2007-08 Baseball News
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August 04, 2008
After becoming one of the hottest prospects in the New York Mets farm system, former JU standout Daniel Murphy got his shot in the bigs with his first major league start against the Houston Astros and All-Star Roy Oswalt.
July 29, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Now beyond the halfway point in the summer league season, a number of A-Sun student-athletes, such as Belmont's Derek Wiley (above) are putting up All-Star caliber numbers.
July 03, 2008
MACON, Ga. - With collegiate summer baseball in full swing, many A-Sun student athletes are making a name for themselves, including FGCU's Mikel Alvarez (above), who leads the Coastal Plain League in batting average (.392).
June 26, 2008
MACON, Ga. - For the second time in as many weeks, John Dortch captured a postseason graduate scholarship, the latest courtesy of the NCAA. Dortch is one of 29 male athletes who earned the award in the spring season.
June 18, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Former Lipscomb catcher Caleb Joseph and was Stetson outfielder Justin Bass earned spots on the ABCA/Rawlings South Region Teams. Joseph made the first team, Bass earned Second Team honors.
June 17, 2008
ROME, Italy - The UNF baseball team can now add another accomplishment to its already prestigious list of international notoriety, as right-handed pitcher Antonio Franzese claimed a place on the Italian National Team.
June 16, 2008
MACON, Ga. - In a stretch of six days, three Florida Gulf Coast baseball players showed why the Eagles captured the 2008 A-Sun regular season title by garnering Player of the Night Honors in the Northwoods League.
June 06, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Highlighted by three selections from Florida Gulf Coast, the A-Sun generated 14 draft picks in the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Belmont, Kennesaw State, Mercer and Stetson each had two players selected.
June 01, 2008
ATHENS, Ga. - Lipscomb could not repeat its Friday afternoon upset, falling 14-3 to Georgia in an elimination contest on Sunday afternoon from Foley Field at the Athens Regional.
May 30, 2008
ATHENS, Ga. - Despite spotting the No. 8 national seed Georgia Bulldogs four unearned runs in the first inning, Lipscomb proved its mettle, rallying to win 10-7 in the first game from NCAA's Athens Regional.
May 29, 2008
Atlanta - Comcast / Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) announced today it will offer exclusive live coverage of the Athens Regional of the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship scheduled for May 30 to June 2.
May 25, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - In the longest game in an Division I Tournament this season, Lipscomb captured the Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship Presented by Progress Energy, defeating Gardner-Webb 10-9 in 15 innings.
May 24, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - Gardner-Webb advanced to its first title game, defeating Belmont 6-3 at the 2008 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship Presented by Progress Energy. They will take on Lipscomb at 1:00pm on Sunday.
May 23, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - Lipscomb moved to within one win of its first NCAA Tournament appearance, defeating Gardner-Webb 8-2 on Saturday at the 2008 Atlantic Sun Championship Presented by Progress Energy.
May 23, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - For the second consecutive year, Belmont advanced to Championship Saturday, eliminating Campbell 6-3 at the 2008 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship Presented by Progress Energy
May 23, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - After allowing a large lead to slip away yesterday, Lipscomb held on to an early lead en route to a 12-4 victory against Stetson at the 2008 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship presented by Progress Energy.
May 22, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - A critical error allowed Gardner-Webb to take the lead for good en route to a 10-6 victory against Stetson in Thursday's final game at the 2008 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship Presented by Progress Energy.
May 22, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - Down by seven entering the top of the seventh, Belmont scored the final eight runs to stun Lipscomb, 9-8, at the 2008 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship Presented by Progress Energy.
May 21, 2008
DELAND, Fla. - Fifth-seeded Stetson defended the home turf, defeating No. 2 Mercer 8-5 in the final game of day one at the 2008 A-Sun Baseball Championship presented by Progress Energy
May 22, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - Brandon Scott hit two home runs to lead the Camels to an 11-3 victory against Mercer at the Progress Energy 2008 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Championship at Melching Field at Conrad Park.
