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U.T Baseball: Texas Experiencing Unusual Recruiting Troubles
As the calendar changes from May to June, the NCAA Regionals are under way. After nearly four full months of baseball, 64 teams comprise 16 different regional sites. The penultimate goal is to win enough games to be one of the eight teams that are fortunate enough to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.The Texas Longhorns are once again part of the field of 64, as the third seed in the Dallas ...
NCAA Baseball Regional 2015: Top MLB Prospects to Watch in Postseason Matchups
If you're looking for the top major league prospects in the college baseball regionals, you could focus your attention on two SEC teams. According to MLB.com, three of the top four draft-eligible prospects for next week's Major League Baseball first-year draft hail from defending College World Series champion Vanderbilt University and Louisiana State University.
Dansby Swanson, SS, Vanderbilt
Listed as the No. 2 overall draft-eligible prospect, Dansby Swanson stands 6'0" and weighs 190 pounds. While he could fill ...
St. Thomas Bobcats’ 300-Lb Pitcher Ben Ancheff Is the Stuff Legends Are Made Of
Ben Ancheff isn't your "normal" athlete. Listed at 6'2" and 300 pounds on the St. Thomas Bobcats' official website, Ancheff amazes fans with his size—and his skills.
As his team took on Lewis-Clark State on Friday night, Ancheff limited his opponent to one run in four innings, striking out five before being removed due to arm soreness. Ancheff made his season debut in late March after coming back from Tommy John surgery in the offseason.
We've seen hefty athletes playing unusual positions ...
SDSU’s Steven Pallares Steals Home for Game-Winning Run vs. UC Santa Barbara
San Diego State University's Steven Pallares came out the hero of his team's 4-3 win Friday night in the Lake Elsinore Regional round of the College World Series.With Seby Zavala at the plate in the eighth inning facing two strikes in a 3-3 game, Pallares made his move. With two outs, he started inching toward home, and before pitcher Kyle Nelson released the ball, he took off."Coach (Mark Martinez) gave me the green light and said, 'Take it.' I ...
College Baseball Regional 2015: Bracket, Schedule, Top MLB Prospects on Display
The first step in a long road to the College Baseball World Series, the NCAA regionals will cut down a field of 64 to 16 while showcasing top prospects right before June 8's MLB amateur draft.
During regionals, schools are divided into four-team sections. One winner will emerge from each of the 16 regions following a double-elimination tournament, which began on Friday. On Saturday, Friday's losers must fend off elimination while the victors have a chance ...
College Baseball Regionals 2015: Results, Highlights and Bracket from Friday
The 2015 NCAA baseball tournament got underway on Friday with 32 games in 16 locations around the country featuring all 64 teams starting their journey to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Regionals are hosted by the 16 No. 1 seeds in a double-elimination format, so one loss on Friday doesn't spell doom for the tournament. It does increase the sense of urgency a team has, but there is time to right the ship. Here's a ...
USC Outfielder Makes Diving Catch on Warning Track for First Out of Game
Friday's NCAA Division I Baseball Championship regional contest between Virginia and USC began with a bang.Cavaliers leadoff hitter Adam Haseley sent a deep fly ball to left field, but Bobby Stahel got on his horse and made a tremendous leaping grab on the warning track.With the dirt still hovering around him, Stahel got up and casually threw the ball back in as if his full-extension snag was routine.[SnappyTV]Read more College Baseball news on BleacherReport.com
Texas Outfielder Robs Home Run with Spectacular Leaping Grab
Shortstop Caleb Hamilton belted what should’ve been a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning as his Oregon State Beavers squared off against the Texas Longhorns in an NCAA Division I Baseball Championship regional matchup Friday.Texas center fielder Zane Gurwitz had other plans.With a perfectly timed jump, Gurwitz scaled the wall and plucked Hamilton’s bomb from over the fence, saving his team a valuable run.Oregon State did prevail 5-4, however.[SnappyTV]Read more College Baseball ...
Indiana Escapes Jam with Rare Triple Play vs. Radford
The Radford Highlanders were cooking in the first inning of their NCAA World Series regional matchup with Indiana in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday.But life came at them fast.The de facto home team had runners on first and third with nobody out when Patrick Marshall went down on strikes.Hoosiers catcher Brad Hartong then threw out a would-be base stealer at second, and while this was going on, the runner on third darted home. He got in ...
FSU Baseball Player Celebrates Double by Pretending to Shotgun Beer
Florida State's Quincy Nieporte went full "bro" during his team's 6-2 win over North Carolina State in the ACC tournament final over the weekend. After hitting a two-out double in the fifth inning, Nieporte showed why FSU was rated one of the top party schools in the nation. After popping up from his slide, the sophomore pretended to shotgun a beer. After finishing said beer, Nieporte slammed it to the ground, as most people would. The Seminoles won their third ACC ...