DI Baseball peek in April 2024

 UC Irvine 24-4 (10-2 Big West) Joichiro Oyama 5HR 28RBI 4SB

ULL 24-8 (11-1 Sun Belt) LP Langevin has four saves.

Eyes on WKU who just knocked off Dallas Baptist in CUSA play. 

April 11, 2024

La Tech beat ULL 7-2. How about top 10 ECU(AAC) who got 3 RBIs from Cowart in a win over ODU.

Herd beat WV. Maryland chatter: After losing 15 consecutive games to MD, UMBC(AEC) finally beat the Terps.

April 14, 2024

SBC: UL edged Marshall 1-0. Morgan pitched 8 strong innings and the Cajuns got the only run on a fielder's choice. Ga Southern upset CCU.

AFA(MWC) beat Dallas Baptist(CUSA) for its first win over a ranked team since 4/19/22. 

April 17, 2024

 Catching Carolinas: ECU beat W&M. CCU beat UNC. T. Thach (HR, 2rbi) for UNCW in a win over Wake Forest. 

Citadel lost to the Gamecocks. Charlotte lost to Clemson.

April 21, 2024

Coast to coast: ULL edged CCU. Bermudez(HR, 5 RBI) for UC-Irvine in a win over SDSU.

April 23, 2024

T. Holder went 4-5 with (3HR, 4RBI) for Nevada in a 21-13 win over Utah Tech

April 27, 2024

In AAC action ECU blanked Memphis 14-0. SIU 3 INS 2 in a mild MVC upset. Vallee(SIU) went 2-4 to lift his AVG to .348.

April 30, 2024

Dickinson and Garrett each had 5 RBIs for UVU in a 17-12 WAC win over Utah Tech.

May 4, 2024

Time to catch up on non- Power conference baseball. Trey Yesavage, (10-1) gets the W for top 10 Pirates (AAC): ECU 11 USF 1. Cal Poly upsets top 10 Cal-Irvine. MTSU(CUSA) beat Binghamton(America East) 7-4

May 6, 2024

ECU beat USF again. ULL needed the10th inning to get by Troy 14-13. Sears knocked in a run and scored a run in the 7th for INS in a 6-4 win over Belmont.

May 9, 2024

Marshall had 4 SBs in a win over Ohio. Vogel had 5 RBIs for Murray St in a win over Ol Miss. ETSU beat UNC Asheville for its 12th win in the last 13 games.

May 14, 2024

A Lopez(3-5,2 RBI) for LBSU(BigWest) in win over Cal Baptist(WAC). UCSB(Big West) lost 2 of 3 to Campbell(CAA). 

ECU(AAC) and ULL (SBC) slipped in the rankings.

May 18, 2024

Brethowr (2HR, 4rbi) for UCSB in 14-2 win over CSUN . ECU gets big win over Rice. South Bama blanks ULL 10-0, top team in SBCW.

May 21, 2024

USM(SBC) has been great this month with its only  loss to TX St on May 17. Slade Wilks (14HR,58RBI)

May 23, 2024

ECU returns to Power 10 and faces Wichita St next. USM continues to roll with a shutout of CCU. Dallas Baptist beat NMSU in CUSA action.

May 24, 2024

Wichita State pummeled ECU 14-4 in a winner's bracket AAC contest. ECU needs to beat Rice to stay alive. USM beat Troy in SBC action,

May 25, 2024

ECU squeaked by Rice and needs to beat Wichita St twice today to advance to the AAC final. UCSB 20 UCR 4 ,while UC Irvine lost to CSUN in Big West action

May 27, 2024

Automatic bids: Tulane found a way to get  the AAC bid.  USM , WMU, Dallas Baptist(CUSA) UCSB(Big West). T Marsh (3 rbi) for UNCW  in win over CofC for the CAA bid.

March 31, 2024

Can Tyler Wilson(16hr, 63rbi) and Grand Canyon(WAC) knock off Zona today in an intrastate Day1 matchup?

June 1, 2024

Tyler Wilson hit a home run,and Pelc (4 rbi) for GCU in its win over Zona. Evansville beat ECU, and VCU upset Wake Forest.

