2011-12 Baseball News
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May 21, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Mercer's DJ Johnson and Belmont's Matt Hamann won the Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors, announced Monday by the league office.
May 19, 2012
MACON, Ga. – East Tennessee State University is the Bill Bibb Trophy winner for the sixth consecutive time, edging Kennesaw State by 4.5 points to claim the 2011-12 Atlantic Sun All-Sports championship.
May 19, 2012
MACON, Ga. - The field has been set for the 2012 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship, which will take place May 23-26 in DeLand, Fla. Stetson will play host for the championship.
May 19, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Belmont (35-21, 17-10) defeated Lipscomb (25-30, 14-13) by a score of 10-4 on Saturday to earn its first Atlantic Sun Conference regular season championship.
May 18, 2012
Kennesaw State and host Stetson joined Belmont and USC Upstate by sealing berths in the 2012 A-Sun Baseball Championships.
May 18, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Belmont baseball team clinched a spot in the A-Sun Tournament after a defeat of Lipscomb, 2-1.
May 17, 2012
MACON, Ga. - The final week of Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball season has serious ramifications as five of the six spot for the 2012 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship are up for grabs.
May 15, 2012
MACON, Ga. – For the third time in the last two seasons, the Mercer baseball team defeated in-state power Georgia Tech with a thrilling 4-3 come from behind victory
May 15, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Nine of the ten Atlantic Sun baseball teams are in action on Tuesday with match-ups against three-ranked teams and seven teams in the NCAA RPI Top-100.
May 14, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb's Gray Hutchinson and Stetson's Robbie Powell won the first-career Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors, announced Monday by the league office.
May 14, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb relief pitcher Hunter Brothers is the winner of the Crons Achiever Award for his accomplishments in the month of April.
May 13, 2012
MACON, Ga - Take a look into the Atlantic Sun Baseball record books to see where the current A-Sun student-athletes rank in their careers and among the best single-season marks.
May 12, 2012
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – In a game that featured 23 runs and 33 hits, USC Upstate rallied past Kennesaw State Saturday night to clinch the first of six spots in the A-Sun Baseball Championship.
May 12, 2012
Johnson City, Tenn. – The Stetson Hatters got a chance to give their head coach an ice shower on Saturday after posting a 2-0 victory over East Tennessee State.
May 11, 2012
MACON, Ga. - USC Upstate enters the final two weeks of Atlantic Sun Conference play with a two-game lead over Belmont as the Spartans host Kennesaw State in a battle of two top-four A-Sun teams.
May 09, 2012
DELAND, Fla. - The Stetson Hatters finally got the marquee victory they have been searching for all season with a 6-5 victory over No. 1 Florida State on Wednesday afternoon at Melching Field.
May 07, 2012
MACON, Ga. – USC Upstate's Gaither Bumgardner and Lipscomb's Josh Cotham earned their first-career Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors.
May 04, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Three baseball players from the Atlantic Sun Conference – Drew Turner, Evan Boyd and Dan Gulbransen – are members of The 2012 Capital One Academic All-District ® Baseball Teams.
May 04, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Stetson hosts USC Upstate this weekend in a battle of two of the top-three teams in the A-Sun, while Belmont and Lipscomb welcome North Florida and FGCU, respectively.
May 03, 2012
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Powered by a three-run seventh inning, the ETSU baseball team snapped a four-game losing streak by defeating No. 28 Appalachian State.
May 02, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - JU's Adam Brett Walker II is back in the national spotlight after being named to the 60-man midseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award presented by USA Baseball.
April 30, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb's Aaron Sandoval and FGCU's Brandon Bixler picked up their first-career Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors, announced Monday by the league office.
April 27, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Only three conference series occur this weekend as Jacksonville hosts Mercer, North Florida welcomes Stetson and FGCU takes on Kennesaw State at home.
April 25, 2012
MACON, Ga. – East Tennessee State University holds the top spot in the Atlantic Sun All-Sports Standings with just the baseball and softball championships remaining.
April 23, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Stetson's Mitchel Brennan and Belmont's Matt Hamann earned their second Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors of the season, announced Monday.
April 17, 2012
GREENSBORO, N.C. – With a 9-6 win over North Carolina A&T Tuesday, the USC Upstate baseball team picked up its 26th win of the campaign, a new Division-I era high for the Spartans.
April 16, 2012
MACON, Ga. – FGCU's Sean Dwyer and North Florida's Kyle Westwood picked up the Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors, announced Monday by the league office.
April 13, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Belmont (10-2) takes its conference lead to Macon, Ga. to face Mercer (4-8), while North Florida (4-8) and Jacksonville (2-7) welcome Lipscomb (8-4) and FGCU (5-7) to the River City.
April 11, 2012
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Behind a two-hit gem through seven innings from Zack Tillery, FGCU sent shockwaves through the College Baseball world with a 4-2 win at No. 6 Miami.
April 11, 2012
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Kerry Doane earned his first start on the mound this season and the junior gave up just two runs in a career-high 6.2 innings of work to lift ETSU past Tennessee, 4-3.
