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Monday, November 17
Alan DeRatt Update
Alan DeRatt had an excellent rookie season pitching at Casper of the Frontier League.... Click on the headline to link to UNC-Asheville's story....
Friday, June 6
DeRatt Drafted by Rockies in 17th Round
Alan DeRatt was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 17th round with the 527th pick of the 2008 Major League Baseball First Year Players Draft. Alan finished the season seventh in the nation in ERA at 1.74, and was on the Wallace Watch List of the top 64 players in the Country until the list was narrowed to 16 before the start of the super regionals. Congratulations Alan !!!
Thursday, May 29
Former Falcons in NCAA Tournament
Six former Falcons are headed to the 2008 NCAA Regionals this week, as Elon, James Madison, and Charlotte all won their respective conference championships, and UNC-Wilmington earned at at large bid to the tournament. Greg Jones, Matt Holt, and David Shambley will be back in Cary as Elon is the three seed and UNC-Wilmington is the two seed in the Cary Regional hosted by North Carolina at the USA Baseball complex. Trevor Kaylid, Cory Tilton, and Michael Gyoerkoe will see each other in Raleigh, as James Madison and Charlotte are the four and three seeds respectively in the Raleigh Regional hosted by NC State at Doak Field.
Charlotte plays South Carolina at 2PM on Friday, and James Madison faces NC State at 7PM at Doak Field. UNC-Wilmington will face Elon at 2PM on Friday at the USA Baseball complex in Cary.
Wednesday, May 14
DeRatt Leads Nation in ERA
Alan DeRatt continues to lead the nation in ERA (1.25) through games of May 11, 2008.... Check out the NCAA baseball statistics at http://www.ncaa.com/sport/default.aspx?id=90174
Friday, May 9
DeRatt Strikes Out 10, Ties UNC-Asheville Record
Alan DeRatt struck out ten over eight innings, but Charleston Southern scored eight runs in the top of the ninth to defeat UNC-Asheville 10-6 on Friday. DeRatt’s 10 strikeouts tied him with Josh White (1996-99) as the school record holder with 239 career strikeouts.
Tuesday, May 6
Tilton Earns Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week
For the second time this season, Cory Tilton has earned Atlantic 10 Conference Co-Rookie of the Week honors. Cory hit leadoff for the first time this season and went 3-for-4 at Fordham on Saturday, scoring three runs to spark the lineup and lead Charlotte to a 7-1 win over the Rams. Sunday, he drove in three runs with a two-RBI triple, and scored a run in the 10-2 Charlotte victory. He finished 5-for-9 in the Fordham series, and added an RBI in Charlotte's Tuesday 7-5 win at Winthrop.
Friday, May 2
DeRatt Improves to 7-2, Leads Nation in ERA
Alan DeRatt leads the nation in Division 1 Earned Run Average (1.24), through games of April 27, 2008... Way to go Alan !!!
Without a game until May 9, Asheville sent the nations ERA leader, Alan DeRatt to the mound on Wednesday. DeRatt threw six innings allowing two unearned runs on seven hits to improve to 7-2 on the season.
Wednesday, April 23
Tilton Highlights Charlotte Offense in 49ers 30th Win of 2008
Right fielder Cory Tilton broke a six-all tie in the bottom of the eighth with an RBI triple as the Charlotte 49ers got back in the win column by putting together its 19th come-from-behind victory Wednesday with an 8-7 defeat of visiting USC Upstate. Charlotte gets its 30th win in four straight seasons and improves to 30-10.
Tilton also had a double and a single, two runs scored, 2 RBI, and threw a runner out at home to keep the game tied at 3-3 in the 6th inning...
Wednesday, April 23
Kaylid Doubles in First Collegiate At Bat
Redshirt senior Trevor Kaylid pitched four one-hit innings of scoreless relief and smacked a two-run double in his first collegiate at bat. James Madison defeated George Washington in 11 innings....
