NCAA Division II Baseball Regionals

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – The championship provides for eight regional sites hosting six teams. All regionals are double-elimination tournaments and will be played May 16-19. Regional champions will advance to the double-elimination championship finals May 25-June 1 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. The finals will be hosted by Mount Olive and the town of Cary, N.C.

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Regional Brackets: Atlantic | Central | East | Midwest | South | South Central | Southeast | West
If five teams remain bracket
Championship Program

ATLANTIC REGION
 

GAME	DATE/TIME (ET)	MATCHUP
Host: Winston-Salem State | Winston-Salem, N.C. | Wake Forest Baseball Park Watch/Live Stats
1	May 16	No. 1 Millersville (38-16) vs. No. 6 Concord (36-18)
2	May 16	No. 2 Winston-Salem (38-11) vs. No. 5 East Stroudsburg (33-16)
3	May 16	No. 3 Seton Hill (39-15) vs. No. 4 Shippensburg (28-20)
4	May 17	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser
5	May 17	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 3 Loser
6	May 17	Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner
		**Schedule TBD after Game 6**

CENTRAL REGION

GAME	DATE/TIME (ET)	MATCHUP
Host: Minnesota State-Mankato | Mankato, Minn. | Franklin Rogers Park Watch/Live Stats
1	May 16, 8 p.m.	No. 1 Minn. St.-Mankato (35-8) vs. No. 6 Missouri Southern (34-20)
2	May 16, 4:30 p.m.	No. 2 Central Missouri (35-11) vs. No. 5 St. Cloud State (34-9)
3	May 16, 1 p.m.	No. 3 Southern Arkansas (40-15) vs. No. 4 Missouri Western (40-10)
4	May 17	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser
5	May 17	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 3 Loser
6	May 17	Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner
		**Schedule TBD after Game 6**

EAST REGION
 

GAME	DATE/TIME	MATCHUP
Host: Southern New Hampshire | Manchester, N.H. | Penmen Field Watch/Live Stats
1	May 16, 11 a.m.	No. 1 Wilmington (Del.) (39-13) vs. No. 6 Franklin Pierce (32-16)
2	May 16, 3 p.m.	No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (39-12) vs. No. 5 Pace (32-15)
3	May 16, 7 p.m.	No. 3 New Haven (33-14) vs. No. 4 Southern N.H. (33-17)
4	May 17, 11 a.m.	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser
5	May 17, 3 p.m.	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 3 Loser
6	May 17, 7 p.m.	Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner
		**Schedule TBD after Game 6**

MIDWEST REGION
 

GAME	DATE/TIME (ET)	MATCHUP
Host: Drury | Springfield, Mo. | Meador Park Watch/Live Stats
1	May 16	No. 1 Ashland (36-17) vs. No. 6 Bellarmine (29-21)
2	May 16	No. 2 Drury (40-14) vs. No. 5 Lewis (31-16)
3	May 16	No. 3 Grand Valley State (31-16) vs. No. 4 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) (30-18)
4	May 17	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser
5	May 17	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 3 Loser
6	May 17	Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner
		**Schedule TBD after Game 6**

SOUTH REGION

GAME	DATE/TIME (ET)	MATCHUP
Host: Tampa | Tampa, Fla. | UT Baseball Field Watch/Live Stats
1	May 16, 11 a.m.	No. 1 Tampa (39-10) vs. No. 6 Stillman (30-14)
2	May 16, 3 p.m.	No. 2 Delta State (42-9-1) vs. No. 5 Valdosta State (33-16)
3	May 16, 7 p.m.	No. 3 Florida Tech (32-17) vs. No. 4 West Florida (35-12)
4	May 17, 11 a.m.	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser
5	May 17, 3 p.m.	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 3 Loser
6	May 17, 7 p.m.	Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner
		**Schedule TBD after Game 6**

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

GAME	DATE/TIME (ET)	MATCHUP
Host: Texas A&M-Kingsville | Kingsville, Texas | Nolan Ryan Field Watch/Live Stats
1	May 16	No. 1 Texas A&M-Kingsville (39-16) vs. No. 6 CSU-Pueblo (32-20)
2	May 16	No. 2 Colorado Mesa (44-8) vs. No. 5 St. Mary’s (Texas) (37-15)
3	May 16	No. 3 St. Edward’s (38-15) vs. No. 4 Angelo State (36-19)
4	May 17	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser
5	May 17	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 3 Loser
6	May 17	Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner
		**Schedule TBD after Game 6**