May 21, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - Led by a championship single-game record for stolen bases, Gardner-Webb rallied to defeat Belmont 9-7 in 10 innings at the 2008 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship Presented by Progress Energy.
May 21, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - Top-seeded Lipscomb jumped on Campbell early and often en route to taking game one at the 2008 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship Presented by Progress Energy by the count of 14-0.
May 20, 2008
MACON, Ga. - After shattering records for a team in its first year in the Atlantic Sun, Florida Gulf Coast racked up the hardware with Jason Peacock, Richard Bleier and head coach Dave Tollet winning individual awards
May 19, 2008
MACON, Ga. - The 30th Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship Presented by Progress Energy returns to Melching Field at Conrad Park. Follow all of the action from first pitch to trophy presentation on ASun.TV.
May 19, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Stetson's Justin Bass hit a blistering .625 and Kyle Heckathorn of Kennesaw State struck out 13 batters against Jacksonville as the duo earned the final Atlantic Sun Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week awards
May 12, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Florida Gulf Coast clinched the third A-Sun team title of its inaugural year in the conference by sweeping ETSU on the diamond. Pete Woodworth won the deciding game while Vinnie Scarduzio carried the offense
May 05, 2008
May 10, 2008
FORT MYERS, Fla., - Florida Gulf Coast clinched the Atlantic Sun baseball regular-season titel with a double-header sweep of East Tennessee State on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles won by scores of 9-5 and 6-2.
May 09, 2008
The 2008 ESPN the Magazine Baseball and Softball Academic All-District Teams were announced today as selected by CoSIDA and eight Atlantic Sun student-athletes earned spots on the First or Second Team
May 09, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After falling 4-1 to Lipscomb in game one of Saturday's doubleheader, Mercer clinched the A-Sus Series of the Week with a 14-9 victory in game two of Friday's doubleheader.
May 07, 2008
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Junior catcher Brad Simmons went 3-for-3 with a home run and a career-high four RBI to lead the JU baseball team to a 7-6 shocker over No. 3 Florida State, Wednesday evening at Dick Howser Stadium.
May 05, 2008
MACON, Ga. - ETSU's offense exploded last week to the tune of 91 runs in five wins, led by Ben Allen's 12 RBI, including seven in a single game while Florida Gulf Coast's Pete Woodworth won the rubber match against Stetson
May 02, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Dusty Rhodes, the coach who put UNF on the national radar has been honored by The American Baseball Coaches Association as a Hall of Fame inductee for the class of 2009.
April 28, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Kennesaw State moved above the .500 mark on the season and dealt a severe blow to Campbell's A-Sun Baseball Championship hopes by sweeping the Camels led by Jacob Robbins and Chad Jenkins.
April 27, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Bisons played through the rain on Sunday, defeating ETSU 4-3 on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth to win the A-Sun Series of the Week and clinch a berth to the A-Sun Championship next month.
April 21, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Campbell made a move to secure its berth in the next month's A-Sun Championship by taking two of three from in-state rival Gardner-Webb, led by the pitching of Justin Lilly and the base running of Brandon Scott.
April 14, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Belmont's Derek Wiley broke the school's career home run record and Campbell's Justin Lilly became the first Camel pitcher to fan at least 10 hitters in a game over a year
April 12, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lipscomb won the A-Sun Baseball Series of the Week vs Florida Gulf Coast, but could not pull out the sweep as the Eagles captured the series finale 10-9 after the Bisons won game two 6-1.
April 07, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Jacob Robbins helped Kennesaw State complete a perfect 5-0 week and Matt Branham threw a complete game against Gardner-Webb to earn the Atlantic Sun's Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week
April 06, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After dropping the suspended contest 20-15, junior catcher Jeremy Gillan connected on a go-ahead two-run single in the bottom of the eighth as JU won the rubber game against Mercer
April 03, 2008
One week after UNF and Jacksonville took down nationally ranked UCF and Florida respectfully, Florida Gulf Coast beat No. 25 UCF and UNF defeated No. 13 Florida on Tuesday night.