Saturday, April 19
DeRatt Leads Nation in ERA
UNC Asheville senior right-hander Alan DeRatt has the lowest ERA in the nation, according to the latest NCAA Statistics that was released on Tuesday night.
Friday, April 4
DeRatt Earns 6th Win of 2008
Alan DeRatt pitched six scoreless innings and earned his sixth win of the season as UNC-Asheville defeated Liberty on Friday....
Saturday, March 29
Shambley's Hit Propels UNCW Over VCU
David Shambley had the game winning hit, as UNC-Wilmington defeated Virginia Commonwealth by a score of 3-2, extending the Seahawks winning streak to 19 games...
Wednesday, March 26
Kaylid Improves to 3-1, Picks Up Win Over VMI
Trevor Kaylid (3-1) earned his third win of the season, while matching his season high with five strikeouts in five innings as James Madison defeated VMI...
Wednesday, March 26
DeRatt Closes, UNC-Asheville Defeats Wake Forest
Alan DeRatt made a relief appearance, striking out the side in the 9th inning, as UNC-Asheville defeated Wake Forest 12-6....
Wednesday, March 19
Kaylid Improves to 2-1
Trevor Kaylid earned his second win of the 2008 season, pitching 5 1/3 scoreless innings as James Madison defeated Liberty on March 18....
Friday, March 14
Eibner Leads Arkansas Offense
Brett Eibner is leading the Arkansas Razorbacks offense with a .425 batting average... Brett is also 2-1 on the mound for the Razorbacks....
Friday, March 14
Kaylid Earns Win at Virginia Tech
Trevor Kaylid earned his first win of the 2008 season, as James Madison defeated Virginia Tech at Blacksburg 10-3 on March 11, 2008....
Saturday, March 8
DeRatt Throws Complete Game Shutout vs. Wright State
Alan DeRatt threw a complete game shutout, as UNC-Asheville defeated Wright State in the Citadel Tournament on Saturday....
Wednesday, March 5
Tilton Scores 3 Runs, Charlotte Defeats South Carolina
Cory Tilton scored three times for the 49ers, as Charlotte defeated 3rd ranked South Carolina 11-2 at Columbia.... Tilton has had at least one hit in all seven games he has started for Charlotte...
Wednesday, March 5
Judd Makes First Appearance vs. Wake Forest
Kory Judd made his first appearance of the 2008 season, pitching one inning of relief in UNC-Greensboro's loss to Wake Forest....
Wednesday, March 5
Kaylid Starts, James Madison Defeats Tennessee
Trevor Kaylid got his first start of the season, and went 4 innings vs. Tennessee. James Madison won the game 10-3...
Wednesday, March 5
Holt Homers for UNCW, Jones Makes Appearance for Elon
Matt Holt hit his first homer of the season for UNC-Wilmington, and Greg Jones made a relief appearance for Elon.... UNCW defeated Elon 18-16...
Monday, March 3
Tilton Named Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Week
Cory Tilton was named Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Week... Cory hit .412 for the week and hit for the weekly cycle....
Monday, March 3
Eibner Off to Great Start at Arkansas
Brett Eibner is seeing time on the mound and in the outfield at Arkansas... His two RBI hit was the game winner vs. Kansas on February 27....
Monday, March 3
DeRatt Named Big South Pitcher of the Week
Alan DeRatt was named Big South Conference Pitcher of the Week for games played Feb. 22-24....
Friday, February 29
Tilton Homers in Charlotte Win
Cory Tilton had two hits, including his first career home run, as Charlotte defeated Cleveland State 3-2 in 10 innings....
Friday, February 29
DeRatt Gets 2nd Win, More Scoreless Innings
Alan DeRatt earned his second win of the season and extended his scoreless inning streak to 14, as UNC-Asheville defeated Akron 5-0.
Wednesday, February 27
Tilton Highlights UNC-Charlotte Offense
Cory Tilton drove in two runs as UNC-Charlotte defeated USC Upstate 7-3....