SOUTHEAST REGION

GAME	DATE/TIME (ET)	MATCHUP
Host: Mount Olive | Mount Olive, N.C. | Scarborough Field Watch/Live Stats
1	May 16, 7 p.m.	No. 1 Mount Olive (46-6) vs. No. 6 Lincoln Memorial (26-24)
2	May 16, 3 p.m.	No. 2 S.C. Aiken (41-11) vs. No. 5 Georgia College (33-17)
3	May 16, 11 a.m.	No. 3 Armstrong (31-15) vs. No. 4 Coker (34-14)
4	May 17, 11 a.m.	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser
5	May 17, 3 p.m.	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 3 Loser
6	May 17, 7 p.m.	Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner
		**Schedule TBD after Game 6**

WEST REGION

GAME	DATE/TIME (ET)	MATCHUP
Host: Dixie State | St. George, Utah | Bruce Hurst Field Watch/Live Stats
1	May 16, 9 p.m.	No. 3 Dixie State (32-15) vs. No. 4 Grand Canyon (34-16)
2	May 16, 5 p.m.	No. 2 Sonoma State (34-20) vs. No. 5 Cal State L.A. (35-20)
3	May 16, 1 p.m.	No. 1 Cal St. Monterey Bay (38-15) vs. No. 6 Chico State (34-16)
4	May 17, 1 p.m.	Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser
5	May 17, 5 p.m.	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 3 Loser
6	May 17, 9 p.m.	Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner
		**Schedule TBD after Game 6**

 

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Four Alcorn State players return home for SWAC baseball tournament

FORT WORTH, Texas  --  Home-field advantage just might be in favor of Alcorn State this week at the SWAC baseball tournament.

The campus is roughly 430 miles away from Fort Worth’s LaGrave Field, the host stadium of the 2013 SWAC Tournament, in Lorman, Miss., but many fans will only have an hour or less drive.

Four players on the Alcorn roster will return to their Metroplex home for the tournament, including Euless Trinity alumnus and pitcher Ryan Fuentes.

However, their return trip had not been circled on their calendars long.

Halfway through the 2013 season, Fuentes said he and teammates Josh Powell of Rowlett, Ryan Akins of Flower Mound and DeAngelo Morgan of Cedar Hill stumbled upon the news while checking the SWAC website.

“Originally, the tournament was supposed to be in Baton Rouge at Southern University and then we found out halfway through the season that it got moved to LaGrave and we were really excited,” Fuentes said.

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Southern to rely on experienced starting pitchers in SWAC tourney

FORT WORTH, Texas  --  Over the course of their Southern careers, senior left-hander Jesse “Doc” Holiday, junior right-hander Jose De Leon and senior right-hander Danny Garcia have combined to start 97 games.

They have 54 career wins among them.

So it’s no surprise coach Roger Cador will look to those three to carry the pitching load for the Jaguars as Southern (20-21) goes for its first Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament championship since 2009 — and, with it, an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament — beginning Wednesday at LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas.

“You’ve got to go out and throw your best,” Garcia said. “It’s the postseason. You want to go out there and shove it. You want to be lights out. You want to give your team a chance to win.”

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Wilson/ITA NAIA national awards for XU's Green, Didavi

MOBILE, Ala. — Alan Green and Loic Didavi collected multiple Wilson/ITA NAIA awards for Xavier University of Louisiana's tennis programs Monday night at a banquet honoring all the teams which qualified for this week's NAIA National Championship.
    
Green, in his 10th year as coach of the Gold Nuggets and Gold Rush, was chosen Women's National Coach of the Year. He also won the Region IV Coach of the Year awards for men and women. Didavi was selected the National and Region IV Men's Senior Player of the Year.
    

Loic

Alan Green

Green's women are 17-7 and ranked No. 1 in the NAIA, and his men are 14-7 and ranked No. 6. Both teams have byes in Tuesday's opening round of the national championship and will play second-round duals Wednesday — the Rush at 9 a.m. against Belhaven or Spring Arbor and the Nuggets at 1 p.m. against Coastal Carolina or Indiana Wesleyan. All duals will be played at Copeland-Cox Tennis Center.
    
Both XU teams earned automatic bids to nationals by winning unaffiliated group tournaments in April.
    
"I can't believe I've won this (national) award," Green said, "especially from where we were a year ago."
    
The XU women were 11-40 the previous two seasons, 7-22 in 2012. This season the Gold Nuggets became the first team in any XU sport to earn a No. 1 ranking from the NAIA.
    
"This award is for our women who put in the work and made all this possible," Green said.

