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College World Series: Racers Fall to UCLA; Face Elimination
Murray State Takes on Arkansas Monday to Stay Alive in Omaha No one said this was going to be easy. After a 6-4 loss to UCLA in their opening game at the College World Series, the Murray State Racers now face the tough road through the loser’s bracket if they are going to significantly extend Continue reading
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Racers Make History; Win Oxford Regional
Trip to Durham to Face Duke in Super Regional Next for Murray State For the third season in a row, a Missouri Valley Conference baseball team has advanced to Super Regionals – the sport’s version of the Sweet 16. Murray State won the NCAA Oxford Regional Monday night, outlasting host Mississippi, 12-11. Ole Miss, SEC Continue reading
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Murray State Stuns Ole Miss at Oxford Regional
Mercer’s 4 Doubles Highlight 9-6 Racers Victory; Georgia Tech Next We tried to tell you. We tried to tell you that Murray State’s lineup ran deep. We tried to tell you that they had starting pitchers who could work long into a game and relievers who could shut the door. We tried to tell you Continue reading
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Oxford Regional: Ole Miss Can Mash & Pitch
Rebels Host After Posting Winning Mark in SEC; Advancing to SEC Final Ranked 15 by D1Baseball, the Mississippi Rebels (40-19, 16-14 SEC) earned the #10 national seed for this tournament. Astoundingly, that’s the SEVENTH-highest seed among SEC schools, which make up the top 4 seeds, then add LSU at 6 and Georgia at 7. Ole Continue reading
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The Road to Regionals: Murray State
MVC Champs Bring Deep Lineup and Bullpen to Oxford Friday After what Missouri Valley Conference baseball teams have done in the NCAA Tournament the past 2 years, it isn’t enough to just note that Murray State is this year’s MVC representative in Regionals. Yes, the Racers are headed to Oxford, Miss., to take on host 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
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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