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		<title>Louisville Hosts As National Seed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Collegebaseball360.com correspondent <strong>Chris Webb</strong> is at the Louisville Regional this weekend and he&#8217;ll be providing special coverage of the event for us.  Webb&#8217;s coverage starts with a preview of the host Cardinals, who are a national seed (#7) for the first time in program history.</em></p>
<p><strong>By Chris Webb </strong></p>
<p>The #1 seeded Louisville Cardinals, who are hosting their own  Midwest Regional for the second consecutive season, may have been dealt a  serious blow in their quest for Omaha when head coach <strong>Dan McDonnell</strong> was  suspended for three games after his ejection from Louisville’s final  game in the Big East Tournament, a 5-3 loss to St. Johns.</p>
<p>Although the stout competition in this years regional tournament  would cause great concern for many around the</p>
<div id="attachment_10454" style="width: 115px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Lemonis.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-10454" title="Lemonis" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Lemonis.jpeg" alt="" width="105" height="145" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Chris Lemonis will help run the Cardinals during Dan McDonnell&#39;s three game suspension.</p></div>
<p>nation, especially  without a quality leader like McDonnell guiding the ship, the talent  that comprises the Louisville roster will make the job of assistant  coach <strong>Chris Lemonis</strong> a lot easier.</p>
<p>A trio of All-Americans will be on display this weekend for  Louisville starting with third baseman <strong>Phil Wunderlich</strong> who headlines a  lethal Cardinal attack.</p>
<p>Wunderlich, a Junior, leads Louisville with 20 home runs, while  being tied for third on the team in average (.357) and RBI’s (58).</p>
<p>The leading hitter for the Cards is first baseman <strong>Andrew Clark</strong> who comes into Regional action with a .377 clip, along with 12 home  runs, and 58 RBI.</p>
<p>Ryan Wright is the Cardinals’ leading run producer with 77 RBI  to compliment his .366 average.</p>
<p>To speak to the depth of the Louisville sluggers, the team  boasts seven starters with averages north of .310, which could have been  even greater if the programs top offensive prospect – <strong>Josh Richmond</strong> –  hadn’t been lost for 40 games due to a wrist injury.</p>
<p>With Richmond healthy, the team carries a .317 cumulative  batting average, while collecting 156 doubles, 9 triples, and 85 home  runs in 60 games, equating to a gaudy .517 slugging percentage, along  with an on-base percentage of .402.</p>
<p>The aggressiveness as the plate continues on the base paths as  80 bags have been swiped in 103 attempts, led by Cardinal Catcher <strong>Jeff  Arnold</strong>, who leads the team with 16 stolen bases.<br />
Wunderlich has swiped 12 himself as well.</p>
<p>As impressive as the offensive numbers are, the pitching staff  might one-up their peers.</p>
<div id="attachment_10459" style="width: 160px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Royse.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-10459" title="Royse" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Royse.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="240" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Thomas Royse was named a 3rd Team All-American this week by Louisville Slugger. (Louisville photo)</p></div>
<p>As a team Louisville has a 3.71 ERA while collecting 454  strikeouts in 550 innings. Seven Cardinal pitchers with at least 30  innings have ERAs sub-4 with a pair of All-Americans that bookend the  staff.</p>
<p>At 9-1, <strong>Thomas Royse</strong> is the leader of the Louisville rotation.  Royse has a 2.91 ERA in 99 innings with 94 strikeouts. Opponents who bat  .252 off Royse don’t fare much better against the rest of the pitching  staff, as opposing offenses (.261 ave) are finding it difficult to  string hits together.</p>
<p>The other All-American arm the Cardinals have is closer <strong>Neil  Holland</strong>. With 16 saves Holland is one of the best in the country, a  sentiment reflected by his 2.10 ERA, with 52 strikeouts in 51 innings of  work. Holland has held the opposition to a stingy .153 batting average  while collecting eight wins on the season.</p>
