What were you doing in your last semester of your senior year of high school? Cruising the main drag, maybe thinking about where you would go to college and trying decide whether you were going to take Susie or Stacey to the senior prom?
Odds are, you weren't dealing with nasty fastballs and sliders from ACC pitchers, but that's exactly what Levi Michael is doing at North Carolina. You see, rather than deciding what kind of tux to go with at the prom, Michael graduated from North Davidson high school a semester early, and now he's donning Tar Heel blue in Chapel Hill.
Michael's journey is not unprecedented. It's become common for college football players, like Notre Dame's Jimmy Clausen, to enroll a semester early for a jump start on the college playbook. Former USC QB, John David Booty, even left high school an entire year early. But spring football is PRACTICE. We're just talking about PRACTICE.
Kyle Parker took it a step further last year when he enrolled at Clemson in January. Parker not only practiced with the football team during spring drills, but also hit .303 with 14 home runs and 50 RBIs in 2008, during what would have been his senior year in high school. However, Clemson finished seven games under .500 in the ACC and missed the NCAA tournament. Parker sat while four other quarterbacks took snaps for the Tigers last fall, but he'll compete for the starting job next season.
Michael stepped out of high school gym class and into the fire when he enrolled at UNC in January, just in time for the first season of his college baseball career.
North Carolina is 35-11 overall and 16-7 and in first-place in the ACC's Coastal Division. The Tar Heels are ranked number one in this week's USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll and NBCWA Poll, not to mention three straight trips to the College World Series. Pressure anyone?
You're probably saying to yourself "Ok, but he's hitting eighth or ninth in the order", right? Wrong. UNC head coach Mike Fox has Michael batting in the middle of the line-up, and he's not just surviving, he is thriving. Through 45 games, Michael is batting .314 with 11 home runs and 42 RBIs. His home run and RBI totals are second only to two-time All-American Dustin Ackley.
Michael has a .605 slugging percentage and .412 on-base percentage with 23 walks, 35 strikeouts and a team-high ten times hit by pitch. He just finished a week in which he hit .533 (8-15) with four doubles, a triple and a home run with 4 RBIs.
His high school finals are a thing of the past, and Michael and the rest of his college teammates are off this week while they take their college final exams. It'll be worth it for Michael if he trades cruising the main drag in his Welcome, NC home town for a trip on the team bus on S. 13th Street past Bob Gibson Blvd. and into the Rosenblatt Stadium parking lot about five weeks from now.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday CB360 Scoreboard
College Baseball Scores (Tuesday, April 28, 2009)
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com
Results involving top-25 teams (NCBWA/writers poll)
at #4 UC Irvine 6, Southern California 5
Southern Mississippi 6, #8 Mississippi 4 (Pearl, MS)
at #10 Texas 12, Texas State 2
at #12 Arkansas 8, #11 Oklahoma 7 (10 inn.)
North Florida 10, at #13 Miami 1
at #15 Virginia 5, Liberty 2
at #16 Cal Poly 17, Fresno State 16 (10 inn.)
at #17 Texas A&M 4, #18 TCU 3 (10 inn.)
at Elon 10, #21 East Carolina 8
at College of Charleston 13, #22 Coastal Carolina 7
at #23 Kansas State 10, North Dakota 2
Other Scores (listed alphabetically, by winner)
at Appalachian State 14, Radford 3
at Arkansas-Little Rock 19, Alcorn State 9 (8 inn.)
at Arkansas-Little Rock 12, Alcorn State 6
at Auburn 26, Troy 6
at Binghamton 8, Marist 5
at Boston College 13, Quinnipiac 10
Buffalo 14, St. Bonaventure 5 (Buffalo, NY)
at UCLA 7, Long Beach State 5
UC Riverside 2, at San Diego 1
Cal State Bakersfield 8, at UC Santa Barbara 6
Canisius 13, Niagara 7 (Buffalo, NY)
at UCF 9, South Florida 5
at Central Michigan 12, Concordia (MI) 2
Connecticut 17, at Bryant 5
Creighton 5, at South Dakota State 2
Dallas Baptist 6, at Sam Houston State 2
at Dartmouth 13, Hartford 5
Delaware 12, at Rutgers 5
at Delta State 13, Mississippi Valley State 5
at Evansville 10, Oakland City 4
at Florida Gulf Coast 8, Florida International 4
Fordham 15, at Manhattan 12
George Mason 12, at UMBC 4
at Georgetown 15, Norfolk State 4
at Harvard 16, Northeastern 13
at Illinois 5, Southern Illinois 1
Illinois-Chicago 10, at Notre Dame 5
at Kansas 11, Chicago State 5
at Kansas 9, Chicago State 1
at Kennesaw State 12, Alabama State 9
at Lamar 11, Louisiana-Monroe 10
Lewis-Clark State 5, at Washington 2
Louisville 11, at Kentucky 2
at Louisiana-Lafayette 4, McNeese State 1
at Maine 10, Thomas 2
at Maryland 17, James Madison 10
Massachusetts 11, at Siena 10 (10 inn.)