 Didavi, a senior from Cotonou, Benin, and a graduate of Lycée Jean Dautet, La Rochelle, is ranked fourth among NAIA singles players and 15th in doubles with Kyle Montrel. Didavi is 15-6 in singles and 16-5 in doubles this season, including three singles victories and five doubles victories against NCAA Division I teams. This is Didavi's second season at Xavier after transferring from perennial NAIA power Auburn Montgomery.

"Loic has been a program changer for our men's tennis team since the moment he stepped on campus," Green said. "He has been our leader on and off the court. In addition to his accomplishments as a player, he has been our hardest worker in practice."
    
The banquet site was the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel.

By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

ASU QB competition may last into late August

MONTGOMERY, Alabama  --  The battle for the starting quarterback position at Alabama State wasn’t settled in 14 spring practices or the annual Black and Gold Game, head coach Reggie Barlow said. In fact, it probably won’t be decided until days before the Hornets’ season opener with Jacksonville State on Aug. 31.

Daniel Duhart, the backup last season, entered the spring as the No. 1 quarterback, but was pushed by Southern Mississippi transfer Arsenio Favor. Then there’s the question of Arkansas State transfer Sam Gibson, still rusty from two years as a safety at LSU but seemingly the most athletic of the three in practice sessions.



“I really think there’s a place for all three of these guys to play at some point in this season,” Barlow said. “They all bring different things. Duhart was the leading guy because he was returning and knew the offense. I don’t think he took any steps back. I thought Favor did a great job of coming in and learning the offense and taking ownership of it in a short time. I think both of those guys will play a whole bunch in the first game, but I’m not sure right now who will be the first one to go out for the first series.”

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WSSU baseball team is making history

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina --  The history of baseball success by CIAA teams would make for a very short book.

But Winston-Salem State is changing that one victory at a time.
 
After setting a school record with 38 wins in the regular season, WSSU was selected to be the host for the Atlantic Region tournament of the Division II playoffs, which will open Thursday at Wake Forest Ballpark.
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Coach Kevin Ritsche, in his third season at WSSU since the program was resurrected, says it has been difficult to find a record of baseball success by other CIAA schools.

“I can’t find it,” he said. “I’ve looked a few times doing searches on the Internet, and I get curious about the CIAA and its history in baseball, but there’s just not a lot out there. I haven’t found much on the CIAA, and what it’s done in the NCAA in baseball.

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Mississippi Valley Devilettes Bound for Mobile for NCAA Regional

ITTA BENA, Mississippi – The Mississippi Valley State softball team gathered Sunday night in the Devil’s Den on campus to find out where and when it will play in the NCAA Tournament.

As the NCAA Softball Selection Show aired on ESPNU, the SWAC champions was elated to learn the news that they’ll be traveling this week to play in the regional hosted by No. 13 South Alabama in Mobile, which is scheduled for May 17-19. Other teams competing in the regional include Mississippi State and Florida State.

The Devilettes will begin the tournament on Friday against USA at 6 p.m. CST and will be broadcasted live on ESPN3.

“I’m glad that this good group of players gets to keep their season going,” said MVSU head coach Lee Smith. “They worked hard all season and showed what they’re made of at the SWAC Tournament by winning five straight games. They’ve excelled both on the field and in the classroom, so this is something that they definitely deserve.”

It’ll mark the eighth time MVSU has played in the NCAA Tournament. The Devilettes hold a 3-16 record in the tournament, with wins against Missouri and Cornell in 2004 and Chattanooga in 2009.

The Devilettes earned a spot in the tournament following five straight victories in last week’s SWAC Tournament in Decatur, Ala. MVSU defeated Alabama State, 11-3, Saturday to win its eighth tournament title in the last 10 years.    

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CAU Releases 2013 Football Schedule

ATLANTA, Georgia —  A new dawn is on the horizon for the 2013 Clark Atlanta University football program under the helm of first year Head Coach Kevin Weston as the Panthers unveiled their 2013 schedule highlighted by three first time opponents and five HOME games at Panther Stadium.

With an even number of conference and non-conference games, the Panthers will open the season again this year against the University of West Alabama Sept. 7th on the road followed by their HOME opener against Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) foe Stillman College Sept. 14th.

Four of the next five games will feature games against conference opponents beginning with Fort Valley State whom the Panthers will meet on a neutral turf in Griffin, Ga., for the Iris City Classic. Unlike last season, Clark Atlanta will have a BYE week during the season (9/28) as the team prepares for the AUC rivalry showdown with Morehouse College (@ B.T. Harvey Stadium) that will kick-off the first football Saturday in October. The next HOME contest includes a first time match-up against the College of Faith (Arkansas) followed by a conference divisional game at Benedict College.