Monday, February 25
Kaylid Tosses 4 1/3 Scoreless Innings in James Madison Opener
Trevor Kaylid threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings in relief, but James Madison lost 4-0 to Binghamton...
Monday, February 25
DeRatt Earns Win in UNC-Asheville Opener
Alan DeRatt threw seven no-hit innings, walking four and striking out six, to earn his first victory of the season. UNC-Ashville defeated Presbyterian 10-0 in the opening game of the 2008 season.
Friday, June 8
Brett Eibner Picked at 141 in MLB Draft
Brett Eibner was selected by Houston in the 4th round (# 141) of the 2007 MLB draft.... Congratulations Brett!
Friday, May 18
Trevor Kaylid Strong in Relief
Trevor Kaylid pitched well in relief, limiting Delaware to no runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings in a 10-0 loss....
Monday, May 7
Holt Hits Grand Slam
Matt Holt hit a grand slam home run to lead UNCW over Northeastern... Click on the headline for the story...
Saturday, April 14
DeRatt Wins Fourth
Alan DeRatt won his fourth game of the season in his longest outing of the season....
Sunday, April 8
Judd Wins
Kory Judd earned his 4th win of the season as UNCG defeated Furman....
Friday, April 6
Cockroft Loses in Complete Game Effort
Dave Cockroft pitched a complete game, but took the loss... And we think Dave is still a lefty...
Friday, April 6
DeRatt Wins Third, Now 3-3
Alan DeRatt earned his 3rd win of the season as UNC-Asheville beat Charleston Southern in a Big South matchup...
Tuesday, March 27
Greg Jones, Jon Willard
Greg Jones and Jon Willard got together for a little while when South Carolina visited Elon on March 27.... South Carolina won 10-6, and it was the largest crowd ever to attend a baseball game at Elon...
Saturday, March 24
DeRatt Improves to 2-2
Alan DeRatt improved his season record to 2-2 with a win over UAB....
Wednesday, March 21
Holt Homers for UNCW
Matt Holt hit his 3rd home run of the season as UNC-Wilmington defeated Campbell 6-2... Apex's Seth Frankoff (1-1) earned the win in his second start of the season....
Wednesday, March 21
Judd Wins Again
Kory Judd (3-0) earned his third win of the season in UNC Greensboro's come-from-behind 13-12 victory over Cornell...
Wednesday, March 21
Willard Homers in Win Over UNC-Asheville
Jon Willard hit his 3rd home run of the 2007 season in South Carolina's win over UNC-Asheville....
Monday, March 19
Cockroft Throws 3-hit Shutout
Dave Cockroft threw a 3-hit shutout in a complete game effort vs. Columbus State, his second of the season....
Sunday, March 18
Judd Gets 2nd Win
Kory Judd earned his second win of the season as UNC-Greensboro defeated Princeton....
Sunday, March 18
Willard Homers in Loss to LSU
Jon Willard hit a three-run pinch hit homer in South Carolina's loss to LSU....
Wednesday, March 14
Kaylid Wins at Maryland
Trevor Kaylid earned his first victory in his first start of the season at Maryland...
Monday, March 12
Trevor Kaylid
Trevor Kaylid will get his first start of the 2007 season when James Madison travels to College Park, Md. to take on the Maryland Terrapins on Tuesday...
Wednesday, March 7
Kory Judd Earns Win Over NC State
Kory Judd got the start and earned his first win of the season, as UNCG defeated NC State...
Tuesday, March 6
Dave Cockroft is UNCP Student-Athlete of the Week
Dave Cockroft was selected as the UNC-Pembroke Student Athlete of the Week (FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 5, 2007). Click on the headline for the story.... Congratulations Dave!
