BASEBALL

[Lapper]

Coastal Carolina beats #5 Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Next "big boy" up to the plate...UNC.

Also Furman beats powerhouse USC (South Carolina for you westies).

Anybody else?

[Coastal89]

Coastal crushes #8 UNC 14-5. CCU now 39-11 with 6 games remaining.

[Lapper]

Looks like the baseball polls love us just as much as the football polls do. :(
Hopefully this will wake their a$$es up?

[ngineer]

Bucknell will face Lehigh, Saturday, in a one game playoff for the right to play Army in a best of three playoff for the Patriot League championship.

[bonarae]

Harvard is going to the NCAA's with a 25-16 record while

Fullerton won over Pepperdine 13-4.

[WCU LawCat]

WCU beat UGA 2-1 two days after sweeping Elon. WCU also beat GT earlier in the year when they were #1. Coastal is solid.

[ccujacket]

Great showing for supposed mid-majors from the Southeast. Especially WCU, hate them Dawgs.

[Lapper]

The best is yet to come...COASTAL vs WINTHROP :eek:

[dungeonjoe]

The best is yet to come...COASTAL vs WINTHROP :eek:

you playing in Conway or in Rock Pile?

[ccujacket]

you playing in Conway or in Rock Pile?
Crack Hill, but we have the Big South Tourney at our place.

[Hansel]

CCU is 17th in the latest RPI- would be great to see them in Omaha

[rokamortis]

The only problem with CCU is that we are inconsistent. We are a great team when we want to be. Someone observed that we play to the level of our competition, which I would agree. Hopefully the guys come to play for the last six regular season games, the Big South tourny, and the more than likely appearance in the NCAA's.

[rokamortis]

CCU is 17th in the latest RPI- would be great to see them in Omaha

Thanks Hansel - it would be fantastic.

[Coastal89]

40-11

[Coastal89]

Another series sweep! The 6th this season. 42-11 with 3 to go.

[Hansel]

Congrats again to CCU- looks like a big series at Winthrop next week, NDSU picked up their first sweep of the season yesterday over Valpo- we are now "up" to 287 in RPI

[ngineer]

Lehigh knocked off Bucknell Saturday in the first round of the PL Playoffs to gain the privilege of facing the defending champs, Army. The Black Knights have been a real juggernaut the last few years, with this year no exception as they went 18-2 in the league with Lehigh a distant second at 12-8. Army won both games against the Mountainhawks Saturday and Sunday to advance to the NCAA's.

[wkuhillhound]

Western Kentucky (18 - 34) beats up on Austin Peay (35 - 18) 29 - 13 in Bowling Green yesterday. WKU scores 3 runs in the 1st, after the Top of the 4th Austin Peay was leading 8 - 4, the bottom half of the inning WKU scores 7 to make a 11 - 8 WKU lead. APSU cut the deficit to one at 11 - 10, then in the bottom half of the inning, WKU blew it wide open by sending 16 batters and scoring 13 runs to increase it to a 24 - 10 lead. APSU score 3 more in the 6th to make 24 - 13. WKU added 3 more in the bottom half to make it 27 - 13. WKU added two more in the 7th to make 29 - 13. APSU was blanked from the 7th inning on to be the final score. WKU got 21 hits for the game. The final series of the regular season will be against #19 Louisiana-Lafayette in Bowling Green.

This is the 1st time that I can brag about WKU's baseball team this season. Let me have this one. :D

[umassfan]

UMass doesnt have a good team but does have a good player in Matt Torra. Rated number 20 of all college players by baseball america (http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/2005draft/drafttracker.html). I find it funny that I tried hitting off this kid when he pitched at Pittsfield High School (http://www.berkshireeagle.com/Stories/0,1413,101~6295~2870934,00.html).

[EagleCrusade]

Georgia Southern knocked off FAU last night 6-3, improving their record to 34-18. Final series of the year gets underway tomorrow @ Citadel (who used to be good but then got hurt...and are now almost well again)

Charleston....is really good. It's looking like GS will get an at-large bid to the regionals if we can beat Citadel. Two SoCon teams this year!! (SEC has 10.....what a joke)

Current RPI is #41....season high....#1

[WCU LawCat]

As far as the SoCon tourney goes, we all know WCU shows up. Won it 2 years ago against a GSU team that did not give up. Made it to the title last season as the #8. If someone other than GSU or CofC win it, the SoCon could get three teams in the NCAA's.

[Baldy]

It won't happen. The NCAA will take a UGA team that might not even make it's own conference tourney over 3 SoCon teams.

[eaglefan452]

I agree with Blueballs, it will be tough for the SoCon to get one at-large team in there, much less a second at-large team.

[ccujacket]

The Big South could have three if Birmingham-Southern or somebody other than Coastal or Winthrop won the tournament. Considering both Coastal (18) and Winthrop (30) are top 30 in RPI it would be quite a shaft if either got left out.

[wkuhillhound]

WKU split a doubleheader against (19) Louisiana-Lafayette. WKU has to win today or Arkansas-Little Rock lose to New Orleans to get in the tournament.

[Coastal89]

The Chants win 2 of 3 over Winthrop to end the regular season at 44-12 overall and 21-3 in the Big South. Bring on Football.

[Cocky]

My Gamecocks after a slow start and some key injuries have came from way down to capture the OVC regular season crown with a sweep of 2nd place Austin Peay. Now if we can just win the tournament.