This year’s Homecoming game, which will be played later in October than in recent years, will pit CAU against the Golden Rams of Albany State University October 26th in Panther Stadium.

In November, CAU will host two of its final three games versus non-conference opponents at HOME against Shorter University (11/2) another first-time opponent and Edward Waters College (11/9) who last met the Panthers in 2005. To wrap up the 2013 regular season, the Panthers will travel to Baton Rouge, La., for a battle in the Bayou with Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opponent Southern University Jaguars which will be the first meeting ever between the two teams.

CAU football season tickets will go on sale in July. For all the latest information regarding CAU athletics, stay tuned to  www.clarkatlantasports.com.

2013 CAU Football Schedule

SEPTEMBER
7       @ University of West Alabama (Livingston, Ala.)                                                                                                         
14     STILLMAN COLLEGE                                         
21     Fort Valley State University ** (Griffin, Ga.)                                 
28    OPEN      
OCTOBER
5       @ Morehouse College ** (Atlanta, Ga.)
12    COLLEGE OF FAITH
19    @ Benedict College** (Columbia, S.C.)
26    ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY **        (HOMECOMING 2013)
NOVEMBER
2     SHORTER UNIVERSITY
9     EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE
16   @ Southern University (Baton Rouge, La.)

Home games in BOLD CAPS are played at CAU Panther Stadium.
** Denotes Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) EAST Division Games.

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WKU Hires 16-Year Coaching Veteran Shawn Forrest As Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

ASSISTANT COACH SHAWN FORREST

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky — Western Kentucky University head men's basketball coach Ray Harper announced Monday the hiring of 16-year collegiate coaching veteran Shawn Forrest as assistant men's basketball coach.

Forrest spent the 2012-13 season at Louisiana-Lafayette, and prior to his time in Lafayette, Forrest had been an assistant coach at North Texas, Arkansas State and Troy, as well as Florida A&M.

A 1998 graduate of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Forrest helped the Ragin’ Cajuns to the quarterfinals of the 2013 Sun Belt Conference Tournament after coming to Louisiana-Lafayette after spending four seasons from 2008-09 to 2011-12 as an assistant coach at North Texas.

"I am really looking forward to working with Coach Harper and the rest of the staff and student-athletes here at WKU," Forrest said. "The job Coach Harper has done in the last two seasons is very impressive, and I think that WKU is one of the best basketball jobs in the country. It is not every day you get a chance to coach at a school that has been to the Final Four. I have admired this program for a while, and I could not turn down the job when Coach Harper called."

While with the Mean Green, Forrest worked with teams that averaged over 21 wins per season. In 2009-10, the Mean Green went 24-9, won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament crown and advanced to the NCAA Tournament and faced Kansas State in the first round.

Forrest was instrumental in helping land the 2010-11 recruiting class of Tony Mitchell, Jordan Williams, Chris Jones and Roger Franklin, which was ranked as high as No. 31 in the country.

Prior to moving to Denton, Forrest worked as an assistant coach at Arkansas State for six seasons from 2002-03 through 2007-08. He helped the Red Wolves to multiple top-100 recruiting classes, which included a pair of two-time All-Sun Belt Conference players, a Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year, a league-leading scorer, a second-leading scorer and a third-leading scorer.

Forrest joined the Red Wolf staff in August 2002 after serving as the recruiting coordinator at Florida A&M during the 2001-02 season.

While at Florida A&M, Forrest helped the Rattlers to a fourth-place finish in the MEAC, which was the highest the program had finished in 10 years.

Forrest also recruited Terrance Woods, who was a two-time All-MEAC First Team performer. Woods holds the third- and fourth-best single-season three-point field goal totals in NCAA history, and in 2004 he won the NABC All-Star Three-Point Contest at the Final Four in San Antonio.

Prior to his stint in Tallahassee, Forrest was an assistant at Troy for four seasons from 1997-98 to 2000-01. During that time, Forrest worked with the guards and assisted with recruiting, academics and travel.

During his time at Troy, Forrest helped land four-straight top-100 recruiting classes, which produced five all-conference players and two players of the year in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Forrest helped the Trojans to two regular-season Atlantic Sun championships, one tournament title, one NCAA Tournament appearance and one postseason NIT appearance.

Forrest received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 1998.

Coaching Career
Troy, assistant coach, 1998-2001 (4 seasons)
Florida A&M, assistant coach, 2002 (1 season)
Arkansas State, assistant coach, 2003-08 (6 seasons)
North Texas, assistant coach, 2009-12 (4 seasons)
Louisiana-Lafayette, assistant coach, 2013 (1 season)
WKU, assistant coach, 2014-present

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NSU Spartans lineman granted a sixth year by NCAA

NORFOLK, Virginia  --  Norfolk State offensive tackle Blake Matthews has been granted a rare sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA because of medical hardship, Spartans coach Pete Adrian said.

