to 7 games. Freshman pitcher Frank Vanderka pitched a no hitter giving up only 1 unearned run. SBU will play Fordham and Seton Hall on Saturday.

[seantaylor]

Rodney Hennon is one of the worst coaches in the country. But he is a yes man and a southerner, so our fans adore him.

[phoenixphanatic21]

With Elon's 5-4 victory over Western Carolina, the team moves to 14-6 and 5-0 in conference play, the first time the Phoenix have started SoCon play 5-0.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook split a pair this afternoon at The Coaches to Strike Out Cancer Tournament.
Game 1 StonyBrook 13 Fordham 2
Game 2 Seton Hall 2 StonyBrook 0
SBU is now 10-5 on the season and will play in the Bronx Tuesday at Fordham.

[bonarae]

Fullerton sweeps UW. Scores: 11-3, 6-1, 9-4.

In the course of one week, Harvard finally got a win at Kennesaw State. But they got back to losing ways again, losing at Georgia State and Charlotte.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook improves to 11-5 tonight defeating Fordham 13-1. StonyBrook has won 9 of their last 10 games including a win against Fordham on Saturday. The Seawolves will play a four game series against Army this weekend at West Point.

[Cocky]

JSU beat RPI #8 Auburn 5-4
Auburn doesnt pay as much for baseball players as football players.

[bonarae]

Fullerton has finally beat Arizona State. Score was 7-3. Next game (today)'s time was bumped off to 2 pm due to impending inclement weather.

[bonarae]

Arizona State split the series, 10-1.

Fullerton's next games: Hawaii in their place (4 games).

[bonarae]

Fullerton blanks Hawaii, 3-0. Two games on Saturday.

[seantaylor]

Rodney Hennon loses GSU yet another game. 7th inning down 1 with a man on first and no outs. A .350 hitter steps to the plate with a .150 hitter on deck. Hennon elects to bunt and play for the tie in a ranked team's ballpark. We get one run and tie it up. In the 8th CofC has a man on 2nd and no outs, refuses to bunt and the batter ropes a double. Game over. Hennon loses anywhere between 4-7 games a year for GSU like this.

[daneboy]

xhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxh urrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayx


Okay, so Cal Poly isn't having the year that I had hoped. They have played some good teams and have had several injuries to starters. But you know what, I can't think of many other better places than sittin' in Bagget Stadium and watching the great game of baseball...win or lose, baseball is the greatest!!!

xhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxh urrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhur rayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurra yxxhurrayx

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook defeated Army this afternoon 1-0 picking up their 2nd no hitter of the season. The Seawolves are 12-5 on the season will face Army again tomorrow at 3:30pm

[NHwildEcat]

Dartmouth finished their 10 game Florida road trip by going 8-2!

They defeated Akron 19-2, Army 11-2, then lost a high scoring affair to Indiana 7-10, but followed that up with a 6-0 shutout of LIU before dropping a game to Northwestern 2-3. They then had a four game series with UMBC that they swept with scores of 13-4, 8-2, 17-2, 16-3! The closed out the trip on Saturday with a 5-3 win of D3 Grinnell.

Their record now stands at 9-4!

They open of their home slate Wednesday when they play host to Siena @ 3PM.

This weekend they open up Ivy League play with a doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday they are at Columbia, then on Sunday they are at Penn!

[bonarae]

Fullerton swept Hawaii. Aggregate score: 14-6 (4 games).

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook swept its series with Army today defeating the Black Knights 11-0. StonyBrook is 13-5 and will play NYIT this weekend in a four game series. NYIT is a Div.1 Independent from Long Island. All of NYIT teams are D-2 except baseball.

[Seawolf97]

Our game with NYIT was snowed out today. The teams will play double headers on Saturday and Sunday at NYIT to get in the four game series. Snow in April YUK!

[bonarae]

Fullerton beat UCLA 5-3, and is in Davis, CA for a 3 game Big West opener with UC Davis.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook swept a double header from NYIT yesterday -Game 1 SBU 6 NYIT 0, Game 2 SBU 10 NYIT 1. The teams will play another double header this afternoon. SBU pitching has been dominating so far this season . With two no hitters and not allowing an earned run in the last 44.1 innings that has helped us to a 15-5 record.

[bonarae]

Fullerton swept UC Davis. Next game: Pepperdine on Tuesday.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook split a double header this afternoon with NYIT. Game 1 NYIT 2 SBU1, Game 2 SBU 10 NYIT 3. The Seawolves are 16-6 on the season and open America East play this coming weekend hosting Maine in a four game series.