Sunday, March 4
Trevor Kaylid, Cory Tilton
Trevor Kaylid and the James Madison baseball team visited UNC-Charlotte over the weekend for a three game series. Trevor appeared in two of the games, pitching 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief... Cory Tilton and Trevor had a few minutes to chat...
UNC-Charlotte swept the series and is now 10-3 on the season, James Madison falls to 1-8...
Saturday, March 3
Kory Judd Update
Kory Judd earned a save in UNCG's win over Army....
Sunday, February 25
Matt Holt Update
Matt Holt hit a home run in UNC-Wilmington's loss to West Virginia...
Friday, February 16
DeRatt Earns First Win of 2007
Alan DeRatt picked up his first win of the season at Campbell on Friday.
Sunday, February 11
Willard Homers in USC Win
Jon Willard doubled and hit his first home run of the season in USC's 12-0 win over Western Kentucky...
Saturday, February 10
Jon Willard Triples for South Carolina
Jon Willard tripled in South Carolina's victory over Oklahoma...
Saturday, February 10
Alan DeRatt Update - UNC-Asheville
Alan DeRatt took the loss in UNC-Asheville's season opener vs. Florida State...
Saturday, February 10
David Cockroft Earns Win for UNC-Pembroke
David Cockroft picked up the win in his first start of the season for UNC-Pembroke...
Saturday, November 25
Brett Eibner Signs With Arkansas
Brett Eibner (2007) has signed during the 2006 NCAA Early Signing period to play baseball at the University of Arkansas. Baseball America released its top 25 recruiting class rankings on Thursday with Arkansas cracking the top 10 at No. 10.
Congratulations Brett !
Thursday, August 3
DeRatt Excels in Coastal Plain League
Alan DeRatt is having success this summer in the Coastal Plain League... click the headline for the story from UNC-Asheville...
Wednesday, August 2
Holt Update, Coastal Plain League
Matt Holt is playing in the Coastal Plain League this summer for the Gastonia Grizzlies... Click on the headline to link to the team website...
Sunday, May 28
DeRatt Wins, UNC-Asheville Advances
UNC Ashevilles's Alan DeRatt picked up his second win of the tournament and improves to 8-4.
It is the Bulldogs (28-33) first ever Big South Championship in baseball and sends Asheville to its first ever NCAA Regional appearance. The baseball team becomes only the second UNC Asheville team to make a NCAA Tournament in any sport joining the 2003 men's basketball team. Click on the headline for more...
Sunday, May 28
Willard Homers in SEC Opener
Jon Willard hit a HUGE home run in the opening game of the SEC tournament... Click on the headline for the complete story...
Sunday, May 14
DeRatt Wins Fourth Consecutive Game
Alan DeRatt threw a complete game for his fourth consecutive victory as UNC Asheville defeated Liberty 8-3 in game one of a three game Big South series at Greenwood Field Friday afternoon. Click on the headline for the complete story...
Sunday, May 14
Willard Homers in USC Loss
Jon Willard hit his 6th home run of the season as South Carolina fell to Tennessee... Click on the headline for the story...
Monday, May 8
DeRatt Wins Again
Alan DeRatt picked up his 5th win of the season for UNC-Asheville... Click on the headline for the story...
Saturday, April 29
DeRatt gets 4th win
Alan DeRatt struck out a season high 6 batters as he picked up his 4th win of the season for UNC-Asheville... Clcik on the headline for the complete story...
Wednesday, March 15
Dave Cockroft Update
Dave recently had another great outing... He now has 29 Ks in 15 innings. Click on the headline for the story from the Kinston newspaper... BTW, we all know Dave is a LEFTY!
Sunday, March 5
DeRatt Gets First Win of 2006
Alan DeRatt earned his first win of the 2006 season in UNC-Asheville's victory over Georgia Southern in the final game of the Georgia Southern Invitational.
Tuesday, February 21
Greg Jones Update
Greg Jones (2003) is doing well at Spartanburg. He got the save in the opener – pitching 2 scoreless innings with 3K’s. He’s only pitched 1 inning since (2K’s) due to a light game schedule and some less-than-favorable weather.