Adrian said he got word last Friday from the school's compliance officer that he'd have Matthews back this fall.

"It was welcome news," Adrian said. "That's a big plus for us, just for leadership and things of that nature."

Matthews isn't just another guy on the offensive line; he was the 2011 MEAC Offensive Lineman of the Year as a junior.

He missed all of last season, however, after suffering a knee injury during the team's second fall practice.

Matthews, a 6-foot-4, 315-pound native of Manassas, was first-team All ...

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Hampton U. softball NCAA berth part of building process

HAMPTON, Virginia  --  The person least surprised by Hampton University softball's first conference title and NCAA tournament berth in 17 years is head coach Treena Peel.

"That's been the goal since I got to Hampton," Peel said Monday, "but knowing this year's team and the talent that we have, from the beginning I knew we were the best team. It was just a matter of putting it all together every game day. We did that pretty consistently throughout the season. It's not surprising. It's just that I feel great that we were able to execute and accomplish our goal."

The Lady Pirates (34-24) were placed in the Gainesville, Fla., regional, where they face second-ranked and Southeastern Conference champ Florida (52-7) on Friday at 6 p.m. The four-team regional also includes Big East champ South Florida (43-14) and Southern Conference champ Georgia Southern (32-27).

"Florida's a great team," Peel said. "But that's why you play the game. You never know what's going to happen. Hopefully, we come out and have the game of our life and we end up victorious."

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Plea Deals In FAMU Hazing Case Raise Questions About Whether Charges Will Stick

ORLANDO, Florida  --  Four people have reached plea deals in the 2011 hazing death of a Florida A & M University Drum Major and all have settled for less than the maximum penalties of their charges. Experts say hazing is a crime that has proved difficult for prosecutors, but some say they expect others charged in the FAMU case to see stiffer penalties as a trial date nears.

The latest defendant in the FAMU hazing case to reach a deal with prosecutors is Rikki Wills. Wills was a fellow drum major in FAMU’s “Marching 100” band and prosecutors say he was also aboard the bus the night Robert Champion died after being beaten in a brutal hazing ritual.   Wills’ no contest plea means  the manslaughter charge against him has been dismissed, and he won’t face any jail time. And some say, it’s a familiar scenario when it comes to getting convictions in hazing cases:

“Courts have been very, very light on hazing in the United States. We’ve had about 173 hazing deaths. The combined total of those deaths have only been just a couple years in jail," said Hank Nuwer a Journalism professor at Franklin College in Indiana. He tracks hazing incidents around the world and has also written four books on the subject.



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Lincoln University Blue Tigers Win Fifth PGA Minority Collegiate Championship!

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI 2013 DIVISION II
 PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Champs
(Credit: Lincoln University Athletics)

PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida -- Four members of the Lincoln men's golf team carded sub-80 scores, and the Blue Tigers won their fifth PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship on Sunday (May 12). The Blue Tigers were the only team in field to register a combined score less than 900, finishing with a three-round total of 898 to win the Division II title. It marked the lowest final score in program history by the Blue Tigers at the PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship.

Steven Mallow finished third in the individual standings, closing play with a 74 after firing a 71 on Friday (May 10) and a 75 on Saturday (May 11). His final tally of 220 was three strokes better than teammate Nick Goeke, who shot a 223 after tallying rounds of 76, 72 and 75. Austin Wheeler had the next-best finish for LU, firing three rounds under 80 with scores of 72, 78 and 76 to finish the tournament with a three-round score of 226.

Kenny Conrad shot a 77 on Sunday to finish with a final score of 234. Conrad had previously shot an 81 in the first round before rebounding to card a 76 on the second. Eric Kosmatka rounded out the team's play at the tournament, ending with a 237 after shooting rounds of 76, 80 and 81.

Lincoln's team score of 898 was more than 20 shots better than the next-closest competitor, as Texas A&M International took second place with a team score of 922. Virginia State finished third (932), Virginia Union took fourth (961) and Fayetteville State, which won the championship over Lincoln in 2012, finished in fifth with a score of 963. Morehouse placed sixth (983) while Paine finished seventh (988) and St. Augustine's rounded out the eight team field with a score of 1,015.

This marks the fifth Minority Collegiate Golf Championship in the history of the Lincoln men's golf program, and the first national title since taking the 2005 championship with a final score of 928. Lincoln had also previously won the championship in 1999 (906), 2001 (904) and 2002 (914).