June 2, 2024

ECU eliminated Wake Forest which is a big deal in NC. Dallas Baptist eliminated Zona. Stetson eliminated Bama. Brent Widder had 4 RBIs  for Evansville in a 17-11 win over VCU

June 3, 2024

UC Irvine still hanging on continues suspended game vs Oregon St. ECU  at home plays Evansville.

June 4, 2024

Two non power teams left . Evansville(MVC) and UConn(Big East)

June 7, 2024

I drove down to Chapel Hill this morning to attend a wedding tomorrow. It was cool to see the JMU stadium from US-81 and about two  hours later , the Liberty Flames stadium along US-29S .  Bunch of last minute WVU and UNC fans were checking into my hotel this afternoon for the game. UNC won.

June 9, 2024

Evansville(3HRs) out-slugged the Vols to force a game 3 today. UConn was eliminated by Florida St in a 12th inning loss.

Vols handled Evansville in game 3. ACC/SEC   teams in the CWS.

July 1, 2024

RHP Trey Yesavage, ECU(AAC) make it to the first ten selected in the MLB 2024 draft? He was 11-1 .

Walker Janek, a catcher from Sam Houston. St , may get drafted in rd1 MLB draft.

Mike Sirota , OF from Northeastern(CAA), can get you 20sb and bats around .300, seems to be rising.

July 15, 2024

RD1: RHP Trey Yesavage, ECU(AAC) goes to Toronto.

Walker Janek, a catcher from Sam Houston. St ,goes to Houston

Cole Mathis, C of Charleston went to the Cubs in rd2. 14 HR 57 RBIs

My O's took Colin Tuft - C - Tulane(AAC) in rd8. He stole 13 bases last season and is now playing in the Cape Cod league.

Non p-5 baseball tournament time in 2023

 A ton of activity yesterday in the tournaments so I'll focus on the surprises and spankings.

A10: St Louis 23 St Joseph's 8. The Billikens are 2-0 and face Richmond next.

AAC: ECU lost to USF but bounced back to beat Cincy,

CUSA: Dallas Baptist beat Rice 13-2 and faces WKU today.

Summit: S. Dakota St beat N Dakota St 17-3 and faces Oral Roberts next.

SunBelt: Some tough wins and more battles to come. USM beat JMU 7-1 and faces Troy, a winner over Appy, next.  CCU edged GA St and faces ULL, a winner over TX St, next.

May 26, 2023

CCU and USM , the top dogs in the SunBelt won.

 DBAP spanked WKU 10-2. ORU 15 S Dak St 2.

In WAC play  UTA beat Seattle, then Grand Canyon later in the day.

May 27, 2023

Elimination phase is nearly over. Since I spent a few months in the area in 2005, I'm paying attention to UNC Greensboro, which is located in an old section of the city. If UNCG beats Samford in the first game, they face Wooford later in the day for the SoCon title. Kennedy Jones leads the Spartans with .357 AVG, 14 HR, 42RBI 

 Nichols and New Orleans play today for the Southland title. Tulane is still alive in the AACT.

May 28, 2023

Sunbelt: Cajuns take 2 from CCU to make it the conference final against USM. Is the SunBelt going to get three tickets?

AAC: Tulane makes it to final against ECU.

CUSA: Charlotte faces DBAP

Colonial:: Winner of Elon/Northeastern takes on UNCW in the final. 

Horizon: Wright St won two games over Oakland yesterday by scores of 9-8 and 14-0 to get the AQ for the 3rd year in a row.

Southland : Nichols beat New Orleans to get the AQ.

May 29, 2023

Tulane's defeat of ECU probably threw a wrench into teams like ULL, who lost to USM in the SunBelt final, getting at an at-large. Teo Banks (Tulane) hit three home runs and 11 RBI on his way to the MoP of the AACT. 

ECU and CCU had great regular seasons and I'll be shocked if they 're not in field of 64. 

Charlotte beat DBAP to win the CUSAT. UNCW beat Samford to win the CAA.

