NCAA Tournament
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UE’s Omaha Dream Ends 1 Win Short
Tennessee Downs Purple Aces, 12-1, in Super Regional Finale “Great teams aren’t always great. They’re just great when they have to be.” – John Facenda. “Rocky Top,” blared, the Tennessee Vols dogpiled, and the Evansville players looked on from the dugout, the first thoughts going through each player’s head contemplating not only Sunday’s 12-1 defeat, Continue reading
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Evansville Rallies to Shock Vols, Force Game 3
Purple Aces Play Tennessee Sunday for a Trip to Omaha Evansville stared the end of its season in the face Saturday. As homer after homer left the yard in Tennessee’s half of the 1st inning, eventually building a 3-0 lead for the host and #1 national seed Volunteers, it might have been fair to wonder Continue reading
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Vols’ Offense Carries the Day in Game 1
UE Must Beat Tennessee 2 Straight to Advance to Omaha It turns out, the Tennessee Volunteers are as good as advertised. The #1 national seeded Vols defeated the Evansville Purple Aces, 11-6, Friday afternoon in Game 1 of the Knoxville Super Regional. The victory moves Tennessee to within one win of advancing to the College Continue reading
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Knoxville Super Regional: Purple Aces Have No Choice But to Believe
Seen as Massive Underdogs, UE Likely to Stay Loose and Undeterred Against Tennessee Until 2 p.m. Central time on Friday, on some level, the Tennessee Volunteers are a myth. They will be the Final Boss that stands between the Evansville Purple Aces and the miracle of making it to Omaha for the College World Series. Continue reading
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Knoxville Super Regional: Let’s Talk Vols
Top National Seed Tennessee Stands Stout Between Evansville and Omaha When you look at the Tennessee Volunteers’ baseball team, there’s one thing that impresses you. Everything. If you went into a lab to design a baseball machine with no faults, you’d probably come out with the Tennessee Volunteers, who are 53-11 this season and will Continue reading
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Super Aces! UE Captures Greenville Regional
Purple Aces Headed to First SuperRegional After 6-5 Win at ECU To paraphrase a line from the late, great Jimmy Buffett, East Carolina’s Pirates have nothing left to plunder, their cannons didn’t thunder. Max Hansmann and Shane Harris held ECU scoreless for the final 4 innings, and Mark Shallenberger hit a 3-run homer in the Continue reading
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Evansville Trying to Leap into Uncharted Waters
Purple Aces Face One Game for Trip to First SuperRegional Today I’ve never subscribed to the idea that a team wins because “they wanted it more.” Everyone who plays a sport wants to win. If you’re keeping score, both teams want to win. Certainly, some teams win because they work harder when no one is Continue reading
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ECU Starts Fast, Pulls Away Late to Defeat Evansville
Purple Aces Still Alive, Play Pirates Monday for Regional Championship By winning its first 2 games at the Greenville Regional, the 4th-seeded Evansville Purple Aces earned the right to have a bad game and not be knocked out. In losing to Evansville to open its regional as host, East Carolina knew it would have to Continue reading
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Sycamores Season Ends with Loss at Kentucky
Indiana State Beat Illinois in Elimination Game Earlier in the Day Indiana State’s 44-win baseball season came to an end on Sunday night with a 5-0 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats in the first regional final game at the Lexington Regional. The Sycamores (44-15) had earned their trip to the regional final with a 13-2 Continue reading
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Purple Aces Roar Into Regional Final
UE Knocks Off VCU, 17-11, to Go 2-0 in Greenville Evansville advanced to a regional final for the second time in school history Saturday evening, defeating the Virginia Commonwealth Rams, 17-11, to go to 2-0 in the Greenville Regional and win its 8th straight game overall. UE (37-23), which is 28-8 in its last 36 Continue reading
About THE AUTHOR
Ed Morgans is a Valley grad (UE ’95) and a huge college baseball fan. With no official MVC site for baseball, I’m trying to cover it as best I can from central Pennsylvania. Doing my best to shine a light on a conference full of great baseball. Thanks for reading! – Ed
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