<p><strong>Justin Amlung</strong> (5-1, 4.01), and <strong>Dean Kiekhefer</strong> (4-3, 4.31) are  two starters with at least nine starts between them. If not seeing  action in the rotation <strong>Bob Revesz</strong> (1-1, 1.95), <strong>Matt Koch</strong> (2-0, 3.55),  <strong>Derek Self</strong> (7-0, 4.53), and<strong> Tony Zych</strong> (4-2, 5.47) will see action in  relief.</p>
<p>With such a complete program, Louisville is the favorite in  their own regional.  McDonnell’s suspension should do little to derail  this team, if not bring them closer together.</p>
<p>Louisville has it all this year on the diamond.  Contact, power,  speed and a quality pitching staff that has a lights-out Friday night  starter, along with a great closer, and several other quality arms,   Vanderbilt will have a hard time eliminating Louisville, even with the  loss of their head coach this weekend.</p>
<p>In securing a national seed, the Cardinals are looking forward  to hosting a Super Regional, and will leave no rock unturned in that  pursuit.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 14:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>48&#8230;Game hitting streak by Florida International shortstop <strong>Garrett Wittels</strong>.  The sophomore has the second-longest hitting streak in Division One history after hitting safely in Saturday&#8217;s regular season finale vs. rival Florida Atlantic. Former Oklahoma State and MLB star <strong>Robin Ventura</strong> owns the all-time record with hits in 58 straight games in 1987.</p>
<p>.415&#8230;<strong>Wittels</strong>&#8216; batting average during the streak (and season to date).  He has played in 48 of his team&#8217;s 53 games this season and has collected 66 singles, 15 doubles, two triples, and two home runs during the streak.</p>
<p>2 2/3&#8230;Innings Wittels has also pitched this season.  He has a 3.30 ERA.</p>
<p>34&#8230;Consecutive scoreless innings pitched by Rhode Island&#8217;s <strong>Tim Boyce</strong>, who tossed his second straight complete game shutout last Thursday vs. George Washington.  The scoreless streak is the longest in Division One baseball in 2010.</p>
<p>7 2/3&#8230;Innings pitched before <strong>Boyce </strong>gave-up a hit in that game.  The senior settled for a three-hitter with seven strikeouts and just one walk to improve to 5-3 this season.</p>
<p>.109&#8230;Batting average of the combined 119 batters <strong>Boyce </strong>has faced during his scoreless streak, which dates back to April 30.  Boyce has given-up just 12 hits with 29 strikeouts and four walks during the impressive streak.</p>
<p>32 1/3&#8230;Scoreless innings streak by Wichita State sophomore <strong>Jordan Cooper </strong>that ended Thursday when Dallas Baptist&#8217;s <strong>Jason Kizran</strong> hit his 11th home run of the season.  Cooper gave-up the lone run in 7 IP with eight strikeouts to improve to 9-2 on the year.</p>
<p>11&#8230;<strong>SEC </strong>regular season championships won by <strong>Florida </strong>after the Gators won their series at <strong>South Carolina</strong> over the weekend heading into this week&#8217;s SEC Baseball Tournament.</p>
<p>14&#8230;Years since the <strong>Gators </strong>last won a series in Columbia, SC prior to their weekend win.  Third-year Florida head coach <strong>Kevin O&#8217;Sullivan</strong> is the seventh head coach in school history to win an SEC crown.</p>
<p>332&#8230;Career strikeouts by Mississippi&#8217;s <strong>Drew Pomeranz</strong> to tie  an Ole Miss school record.  Pomeranz fanned six in Thursday&#8217;s 5-3 loss  to Auburn to hit the mark.  The junior lefty has 127 Ks in 86 2/3 IP  this season.</p>
<p>19&#8230;Wins in SEC regular season play, the most in  school history, by <strong>Auburn </strong>after taking the first two games of the  series vs. <strong>Ole Miss</strong>.  The series win gives the Tigers their  first SEC West Division crown since 1995.  Auburn will be the #2 seed at  the SEC Tournament.</p>
<p>2,055&#8230;Combined career wins by Minnesota&#8217;s <strong>John Anderson</strong> (1,031) and Ohio State&#8217;s <strong>Bob Todd</strong> (1,024) prior to their weekend series in Columbus, OH.  Both have already been inducted into the <em>American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame</em>.</p>
