FAU Fall Ball Recap

The FAU Owls are finishing up the Fall season on Friday November 9th when they host a Scout Day for their final practice. The team played a three game intrasquad scrimmage where the Blue team won three straight games. They were led by assistant coach John McCormack who defeated fellow assistant coach Norberto Lopez. There is a full recap of each game available by clicking here.

UNC releases 2008 Schedule

The North Carolina Tar Heels have released their 2008 schedule. They will be playing all home games in Cary NC as Boshamer Stadium is being renovated for the 2009 season. The Tar Heels open the season at Florida Atlantic for a three game set from February 22nd-24th. The next weekend they head to Rock Hill SC to take part in the Winthrop Tournament where they will face the hosts, Kent State, and a team to be determined. North Carolina will play a full 30 game ACC schedule which has Virginia Tech, NC State, Georgia Tech, Boston College, and Florida State all heading to Cary in conference series. UNC will visit Virginia, Clemson, Maryland, Duke, and Miami. The full schedule is available here.

Sunbelt Tourney Day 2 Recap

Game 5: No. 6 Florida Atlantic 7, No. 7 Western Kentucky 6 (WKU Eliminated)

FAU Recap

Western Kentucky Recap

Game 6: No. 8 South Alabama 5, No. 5 Louisiana-Monroe 3 (ULM Eliminated)

USA Recap

ULM Recap

Game 7: No. 2 New Orleans 7, No. 3 Middle Tennessee 5

UNO Recap

Middle Tennessee State Recap

Game 8: No. 1 Louisiana 9, No. 4 Troy 7

Louisiana Recap

Troy Recap

The Daily Advertiser Recap

Sunbelt Tourney Day 1 Recap

The Sunbelt tournament started yesterday with the following games at South Alabama. A recap of the full game is available at The Daily Advertiser. Click here for a full day recap.

Middle Tennessee 6 Florida Atlantic 1

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New Orleans 11 Western Kentucky 6

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Troy 7 Louisiana-Monroe 0

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Louisiana 3 South Alabama 2
(10 innings)

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The Daily Advertiser Game Article

There has also been some talk about the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns hosting a NCAA Regional in the first round of the upcoming tournament. The full article can be found here. My projections have Louisiana going to Arkansas for the NCAA Regionals. The projections are available here.

Kevin Cooney talks about the Bus Tragedy

Kevin Cooney of Florida Atlantic recently wrote his diary entry for the week on College Baseball Insider. He speaks about how the recent bus crash really hits home with him and the rest of college baseball. The article can be read here.

FAU takes Game 2

The Florida Atlantic University Owls picked up a 15-3 victory over the Boston College Eagles to split the two game set at a game a piece. The Owls jumped on Boston College starter Adam Crabtree in the fourth inning by scoring four runs in the inning to get a 5-1 lead. Trent Kavanaugh of Boston College ended up getting the game out of control in his 1.1 innings of work by allowing six runs (all earned) while giving up five hits and three walks. Robbie Widlansky went 3-4 for the Owls while Eric Campbell of BC went 2-4 with 2 RBI. FAU will be back in action on Tuesday when they host Maine while BC plays on Monday against Penn.

FAU Recap
BC Recap

BC finally picks up a victory

The Boston College Eagles picked up a solid 6-5 victory over the FAU Owls on Saturday evening. Boston College was led by home runs from Jett Ruiz and Jared McGuire. Ryan Hutchinson also chipped in with a 4-5 game with three doubles. Kevin Boggan gave the Eagles 5.0 innings while only allowing 2 runs which both came in on a Robbie Widlansky home run. Dan Houston gave up one hit in the ninth inning before picking up his first career save. The teams close out their quick 2 game set on Sunday at 1pm.

FAU Recap
BC Recap

FAU scores 33 in 7 innings

The FAU Owls slided by the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils by a score of 33-3 in only seven innings in the first game of a doubleheader. FAU won the second game 11-7. I want to focus on Game 1 because Mississippi Valley State pitcher Neal Belmonte pitched 2.0 innings and gave up 19 runs (only 5 earned). How does one coach let his pitcher take a beating like that? Are you telling me that there was no position players available to pitch?

FAU Recap
MVSU Recap