Mercer 9, at Florida A&M 6
Miami (OH) 9, at Indiana 6
at Middle Tennessee State 7, Belmont 5
Missouri 7, Eastern Illinois 4 (O'Fallon, MO)
Monmouth 20, at St. Peter's 10
Navy 8, at Delaware State 4
at Nebraska 4, New Mexico 2
at Nevada 3, UC Davis 2
at UNLV 13, Cal State Northridge 6
at New York Tech 20, St. John's 12
North Carolina A&T 7, at UNC Greensboro 6
at UNC Wilmington 10, North Carolina Central 3
at UNC Wilmington 14, North Carolina Central 0 (7 inn.)
at Northern Colorado 20, Air Force 14
at Northern Iowa 9, Iowa 3
at Oklahoma State 6, Texas-Arlington 2
at Oregon State 10, Oregon 2
Pacific 16, at California 11
Purdue 14, at Ball State 6 (8 inn.)
Rhode Island 10, at Holy Cross 4
Sacred Heart 20, Fairfield 13 (Fairfield, CT)
at San Jose State 6, St. Mary's 4
Southeastern Louisiana 8, at Jackson State 7
St. Louis 8, at Missouri State 3
St. Thomas (MN) 6, at Minnesota 3
at Stetson 8, Bethune-Cookman 7
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12, at Texas-Pan American 7
Towson 8, at George Washington 4
Utah 11, at Utah Valley State 8
at Valparaiso 5, Bradley 2
at Villanova 7, Temple 6
at Virginia Tech 9, High Point 1
at Wake Forest 11, Davidson 3
at West Virginia 8, Morehead State 1 (6 inn.)
Western Carolina 8, at Charlotte 6
at Western Illinois 6, Eureka 4
at Western Kentucky 14, Austin Peay 4
at Wichita State 5, Tabor 3
at William and Mary 10, VMI 9
at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 5, Northern Illinois 2 (7 inn.)
at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 6, Northern Illinois 4 (7 inn.)
at Wright State 23, Urbana 0
at Xavier 10, Cincinnati 9
Canceled/Postponed
Tulane at #5 LSU
Texas-San Antonio at #24 Baylor (DH)
Washington State at Gonzaga
Tennessee-Martin at Arkansas State
Northwestern State at Grambling State
Southeast Missouri State at Central Arkansas
Long Island at Lafayette
Southeast Missouri State at Central Arkansas
Eastern Michigan at Michigan State
North Central at Northwestern
Penn State at Pittsburgh
Georgetown (KY) at Marshall
Ohio at Cleveland State
Toledo at Bowling Green State
Illinois Wesleyan at Illinois State
Princeton at Rider
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com
Results involving top-25 teams (NCBWA/writers poll)
at #4 UC Irvine 6, Southern California 5
Southern Mississippi 6, #8 Mississippi 4 (Pearl, MS)
at #10 Texas 12, Texas State 2
at #12 Arkansas 8, #11 Oklahoma 7 (10 inn.)
North Florida 10, at #13 Miami 1
at #15 Virginia 5, Liberty 2
at #16 Cal Poly 17, Fresno State 16 (10 inn.)
at #17 Texas A&M 4, #18 TCU 3 (10 inn.)
at Elon 10, #21 East Carolina 8
at College of Charleston 13, #22 Coastal Carolina 7
at #23 Kansas State 10, North Dakota 2
Other Scores (listed alphabetically, by winner)
at Appalachian State 14, Radford 3
at Arkansas-Little Rock 19, Alcorn State 9 (8 inn.)
at Arkansas-Little Rock 12, Alcorn State 6
at Auburn 26, Troy 6
at Binghamton 8, Marist 5
at Boston College 13, Quinnipiac 10
Buffalo 14, St. Bonaventure 5 (Buffalo, NY)
at UCLA 7, Long Beach State 5
UC Riverside 2, at San Diego 1
Cal State Bakersfield 8, at UC Santa Barbara 6
Canisius 13, Niagara 7 (Buffalo, NY)
at UCF 9, South Florida 5
at Central Michigan 12, Concordia (MI) 2
Connecticut 17, at Bryant 5
Creighton 5, at South Dakota State 2
Dallas Baptist 6, at Sam Houston State 2
at Dartmouth 13, Hartford 5
Delaware 12, at Rutgers 5
at Delta State 13, Mississippi Valley State 5
at Evansville 10, Oakland City 4
at Florida Gulf Coast 8, Florida International 4
Fordham 15, at Manhattan 12
George Mason 12, at UMBC 4
at Georgetown 15, Norfolk State 4
at Harvard 16, Northeastern 13
at Illinois 5, Southern Illinois 1
Illinois-Chicago 10, at Notre Dame 5
at Kansas 11, Chicago State 5
at Kansas 9, Chicago State 1
at Kennesaw State 12, Alabama State 9
at Lamar 11, Louisiana-Monroe 10
Lewis-Clark State 5, at Washington 2
Louisville 11, at Kentucky 2
at Louisiana-Lafayette 4, McNeese State 1
at Maine 10, Thomas 2
at Maryland 17, James Madison 10
Massachusetts 11, at Siena 10 (10 inn.)
