When Wichita St joined the AAC, the chatter was about hoops but their baseball team is hanging tough with #ecu led by the pitching of #tylersmith (4-0, 1.07 ERA)
(CUSA) - Southern Miss , Louisiana Tech are playing well again. Special shout out for #herd pitcher #willray (2-1 , 1.57 ERA)
Coastal Carolina (Sunbelt) Kevin Woodall Jr has 12 HR
San Diego St (MWC) Garrett Hill (6-0, 1.28 ERA)
Miam of Ohio (MAC) Ross haffey is batting .345
April 8
#ccu rocked south bama 14-7. Tough game for Woodall (0-4) but Weisz had a Hr and four RBIsGavin Williams pitched seven innings giving up one earned run in the #ecu win over Washington
April 11
Quick hits : #CCU Seth Lancaster hit a home run and knocked in two runs as the Chanticleers beat Wake Forest, 9-2. Gunnar Troutwine hit a home run and three RBIs in #wichitast 10-7 win over #OKST. Here's a twist Rice (CUSA) and Houston (AAC) may both miss the postseason. The Cougars took care of the Owls last night, 1-0, in the annual crosstown showdown.
april 15
AAC: #uconn took two from wichita st on Friday and moved in to 2nd place behind #ecu. #Feolo is 5-0 for the Huskies.MAC: #kentst sweopt three from #NIU to move into first. Mason Mamarella is batting .363 with 23 SB.
April 19, 2018
#nevada baseball is on the rise. The Wolfpack is 14-4 behind the offense of Grant Fennell (.394 avg , 7 SB) and the the six wins from Jake Jackson. UNLV is next at 9-6 behind six wins from Alan Stromg. It's time for third place SDST to get into gear.
april 23, 2018
#usm #Sandlin is back:striking out 12, not walking anyone and allowing one hit in five shutout innings against #mtsu.
april 26, 2018
#rice rumblings that the Owls are paving the way for Coach Graham to exit nicely. #houston has been playing better and may make the playoffs. #ecu on the bubble for a top 8 seed the playoffs ?
april 29, 2018
It's been two weeks since I checked on the #MAC. Miami O has dropped to third behind #kentst and #cmu. Mamarella has 27 SB. #joeymurray is 7-1 for Kent St.
May 2, 2018
The Eastern Michigan University baseball team led for the first seven innings before a late rally wound up being the difference in a crushing 6-4 loss at the University of Michigan . #emu is in the middle of the MAC pack while UM sits atop the Big 10. They meet again tonight.
May 3, 2018
#emu got pounded 12-5 by Michigan. Back to #MAC play.
May 5, 2018
#AAC #ECU Pirates were swept by Houston at home. Both teams should make the field of 64. In the Sunbelt Coastal Carolina has been erratic but should make the playoff while South Bama is fading from view.
May 8, 2018
#AFA baseball has moved into third in the #MWC behind Nevada and SDST. Air Force catcher #robdau is batting .361
May 11, 2018
In a bit of an aside, can casino funds help #herd baseball and its other sports? #wva also hopes to receive a cut of the possible legal sports gambling revenue in West Virginia.
May 12, 2018
Three #AAC teams in the top 25: UConn, East Carolina, & South FloridaBryant Packard #EastCarolina is ranked 10th in BA .405
May 16, 2018
#louisianatech took 2 of 3 from #usm and moved back into the field of 64 hopefuls. Hunter Wells is batting .348 and Mason Mallard has 25 SB for the season.
May 20, 2018
#coastalcarolina finished the season strong and goes in to the Sunbelt Tournament in good shape to make the field of 64. Watch out for Kevin Woodall JR who has 17 HRs this season. Nick Kanavas is batting .373 for Kent State as the MACT nears when Miami of Ohio, who took 2 of 3 from them this weekend, appears to be their biggest roadblock.
May 26, 2018
Don't look now but those #Rice Owls are hooting in the CUSAT after a so-so regular season. Rice plays the 9am CST game today against Florida Atlantic.
May 27, 2018
#cusa paybacks: Last year #usm rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off home run against #Charlotte to force a win-or-go-home CUSAT contest. Yesterday Charlotte's #TommyBullock’s three-run, walk-off home run capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth of a 7-4 win over USM.
May 28, 2018
#usm bats roared in the CUSA final . USM 12 FAU 3Coastal Carolina defeated Troy 11-6 in the Sun Belt tournament title game to claim the league title and scored 42 runs while going unbeaten in its four games.
Eli Kraus tossed a a two-hitter and 12 strikeouts in #kentst 14-0 shutout of Miami (OH) in the MAC championship game.
#sandiegost pounded unlv 14-5 in the MWC title game
#ecu edged Uconn 4-3 to win the AAC title game.
May 30 2018
American: 4: Uconn Houston USF ECUConference USA: 2: FAU USM
MAC Kent St
MWC San Diego St
Sun Belt: 2: Coastal Carolina Troy
June 2
I'm not sure if this will reverse trends but selling beer outdoors has made #fresnost happy. Beer sales at Bulldog Stadium took in some $90,000 from six home football games in 2017 and added another $20,000 from sales at baseball and softball games.
June 5
All O5 teams were eliminated. Probably the biggest suprise is #stetson (Atlantic Sun) going to Omaha.
July 11, 2018
#cusa baseball coaching newsWayne Graham out Matt Bragga, leaves Tennessee Tech after 16 season to take over at #Rice
Jim McGuire out Jim Toman, head coach at Liberty from 2008-16 in #MTSU