The 27th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship, Presented by Brown Capital Management, was played in Port St. Lucie, Fla. on the Ryder Course of the PGA Golf Club.

By Dan Carr, Assistant AD for Media Relations
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Bethune-Cookman men and women earn titles at PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship

2012-13 Bethune-Cookman University Women's Golf Team
Credit: The PGA of America

PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida – It was an exciting final round at PGA Golf Club on Sunday that included two playoffs, with both the men’s and women’s teams from Bethune-Cookman University claiming titles at the 27th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship presented by Brown Capital Management.

In the women’s division, Bethune-Cookman captured the title in thrilling fashion. The Wildcats defeated the University of Texas-Pan American on the first playoff hole to claim their championship-record 10th overall title.

Both teams finished with a 909 total then headed back to the 18th hole on the Ryder Course for the playoff. In the playoff, each team took the four lowest scores of the five players who played the hole. Bethune-Cookman finished with a total score of 1 under par, while Texas-Pan American finished 1 over par on the playoff hole.

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Chicago State University finished alone in third place overall at 935.

The Bethune-Cookman women’s team was led by Andrea Orozco, who was also the women’s team medalist, finishing with a 54-hole total of 4-over-par 220.

The Bethune-Cookman men’s team also won in exciting fashion, making up a four-stroke deficit in the final round, and winning by a single stroke over 36-hole leader Texas-Pan American. Alabama State University finished third, 12 strokes behind Bethune-Cookman.

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Stillman to hold 2013 Down & Dirty Football Camp

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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama  -- The Stillman College football program will hold the 2013 Stillman Down & Dirty Football Camp from June 18-20, 2012.

The three-day camp established specifically for offensive and defensive lineman will provide instruction in all phases of play "in the trenches" - including stance, starts, pass blocking, pursuit angle, pulling, sepertion and gap control.

"One of the most important but overlooked areas of the game is the play of the lineman," said Stillman head coach Teddy Keaton, who will serve camp director.  "We hope to provide quality instruction over the three-day period and assist lineman in becoming better football players.

The camp is open to students ranging from sixth (6th) grade to high school seniors.

Camp Costs:
$ 250 per camper;
$ 240 for 2 – 5 from same school
$230 for 6 or more from same school

For more information, contact Keaton at teddykeaton@gmail.com or via phone at (205) 247- 8172.

For those who wish to register online, visit www.BishopDullaghan.com

DOWNLOAD 2013 CAMP APPLICATION HERE (PDF)

 
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Stillman College baseball headed to NCAA Divison II South Region tourney

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama  --  After winning the 2013 SIAC Baseball Championship, the Stillman Tiger baseball team finds itself on the road again ... this time to participate in the 2013 NCAA Division II South Region Tournament.  The Tigers will be one of six teams participating in the four-day tournament with the winner advancing to the Division II World Series in Cary, North Carolina.

The region will feature several national powers as four of the last seven NCAA II national champions will be among the field. Host institution Tampa won the 2006 and 2007 championships and will be joined by fellow Sunshine State Conference member Florida Tech.  Last season's region and national runner-up Delta State will join West Florida, who won the 2011 crown as it represented South Region and Gulf South Conference, along with the 2013 GSC champion Valdosta State.

This will be the 6th time in seven years that Stillman will participate in the South Region Tournament.  Last season, the Tigers and head coach Dony Crawford made history by winning their opening round game against host school Tampa 6-5 in 13 innings before continuing to turn heads defeating Nova Southeastern 6-4 and UAH 11-5.  The Tigers fell in the regional final to Delta State.

 

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Following is the complete schedule for the 2013 NCAA II South Regional:

Thursday, May 16, 2013 Game 1 - No. 1 Tampa vs. No. 6 Stillman, 11 a.m.
Game 2 - No. 2 Delta State vs. No. 5 Valdosta State, 3 p.m.
Game 3 - No. 3 Florida Tech vs. No. 4 West Florida, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 17, 2013
Game 4 - Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 11 a.m.?
Game 5 - Winner of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 3, 3 p.m.
Game 6 - Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Game 7 - Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6, 11 a.m.
Game 8 - Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 4, 3 p.m.
Game 9 - Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Game 10 - Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9, 12 p.m.
Game 11 - Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9 (if necessary), 3:15 p.m.

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WSSU baseball team to play host to Atlantic Region

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  --  Winston-Salem State was awarded the No. 2 seed in the Atlantic Region baseball tournament and will play host to the region later this week.     

The Rams (38-11) will take on fifth-seeded East Stroudsburg (33-16) on Thursday at Wake Forest Baseball Park.
 Coach Kevin Ritsche of the Rams said they were hoping to get the No. 1 seed in the region but he loves the fact they won’t be traveling.