Mercer 9, at Florida A&M 6
Miami (OH) 9, at Indiana 6
at Middle Tennessee State 7, Belmont 5
Missouri 7, Eastern Illinois 4 (O'Fallon, MO)
Monmouth 20, at St. Peter's 10
Navy 8, at Delaware State 4
at Nebraska 4, New Mexico 2
at Nevada 3, UC Davis 2
at UNLV 13, Cal State Northridge 6
at New York Tech 20, St. John's 12
North Carolina A&T 7, at UNC Greensboro 6
at UNC Wilmington 10, North Carolina Central 3
at UNC Wilmington 14, North Carolina Central 0 (7 inn.)
at Northern Colorado 20, Air Force 14
at Northern Iowa 9, Iowa 3
at Oklahoma State 6, Texas-Arlington 2
at Oregon State 10, Oregon 2
Pacific 16, at California 11
Purdue 14, at Ball State 6 (8 inn.)
Rhode Island 10, at Holy Cross 4
Sacred Heart 20, Fairfield 13 (Fairfield, CT)
at San Jose State 6, St. Mary's 4
Southeastern Louisiana 8, at Jackson State 7
St. Louis 8, at Missouri State 3
St. Thomas (MN) 6, at Minnesota 3
at Stetson 8, Bethune-Cookman 7
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12, at Texas-Pan American 7
Towson 8, at George Washington 4
Utah 11, at Utah Valley State 8
at Valparaiso 5, Bradley 2
at Villanova 7, Temple 6
at Virginia Tech 9, High Point 1
at Wake Forest 11, Davidson 3
at West Virginia 8, Morehead State 1 (6 inn.)
Western Carolina 8, at Charlotte 6
at Western Illinois 6, Eureka 4
at Western Kentucky 14, Austin Peay 4
at Wichita State 5, Tabor 3
at William and Mary 10, VMI 9
at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 5, Northern Illinois 2 (7 inn.)
at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 6, Northern Illinois 4 (7 inn.)
at Wright State 23, Urbana 0
at Xavier 10, Cincinnati 9
Canceled/Postponed
Tulane at #5 LSU
Texas-San Antonio at #24 Baylor (DH)
Washington State at Gonzaga
Tennessee-Martin at Arkansas State
Northwestern State at Grambling State
Southeast Missouri State at Central Arkansas
Long Island at Lafayette
Southeast Missouri State at Central Arkansas
Eastern Michigan at Michigan State
North Central at Northwestern
Penn State at Pittsburgh
Georgetown (KY) at Marshall
Ohio at Cleveland State
Toledo at Bowling Green State
Illinois Wesleyan at Illinois State
Princeton at Rider
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday Collegebaseball360 Scoreboard
Just a handful of games took place on Monday. Here they are:
Connecticut 6, at Northeastern 4
Dallas Baptist 12, at Stephen F. Austin 8
Louisiana Tech 10, at Sacramento State 5
at Stanford 12, San Francisco 4
at Tennessee Tech 7, Alabama A&M 1
at Utah Valley State 7, BYU 2
Connecticut 6, at Northeastern 4
Dallas Baptist 12, at Stephen F. Austin 8
Louisiana Tech 10, at Sacramento State 5
at Stanford 12, San Francisco 4
at Tennessee Tech 7, Alabama A&M 1
at Utah Valley State 7, BYU 2
Monday, April 27, 2009
Sunday's Rundown Of Scores & Series Results
Here's a look at Sunday's scores and Top 25 series results:
Results involving top-25 teams (NCBWA/writers poll)
at #1North Carolina 4, Maryland 2 UNC wins series 3-0
Kansas State 6, at #2 Texas 6 (10 inn.) K-State wins series 2-0-1
#3 Arizona State 6, at California 5 ASU wins series 2-1
at #11 Mississippi 6, #4 Georgia 1 Ole Miss wins series 2-1
at #7 LSU 7, Auburn 6 LSU wins series 3-0
at #21 Clemson 6, #8 Georgia Tech 3 Clemson wins series 2-1
#9 Cal State Fullerton 6, at UC Davis 0 Fullerton wins series 3-0
at #10 Florida State 14, Wake Forest 10 FSU wins series 3-0
at #12 Miami 11, Virginia Tech 3 Miami wins series 2-1
#13 Arkansas 15, at Tennessee 8 Arkansas wins series 2-1
#14 Oklahoma 11, at #15 Baylor 8 OU wins series 3-0
N.C. State 7, at #16 Virginia 6 Virginia wins series 2-1
#17 Cal Poly 15, at UC Santa Barbara 7 Cal Poly wins series 2-1
at #18 Texas A&M 6, #25 Oklahoma State 4 TAMU wins series 2-1
#19 Coastal Carolina 8, at Presbyterian 3 CC wins series 2-1
#20 TCU 6, at San Diego State 5 TCU wins series 2-1
at #22 Florida 9, South Carolina 5 Fla wins series 3-0
Northwestern 10, at #23 Ohio State 6 OSU wins series 2-1
Other Scores (listed alphabetically, by winner)
at Alabama 3, Kentucky 2
Albany 10, at Stony Brook 7
at Appalachian State 11, Wofford 6
Arizona 7, at Stanford 6
at Arkansas-Little Rock 15, Houston Baptist 2 (7 inn.)