March 31, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Lipscomb's Brandon McClurg tossed the first no hitter in the Atlantic Sun in almost two years and Florida Gulf Coast's Jason Peacock continued his stellar season, hitting over .580
March 30, 2008
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - USC Upstate team used a dazzling pitching performance from Matt Branham for a 4-0 win in game one and a walk-off hit from Kyle Simpson for a 5-4 win in game two to sweep Jacksonville
March 27, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - One day after UNF defeated No. 19 UCF, Jacksonville followed its crosstown rival with a defeat of a nationally-ranked team from the Sunshine State. Jacksonville downed No. 18 Florida 8-5
March 26, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. - Add another one to the books. UNF upset its fourth ranked opponent in its Division I history with an 8-5 win over No. 19 UCF on Tuesday night at Jay Bergman Field.
March 24, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Kennesaw State's Justin Freeman dominated the Belmont lineup on Friday with an Atlantic Sun-best 13 strikeouts while Florida Gulf Coast's Ozzie Borrell hammered opposing pitchers throughout the week
March 23, 2008
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The FGCU baseball team completed a three-game sweep to improve to 18-5 overall and 10-2 in the Atlantic Sun. With the series sweep, the Eagles now have a two-game lead in the conference.
March 19, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In front of a record crowd of 1,414, the Bisons achieved another first by defeating the University of Tennessee for the first time in the teams' five total meetings.
March 17, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Gardner-Webb junior Josh Drewery powered the Bulldogs to a series victory over preseason favorite Stetson this past weekend, and Lipscomb's Brandon McClurg helped the Bisons to a series victory over
March 10, 2008
MACON, Ga. - While Jacksonville and Belmont battled on the hardwood the Dolphins and Bruins also took to the diamond and the Dolphins, led by Matt Dobbins and Dan Maier, exerted a small amount of vengeance
March 03, 2008
MACON, Ga. - A-Sun play began with a number of exciting series highlighted by a 3-0 start from Jacksonville and a near no-hitter in Fort Myers as JU's Matt Lopez and FGCU's Richie Erath claimed the league's weekly awards.
February 25, 2008
MACON, Ga. - College baseball opened with a bang in Jacksonville, Fla., as UNF and Jacksonville piled up impressive wins behind the efforts of the Ospreys' Travis Martin and Dolphins' Matt Dobbins.
February 24, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF capped off its biggest series win in program history on Sunday with an 11-6 victory over No. 23 Mississippi State at Harmon Stadium before a crowd of 1,048.
February 01, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Stetson is the overwhelming favorite to repeat as Atlantic Sun Conference baseball champion in 2008 in the league's preseason poll. The Hatters garnered eight of 12 first place votes in the poll conducted
January 04, 2008
Two of the A-Sun's premier closers, Belmont's Chris Manning and Stetson's Robbie Elsemiller, claimed preseason All-American honors by various collegiate baseball organizations.
January 02, 2008
DeLand, Fla. - Stetson's baseball team will open the 2008 season ranked 36th in the Collegiate Baseball Fabulous 40 Pre-Season NCAA Division I poll. The Hatters received 408 points in the poll.
December 14, 2007
MACON, Ga. - Five of the Atlantic Sun's premier baseball players have been named to the preseason watch list for the prestigious Wallace Award, honoring college baseball's top player.
September 19, 2007
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Former USC Upstate baseball star Chris Nowak recently led the Montgomery Biscuits to their second-straight Class AA Southern League Championship. The infielder was named the Series MVP.
September 18, 2007
DUBLIN, Calif. - Former Belmont baseball player, Kane Simmons, was named the 2007 Golden Baseball League (GBL) Spalding Rookie of the Year, it was announced on Monday.