[seantaylor]

GSU caps off the sweep of El Chit. This team is very good. As long as Lil' Rodney stays out of the way, we should win the Socon. Vic Roache leads the country in homers.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook announced today two replacement games for two games snowed out against Army. On 4/7 we play Iona at home and on 4/13 we play CCSU on the road. Two good matchups for us.

[bonarae]

Fullerton used a 9-run fourth inning to beat Pepperdine, 13-3.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook dropped to 16-7 on the season today losing to Iona 10-4. The Seawolves open AE play this weekend playing Maine in a four game series. Since our new Joe Nathan Field is still not completed the teams will play a double header at Dowling College
Saturday and a double header at Adelphi Univ. on Sunday. StonyBrook has yet to play a true home game this season due construction of Joe Nathan Field delayed mostly by weather.

[bonarae]

Fullerton won 2 of 3 from UC Irvine. Next game: at Loyola Marymount on Tuesday.

[phoenixphanatic21]

About 2/3s of the way through the season, Elon leads the SoCon with a 12-3 conference record and 22-12 overall record. Next up is a big series at home against the College of Charleston, preseason favorites to win the conference.

[bonarae]

Fullerton beat LMU 5-0. Next series: UC Santa Barbara at home for 3 games this weekend.

[bonarae]

Fullerton held on to beat UCSB 3-2.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook swept UMBC yesterday -Game 1 SBU 12 UMBC 0, Game 2 SBU 14 UMBC 0. StonyBrook is now 21-9 on the season and 5-1 in America East play. Game three of the 3 game series against UMBC being played today.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook completed the sweep fo UMBC this afternoon winning 8-4. SBU is 22-9 and has a very good chance of winning 30 games this season. It would be our second season in a row with 30 plus wins.

[phoenixphanatic21]

Elon takes 2 of 3 from the College of Charleston, moving them to 24-13 (14-4) in the process. In their loss today, pitcher Thomas Girdwood set a new Elon record with his 96th career appearance.

[bonarae]

Fullerton swept UCSB 5-4 each in the remaining two games of the series. No midweek game this Holy Week, but next weekend series is against Cal Poly in their place.

[seantaylor]

GSU takes 2 of 3 from WCU. No reason not to sweep them. Sets up a showdown for the Socon regular season title in the Boro next weekend vs Elon. No one else will be able to make up that much ground.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook improved to 23-9 this afternoon with 6-4 non conference win over Rhode Island. The Seawolves are off to their best start since the 2000 season. SBU will travel to Baltimore this weekend for a 3 game series against UMBC in AE play.

[bonarae]

Fullerton's winning streak of 6 games was broken by Cal Poly 7-2. :(

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook swept a double header this afternoon at UMBC. Gam1 SBU 6- UMBC3 , Game 2 SBU 11- UMBC 0. StonyBrook is now 25-9 on the season and 8-1 in America East play and sits in 1st place.

[bonarae]

Fullerton was able to avoid a sweep by Cal Poly by defeating them today 9-3. We lost Friday 4-2.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook completed the sweep of UMBC today winning 13-2. SBU is now 26-9 on the season and 9-1 in America East play. We have two non conference road games this week. Tuesday at Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. and Wednesday at Fairfield Univ.

[phoenixphanatic21]

Elon loses 2 of 3 at GSU, now moves behind the Eagles via percentage points. On the bright side though, Sunday's victory was the 500th in Coach Mike Kennedy's career.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook won a slug fest on the road against Fairleigh Dickinson Univ . this afternoon. Final SBU 17 FDU 12. StonyBrook is now 27-9 and will play Fairfield Univ. om Wednesday.

[bonarae]

Fullerton lost to San Diego 12-8. What's wrong now?

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook shut out Fairfield this afternoon 9-0. SBU is now 28-9 and will host America East rival Binghamton this weekend in a 3 game series.

[bodoyle]

CCU has struggled this year. We are 27-15 (11-4) but is still in 1st in the BSC.

[bkrownd]

Hawaii-Hilo dropped down to division 2 a few years ago, and hasn't found the going any easier. Swept 0-5 twice on the road this year during a 12-game losing streak, before grabbing some W at conference powderpuff Academy of Art. When do all these kids from Hilo's powerful youth teams hit campus? :D

[phoenixphanatic21]

Elon shuts out Davidson 10-0 and takes back first place in the SoCon.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook swept a double header from Binghamton this afternoon -Game 1 SBU 5 BU 4 in ten innings, Game 2 SBU 6 BU 0. The Seawolves are now 30-9 and 11-1 in America East pay. The Seawolves remain in 1st place in the conferenceand will play Binghamton tomorrow at 12 noon in game 3 of the series. This season is the the best start for StonyBrook since joining Div 1.