April 10, 2012
FORT MYERS, Fla. – FGCU sophomore Brandon Bednar delivered a one-out single up the middle to plate the game-winning run, lifting the Eagles to a 6-5 walk-off victory over No. 28 FAU.
April 10, 2012
DELAND, Fla. - Two critical defensive mistakes almost doomed Stetson on Tuesday night, but a three-run offensive outburst in the eighth inning made up for the errors in a 6-4 victory over USF.
April 09, 2012
MACON, Ga. – North Florida's T.J. Gavlik and Belmont's Matt Hamann picked up the Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors, announced Monday by the league office.
April 05, 2012
MACON, Ga. - In an amazing span of 24 hours, teams from the Atlantic Sun Conference defeated the top two teams in college baseball.
April 05, 2012
MACON, Ga. - This weekend, the top-four baseball teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference face off as USC Upstate (7-2 A-Sun) travels to face fellow first-place squad, Belmont (7-2 A-Sun).
April 04, 2012
TALLAHASSE, Fla. – A collective three-hitter by four different pitchers and a fast start at the dish helped FGCU upset No. 2 Florida State, 5-1, inside Dick Howser Stadium in front of 4,090 fans.
April 03, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida defeats No. 1 Florida in thrilling fashion, by a score of 10-5. North Florida propelled into the lead after a four-run second inning.
April 03, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. – Early on Tuesday morning, the Stetson coaching staff had a change of heart with regard to the Hatters’ starting pitcher against USF.
April 02, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Kennesaw State's Andy Chriscaden and USC Upstate's David Roseboom earned the Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors.
March 30, 2012
KENNESAW, Ga. – It took a two-hour delay and another half hour rain delay before the Kennesaw State baseball team would beat North Florida 5-1, and give head coach Mike Sansing his 900th career win.
March 30, 2012
MACON, Ga. - All ten Atlantic Sun baseball teams face off this weekend in conference play with USC Upstate, Mercer, Kennesaw State, Jacksonville and Lipscomb all hosting three-game series.
March 26, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb's Zak Messer and FGCU's Ricky Knapp earned the Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors, announced Monday by the league office.
March 23, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Conference play continues this week in the Atlantic Sun as defending regular-season champion, Stetson, travels to Belmont for the Hatters' first 2012 A-Sun series.
March 20, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Stetson fell one spot in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Top-25 Poll to No. 15 after a 3-1 week with the lone loss coming in a 2-1 series with Rutgers.
March 19, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Kennesaw State's Ronnie Freeman and FGCU's Ricky Knapp earned the Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors, announced Monday by the league office.
March 16, 2012
MACON, Ga. - The 2012 A-Sun baseball season begins this Friday with eight of the 10 teams in action, while Stetson hosts Rutgers and JU welcomes Western Carolina and Fairfield.
March 15, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Belmont holds the top spot in the Atlantic Sun All-Sports Standings after the completion of the winter sports regular seasons.
March 12, 2012
MACON, Ga. – North Florida's Tyler Marincov and Mercer's Brandon Barker picked up the Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball weekly honors, announced Monday by the league office.
March 11, 2012
AUBURN, Ala. – The Belmont baseball team (9-7) defeated Auburn (10-7) by a score of 3-1 in the final game of the weekend series on Sunday.
March 10, 2012
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Mercer baseball team pounded out 14 hits and rode an excellent start from sophomore Brandon Barker to defeat No. 23 Mississippi State 6-1.
March 08, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. - A solid day from senior Jonathan Murphy helped the JU baseball team defeat USF, 9-2, for head coach Terry Alexander’s 700th win on Wednesday at the USF Baseball Stadium.
March 08, 2012
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The USC Upstate baseball team broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the eighth inning en route to an 8-1 victory over Charleston Southern.
March 07, 2012
MACON, Ga. – The championship games of the 2012 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball and Softball Championships will be carried on ESPN3.
March 07, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Belmont baseball team defeated cross-town rival Vanderbilt for the first time since 2009, and only the fifth time in the NCAA era, as the Bruins topped Vandy, 6-5.
March 07, 2012
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Mercer baseball team exploded for six runs in the fifth inning to pull away for an 8-5 win against in-state rival Savannah State on Tuesday evening at Tiger Field.
March 05, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Belmont's Zac Mitchell batted an outstanding .647 on the week, while North Florida's Tyler Moore earned a win and two saves in three appearances for the Ospreys.
March 05, 2012
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - With the 8-2 win vs. Valparaiso, the Spartans extended their winning streak to a Division I record eight games and moved to 10-1 on the season.
March 03, 2012
FORT MYERS, Fla. – After dropping the first two contests in the three-game set, FGCU prevented a weekend sweep by defeating ACC foe Boston College, 8-5, on Sunday afternoon.
March 03, 2012
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Derek Niesman broke a 1-1 tie by driving in freshman Chris Riopedre with an RBI single in the eighth inning as the Bucs claimed the series with a 2-1 victory over Indiana.
March 03, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Belmont offense continued its hot week at the plate, and head coach Dave Jarvis recorded his 400th win with the Bruins in the 12-4 win vs. Butler.
February 29, 2012
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A strong eight-inning performance from Ricky Knapp propelled the FGCU baseball team to a victory on Wednesday evening, defeating Big Ten foe Michigan, 8-1.
