Category Archives: College Baseball

May 20, 2012 · 2:55 pm

DAY TWO OF THE NJCAA3 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

 Balladeer’s Blog continues its coverage of postseason college baseball as day 2 of the NJCAA3 College World Series gets underway. The St Cloud Tech Cyclones (logo at left) and the Nassau College Lions start the action with an elimination game at 10am ET.

niagara college thunder wolvesYesterday’s biggest surprise came when the Niagara Thunderwolves stunned the Gloucester College Roadrunners, for weeks the top-ranked team in the polls, routing them 6-0. The Roadrunners will square off against the Montgomery College Gryphons in the 2nd elimination game of the day at 1pm ET. Keep checking back here for updated scores as Continue reading →

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May 19, 2012 · 2:49 pm

COLLEGE BASEBALL: NCCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TODAY, NJCAA3 WORLD SERIES BEGINS

One division’s College World Series comes to a close today, while another division’s World Series throws out its first pitch. In the NCCAA World Series today’s title game will pit the 2nd-seeded Cal Baptist University Lancers against the defending champs, the (3) Oklahoma Wesleyan University Eagles at 1pm ET.

Meanwhile the NJCAA3 College World series gets underway today, featuring teams like the nation’s number 1- ranked Gloucester Roadrunners (logo above left). Game 1 begins at 10am ET and finds the Tyler Apaches, last year’s runners- up, taking on the St Cloud Tech Cyclones.

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May 18, 2012 · 2:27 pm

COLLEGE BASEBALL RESULTS FROM DAY THREE OF THE NCCAA WORLD SERIES

 Welcome to the 3rd day of the NCCAA Division 1 College World Series. The Mid- Continent University Cougars (logo at left) were one of the biggest stories from Day 2’s action. “Upset Thursday” is how yesterday will be remembered as all but 2 games saw the underdog defeat the higher-seeded team.

The 10 seed MCU Cougars stood out as the biggest giant-killers of the day, notching take-downs of both the 2nd-seeded Cal Baptist University Lancers and the (7) Bluefield College Ramblin’ Rams. The 9 seed Nyack College Warriors defeated the Series’ top seeds the Cedarville University Yellow Jackets but then got crushed by the (8) Emmanuel College Lions, so Mid- Continent won the feature spot for today. 

Tomorrow the first pitch gets thrown in this year’s NJCAA3 College World Series so there will be even more baseball action. Meanwhile keep checking back here at Balladeer’s Blog for updated scores throughout the Continue reading →

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May 17, 2012 · 10:30 pm

DAY TWO OF THE NCCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

 This is the second day of the NCCAA division 1 College World Series. The Cal Baptist University Lancers (logo at left) are among the teams competing for the title and notched a pair of wins yesterday.

No upsets yesterday but plenty today! Most notably the 9th seeded Nyack Warriors toppling the top seeded Cedarville Yellow Jackets! CU barely skated by with 1-run victories over (5) Southeastern and (8) Emmanuel yesterday and today the Warriors gave them a Three Stooges Nyack – Nyack – Nyack! (Sorry) For updated scores from today’s action keep checking back here at Balladeer’s Blog throughout the Continue reading →

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May 16, 2012 · 9:24 pm

DAY ONE BASEBALL RESULTS FROM THE NCCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

 Welcome to the first day of the NCCAA Division 1 College World Series. The Southeastern University Fire (logo at left) face the Olivet Nazarene University Tigers in Game 1 to set up the next few days of excellent baseball.

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May 15, 2012 · 11:04 pm

COLLEGE BASEBALL: NJCAA3 WORLD SERIES TEAMS FINALIZED

 The Montgomery College Gryphons (logo at left) out of Germantown, MD are among the eight teams who won their district tournaments and have advanced to the NJCAA3 College World Series. Tomorrow the NCCAA World Series gets underway and the NJCAA3 teams join them three days later on the 19th.

Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at the world series teams for this division of college baseball:

NIAGARA THUNDERWOLVES – Champs of District A

JOLIET COLLEGE WOLVES – Champs of District B

TYLER COLLEGE APACHES – Champs of Continue reading →

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May 14, 2012 · 10:12 pm

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES TEAMS FOR THE NAIA AND NCCAA1

 Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at the finalized field of teams for the college world series’ in two of the divisions covered here. The NAIA’s College of Idaho Coyotes (logo at left) are the featured team in this post not only because they upset the top seed in their playoff region (Azusa Pacific University) but also because today the college announced IT IS RELAUNCHING ITS FOOTBALL PROGRAM!!!

Yes, for the first time since 1977 C of I will be playing intercollegiate football! But, getting back to the subject at hand, let’s start with the teams making the NAIA and NCCAA Division 1 College World Series field:

NAIA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 

(3) COLLEGE OF IDAHO COYOTES – Champs of the Azusa bracket

(3) SOUTH CAROLINA-BEAUFORT SAND SHARKS – Champs of the Hardeeville bracket

(2) POINT PARK UNIVERSITY PIONEERS – Champs of the Marion brackt

(1) LSU-SHREVEPORT PILOTS (riverboat pilots) – Champs of the Paducah bracket

(3) ROGERS STATE UNIVERSITY HILLCATS – Champs of the Hutchinson bracket

(1) OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY STARS – Champs of the Oklahoma City bracket

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May 12, 2012 · 3:24 pm

NCCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES TITLE GAME TODAY, NAIA AND NJCAA PLAYOFFS CONTINUE

 It’s another fine day of postseason college baseball action here at Balladeer’s Blog. The NCCAA2 World Series champions will be crowned today as those two juggernauts from the South Region, the Florida Christian College Suns and the Toccoa Falls College Eagles clash for the title.

The Suns and the defending champion Eagles are rapidly becoming the Yankees and Red Sox of the NCCAA. They faced each other for the South Region championship, then came into the World Series seeded 1st (TFC) and 2nd (FCC) and with the dust settled they’re the only teams left standing to play for it all.

Meanwhile the Galveston College Whitecaps (logo above left) are among the NJCAA teams hitting the diamond today as their playoffs resume, and in the NAIA playoffs the Oklahoma City Bracket rejoins the other brackets in action after a hiatus yesterday.

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May 11, 2012 · 12:05 am

NCCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES ENTERS DAY THREE, NAIA AND NJCAA BASEBALL PLAYOFFS CONTINUE

 Balladeer’s Blog continues its coverage of postseason college baseball today and  throughout the weekend ahead. The Eastfield College Harvesters (logo at left), the defending champions of NJCAA3 baseball, resume their quest to repeat today.

The Harvesters will face the North Lake College Blazers in the District C Championship Tournament taking place today, tomorrow and Sunday. The winner of the District advances to the NJCAA3 College World Series.

Meanwhile the NCCAA World Series continues as do the NAIA playoffs. Keep checking back here at Balladeer’s Blog for updated scores as they become available.

NCCAA WORLD SERIES – (2) Florida Christian College Suns UPSET the Continue reading →

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May 10, 2012 · 12:08 am

COLLEGE BASEBALL: NAIA AND NJCAA PLAYOFFS RESUME, NCCAA AND USCAA WORLD SERIES’ CONTINUE

College baseball fans are in for a smorgasborg of postseason action today! The Yavapai College Roughriders (logo above) are one of the dozens of teams seeing action today in the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog. The Roughriders (how can you NOT love that name) will play last year’s NJCAA runners- up, the Central Arizona College Vaqueros for the Region 1 title in the first of a best-of- three series for the right to advance to the NJCAA World Series.

Meanwhile the NAIA playoffs resume, the NCCAA World Series enters Day 2 of action and the USCAA World Series enters Day 4. Keep checking back at Balladeer’s Blog throughout the day for score updates as they become available.

USCAA WORLD SERIES –  Continue reading →

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