Tuesday, February 21
Dave Cockroft Update
Dave Cockroft (2003) had a fine outing in the opener for Lenoir Community College. Here's the story from the Kinston Free Press:
Stony Wine era begins with sweep of Maryland team
February 18,2006
Bryan C. Hanks
Sports Editor
While Mother Nature gave a preview of how great this spring could be, the Lenoir Community College baseball team also provided a possible advance look at its 2006 season on Friday.
On a beautiful, warm and sun-splashed day at Lancers Field, LCC used blow-out and come-from-behind victories to top visiting Montgomery-Germantown (Md.), 11-5 and 7-4.
It was a successful debut for LCC coach Stony Wine, who took over the Lancers baseball program from Lind Hartsell in the offseason. But like his highly successful but perfectionist predecessor, Wine said there were many things his Lancers needed to improve to be the kind of team he envisions it can be.
“I’m pleased but you have to realize that we have a lot of work to do,” Wine said. “We started the season on a good note, but fundamentally, our defense left us at times. The hitting was there, but it looks like we need to concentrate some more on ground balls defensively.”
The Lancers (2-0) jumped to an 11-1 lead in the first five innings of the opener before reliever Matt Holloman surrendered four runs (two earned) in the sixth inning to the Gryphons (0-2). Sophomore southpaw Dave Cockroft was dominant in the first game, striking out 12 Gryphons while only giving up two hits an earned run and two walks in five innings.
Wine said the book on Cockroft is to get to him early because he settles down as the game wears on. That was evident in Friday’s game as the crafty lefty gave up his only run and walk on 28 pitches in the first inning before 13 of the final 14 batters he faced. He was also responsible for 14 of the 15 outs while he was in the game as he retired two Gryphons on groundouts to the mound.
“He was confident in what he was doing out there today,” Wine said of Cockroft. “After that first inning when he threw 28 pitches, he calmed down and started throwing it.”
Former South Lenoir star Paul Novicki closed the first game by retiring all three Gryphons he faced in the opener.
The Lancers trailed 4-1 in the nightcap before closing the game with a run in the third, two in the fourth and three in the fifth. Freshman right-hander Trevor Smith went four-plus innings, scattering nine hits and giving up four runs (three earned) to pick up the win in the second game.
Former Greene Central star Jordy Davis came into the game in the sixth with no outs and two Gryphons on base. He forced a flyout, then gave a walk to load the bases before striking out the final two batters of the inning. Former Spring Creek standout Michael Oglesby earned his first save of the season with a one-hit seventh inning that included two strikeouts.
The Lancers scored their 11 runs on nine hits in the first game, led by a 3-for-3, one-RBI day from leadoff batter Chad Dawkins. Freshman first baseman Airlon Vinson and sophomore outfielder J.J. House (Williamston) had two hits each in the opener, which included a two-run home run from Vinson in the third inning. Sophomore Jes Snyder was 1-for-3 with a bases-clearing double in the second inning to finish with three RBIs.
In the second game, LCC scored its seven runs on eight hits and was led by Vinson’s 2-for-3 at the plate and freshman third baseman Jon Jon Mira (Jacksonville) with his 2-for-3, RBI performance.
It was also a great debut for Vinson, who was teased by Wine at Thursday’s practice.
“I told (Vinson) at the end of practice (Thursday) that there were no guaranteed starting positions and his face just fell,” Wine said with a laugh. “When I came in today, I told him, ‘I was just kidding with you.’ ”
The practical joke made Vinson so nervous that he couldn’t eat breakfast on Friday, although he already bought a biscuit at Burger King.
“I tried to eat but couldn’t eat,” Vinson said. “I’ve had a daggone biscuit with me all day. I was too nervous to eat anything.”
Vinson also showed an incredibly humble side of himself when he was asked about his home run in the opening game.