February 27, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Mercer's Nick Backlund and USC Upstate's Brandon Lee took home the conference weekly honors.
February 24, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Nine of the ten A-Sun teams continue play this weekend at home for the weekend series with only North Florida going on the road to Jacksonville State.
February 22, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. – The University of North Florida baseball used 18 hits and solid performances on the mound to claim a 9-1 victory over in-state rival South Florida on Wednesday night in Tampa
February 22, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Behind record-setting pitching and timely hitting, the Lipscomb baseball team swept a doubleheader from Middle Tennessee 3-2 and 3-1 on Tuesday.
February 20, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Stetson's Mitchel Brennan and Belmont's Scott Moses kicked off the 2012 Atlantic Sun Baseball Campaign by claiming the conference weekly honors.
February 20, 2012
Belmont pitcher Chase Brookshire discusses why he feels the voice of student-athletes via the Student-Athlete Advisory Council is crucial in order to positively impact campuses and communities.
February 19, 2012
KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State Owls baseball team got its first win of the 2012 season on Sunday with a 6-3 victory over the Virginia Tech Hokies at Stillwell Stadium.
February 17, 2012
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – John Long pitched six strong innings and the Bucs got timely hitting as they raised the curtain on brand new Thomas Stadium and the 2012 season with a win over Eastern Kentucky.
February 17, 2012
MACON, Ga. - The honors keep pouring in for Jacksonville's Adam Brett Walker. The JU first basemen was named to the Golden Spikes Award Watch List and ESPN.com's Preseason All-America.
February 16, 2012
MACON, Ga. Nine of the ten A-Sun teams open the 2012 season at home with Jacksonville being the lone team on the road to start off the season.
February 13, 2012
MACON, Ga. - On Monday, the Atlantic Sun Conference picked up several more All-American Baesball Honors with five student-athletes landings preseason awards.
February 09, 2012
DELAND, Fla. - Stetson was ranked No. 1 in the preseason College Baseball Daily Mid-Major Poll ahead of perennial national power TCU, which is ranked second out of the Mountain West.
February 02, 2012
DENVER, Co. - Left-handed relief pitcher Rex Brothers was named the rookie of the year for the Colorado Rockies by the Denver chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America
February 01, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Stetson and Jacksonville sit atop the 2012 Atlantic Sun Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll after landing a combined six student-athletes on the all-conference team.
January 31, 2012
WICHITA, Kan. - Stetson's Jake Boyd and Robbie Powell joined Jacksonville's Chris Anderson as three of 45 baseball student-athletes named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List.
January 29, 2012
DALLAS - Stetson will open the season ranked No. 31 in the preseason poll released on Friday by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
January 27, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The early honors continue for JU baseball first baseman Adam Brett Walker II as he was named preseason first team All-America from Perfect Game USA.
January 27, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Three Atlantic Sun Baseball Student-Athletes appeared in the Power Rankings compiled by Kendall Rogers of Perfect Game USA.
January 27, 2012
MACON, Ga. - The Atlantic Sun Conference wants to hear the fan voice for the 2012 Preseason Baseball Awards. Go to our Facebook Page to vote.
January 26, 2012
MACON, Ga. - The Atlantic Sun's three 2011 NCAA Regional Participants; Stetson, Jacksonville and Belmont all picked up votes in the ESPN/USA Today Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll.
December 21, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. - Three Atlantic Sun baseball student-athletes earned praise from Collegiate Baseball as they were named Louisville Slugger Preseason All-Americans.
December 20, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz - After a succesful 2011 season, two Atlantic Sun Conference baseball squads earned national recognition with rankings in the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Top-40 Poll.
December 14, 2011
WICHITA, Kan. - Jacksonville's junior first baseman Adam Brett Walker picked up preseason honors on Wednesday as he was named a NCBWA Preseason First Team All-American.
December 08, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb baseball team took time out of preparing for exams this week for a pair of service projects in the “Music City”. The Bison hosted their annual Christmas party for Front Porch Ministry on Monday night and made a visit to the Longview Mansion on Thursday morning for a community service project.
December 08, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Northern Kentucky University will join the Atlantic Sun Conference effective July 1, 2012, with competition to begin in all sports for the 2012-13 academic year.
December 08, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Northern Kentucky University has become the Atlantic Sun Conference’s newest member. Here is a quick rundown of what you need to know about NKU athletics.
October 28, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Lipscomb baseball and volleyball teams hosted their annual "Trunk or Treat" for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization. Along with candy, games and pizza, the baseball team competed in a best skit competition.
September 11, 2011
MACON, Ga. – The Atlantic Sun Conference and Streamline Technologies debuted a re-designed AtlanticSun.org on Monday, continuing a seven-year partnership between the entities.
September 04, 2011
Cleveland, Ohio - Stetson pitching great Corey Kluber made his MLB debut for the Cleveland Indians on Thursday, just hours after being called up from Class AAA Columbus.
August 25, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former Lipscomb baseball standout Ryan Mitchell recently trekked to Kenya for a month-long medical mission full of surgeries and helping those in need.