“It’s a big deal not to have to go anywhere but across town to Wake Forest,” Ritsche said. “By the time you travel to a regional and then try to get practice in and everything else it’s definitely rushed.”

The other games on Thursday at Wake Forest Baseball Park will be top-seeded Millersville (38-16) against sixth-seeded Concord (36-18) and third-seeded Seton Hill (39-15) against fourth-seeded Shippensburg (28-20).

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12 student-athletes, 2 managers receive Xavier degrees

First graduation held on the XU campus since 1983. Venue was the new
 Convocation Center

 

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NEW ORLEANS — Twelve student-athletes received degrees Saturday at Xavier University of Louisiana's 2013 commencement at the new XU Convocation Center
    
. It was the first time since 1983 that commencement was held on campus.
Also graduating were two student managers employed by the athletics department.
    
Student-athletes graduating (with high schools in parentheses) were:

    •  LaShelle O. Brawner, Denver, Colo. (George Washington), women's basketball, bachelor of science.
     •  Denzell Amonte Erves, Vicksburg, Miss. (Vicksburg), men's basketball, bachelor of science.

     •  SiMon Chenae Franklin, Baton Rouge, La. (St. Joseph's Academy), women's basketball and track and field, bachelor of science.
     •  Steffen Larue Giles-Osborn, Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake), men's tennis, bachelor of science.
     •  Jasmine Latise Grant, Shreveport, La. (Southwood), women's basketball, bachelor of science.
     •  Cordell James Hadnot, Los Angeles, Calif. (Westchester), men's basketball, bachelor of arts.
     •  Keldra Deanna Hall, Dallas, Texas (Molina), women's basketball and track and field, bachelor of arts.
     •  Christopher Jarrod Iles, Houston, Texas (Alief Hastings), men's basketball, bachelor of science.
     •  Kevin Miller, Baton Rouge, La. (Catholic), men's basketball, bachelor of science.
     •  Anthony Karon Simmons, Rochester, N.Y. (Allendale Columbia), men's basketball, bachelor of science.
     •  Marc Zachary Taylor, Monroe, La. (St. Frederick), men's tennis, bachelor of science.
     •  Brandi Aishah-Khadij Young, Memphis, Tenn. (East), women's basketball, bachelor of science.
    

XU men's basketball graduates Kevin Miller, left, and Anthony Simmons

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Student-managers graduating were:
     •  Kara Marie Keller, women's basketball, bachelor of science.
     •  Jeremy Bernard Pierre, men's basketball, bachelor of arts.
    

Brawner, Hadnot, Taylor and Young completed degree requirements in December. Keller graduated magna cum laude with honors in mathematics.
    

Xavier is one of 38 U.S. colleges listed as a "Best Buy School" in the 2013 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges.

 

By Ed Cassiere, SID

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XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA


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522 to receive degrees Saturday at Xavier University commencement

   

Mississippi Valley State Wins SWAC Softball Championship

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Photo: Sidney Jackson

DECATUR, Alabama  -- .Mississippi Valley State University captured a consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference softball championship with an 11-3 decision over Alabama State on Saturday at Wilson Morgan Park.

After dropping its first game of the tournament, MVSU (25-30) won five straight en route to its conference-leading eigth overall SWAC title. The victories include six consecutive crowns from 2004-2009.

MVSU gathered 13 hits and was powered by Nicole Burr at the plate. Burr finished 3-for-4 with a home run, four runs scored, and four RBI.

MVSU tallied runs in six innings, recording three in the first, without giving up the lead for the game. The Delta Devilettes went scoreless in the fifth while adding four runs in the seventh.

Yasmin Battle, Brittany Lilly, and Xiomara Perez recorded multiple hits. Battle went 4-for-5 with a RBI and two runs scored. Lilly gathered two RBI going 2-for-5 with one run scored. Perez registered a RBI with two hits.

Alexandria Robertson was named tournament MVP. Robertson finished MVSU's six-game tournament slate hitting 8-for-20, with three runs scored, four RBI, five doubles, and one home run. For the game, she went 1-for-3 with a run scored.

Kimberly Spivey (9-9) picked up the win giving up two hits and three runs (two earned). Relief pitcher, Alicia Lorenz, closed out the game scattering four hits, no runs, one walk with five strikeouts in four innings.

ASU (15-33) committed six errors as starting pitcher, Bailey Patt, was charged with the loss. Patt gave up nine hits, seven runs (six earned) while walking four with a pair of strikeouts.