May 30, 2023

Well, the selection committee shut my mouth. Sunbelt got more tickets than the Big 10.

Sun Belt 4 (Coastal Carolina, Louisiana, Southern Miss., Troy)

Big Ten 3 (Indiana, Iowa, Maryland)

And the cold states did better than I guessed.

American 2 (East Carolina, Tulane)

Big East 2 (UConn, Xavier)

Colonial 2 (Northeastern, UNCW)

Plus, they treated the CUSA right

Conference USA 2 (Charlotte, DBU)

Tulane plays LSU. Northeastern gets my Terps

Aug 3, 2023

One more baseball comment before football takes control.  UC Irvine outfielder Caden Kendle, who agreed to a $175,000 bonus with the Cardinals as a 10th-rounder but later backed out of the deal, was the only player taken in the first ten rounds to not turn pro.

Jan 27, 2024

On 08/18/23, Nolan Schanuel was selected to the Angels' major league roster directly from AA, only 40 days after he was drafted from FAU(then CUSA).

Peeking at non-p5 baseball-Carolina style

 ECU(AAC) is 30-6: Josh Moylan, a first baseman, leads the team in RBIs with 39

CCU(SunBelt) is 23-11 and its team batting average is .318

Campbell (Big South) is 30-8:  Bryce Arnold, a SS, leads the teams win Home Runs with 14.

Elon (Colonial) is 24-14.  took down # 2 Wake Forest(ACC). 

April 26, 2023

Rough night for most of the teams I listed. Wake Forest rolled CCU 11-1. Duke edged Campbell 4-2. ECU lost to NC St 5-4. Wake Forest has a killer lineup. I watched some of the game on the ACCN.

April 28, 2023

Not much D1 baseball action last night so I took a peek at the WCC.

BYU (18-21) defeated Portland (22-18) by a score of 9-8.  It's going to be rough for BYU in Big 12 baseball next season.

Tulane 's was leading ECU 9-6 when the game was suspended because of lightning. It will be finished today in AAC action. BTW UTSA(CUSA), who is AAC bound next season, has made it to the top 25.

May 2, 2023

Simon Miller earned his ninth save on Sunday for UTSA, keeping UAB scoreless in the final three innings.

May 4, 2023

Campbell beat Elon 5-2 in a matchup of Carolina teams. Jake Murray is now 3-0.

May 9,2023

Yesterday: Campbell rolled UNC-Asheville 10-3.

CCU 6 App St 5

ECU 11 Cincy 5: Justin Wilcoxen knocked in 5 runs for the Pirates.

May 13,2023

I forgot DBU left the MVC for the CUSA this season. Dallas Baptist got the better of host UTSA in both games yesterday, 11-7 and 11-9

May 15, 2023

A couple of pigskin-like scores in D1baseball yesterday. CCU 15 South Bama 10 in Sunbelt action.

I rarely look at Horizon baseball, but Youngstown St beat N Kentucky 17-13. Andre Good went 4-5 with 3 HR and 4 RBI for the YSU Penguins.

May 18, 2023

Off the beaten path: I wonder how often these teams have played: Miami O 14 McNeese St 8 in a MAC /Southland game.

May 19, 2023

Army may make the NCAA TOURNAMENT. they won the Patriot League regular season and face Bucknell in the conferenceT finals

Kind of surprised to UNC-Wilmington is on the bubble for D1 baseball tournament. Elon has slipped. CAAT starts May 24 with winner getting the one ticket.

May 21, 2023

Brutal day for the Herd: CCU 19 Marshall 1 then CCU 10 MU 9. ECU beat USF 7-1, Campbell beat USC-Upstate 12-9. Why is Oregon St(Pac12) playing Western Carolina(21-32 , 8-12 Southern Conference) a few days before conference tournaments? Oregon St 8 WCU 4.

May 23, 2023

Army and Penn are in the 64. Kinda funny that Rice(21-34), a one -time powerhouse, gets to host the CUSAT this season. CUSA shifted away from Biloxi as the host during Covid. I'll start a new blog as the conference tourneys kick into gear.