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College World Series: How Murray State Beats UCLA
Racers Make CWS Debut Saturday vs. UCLA Chatter around Murray State’s College World Series debut against the UCLA Bruins Saturday afternoon has surprised me a bit. More than a few people I’ve heard this week not only think the Racers have a chance, but that the Racers are going to win. Now, make no mistake, Continue reading
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College World Series: UCLA Up Next for Racers
Balanced Bruins Won Big 10 Regular Season Crown; 5-0 in NCAA Tournament The nicest field. The brightest lights. The biggest stage. While Murray State takes it all in during their first trip to Omaha for the College World Series, it’s important not to lose sight of the business at hand. Saturday, the Racers hit the Continue reading
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Tuesday Recaps: Schark Powers SIU Past Edwardsville
Saluki Slugger Posts Another 7-RBI Game, Homers Twice in 17-11 Win In a game where neither team posted a scoreless half-inning until SIU-Edwardsville was blanked in the top of the 6th, Southern Illinois captured its final non-conference game of the season, 17-11, Tuesday. Matt Schark homered twice, going 3-for-4 with 3 runs and 7 RBIs. Continue reading
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The Monday 9: It’s the Final Countdown
Just About Everything Up for Grabs as MVC Season Enters Closing Weekend You could have looked at the Missouri Valley Conference composite baseball schedule way back in early February and found “Missouri State at Murray State, May 16-18,” and thought, well wouldn’t that be neat if it was a battle for the MVC regular-season title? Continue reading
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The Monday 9: Belmont’s Set of Aces Dominate Valparaiso
Bruins Sweep Series Without Allowing a Run There’s simply no other way to start the Monday 9 in this Kentucky Derby week other than to talk about Belmont’s weekend on the mound. And … we’re off! 1 – Zippy Chippy: In this modern era of college baseball, where there seem to be more home run Continue reading
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Missouri State Routs Mizzou
Bears Roll Past SEC Foe in Front of Large Crowd Four multi-run innings helped power Missouri State past Missouri, 11-0, Tuesday night in Springfield. Caden Bogenpohl had 3 hits, including a double and a homer, to lead the Bears’ 13-hit attack, while Jake McCutcheon, Taeg Gollert, and Max Knight all had 2 hits each. Gollert Continue reading
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The Monday 9! Turning the Corner
Valley Season More than Half Over as Bears Maintain Slim Edge College baseball’s season goes by faster and faster the older we get. Here we stand, feeling like we just started back in mid-February, and now the weather has warmed up in most places, Spring has long since sprung, and we’ve turned past the halfway Continue reading
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Sycamores Down Hoosiers to Score Power-4 Win
Mizzou Outlasts Missouri State; Beacons Fall at Notre Dame Three tests against Power-4 competition Tuesday brought the Valley a win and 2 losses, as Indiana State was the lone school to notch a victory, as the Sycamores defeated the Big Ten’s Indiana, 7-5, in Bloomington. Elsewhere, Missouri (SEC) built a 7-0 lead early, only for Continue reading
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Valley Scores a Pair of B1G Victories
Illinois State Drubs Illinois; Indiana State Defeats Purdue Missouri Valley Conference baseball teams and fans always relish a chance to match up against Power-4 opponents – but especially when those teams are nearby rivals from the Big Ten. There were 2 such matchups Tuesday and Valley teams won them both, as Illinois State run-ruled Illinois, Continue reading
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The Tuesday 9: Valley Race Takes Shape
Bears Take 2 at SIU to Capture Lead After 3 Weekends As the Missouri Valley Conference baseball season really starts to take shape, with 3 of 9 conference weekends in the books, it’s time to look at where everyone stands and what’s going on around the conference. So it’s time to bring back The Monday Continue reading
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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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