<p>2&#8230;Games won by Anderson&#8217;s Golden Gophers over Todd&#8217;s Buckeyes to give <strong>Minnesota </strong>the Big Ten regular season crown and knock <strong>Ohio State</strong> out of the Big Ten Tournament, which is being played this year on Ohio State&#8217;s Bill Davis Stadium.</p>
<p>3&#8230;Wins by <strong>Iowa </strong>over <strong>Purdue </strong>to end the regular season to give the Hawkeyes the #4 seed at the Big Ten Tourney.  It&#8217;s Iowa&#8217;s only season sweep of the season and the first for the Hawkeyes to end the regular season since 1980.  Iowa and Purdue will play in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.</p>
<p>4&#8230;Complete game shutouts this season by Pepperdine&#8217;s <strong>Matt Bywater</strong>.  The senior set Pepperdine&#8217;s single-season shutout record with Friday&#8217;s 5-0 win over San Diego.  He was previously in a nine-way tie for first place with the likes of former Major Leaguer <strong>Mike Scott</strong>.</p>
<p>1&#8230;West Coast Conference loss by <strong>San Diego</strong>, which was 15-0 in league play heading into Friday&#8217;s action.  The Toreros have already claimed the WCC regular season championship, which comes with an automatic NCAA bid.</p>
<p>5&#8230;Complete games tossed by <strong>Bywater </strong>(5-5) this season to help the Pepperdine pitching staff to a WCC-best 11 CGs this year.</p>
<p>5&#8230;Complete games combined by the <strong>Portland, San Francisco</strong> and <strong>Gonzaga </strong>pitching staffs in 2010.</p>
<p>17&#8230;Consecutive times Vanderbilt&#8217;s <strong>Jason Esposito</strong> reached base safely prior to striking out looking in the fifth inning of Thursday&#8217;s 4-3 win over Arkansas.  Esposito&#8217;s streak fell one short of tying the all-time NCAA record of 18, which was set by <strong>Shaun Larkin</strong> of Cal State Northridge in 2002.</p>
<p>3&#8230;Games won by <strong>Clemson </strong>over <strong>Florida State</strong> to end the regular season and give the Tigers the ACC&#8217;s Atlantic Division crown.</p>
<p>2&#8230;Games won in the series by Clemson reliever <strong>Alex Frederick</strong>, who pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings of relief in Saturday&#8217;s 8-3 win after earning the win in 2 1/3 innings of relief in Thursday&#8217;s 9-8 victory.</p>
<p>1994&#8230;The last time a Clemson pitcher won two games in an ACC three-game series prior to <strong>Frederick&#8217;s</strong> weekend feat.</p>
<p>4&#8230;Runs scored by <strong>Louisville </strong>with two outs in the 9th inning of Thursday&#8217;s 6-3 win over <strong>Notre Dame</strong>.  The Cardinals scored their runs on <strong>J.J. Ethel&#8217;s</strong> pinch-hit 3-run HR, which was followed by a solo shot by <strong>Jeff Arnold</strong>.</p>
<p>2&#8230;Runs scored by Louisville when the Cardinals were again down to their last out in game one of Saturday&#8217;s doubleheader vs. the Irish.  <strong>Adam Duvall&#8217;s</strong> 2-run triple gave Louisville the winning runs.</p>
<p>15&#8230;Wins by the <strong>Cardinals </strong>this season that have seen the winning runs scored in their last at-bat.  Louisville&#8217;s sweep of Notre Dame, coupled with <strong>UConn </strong>falling to Seton Hall in its regular season finale gave the Cards the Big East regular season championship.</p>
<p>3&#8230;Runs scored on a two out walk-off home run by West Virginia&#8217;s <strong>Kevin Griffin</strong> to give the Mountaineers a 3-2 win over <strong>Villanova </strong>The win clinched the #8 seed at the Big East Tournament for WVU and knocked Notre Dame out of a spot in the tourney.</p>
<p>1987&#8230;The last time <strong>Notre Dame</strong> (22-32) both finished with a losing record and failed to qualify for a conference tournament.  The Irish had been to the Big East Tournament every year since joining the conference in the 1996 season.</p>
<p>35&#8230; Straight Big South Conference games won by <strong>Coastal Carolina</strong>, which closed its 2010 regular season slate at 25-0 after taking two games from <strong>Radford </strong>(the finale was rained-out).</p>
<p>8&#8230;Runs scored by <strong>Washington </strong>from the 9th-11th innings to beat <strong>Oregon </strong>13-11 in Friday&#8217;s series opener.  After the Huskies scored two in the 9th and four runs in the 10th inning to tie the game, freshman <strong>Chase Anselment</strong> capped the thriller with a two-run walk-off home run.</p>