“I reckon the wind was blowing a little bit when I hit that one out,” Vinson said. “I get a few base hits here and there but I don’t know what got into me on that one.”
LCC returns to action in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. today against Florence-Darlington (S.C.) Tech at Lancers Field.
Bryan C. Hanks can be reached at (252) 527-3191, Ext. 250, or at bhanks@freeodmenc.com. Check out Bryan’s blog at http://bhanks.enctoday.com.
Sunday, December 18
Jon Willard Update
Jon Willard is a preseason candidate for the 2006 Wallace Award as the National College Baseball Player of the Year.......he is the only USC nominee, and one of only 12 from the SEC... Here's the link to the story...
Jon has also been named as a 3rd team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association of America (NCBWA)...
Congratulations Jon !!!
Wednesday, April 20
Kory Judd Earns First Win at UNC-G
Kory Judd made his frist collegiate start and earned the win... Click on the headline for the complete story...
Friday, April 1
DeRatt Gets First Win
Alan DeRatt earned his first win of the season as UNC Asheville defeated North Carolina A&T 7-2...
Wednesday, March 30
Willard gets 5th Home Run
Jon Willard hit his 5th home run of the season as USC beats The Citadel before a record crowd in Charleston...
Monday, March 28
Kory Judd
Kory Judd made his first appearance for UNC Greensboro on Saturday... 3 1/3 innings of effective relief...
Tuesday, March 22
Scott Casey Update
Scott Casey (2002) is playing baseball at Oglethorpe Uninversity in Atlanta... Scott plays 1st base and left field, and has started every game so far this season. Here is the link for Oglethorpe University Baseball...
Tuesday, March 22
Alan DeRatt Update
Alan DeRatt (2004) is making a solid contribution at UNC-Asheville. Alan is currently 2nd in three offensive categories... batting average, slugging percentage, and on base percentage... Alan has been playing 3rd base and doing some pitching... Here's the link to the UNC-Asheville baseball stats....
Tuesday, March 22
Willard Update
Jon Willard (2003) is currently 4th in the SEC in both batting average and slugging percentage. Jon leads the South Carolina team in both categories and has 4 home runs in 18 games.... Here's a link to the South Carolina stats...
Wednesday, March 9
Willard Leads SEC in Slugging
Jon Willard (2003) is currently leading the SEC in slugging percentage, and is 2nd in batting average... Here's a link to the SEC statistics...
Sunday, March 6
Willard Leads South Carolina Offense
Jon Willard is leading the South Carolina baseball team in batting average, total bases, and slugging percentage. He currently has a nine game hitting streak... Check out the South Carolina Baseball website, or click on the headline...
Sunday, February 20
Cale Strickland Update
Cale Stickland is hitting well with runners in scoring position, and North Carolina Wesleyan is off to a 5-3 start. Click on the headline for more...
Sunday, February 20
Greg Jones Update
Greg Jones was the starting pitcher in Spartanburg Methodist College's first game of the season. Greg went 2 1/3 innings, allowing a home run, but the Pioneers won the game...
Click on the headline for more...
Monday, February 14
Kory Judd - NCHSAA Record Book
Kory Judd has finally been recognized in the NCHSAA Record Book for his accomplishments during the 2004 season (ERA), as well as his career ERA...
This took a while, but it's there now... check it out...
Also note that David Cockroft and Jon Willard are also in the record book...
Green Hope is also in the team record area, on the losing side of a home run fest at Fuquay-Varina in 2003...
Click on the headline to go to the NCHSAA Record Book....
Tuesday, February 15
Steve Newton Update
Steve Newton is off to a good start at Young Harris College... Steve is 3 for 10 with a home run over the first 11 games of the season. Young Harris is 10-1...
Sunday, February 20
Jon Willard Update
Jon Willard is off to a good start at South Carolina... He is 7/14 with a home run in 4 games...
Click on the headline to link to the South Carolina website...
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