After adding a run in the first to close the deficit, 3-1, the Lady Hornets trailed 5-1 in the bottom of the third.

Brehanna Rodrigues opened the bottom half of the inning with a triple and Tamara Williams walked before stealing second. Makavla Webster singled on a fielder's choice to score a run, and with runners on third and first with one out, an error plated Williams for the Lady Hornets final tally.

Rodigues went 2-for-3 with three runs scored to lead ASU. Webster recorded two RBI on one hit.

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SWAC SOFTBALL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Alicia Lorenz (Mississippi Valley State)
Nicole Burr (Mississippi Valley State)
Brehanna Rodrigues (Alabama State)
Meagan Dixon (Alabama State)
Bailey Patt (Alabama State)
Cally Falls (Prairie View A&M)
Leanna Flores (Prairie View A&M)
Canessa Swanson (Jackson State)

TOURNAMENT MVP
Alexandria Robertson (Mississippi Valley State)

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Southern turns its focus to SWAC baseball tournament

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  Nasty weather wiped out Southern’s three-game exhibition series against LSU-Eunice this weekend, robbing the Jaguars of a chance to do some fine-tuning before heading to Fort Worth, Texas, for the Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament.

The teams had planned to play once Friday and twice Saturday until rain storms interfered.

The silver lining, Southern coach Roger Cador said, is that a couple more days off gave the Jaguars (20-21) even more time to rest players they hope to soon have back.

“We’re getting everybody back at the right time,” Cador said.

Injuries played a role in Southern’s position as a SWAC tournament bubbl
e team with only two weekends remaining on its Western Division schedule.

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Coach Mom: Mother-daughter bonds extend to playing field

RICHMOND, Virginia (EXCERPT) --  Mother’s Day isn’t restricted to the second Sunday in May for women who coach their children in competitive athletics. It can occur just as easily on a frosty night in November. Or a muggy Saturday afternoon in August.

Virginia Union University Head Women's Basketball Coach
Barvenia Wooten-Cherry coached daughter, Vicki Collier in 2012
Credit: Times-Dispatch.

Virginia Union women’s basketball coach Barvenia Wooten-Cherry knows the feeling. Wooten-Cherry coached her daughter, Vicki Collier, during the Panthers’ 2012 season. Like her mother two decades earlier, Collier became an all-CIAA performer while wearing VUU’s maroon and steel.

“Was it a good experience? No, it was a great experience,” Wooten-Cherry said. “Something inside of me had always wanted the two of us to do great things together on a basketball court. So to actually have the opportunity to be there with her, not only as her mother but also as her coach and mentor, wow. What more could I possibly ask for?”

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Hampton captures MEAC softball tournament, NCAA bid

ORMOND BEACH, Florida  --  Hampton University earned its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament championship since 1996 and an automatic NCAA tournament berth, beating Norfolk State 7-3 in a winner-take-all final at Ormond Beach, Fla.

The Pirates finished 4-1 to win the eight-team event. They will learn on a 10 p.m. ESPNU show Sunday night where they are headed for the nationals.

Norfolk State, which needed a rally just to avoid a two-and-out exit on the first day, came within one victory of a memorable title. After dropping their opener, the Spartans ran off a streak of victories.

HU (34-24) has won 15 of its last 18. Freshman Taylor McCoy was named the tournament's most outstanding performer, and Margaret Wilkins and pitcher Jailynn Jackson joined her as HU's representatives on the all-tournament team. Hampton's Trena Peel was named the outstanding coach.

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B-CU Women's Team Leading into Final Round of the 27th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship

Credit: The PGA of America

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – The wind picked up on Saturday at PGA Golf Club, but the University of Texas-Pan American men’s team and Bethune Cookman University women’s team played well enough to lead heading into the final round of the 27th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship presented by Brown Capital Management.

The 2013 edition of the 54-hole Championship, which will conclude tomorrow, features nearly 200 players representing more than 40 colleges and universities.

The Texas-Pan American men, who trailed first-round leader Bethune-Cookman by 11 strokes, were catapulted by Kevin Kirokossian’s stellar 5-under-par 67 on the Wanamaker Course and lead the men’s division I competition by four strokes heading into the final round tomorrow.

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The defending champion in the division, Texas-Pan American used a second-round 3-over-par 291 for a two-day total of 585.

Bethune-Cookman is now in second place overall at 589. Alabama State University is in third at 594.

“The round was really good today, considering I played the par 5s at one over for the day," said Kirakossian, a senior. “Our team wanted to come out and win the day, shoot the lowest score of any team out there. Then we could see where we stood and try and win it all tomorrow.”

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