<p>41&#8230;Regular season wins for <strong>UCLA </strong>after a weekend sweep of <strong>Cal</strong>.  It&#8217;s the first time in 31 years the Bruins (41-11, 16-8 Pac 10) have registered at least 41 regular season victories.</p>
<p>1969&#8230;The last time <strong>UCLA </strong>has been at least 30 games above .500.  With no Pac 10 Tournament, the Bruins conclude the regular season this week with a Tuesday game vs. Big West champion <strong>Cal State Fullerton</strong> and three games vs. Pac 10 foe <strong>Washington State</strong>.</p>
<p>9-1&#8230;<strong>Washington State&#8217;s</strong> record in its last 10 games after a weekend sweep of USC.  The hot streak has the Cougars (31-18, 14-10) in third place in the Pac 10, behind <strong>Arizona State</strong> (47-5, 18-6) and <strong>UCLA</strong>.</p>
<p>1&#8230;2009 College World Series team, <strong>North Carolina</strong>, that failed to qualify for its conference tournament this year.  The Tar Heels (36-20, 14-16 ACC) did not make the ACC Tournament despite a sweep of Viginia Tech to close the regular season. <strong> Boston College</strong> made it in after a series of tie-breakers.</p>
<p>0&#8230;ACC teams that have ever made the NCAA Tournament without first qualifying for the ACC Tournament.  The Tar Heels, which had an RPI of 30 last week, will be on pins and needles until NCAA selections come out next Monday (May 31).</p>
<p>2&#8230;More NCAA Tournament automatic bids that were locked-up over the weekend.  <strong>Bethune-Cookman</strong> won the MEAC crown, while <strong>Bucknell </strong>took the Patriot League title.</p>
<p>1998&#8230;The last time <strong>Oral Roberts</strong> was not the #1 seed at the <strong>Summit League Baseball Tournament</strong> prior to this year.  The Golden Eagles were the regular season co-champs with <strong>South Dakota State</strong> this year, but are the tournament&#8217;s #2 seed after losing three of four games to the Jack Rabbits earlier this month.</p>
<p>27&#8230;Straight Summit League Tournament games <strong>Oral Roberts</strong> has won heading into this week&#8217;s tournament.</p>
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		<title>2010 Johnny Bench Award Semifinalists Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 12:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Bench-Award1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-9499" title="Bench Award" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Bench-Award1-150x86.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="86" /></a>Wichita, KS -</strong> The Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission announced  today the list of sixteen semifinalists for the 2010 Coleman  Company-<strong>Johnny Bench Award</strong> delivered by Papa John’s Pizza.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award Semifinalists</strong></span><br />
Jeff Arnold, University of Louisville;<br />
Jett Bandy, University of Arizona;<br />
Chris Berset, University of Michigan;<br />
Robert Brantly, UC Riverside;<br />
Dan Burkhart, Ohio State University;<br />
Micah Gibbs, Louisiana State University;<br />
Andrew Giobbi, Vanderbilt University;<br />
Yasmani Grandal, University of Miami;<br />
Ben Heath, Pennsylvania State University;<br />
Bryan Holaday, Texas Christian University;<br />
Jose Iglesias, Coastal Carolina University;<br />
Jim Klocke, Southeast Missouri State;<br />
Ryan Lipkin, University of San Francisco;<br />
Matt Rice, Western Kentucky;<br />
Cameron Rupp, University of Texas and<br />
Derek Trent, East Tennessee State University.<br />
Statistics will now be compiled on each of the semifinalists and sent  to the national voting panel at the end of May for a vote to determine  the three finalists. The finalists will be announced June 2, 2010 prior  to the NCAA Regionals and Major League Baseball Draft.</p>
<p>A final vote among the national committee will occur during the College  World Series. All finalists will be brought to Wichita and the winner  will be announced at the 13th Annual Greater Wichita Sports Banquet on  July 1, 2010.</p>
<p>Bench’s career honors include: National League Rookie of the Year  (1968); National League Most Valuable Player (1970, 1972); World Series  Most Valuable Player (1976); 14-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove  winner. In 1980, he set an endurance record by catching 100+ games for  13 consecutive seasons. Bench was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame  in January 1989 with the fourth highest percentage of total votes cast.</p>