Arkansas State 9, at New Orleans 3
Army 12, at Lafayette 7 (7 inn.)
Army 12, at Lafayette 10
at Ball State 11, Western Michigan 7
Bethune-Cookman 10, at UMES 0 (8 inn.)
Binghamton 8, at New Jersey Tech 2 (7 inn.)
Binghamton 4, at New Jersey Tech 2 (7 inn.)
Boston College 7, at Duke 6 (11 inn.)
at Brown 17, Yale 10 (7 inn.)
at Brown 11, Yale 3
Bryant 9, at LeMoyne 1
Bucknell 12, at Lehigh 6 (7 inn.)
Bucknell 17, at Lehigh 8
Buffalo 3, at Akron 2
at Butler 4, Youngstown State 1
at UCLA 5, Oregon State 2
UC Riverside 2, at Cal State Northridge 0
at Centenary 8, IPFW 1
Central Arkansas 21, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6 (7 inn.)
Central Connecticut 11, at Long Island 9
UCF 12, at UAB 6
at Central Michigan 3, Toledo 0
Charlotte 8, at St. Louis 6
at Cincinnati 4, Villanova 3
at The Citadel 8, Georgia Southern 4
at Cornell 4 , Princeton 3
Dartmouth 11, at Harvard 5 (7 inn.)
at Davidson 5, UNC Greensboro 4 (11 inn.)
Dayton 11, at Fordham 9
at East Tennessee State 16, High Point 10
at Eastern Illinois 5, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 0
Eastern Kentucky 9, at Jacksonville State 3
at Eastern Michigan 8, Northern Illinois 7
Elon 12, at Samford 9
Fairfield 14, at Rider 4
Florida A&M 18, at Coppin State 2 (7 inn.)
Florida International 7, at Louisiana-Monroe 6
at George Mason 9, Hofstra 5
George Washington 6, at Duquesne 1
Gonzaga 11, at Santa Clara 1
Hartford 7, at UMBC 6
at Harvard 4, Dartmouth 3
at Holy Cross 9, Navy 5 (7 inn.)
at Holy Cross 9, Navy 2
Houston 9, at Marshall 8 (10 inn.)
Illinois 9, at Penn State 2
Indiana 3, at Michigan 1
Indiana State 11, Oakland City 0 (Evansville, IN)
at James Madison 6, Georgia State 5
at Kansas 8, Nebraska 2
at Kansas 9, Nebraska 4
Kent State 8, at Ohio 5
at Lamar 14, Northwestern State (7 inn.)
at LaSalle 7, Massachusetts 3
at LeMoyne 4, Bryant 1 (7 inn.)
Liberty 10, at Gardner-Webb 9 (11 inn.)
Lipscomb 3, at Jacksonville 2
Long Beach State 10, at Pacific 3
Louisiana Tech 7, at Sacramento State 4
at Maine 5, Vermont 1 (7 inn.)
at Manhattan 11, Canisius 7
Marist 16, at Siena 5
at UMBC 10, Hartford 2 (7 inn.)
Mercer 7, at North Florida 2
Miami (OH) 14, at Bowling Green 12
Michigan State 14, at Iowa 5
Middle Tennessee State 11, at South Alabama 5
at Minnesota 5, Purdue 2
at Missouri 15, Texas Tech 2 (7 inn.)