[seantaylor]

The annual Rodney Hennon choke job in full effect. Somehow he benches Garren Palmer, who has been one of our 3 hottest hitters, for another slap hitter.

[citdog]

Elon shuts out Davidson 10-0 and takes back first place in the SoCon.

It's really weird to not be in first place and punishing elon, gsu, et al.....but the Cadets are young this year. enjoy it while it lasts.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook dropped game 3 of its 3 games series with Binghamton 4-2 today. The Seawolves are 30-10 and 11-2 in America East. StonyBrook will take on Marist Wednesday in the last non conference game of the season.

[bonarae]

Fullerton took 2 of 3 from Pacific. Next series: at UC Riverside.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook travels to Hartford for a 4 game series this weekend. The Hawks are in next to last place in the America East standings and just dismissed their coach last week.

[seantaylor]

Rodney Hennon still has a job. He's southern and his daddy is rich. No coach in the country does less with more than Rodney.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook swept a double header from Hartford this afternoon. Game 1 SBU 5 UH 1, Game 2 SBU 3 UH 2. StonyBrook is now 32-10 and 13-2 in America East play. Both teams will play another double header tomorrow.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook completed the sweep of Hartford winning another double header. Game 1 SBU 10 Hartford 2 Game 2 SBU 9 Hartford 6. StonyBrook is having a record season at 34-10 and 15-2 in the America East. This team could win 40 games considering we have 7 regular season games left plus the America East Tornament. Next week we are on the road for a 3 game series against Binghamton. 34 wins represents the most wins for any StonyBrook Baseball team including when we were D 3 ! Fingers crossed they dont fold.

[seantaylor]

Rodney Hennon still has a job..

[bonarae]

Fullerton swept UC Riverside. I was out of town this weekend so I was unable to post individual game scores.

[phoenixphanatic21]

An interesting article from ESPN looking at conferences they think will only receive one bid to the NCAA tournament and who they think will get it, as well as their current prediction on the tournament field.
http://espn.go.com/ncaa/blog/_/name/ncaa_baseball/id/6519997/conference-races-come-wire

[bonarae]

Fullerton was shut out by Pepperdine 7-0.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook defeated Binghamton today 17-7 in a America East game. StonyBrook is now 35-10 and 16-2 in America East play. The teams will pay double header on Saturday starting at noon.

[bonarae]

Fullerton took Game 1 of its rivalry with the Dirtbags, 4-1.

[seantaylor]

Lil Rodney plays a team of slap hitters and wins the DH of last place Davidson. Just some awful coaching in the Boro that won't change under this regime.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook swept 2nd place Binghamton in a double header this afternoon. Game 1 SBU 4 BU 1 , Game 2 SBU 8 BU 3. The Seawolves are all alone atop the America East at 37-10 and 18-2 in America East play. StonyBrook hosts Albany next
weekend in a 4 game series to end the regular season. Forty wins this season is a real possibility.

[bonarae]

Fullerton had a 9-0 lead that was washed away by an 11-0 Dirtbags rally, but then Fullerton scored 5 more runs to claim the series 14-12.

[phoenixphanatic21]

Elon's magic number for the regular season title remains at 2 after UNC-Greensboro sweeps the Citadel this weekend. Elon takes on Furman in their last series of the season while the Spartans take on Wofford.

[bonarae]

Fullerton swept the Dirtbags 6-1. Next games: UCLA and Loyola Marymount Tuesday and Wednesday (no weekend series next week due to finals, but last series is on Memorial Day Weekend)

[bonarae]

Fullerton's last game of a staggered series with UCLA at their place was cancelled due to electrical problems on their end.

Ivy League update: Princeton is now our representative on the Road to Omaha. They defeated Dartmouth in 3 games in the ILCS last 1st weekend of May.
Softball: Harvard is our representative on the Road to Oklahoma City.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook finishes out the regular season this weekend with 4 games against Albany. The Seawolves need 1 win or 1 loss by Maine to clinch the America East regular season crown. This wil be the first games played at our new Joe Nathan Field so the setting is appropriate. SBU is 37-10 with an RPI of 77 going into this weekend.

[LegalGaSouthernEagle]

StonyBrook finishes out the regular season this weekend with 4 games against Albany. The Seawolves need 1 win or 1 loss by Maine to clinch the America East regular season crown. This wil be the first games played at our new Joe Nathan Field so the setting is appropriate. SBU is 37-10 with an RPI of 77 going into this weekend.

