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MIKE ROSS: UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA DROVERS BASEBALL COACH

CHICKASHA – Already well underway, the 2011 Drover baseball season is shaping up fairly well so far for Coach Mike Ross and his team.

A solid season to date is due in part to senior pitcher Caleb Martin, who has broken two school records already this season. Martin now holds the career wins record with 25 and career strikeouts record with 198.

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NORWICH CADETS WIN NCAA DIVISION 3 WOMEN’S HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP

The Norwich Cadets hockey team won the D3 women’s championship by defeating the RIT Tigers by a score of 5-2. In 2010 the Cadets made it all the way to the title game only to lose to the Amherst Lord Jeffs (yes, even their ladies teams go by the Lord Jeffs) but this year Norwich closed the deal. After an orgy of scoring in the First Period, which ended with Continue reading

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ST NORBERT GREEN KNIGHTS WIN NCAA DIVISION 3’S COLLEGE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP

The Saint Norbert College Green Knights (love that name) brought home their 2nd D3 college hockey championship by defeating the Adrian Bulldogs 4-3. The teams alternated goals throughout this exciting game, with a Green Knight power play goal from Nick Tabisz early in the 3rd Period proving to be the game-winner. Goaltender B.J. O’Brien stopped 17 shots on goal and was named the Frozen Four’s Most Outstanding Player for the 2nd year in a row. The Green Knights, who led the nation in Continue reading

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FLYING FLEET OVERCOME THE RAIN TO SWEEP THE KNIGHTS

Due West, SC – The Erskine Flying Fleet battled through the rain to score four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to erase a one run deficit and take a 9-6 victory over Saint Andrews to complete a three game Conference Carolinas series sweep.  With the Continue reading

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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI MULES/JENNIES

 Location:  Warrensburg, MO

Division: NCAA Division 2

Conference Affilliation: MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association

Major sports: football, basketball, base/soft- ball, soccer, volleyball 

Site: http://www.ucmo.edu/athletics/index.cfm

Comment: Straight from the show- me state! The women’s teams are called the Jennies which is also incredibly cool. You can Continue reading

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CLAYTON STATE LAKERS WIN NCAA DIVISION 2 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

These Lakers may not have a Zen Master for a coach but they know how to win a championship game. The Clayton State Lakers won the women’s D2 title with a comfortable 69-50 win over the Michigan Tech Huskies. The Lakers Continue reading

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BELLARMINE KNIGHTS WIN NCAA DIVISION 2 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The Bellarmine University Knights won the NCAA Division 2 men’s basketball championship by defeating the BYU-Hawaii Seasiders by a score of 71-68. The final minutes of this thoroughly exciting game became an awkward comedy of errors with turnovers galore by both teams. The Seasiders have Continue reading

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RAILSPLITTERS BASEBALL HOLDS ON TO BEAT THE WOLVES 5-4

CARROLLTON, Ga. — Playing each other for the first time since the Railsplitters left the Gulf South Conference, the West Georgia Wolves put on a furious late-inning comeback, but fell just short 5-4 in the first game of a two-day series.

The Wolves got on the scoreboard first as Danny Bodziak scored off a sacrifice fly from Brett Wright in the Continue reading

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PIKEVILLE BEARS MEN AND AZUSA PACIFIC COUGARS WOMEN WIN NAIA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Pikeville College Bears, who last night defeated the 3rd- seeded Mountain State Cougars in overtime 83-76, were the story of the tournament on the men’s side. Anyone outside of Pikeville’s immediate fan base who says they Continue reading

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NAIA DIVISION ONE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT QUARTER FINALS TODAY (SCORES UPDATED AS THE DAY GOES ON)

Well, the NAIA tournament, the OLDEST college basketball tournament in the world, resumes today with the quarter finals pitting the teams of the Elite 8 against each other for the opportunity to move on. Readers of Balladeer’s Blog always Continue reading

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