[wkuhillhound]

Western Kentucky wins the series against Louisiana-Lafayette with a 4 - 3 victory Sunday and earns the final spot in the Sun Belt Conference tournament! Western Kentucky is currently (20 - 35) on the season and gets to play the same Louisiana-Lafayette team on Wednesday in the opening round of the tournament. :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped: :hyped:

[wkuhillhound]

Western Kentucky (21 - 35) becomes the first #8 seed to win a Sun Belt Conference playoff game as they defeated top seed Louisiana-Lafayette 10 - 7. WKU will face Middle Tennessee in the winner's bracket and Louisiana-Lafayette faces elimination against New Mexico State. Yahoo!!!!
:hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

[The Gadfly]

Chants beat Radford and are on their way to play Birmingham-Southern. Could be another show down with Winthrop if we win this one. Plus College of Charleston lost to the Furman :D BYE BYE regional!

[Baldy]

Chants beat Radford and are on their way to play Birmingham-Southern. Could be another show down with Winthrop if we win this one. Plus College of Charleston lost to the Furman :D BYE BYE regional!

Chuckie's in the regionals no matter what happens in the SoCon tourney.

[ccujacket]

Chuckie's in the regionals no matter what happens in the SoCon tourney.
I believe he meant, bye bye to hosting. The fact that they were ever even considered to host has been a sore subject among CCU fans.

[wkuhillhound]

The Western Kentucky/Middle Tennessee originally was supposed to be played at 6:30 PM ET, instead it was not played until 10:55!!! Toppers lost the game 11 - 8 and now plays Louisiana-Lafayette in an elimination game at 1:00 PM.

[rokamortis]

I believe he meant, bye bye to hosting. The fact that they were ever even considered to host has been a sore subject among CCU fans.

I would have liked to have seen CofC host. It just further blurs the line between the 'big' programs and the smaller schools. Once the baseball stadium renovations are finished don't you think CCU will want to host a regional one year? Darn right.

[wkuhillhound]

Western Kentucky's season is officially over with a 6 - 4 loss in 11 innings to Louisiana-Lafayette. What a run WKU had in the Sun Belt Tournament! :)

[Coastal89]

Well Coastal won the regular season title but lost the tournament in a heart breaker to Winthrop. We'll have to wait till Monday, but with a 48-14 record we should be a strong second seed some where.

[Hansel]

I would have liked to have seen CofC host. It just further blurs the line between the 'big' programs and the smaller schools. Once the baseball stadium renovations are finished don't you think CCU will want to host a regional one year? Darn right.
what kind of stadium does one need to host a regional?

[rokamortis]

what kind of stadium does one need to host a regional?

I don't know all of the technical details, but I understand that a facility needs to be in good condition with a good number of seats. Our stadium is in good condition, but not a lot of seating. They hope to expand it to 3000 seats in the near future.

[rokamortis]

Furman comes out on top surprising everyone in the SoCon.

http://furmanpaladins.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052805aab.html



Call 'Em Champions! Furman Defeats Georgia Southern 5-4 To Win SoCon Tournament Title

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Furman scored four runs in the seventh inning to overcome a 4-1 deficit en route to a 5-4 Southern Conference Tournament championship game victory over Georgia Southern Saturday evening a Joseph P. Riley Park.

The victory, Furman' seventh straight, capped an improbable run for the eighth-seed Paladins, who only qualified for the tournament by virtue of a three-game sweep of Davidson on the final weekend of the regular season. In tournament play, Furman knocked off top seed and nationally 20th-ranked College of Charleston 9-7 on Wednesday, No. 4 seed Elon 6-3 on Thursday, and No. 2 seed Georgia Southern twice, including a 4-1 decision Friday prior to tonight's decisive championship game.

The SoCon Tournament crown is the second for Furman, which first captured the championship in 1991 at Charleston's College Park. The Paladins will be making their fifth appearance in the NCAA Tournament play (1965, '69, '76, '91, and '05).

The victory also clinched only the third 30-win season in Furman baseball history

[mainejeff]

Maine wins America East and the NCAA bid that goes with it.

[wkuhillhound]

I also want to say congratulations to Jacksonville State for winning the OVC Baseball Championship!!!!

[Hansel]

When is the field announced?

[Baldy]

Furman comes out on top surprising everyone in the SoCon.

http://furmanpaladins.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052805aab.html

:mad: :bang: :shakingma :splat: :bawling: :nonono2:

Furman's been on a unbelievable lucky run of late.

Giving up 4 unearned runs in the 7th to give the game away...........sickening

[ccujacket]

When is the field announced?
Monday.

Edit: It's on ESPN at 11:30AM tomorrow.

[youwouldno]

:mad: :bang: :shakingma :splat: :bawling: :nonono2:

Furman's been on a unbelievable lucky run of late.

Giving up 4 unearned runs in the 7th to give the game away...........sickening

Well we have one winning streak of 8 this season, another of 7 (ongoing), and went 3-2 against the SEC. Streaky? Yeah. Lucky? Not so sure. Defense is part of the game, as is mental toughness. If one team makes a critical error it doesn't mean the other team was "lucky."

FU baseball has done much better in recent years... couple 30-win seasons, some guys drafted, etc. But without full funding it's hard to consistently put a winning team out there.

[Coastal89]

I also want to say congratulations to Jacksonville State for winning the OVC Baseball Championship!!!!


There's 1 more game at 12 o'clock today.

[Coastal89]

The 2005 O'Reilly OVC Baseball Tournament has concluded, with Austin Peay shutting out Jacksonville State, 5-0, in the championship game Sunday afternoon at Brooks Stadium in Paducah, Ky.

[wkuhillhound]

Thanks for the correction, I jumped the gun.