Georgia Southern choked the SoCon title by recently losing 5 of 6 to two of the worst teams in the league. Coach Rodney Hennon is a study in medicocrity. It's no wonder than Sam Baker loves him.
When your daddy paid for the stadium, I guess 1 regional appearance in 10 years gets you by. Sam Baker kills yet another sport at GSU......and the band played on.

[seantaylor]

Rodney Hennon is still employed somehow. The "Rodney collapse" happens every May by losing series to terrible Socon teams.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook won the regular season title for the America East Conference today sweeping Albany 6-1 and 6-0. The Seawolves now 39-10 and 20-2 in America East play will host the America East Tournament May 25th -28th at Joe Nathan Field. Both teams will play a double header on Saturday to finish out the regular season.

[bonarae]

Fullerton swept Loyola Marymount 8-1.

[seantaylor]

Rodney Hennon still employed. The funniest part was him bragging about his 30 win streak in 10-odd years or something . That is like a power BCS program coach harping up his annual 7 wins a year.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook completed a four game sweep of Albany this afternoon taking a double header 13-4 and 4-3. The Seawolves end the regular season at 41-10 overall and 22-2 in AE play. The Seawolves being the top seed in the conference
will host the AE Tournament at Joe Nathan Field this week. This has been a record setting season for StonyBrook Baseball with 41 wins including two no hitters . Now to win the Tournament!

[bonarae]

Fullerton closes out its home schedule with a win over U. San Diego 6-4. A win gives us the autobid and a co-championship, two wins will give us the outright Big West title.

[Seawolf97]

In the opening round of the America East Tournament today #2 Maine defeated #3 Binghamton 4-3 and #1 StonyBrook rolled over # 4 Albany 14-2. StonyBrook and Maine will play tomorrow in the winners bracket. StonyBrook is 42-10 overall and 23-2 in America East games.

[Smitty]

SoCon tourney #8 WCU 10 - #1 Elon 7 Bot 20

Game started at 5:09pm ended at 11:40pm

[phoenixphanatic21]

SoCon tourney #8 WCU 10 - #1 Elon 7 Bot 20

Game started at 5:09pm ended at 11:40pm

What a crazy game that was. My favorite part? How GSU and College of Charleston had to play after us. 1st pitch was at 12:30 a.m.

Congrats on the win.

[darell1976]

Great West Conference Tourny--Grand Forks, ND

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/204561/

Upset galore!!! First UND seeded last upsets #2 Northern Colorado, then upsets #3 Houston Baptist


UND, 12-33, joins top-seeded Utah Valley as the last two unbeatens in the double-elimination tournament. The Sioux play the Wolverines at 7 p.m. tonight for a spot in the championship game.

GO SIOUX!!!!

[Eaglesrus]

What a crazy game that was. My favorite part? How GSU and College of Charleston had to play after us. 1st pitch was at 12:30 a.m.

Congrats on the win.

And the GSU - College of Charleston game ended at 3:02am with GSU winning 4 - 2

[PhoenixSupreme]

What a crazy game that was. My favorite part? How GSU and College of Charleston had to play after us. 1st pitch was at 12:30 a.m.

Congrats on the win.

ESPN.com actually mentioned the Elon-WCU game briefly in the game recap of the Reds-Phillies 19-inning affair, comparing the two

[Baldy]

Charlie takes Elon out. #1 & #2 seeds combined go 0-4.
Strange

[StorminASU]

Elon = Gone

[seantaylor]

Tourney setting up for GSU to win it. Rodney will probably bunt us out of a game, though.

[LegalGaSouthernEagle]

So does Elon have enough of a resume to get them an at-large bid? I say yes. Thoughts?

[PhoenixSupreme]

I've heard the SoCon was probably a 1-bid league this year, so Elon's probably done unfortunately. I guess a bit depends on if the committee attributes the loss today, and thus the early exit to the tiring 20-inning game the day before. Then again, CofC had to play until 3am also...

[RabidRabbit]

SDSU hosts the Summit League tourney in Sioux Falls. Oral Roberts comes in as the #1 team, but only split on the road with the #3 & #4 teams (NDSU & Western IL). If Oral Roberts wins the tourney, they will have never lost in the 14 years since they joined the Mid-Con, now Summit. SDSU has the team that has the bats to beat ORU, but not certain if will have the pitching staff to support.

Games started today. Oral Roberts 10 runned WIU in their opener, and SDSU vs NDSU starts at 7 PM CDT.

