FAMU athletic director outlines future ideas at national alumni conference

ORLANDO — Florida A&M athletic director Derek Horne outlined his strategy for improving attendance and making the Rattlers' teams more competitive, while pleading with alumni for financial support that is necessary to make the programs flourish.

Horne, who eight months ago became FAMU's athletic director, made his pitch Thursday morning during FAMU's National Alumni Association conference at the Rosen Center. He also promised "radical changes," and said he hopes to be the school's AD for the long haul.

Winning championships and improving facilities are two of the major changes he promised. But he warned that a complete turnaround won't happen overnight.


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2011 MEAC Baseball Championship Tournament

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Wed, May 18 BSB Delaware State Maryland Eastern Shore at Daytona Beach, Fla. 10 a.m. 5 - 0

Wed, May 18 Bethune-Cookman Florida A&M . 2 p.m. 18 - 5

Wed, May 18 BSB Norfolk State North Carolina A&T 6 p.m. 14 - 4

Thu, May 19  Maryland Eastern Shore Florida A&M 10 a.m. 11 - 6

Thu, May 19  Delaware State   Norfolk State 2 p.m. 1 - 11

Thu, May 19  North Carolina A&T Maryland Eastern Shore 6 p.m. 11 - 1

Fri, May 20 North Carolina A&T Delaware State at Daytona Beach, Fla. 10 a.m.

Fri, May 20 Bethune-Cookman Norfolk State at Daytona Beach, Fla. 2 p.m.

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MEAC Baseball Tournament: Live Blog

The college baseball post season is underway as the MEAC is having its baseball tournament in sunny Daytona Beach, FL.

An automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament is on the line as the winner of the tournament will advance to the Big dance. Bethune Cookman has won this tournament five straight times and is again the favorite to win it all this year.

The Wildcats went 18-0 in the regular season in MEAC games. On Wednesday they continued to dominate with an 18-5 win over arch rival ....

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Winston Salem State back and thriving

After 37 years, Rams baseball is reimplemented and succeeding

Winston-Salem, N.C. - For nearly 40 years, baseball at Winston-Salem State only lived on in memories. Perhaps once in awhile those memories would be dusted off by former players, but the idea of the sport ever coming back to life after being dismantled in 1973 seemed unlikely.

Everything changed when the school decided to put the brakes on its transition to Division I. The thing is, to do that, it had to revive the baseball program because the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association requires all schools to offer the sport.

Revive, as it turns out, might be an understatement. All the Rams have done this season is command attention, winning 30 games, taking home the title in the CIAA tournament and punching a ticket to its first ever NCAA Division II tournament.

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XU Gold Nuggets tryouts postponed

UPDATE: MAY 19, 2011 - XU volleyball tryouts postponed and will be rescheduled.

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana has postponed its women's volleyball tryouts which were scheduled for Saturday. They will be rescheduled for another date.

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NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana will conduct women's volleyball tryouts for the 2011 season on Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Barn.

Participants must bring an academic transcript. The tryout is open to current XU and junior-college students and to 12th-graders graduating in 2011.

Driving directions to The Barn, Xavier's gymnasium, can be found online by using 3999 Short Street and the 70125 zip code.

Contact coach Al'lisa Hale at (504) 520-5344 or allisahale@yahoo.com for more information.

This will be the fourth season of intercollegiate volleyball at Xavier. The Gold Nuggets finished third in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference last season.

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Grambling opens SWAC tourney with win

Grambling State did both the expected and the unexpected in its Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament opener Wednesday morning at Fair Grounds Field. The Tigers, the West’s No. 2 seed, shut out Mississippi Valley, 4-0, but did something they did not do in their run to last season’s tournament championship game -- commit an error.

“In the first game,” said GSU coach James Cooper, whose team will face either Texas Southern or Alcorn State today at 3 p.m.. “One of the best things a guy can do after he makes a mistake is to get another ball exactly like it to get his confidence (back).”

With the way Richard Bautista pitched, GSU (23-24) never lacked for confidence. The sophomore right-hander tossed a complete-game, six-hitter to improve to 7-2.

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SWAC tourney: Jackson State overcomes Prairie View

SHREVEPORT, La. - Prairie View A&M went toe-to-toe with Jackson State in its Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament opener but came undone in the seventh inning en route to a 6-3 loss Wednesday afternoon at Fair Grounds Field.

Jackson State, the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Division, scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to erase a one-run deficit and advance to the winner's bracket. Prairie View, seeded third in the Western Division, will face the loser of Wednesday night's matchup between Western top seed Southern and Eastern fourth seed Alabama State at noon Thursday.

The Panthers (24-20) took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth on RBI singles by Giovanni Angel and Evan Richard. Prairie View starter Michael Listi made that lead hold up through the next two innings but ran into trouble in the seventh.

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