Road to Omaha
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Weekend Recap: Salukis, Racers Stay Hot
Evansville Earns Series Split with Sunday Win at Mizzou A busy weekend of Valley baseball is complete. Let’s take a look at how Saturday and Sunday went for each of the 10 MVC baseball schools. We’ll go in alphabetical order. Belmont: The Bruins gave visiting ACC foe Notre Dame all it could handle over the 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: 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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Murray State Bats Rip UT-Martin
Illinois State, Missouri State Fall in Wednesday Action Things didn’t start well for Murray State Wednesday. Before the Racers even came to the plate against the visiting Skyhawks of Tennessee-Martin, Murray State was down 5-0, thanks in part to a 2-run by Blaze Bell and a 2-run homer off the bat of Mac Sanford (2-for-3, Continue reading
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Indiana State’s College World Series Dream Ends as TCU Sweeps Super Regional
It wasn’t the way the Indiana State Sycamores wanted this insane season to end, but the journey will be one to remember and appreciate. The Sycamores fell, 6-4, to the TCU Horned Frogs in Game 2 of the Terre Haute Super Regional at Fort Worth Saturday, as TCU swept the best-of-3 series and advanced to Continue reading
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TCU 1 Win Away from Omaha After Downing Sycamores, 4-1
In reality, the Indiana State Sycamores played really well in today’s 4-1 loss to TCU in Fort Worth, in the first game of the Terre Haute/Fort Worth Super Regional best-of-3. Unfortunately, “really well,” isn’t going to be good enough to beat this TCU team, one that’s now 18-2 in its last 20 games and which Continue reading
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Sycamores at Super Regionals – The Challenge Ahead: TCU’s Pitching Staff
Indiana State’s level of success in the Terre Haute Super Regional at Forth Worth may very well depend on how much damage the Sycamores offense can do to TCU’s starting pitching, before the Horned Frogs bullpen takes over. The numbers for TCU’s starters certainly aren’t eye-popping, but given how crazy their offense has been lately, Continue reading
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Sycamores at Super Regionals – The Challenge Ahead: TCU’s Pinball Machine Offense
TCU’s 40-22 record may not be enough to startle some Indiana State fans. After all, the Sycamores are 45-15 and have been on their own hot streak for quite a while now, going 43-7 in their last 50 games. The Horned Frogs have been hot and cold at times, losing 2 to what turned out Continue reading
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From 2-8 to Dominate: How Indiana State Demolished The Valley
Heading home on March 5 from Lexington, Ky., even those on the Indiana State bus might have wondered where the season was going from there. The Sycamores were 2-8, had just been swept by the Wildcats – who ironically might end up being their regional host if projections are to be believed. Their overall losing 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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