[darell1976]

SDSU hosts the Summit League tourney in Sioux Falls. Oral Roberts comes in as the #1 team, but only split on the road with the #3 & #4 teams (NDSU & Western IL). If Oral Roberts wins the tourney, they will have never lost in the 14 years since they joined the Mid-Con, now Summit. SDSU has the team that has the bats to beat ORU, but not certain if will have the pitching staff to support.

Games started today. Oral Roberts 10 runned WIU in their opener, and SDSU vs NDSU starts at 7 PM CDT.

Good luck Jacks......Crush the Bison!!!!

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook took on the chin today losing to Maine 8-1 in the winners bracket. The Seawolves will now play Albany who eliminated Binghamton on Friday at 11am. The winner of that game will play Maine at 3pm.

[phoenixphanatic21]

I've heard the SoCon was probably a 1-bid league this year, so Elon's probably done unfortunately. I guess a bit depends on if the committee attributes the loss today, and thus the early exit to the tiring 20-inning game the day before. Then again, CofC had to play until 3am also...

It helps that Auburn and Georgia, two bubble teams coming in, look like they won't get the necessary amount of wins to qualify for postseason play. I'm hopeful we get in, but real nervous at the same time. It'd be a shame to see such a good season end this way.

[ElonPride]

So does Elon have enough of a resume to get them an at-large bid? I say yes. Thoughts?

I sure hope so. The rpi has us at 49 at the moment and the SOS was in the mid 30's before playing the likes of Davidson.

Two and done for the tournament in a league that is down from traditional mid major prominence may hurt. Along with the RPI, Elon is (I think) tied for 9th in the nation with most road wins. Hopefully that will help. I am a little worried though. That 20 inning game with WCU obviously took its toll!

I would rather see GSU in the CoC.

[bonarae]

Fullerton was only able to clinch the Big West autobid today with a 6-0 shutout of Northridge. Fullerton will claim the Big West title with a win tomorrow.

[LegalGaSouthernEagle]

Georgia Southern 2011 Southern Conference Champions. See you in the regionals.
GATA

[bonarae]

Regional Hosts:

Atlanta - Georgia Tech (40-19)
Austin, Texas - Texas (43-15)
Fullerton, California - *Cal State Fullerton (39-15)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina - North Carolina (45-14)
Charlottesville, Virginia - *Virginia (48-9)
Clemson, South Carolina - Clemson (41-18)
College Station, Texas - *Texas A&M (41-18)
Columbia, South Carolina - South Carolina (45-14)
Corvallis, Oregon - *Oregon State (38-16)
Fort Worth, Texas - TCU (42-17)
Gainesville, Florida - *Florida (44-16)
Houston - Rice (41-19)
Los Angeles - *UCLA (33-21)
Nashville, Tennessee - *Vanderbilt (47-9)
Tallahassee, Florida - *Florida State (42-16)
Tempe, Arizona - *Arizona State (38-16)

[TexasTerror]

Regional Hosts:

Atlanta - Georgia Tech (40-19)
Austin, Texas - Texas (43-15)
Fullerton, California - *Cal State Fullerton (39-15)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina - North Carolina (45-14)
Charlottesville, Virginia - *Virginia (48-9)
Clemson, South Carolina - Clemson (41-18)
College Station, Texas - *Texas A&M (41-18)
Columbia, South Carolina - South Carolina (45-14)
Corvallis, Oregon - *Oregon State (38-16)
Fort Worth, Texas - TCU (42-17)
Gainesville, Florida - *Florida (44-16)
Houston - Rice (41-19)
Los Angeles - *UCLA (33-21)
Nashville, Tennessee - *Vanderbilt (47-9)
Tallahassee, Florida - *Florida State (42-16)
Tempe, Arizona - *Arizona State (38-16)

How did UCLA get a regional? Very strange... perhaps Southern Miss gets sent out there as a No. 1?

Most of those West Coast teams will be traveling to Texas squads in the Super Regional. Really believe we'll see three Texas teams as national seeds. Definitely two, but I can truly see three with Rice and Texas A&M cleaning up in their respected conference tournaments.

[El Gato]

Despite dropping the opening game of the SLC tourney to the N. 8 seed Nicholls State 6-0. No. 1 Texas State went on to win 5 straight (eliminating Southeastern La, Sam Houston, and Nicholls after two games) including a 9-0 victory over Stephen F. Austin in the Championship game to win our 4th SLC Tournament title. Bobcats outscored their opponents 51-13 after dropping that initial game to NSU.

CF Bret Atwood made an amazing diving catch in the championship game that made the No. 1 spot on ESPN Sportscenter top 10. The video can be found on this thread on bobcatreport.com:
http://bobcatreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1270

Will likely face UT in the Austin Regional this coming week.