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		<title>2010 Preseason All-Big East First Team</title>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- I got these buttons from simplesharebuttons.com --><div id="ssba"><a href="http://www.simplesharebuttons.com" target="_blank" class="ssba_tooptip" id="ssba_tooptip""><span>www.simplesharebuttons.com</span> </div><h4><strong>West Virginia&#8217;s Jedd Gyorko Named Preseason Player Of The Year</strong></h4>
<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the 2010 Preseason All-Big East First Team as named by a vote of conference coaches:</p>
<p><strong>Player of the Year:</strong> Jedd Gyorko, Jr., SS, West Virginia</p>
<div id="attachment_2435" style="width: 258px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Fontanez.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2435" title="Fontanez" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Fontanez.jpg" alt="" width="248" height="158" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Randy Fontanez</p></div>
<p><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/2009/11/03/podcast-interview-with-jedd-gyorko/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> for an exclusive podcast interview with Jedd Gyorko</p>
<p><strong>Pitcher of the Year:</strong> Randy Fontanez, Jr., RHP, South Florida</p>
<p>C  Erick Fernandez, Jr., Georgetown <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">- .349 BA, 5 HR, 28 RBIs</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">C  Jeff Arnold, Sr., Louisville </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">- .246 BA, 3 HR,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">1B Andrew Clark, Sr., Louisville </span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">- </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">.350 BA, 9 HR, 55 RBIs</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">2B  Adam Duvall, Sr., Louisville </span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">- .328 BA, 11 HR, 51 RBIs</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">3B  Dan DiBartolomeo, Jr., WVU </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">-.439 BA, 8 HR, 59 RBIs</span></p>
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<div id="attachment_2436" style="width: 235px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Gyorko2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2436" title="Gyorko2" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Gyorko2.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jedd Gyorko</p></div>
<p>SS Jedd Gyorko, Jr., WVU <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">-.421 BA, 8 HR, 58 RBIs</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">OF George Springer, So., UConn </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">-.358 BA, 16 HR, 57 RBIs</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">OF Stewart Ijames, So., Louisville </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">-.349 BA, 8 HR, 39 RBIs (2008 Stats)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">OF Jimmy Parque, Jr., St. John&#8217;s </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">-..360 BA, 5 HR, 61 RBIs<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">OF Junior Carlin, Jr., USF </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">- .384 BA, 0 HR, 27 RBIs<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">DH Matt Szczur, So., Villanova </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">- </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">.346 BA, 1 HR, 24 RBIs, 18 SB</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">P  Randy Fontanez, Jr., USF </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"> (7</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">-3, 3.09 ERA)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">P  Jarryd Summers, Jr., WVU (7</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">-3, 3.05 ERA)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">P  Cole Johnson, Jr., Notre Dame (7</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">-3, 4.56 ERA)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">P  Tony Zych, So., Louisville (6</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">-2, 3.25 ERA)<br />
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