Missouri State 11, at Evansville 3
at Morehead State 18, Murray State 9
at Nevada 13, al State Bakersfield 6
UNLV 11, at Air Force 3
at New Mexico State 20, Hawaii 9 (7 inn.)
at Niagara 12, New York Tech 9
at Norfolk State 11, Savannah State 10
North Carolina A&T 7, at Delaware State 3
UNC Wilmington 10, at Towson 7
at Northeastern 6, VCU 5
at Norfolk State 11, Savannah State 10
Notre Dame 13, at Louisville 12
at Old Dominion 6, William and Mary 4
at Pennsylvania 11, Columbia 5 (7 inn.)
at Pennsylvania 15, Columbia 9
at Pittsburgh 12, Rutgers 8
at Prairie View A&M 18, UT Pan American 7
Princeton 9, at Cornell 7 (7 inn.)
Quinnipiac 8, at Fairleigh Dickinson 4
Rhode Island 6, at St. Joseph's 1
Sacred Heart 15, at Monmouth 6
at San Diego 17, Portland 7
at San Francisco 4, Pepperdine 2
at San Jose State 6, Fresno State 5
at Seton Hall 6, Georgetown 5
South Dakota State 16, at Western Illinois 7
at South Florida 9, West Virginia 6
Southeast Missouri State 13, at Austin Peay 3
Southeastern Louisiana 13, at Sam Houston State 6
at Southern 9, Texas Southern 8 (12 inn.)
at Southern Illinois 8, Illinois State 0
at St. Bonaventure 8, Richmond 6
St. John's 13, at Connecticut 4
at St. Mary's 5, Loyola Marymount 4
St. Peter's 12, at Iona 1
at Stephen F. Austin 4, UT Arlington 3 (10 inn.)
at Stony Brook 4, Albany 1 (7 inn.)
at Tennessee Tech 12, Tennessee-Martin 6
UTSA 6, at Nicholls State 5
at Texas State 15, McNeese State 2 (7 inn.)
Toledo 3, at Central Michigan 1
at Troy 12, Louisiana-Lafayette 3
at Tulane 12, Memphis 11 (12 inn.)
VMI 6, at Winthrop 5
at Wagner 17, Mount St. Mary's 6
Washington 6, at Oregon 3
Washington State 6, at Southern California 4
Western Carolina 6, at Furman 4
at Western Kentucky 4, Florida Atlantic 3
at Wright State 16, Valparaiso 1
Valparaiso 2, at Wright State 1
at Vanderbilt 11, Mississippi State 3
Vermont 6, at Maine 3
Xavier 6, at Temple 5
Youngstown State 6, at Butler 5 (10 inn.)
Canceled/Postponed
Alabama A&M at Alabama State (2)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Grambling State
Cleveland State at Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2)
Oral Roberts at North Dakota State (2)
Wichita State at Northern Iowa
Bradley at Creighton
Results involving top-25 teams (NCBWA/writers poll)
at #1North Carolina 4, Maryland 2 UNC wins series 3-0
Kansas State 6, at #2 Texas 6 (10 inn.) K-State wins series 2-0-1
#3 Arizona State 6, at California 5 ASU wins series 2-1
at #11 Mississippi 6, #4 Georgia 1 Ole Miss wins series 2-1
at #7 LSU 7, Auburn 6 LSU wins series 3-0
at #21 Clemson 6, #8 Georgia Tech 3 Clemson wins series 2-1
#9 Cal State Fullerton 6, at UC Davis 0 Fullerton wins series 3-0
at #10 Florida State 14, Wake Forest 10 FSU wins series 3-0
at #12 Miami 11, Virginia Tech 3 Miami wins series 2-1
#13 Arkansas 15, at Tennessee 8 Arkansas wins series 2-1
#14 Oklahoma 11, at #15 Baylor 8 OU wins series 3-0
N.C. State 7, at #16 Virginia 6 Virginia wins series 2-1
#17 Cal Poly 15, at UC Santa Barbara 7 Cal Poly wins series 2-1
at #18 Texas A&M 6, #25 Oklahoma State 4 TAMU wins series 2-1
#19 Coastal Carolina 8, at Presbyterian 3 CC wins series 2-1
#20 TCU 6, at San Diego State 5 TCU wins series 2-1
at #22 Florida 9, South Carolina 5 Fla wins series 3-0
Northwestern 10, at #23 Ohio State 6 OSU wins series 2-1
Other Scores (listed alphabetically, by winner)
at Alabama 3, Kentucky 2
Albany 10, at Stony Brook 7
at Appalachian State 11, Wofford 6
Arizona 7, at Stanford 6
at Arkansas-Little Rock 15, Houston Baptist 2 (7 inn.)
Arkansas State 9, at New Orleans 3
Army 12, at Lafayette 7 (7 inn.)
Army 12, at Lafayette 10
at Ball State 11, Western Michigan 7
Bethune-Cookman 10, at UMES 0 (8 inn.)
Binghamton 8, at New Jersey Tech 2 (7 inn.)
Binghamton 4, at New Jersey Tech 2 (7 inn.)
Boston College 7, at Duke 6 (11 inn.)
at Brown 17, Yale 10 (7 inn.)
at Brown 11, Yale 3
Bryant 9, at LeMoyne 1
Bucknell 12, at Lehigh 6 (7 inn.)
Bucknell 17, at Lehigh 8
Buffalo 3, at Akron 2
at Butler 4, Youngstown State 1
at UCLA 5, Oregon State 2
UC Riverside 2, at Cal State Northridge 0
at Centenary 8, IPFW 1
Central Arkansas 21, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6 (7 inn.)
Central Connecticut 11, at Long Island 9
UCF 12, at UAB 6
at Central Michigan 3, Toledo 0
Charlotte 8, at St. Louis 6
at Cincinnati 4, Villanova 3
at The Citadel 8, Georgia Southern 4
at Cornell 4 , Princeton 3
Dartmouth 11, at Harvard 5 (7 inn.)
at Davidson 5, UNC Greensboro 4 (11 inn.)
Dayton 11, at Fordham 9
at East Tennessee State 16, High Point 10
at Eastern Illinois 5, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 0
Eastern Kentucky 9, at Jacksonville State 3
at Eastern Michigan 8, Northern Illinois 7
Elon 12, at Samford 9
Fairfield 14, at Rider 4
Florida A&M 18, at Coppin State 2 (7 inn.)
Florida International 7, at Louisiana-Monroe 6
at George Mason 9, Hofstra 5
George Washington 6, at Duquesne 1
Gonzaga 11, at Santa Clara 1
Hartford 7, at UMBC 6
at Harvard 4, Dartmouth 3
at Holy Cross 9, Navy 5 (7 inn.)
at Holy Cross 9, Navy 2
Houston 9, at Marshall 8 (10 inn.)
Illinois 9, at Penn State 2
Indiana 3, at Michigan 1
Indiana State 11, Oakland City 0 (Evansville, IN)
at James Madison 6, Georgia State 5
at Kansas 8, Nebraska 2
at Kansas 9, Nebraska 4
Kent State 8, at Ohio 5
at Lamar 14, Northwestern State (7 inn.)
at LaSalle 7, Massachusetts 3
at LeMoyne 4, Bryant 1 (7 inn.)
Liberty 10, at Gardner-Webb 9 (11 inn.)
Lipscomb 3, at Jacksonville 2
Long Beach State 10, at Pacific 3
Louisiana Tech 7, at Sacramento State 4
at Maine 5, Vermont 1 (7 inn.)
at Manhattan 11, Canisius 7
Marist 16, at Siena 5
at UMBC 10, Hartford 2 (7 inn.)
Mercer 7, at North Florida 2
Miami (OH) 14, at Bowling Green 12
Michigan State 14, at Iowa 5
Middle Tennessee State 11, at South Alabama 5
at Minnesota 5, Purdue 2
at Missouri 15, Texas Tech 2 (7 inn.)
Missouri State 11, at Evansville 3
at Morehead State 18, Murray State 9
at Nevada 13, al State Bakersfield 6
UNLV 11, at Air Force 3
at New Mexico State 20, Hawaii 9 (7 inn.)
at Niagara 12, New York Tech 9
at Norfolk State 11, Savannah State 10
North Carolina A&T 7, at Delaware State 3
UNC Wilmington 10, at Towson 7
at Northeastern 6, VCU 5
at Norfolk State 11, Savannah State 10
Notre Dame 13, at Louisville 12
at Old Dominion 6, William and Mary 4
at Pennsylvania 11, Columbia 5 (7 inn.)
at Pennsylvania 15, Columbia 9
at Pittsburgh 12, Rutgers 8
at Prairie View A&M 18, UT Pan American 7
Princeton 9, at Cornell 7 (7 inn.)
Quinnipiac 8, at Fairleigh Dickinson 4
Rhode Island 6, at St. Joseph's 1
Sacred Heart 15, at Monmouth 6
at San Diego 17, Portland 7
at San Francisco 4, Pepperdine 2
at San Jose State 6, Fresno State 5
at Seton Hall 6, Georgetown 5
South Dakota State 16, at Western Illinois 7
at South Florida 9, West Virginia 6
Southeast Missouri State 13, at Austin Peay 3
Southeastern Louisiana 13, at Sam Houston State 6
at Southern 9, Texas Southern 8 (12 inn.)
at Southern Illinois 8, Illinois State 0
at St. Bonaventure 8, Richmond 6
St. John's 13, at Connecticut 4
at St. Mary's 5, Loyola Marymount 4
St. Peter's 12, at Iona 1
at Stephen F. Austin 4, UT Arlington 3 (10 inn.)
at Stony Brook 4, Albany 1 (7 inn.)
at Tennessee Tech 12, Tennessee-Martin 6
UTSA 6, at Nicholls State 5
at Texas State 15, McNeese State 2 (7 inn.)
Toledo 3, at Central Michigan 1
at Troy 12, Louisiana-Lafayette 3
at Tulane 12, Memphis 11 (12 inn.)
VMI 6, at Winthrop 5
at Wagner 17, Mount St. Mary's 6
Washington 6, at Oregon 3
Washington State 6, at Southern California 4
Western Carolina 6, at Furman 4
at Western Kentucky 4, Florida Atlantic 3
at Wright State 16, Valparaiso 1
Valparaiso 2, at Wright State 1
at Vanderbilt 11, Mississippi State 3
Vermont 6, at Maine 3
Xavier 6, at Temple 5
Youngstown State 6, at Butler 5 (10 inn.)
Canceled/Postponed
Alabama A&M at Alabama State (2)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Grambling State
Cleveland State at Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2)
Oral Roberts at North Dakota State (2)
Wichita State at Northern Iowa
Bradley at Creighton
Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday Scores
Here's a quick rundown of Thursday's action. To have college baseball scores delivered directly to your cell phone, PDA or email just click-on "Free Text/Email" on the front page of Collegebaseball360.com.
#6 UC Irvine 8, at Utah 3
New Mexico 12, at BYU 2
Cleveland State 7, at Niagara 3
at Delaware State 3, Delaware 1
at Eastern Illinois 11, Illinois College 1
at Hartford 7, Yale 6 (12 inn.)
at Holy Cross 17, Brown 12
Navy 10, at UMES 7
at Robert Morris 9, Chicago State 8
Stony Brook 5, at Fairleigh Dickinson 1
at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 7, Cardinal Stritch 3
#6 UC Irvine 8, at Utah 3
New Mexico 12, at BYU 2
Cleveland State 7, at Niagara 3
at Delaware State 3, Delaware 1
at Eastern Illinois 11, Illinois College 1
at Hartford 7, Yale 6 (12 inn.)
at Holy Cross 17, Brown 12
Navy 10, at UMES 7
at Robert Morris 9, Chicago State 8
Stony Brook 5, at Fairleigh Dickinson 1
at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 7, Cardinal Stritch 3
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Burning Questions While Waiting For The Weekend
A few things have been stirring in my mind lately...
1. Is Arizona State really that good, or is the rest of the Pac 10 just down this year? The Sun Devils (29-8 overall) lead the conference with a 13-2 mark heading into this weekend's series at Cal. Oregon State and Washington State are the next closest league contenders with 8-4 Pac 10 records. Those two teams have respective overall marks of 23-9 and 19-17. The only other team in the conference with an overall record better than .500 is USC (20-17, 9-6).
2. Will the Big 12 get a team to Omaha this year? Texas, Baylor and Nebraska all advanced to the 2005 College World Series, but the Big 12 has not had a representative at Omaha since. Texas leads a half-dozen Big 12 teams that will contend for an NCAA regional bid, but all of those teams have head-scratching series losses in conference play. Will that competition give them a leg-up in the post-season?
3. Who will be this year's Fresno State? As of now the Bulldogs (18-20) could follow Oregon State's lead by being the second straight defending national champion to miss the NCAA tournament the following year. They're batting just .268 with a 5.51 team ERA. As for candidates for this year's Cinderella: I wouldn't want to be a #2 seed at an NCAA regional and have to play West Virginia. It's a line-up full of though outs that all "ding it". For that reason, I also wouldn't want to have to face the Mountaineers with my third or fourth starter on the mound. (Think Louisville two years ago.)
4. Can Eastern Illinois keep going without Brett Nommensen? The centerfielder is having surgery to repair the hamate bone in his right wrist, and a 4-6 week recovery time sinks the rest of his senior season. He was hitting .521 with 11 home runs, 13 doubles, and a nation's best 1.670 OPS at the time he was injured. EIU is 27-8, and has lost just once since Nommensen was injured, but a return to an NCAA regional will be tougher without their catalyst.
5. Who's the best team in the brutal SEC? Georgia staked a claim by taking 2 of 3 from Arkansas last week, but LSU won its series with the Bulldogs earlier this month before dropping two games to Tennessee last weekend. The Razorbacks are at Tennessee this weekend, and finish with conference series vs. LSU, at Alabama and vs. Ole Miss. The top 3-4 spots in each SEC division could turnover before the conference tournament starts a month from now.
1. Is Arizona State really that good, or is the rest of the Pac 10 just down this year? The Sun Devils (29-8 overall) lead the conference with a 13-2 mark heading into this weekend's series at Cal. Oregon State and Washington State are the next closest league contenders with 8-4 Pac 10 records. Those two teams have respective overall marks of 23-9 and 19-17. The only other team in the conference with an overall record better than .500 is USC (20-17, 9-6).
2. Will the Big 12 get a team to Omaha this year? Texas, Baylor and Nebraska all advanced to the 2005 College World Series, but the Big 12 has not had a representative at Omaha since. Texas leads a half-dozen Big 12 teams that will contend for an NCAA regional bid, but all of those teams have head-scratching series losses in conference play. Will that competition give them a leg-up in the post-season?
3. Who will be this year's Fresno State? As of now the Bulldogs (18-20) could follow Oregon State's lead by being the second straight defending national champion to miss the NCAA tournament the following year. They're batting just .268 with a 5.51 team ERA. As for candidates for this year's Cinderella: I wouldn't want to be a #2 seed at an NCAA regional and have to play West Virginia. It's a line-up full of though outs that all "ding it". For that reason, I also wouldn't want to have to face the Mountaineers with my third or fourth starter on the mound. (Think Louisville two years ago.)
4. Can Eastern Illinois keep going without Brett Nommensen? The centerfielder is having surgery to repair the hamate bone in his right wrist, and a 4-6 week recovery time sinks the rest of his senior season. He was hitting .521 with 11 home runs, 13 doubles, and a nation's best 1.670 OPS at the time he was injured. EIU is 27-8, and has lost just once since Nommensen was injured, but a return to an NCAA regional will be tougher without their catalyst.
5. Who's the best team in the brutal SEC? Georgia staked a claim by taking 2 of 3 from Arkansas last week, but LSU won its series with the Bulldogs earlier this month before dropping two games to Tennessee last weekend. The Razorbacks are at Tennessee this weekend, and finish with conference series vs. LSU, at Alabama and vs. Ole Miss. The top 3-4 spots in each SEC division could turnover before the conference tournament starts a month from now.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Shark Attack 2006
(Notre Dame, IN) West Virginia leads Notre Dame 11-3 as they get ready to bat in the top of the seventh inning, so we'll take another walk down memory lane of past Blue-Gold weekends.
The 2006 Blue-Gold weekend was all Jeff Samardzija's. The wide receiver/pitcher started Friday night's series opener on the mound vs. Rutgers before a crowd of 3,507, which is still the biggest crowd in Eck Stadium history. Fans stood in line for more than an hour to get their hands on a commemorative "Shark" poster that pictured a shirtless Samardzija wearing a pair of shoulder pads and holding a bat across his shoulders. He struckout six that night to get the "w" in an 11-5 Irish victory.
Irish football coach Charlie Weis and football captains Brady Quinn, Tom Zbikowski and Travis Thomas tossed-out ceremonial first pitches before the game.
The next day inside Notre Dame Stadium, Samardzija caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Quinn during the Blue-Gold football game.
The total attendance for the 3-game series was 10,003.
Three two-sport athletes are playing in this weekend's Notre Dame-West Virginia series. Punter Eric Maust will pitch in Sunday's series finales (he beat the Mountaineers in last season's finale in Morgantown), former quarterback Evan Sharpley is tonight's starting first baseman and wide receiver Golden Tate is in left field tonight.
The first 1,000 fans at tomorrow's game will receive a poster of Tate, who will also play two or three offensive series in the football scrimmage at Notre Dame Stadium before heading across the Joyce Center parking lot to suit-up with the baseball team.
West Virginia now leads tonight's game 17-3 after plating a 6-spot in the top of the 7th inning.
The 2006 Blue-Gold weekend was all Jeff Samardzija's. The wide receiver/pitcher started Friday night's series opener on the mound vs. Rutgers before a crowd of 3,507, which is still the biggest crowd in Eck Stadium history. Fans stood in line for more than an hour to get their hands on a commemorative "Shark" poster that pictured a shirtless Samardzija wearing a pair of shoulder pads and holding a bat across his shoulders. He struckout six that night to get the "w" in an 11-5 Irish victory.
Irish football coach Charlie Weis and football captains Brady Quinn, Tom Zbikowski and Travis Thomas tossed-out ceremonial first pitches before the game.
The next day inside Notre Dame Stadium, Samardzija caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Quinn during the Blue-Gold football game.
The total attendance for the 3-game series was 10,003.
Three two-sport athletes are playing in this weekend's Notre Dame-West Virginia series. Punter Eric Maust will pitch in Sunday's series finales (he beat the Mountaineers in last season's finale in Morgantown), former quarterback Evan Sharpley is tonight's starting first baseman and wide receiver Golden Tate is in left field tonight.
The first 1,000 fans at tomorrow's game will receive a poster of Tate, who will also play two or three offensive series in the football scrimmage at Notre Dame Stadium before heading across the Joyce Center parking lot to suit-up with the baseball team.
West Virginia now leads tonight's game 17-3 after plating a 6-spot in the top of the 7th inning.
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