College Baseball Notebook (Feb. 21)

A perfect game, two no-hitters and one triple play highlight Friday’s NCAA college baseball action.

Duke RHP Bryce Jarvis threw the first perfect game in Duke history in the 8-0 win over Cornell. Ottawa (NAIA) RHP Jared Gray fired the seventh no-hitter in school history in a 7-0 win over Ecclesia. A trio of Ole Miss pitchers fired a no-hitter in the series-opening win over Xavier.

Sam Houston State turned an around-the-horn triple play on Friday. It was their since 2017.

NCAA Division I Automatic Qualifiers

Here is the list of the 2019 NCAA Division I automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Tournament. The remaining at-large teams, top-16 national seeds, first-round regional pairings and site assignments will be announced at noon (ET), Monday, May 27. The one-hour program will be shown live on ESPNU. The committee will set the entire 64-team bracket through both the super regionals and the first round of the College World Series and will not reseed the field after play begins.

College Baseball Notebook (May 26)

There were 11 NCAA Tournament tickets punched on Saturday … Another 13 tickets will be punched on Sunday … Arizona closed the regular-season with a three-game sweep at Washington State. The Wildcats won their 10th straight game with a 15-7 win on Saturday … Central Michigan captured the MAC Tournament championship with a 6-0 win over Ball State … The Chippewas have won 18 straight games, the longest active streak in Division I baseball … Coastal Carolina scored 36 runs in a pair of wins over UL Monroe (W 26-10, W 10-6) to advance to Sun Belt championship game against Georgia Southern … Creighton won its first ever Big East Tournament championship with a 9-8 win over No. 2 seed Xavier … Indiana State won its first Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship since 1995 with a pair of wins over Dallas Baptist … Jacksonville State won the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship with a 10-3 win over Morehead State. The Gamecocks enter the NCAA Tournament with a 12-game winning streak … Loyola Marymount won the West Coast Conference Tournament with a 4-2, 10-inning win over St. Mary’s … LMU advances to NCAA Regionals for first time since 2000 … McNeese State won the Southland Conference Tournament with a 4-1 win over Central Arkansas. The Cowboys are headed to the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2003 … Omaha won its first-ever Summit League Tournament championship with a 4-0 win over Oral Roberts … UC Irvine shortstop Christian Koss went 6-for-6 with six runs scored, one double, one home run and two RBIs in the 22-7 win over UC Riverside.

College Baseball Notebook (May 24)

A number of NCAA Tournament bids on the line as 14 different conferences could decide their tournament champion on Saturday … Arizona continued its late-season push for an NCAA Tournament bid with its ninth straight win at Washington State … Cal Poly designated hitter Conagher Sands had a double, home run and three RBIs in the Mustangs posted a 4-3 series-clinching win over UC Santa Barbara … Cal Poly wins the Big West title with a win over UCSB on Saturday … Central Michigan won its 18^th straight game to reach the MAC Championship game … Coastal Carolina Zach Biermann and Kyle Skeels combined for  five home runs and 9 RBIs in the Chanticleers 14-13 win over UT Arlington in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament …. Zach Biermann hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning … Creighton hit a Big East Tournament record six home runs in its 17-13 win over St. John’s … Georgia Tech redshirt junior utility man Tristan English fired two no-hit innings and delivered a walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Yellow Jackets to a 5-4 win over Duke at the ACC Tournament … Jacksonville State extended its winning streak to 11 games with an 8-4 win over Austin Peay in the OVC Tournament … Ohio outlasted Miami-Ohio 6-5 in 17 innings at the MAC Tournament … Stetson scored five runs in the top of the 16th inning to outlast Jacksonville 6-1 in the winners bracket final at the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament … Wichita State first baseman Mason O’Brien  smacked two home runs and drove in six runs as the Shockers eliminated top seed East Carolina from the American Athletic Conference Tournament with a 13-5 win.

Here is Friday’s college baseball notebook:

SEC Baseball Recaps (Tuesday, April 16)

A full slate of SEC baseball on Tuesday spilled into Wednesday morning as Georgia won an epic 20-inning thriller over Clemson at Foley Field in Athens. Connor Tate delivered the walk-off single in the bottom of the 20^th inning to score Tucker Maxwell with the winning run to cap the six-hour and 33-minute game.

The 20-inning game was longest game for both Clemson and Georgia, and it was the second-longest game in the NCAA this season. Penn defeated Dartmouth 21-15 in 21 innings on April 6, 2019.

Georgia tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning in a bizarre play down the left field line. Cam Shepherd doubled into the left field corner to send pinch-runner Steven Minter to third base. Clemson left fielder Chad Fairly accidentally threw the ball into the ground as the ball slipped out of his hand, and both runners scored on the error.

Clemson (26) and Georgia (24) set school records for most strikeouts in a game. The teams combined for 50 strikeouts in the game, one shy of the single-game NCAA record.

The teams combined to use 30 position player and 15 pitchers in the 20-inning game. Clemson used 13 position players and seven pitchers, while Georgia used 17 position players and seven pitchers.

Overall the SEC posted a 10-4 record on Tuesday night. The league split the four SEC-ACC matchups, with Georgia (Clemson) and South Carolina (North Carolina) posting wins, and Auburn (at Georgia Tech) and Kentucky (Louisville) suffering losses.

Here are Tuesday’s SEC baseball recaps.

College Baseball Notebook (April 13)

Saint Louis senior right hander Cody Luther threw a 9-inning no hitter in the Billikens 5-0 win over St. Bonaventure … It was the first 9-inning no-hitter by SLU since 1961 … Florida State and Louisville picked up huge ACC series wins … The Seminoles have won the first two games of its home series with Clemson, while Louisville has a road series win at North Carolina State … No. 1 UCLA pulled off a three-game sweep of No. 8 East Carolina this weekend in Los Angeles … The Bruins posted an 8-5 win in Saturday’s first game as first baseman Michael Toglia hit a walk-off 3-run home run … Navy senior right hander Noah Song struck out 11 in 6.1 innings in the 4-1 win over Lehigh … He improved to 7-0 on the season and became the first NCAA pitcher with 100 strikeouts this season … He has 110 strikeouts in 59 innings for Navy … Concordia (Neb.) University (NAIA) junior left-hander Jason Munsch fanned 16 batters (7 innings) in 3-2 win over Jamestown College (Seward, Neb.) … Louisiana Tech has won 10 straight games, the nation’s longest winning streak … Missouri Valley College (NAIA) senior RHP Nick Garcia threw an 11-inning complete game (9 K) in the 3-2 win over No. 13 Central Methodist … St. Thomas (NAIA) swept a three-game series from No. 1 Southeastern this weekend. The No. 10 Bobcats won 7-4, 14-2 and 7-4.

Here is Saturday’s college baseball notebook.

College Baseball Diamond Notes (March 31)

There were two more no-hitters in NAIA baseball on Sunday. NAIA pitchers have thrown 14 no-hitters and one perfect game this season, including three no-hitters this weekend. Mount Marty (SD) College (NAIA) pitcher Blake Svoboda fired a 7-inning no-hitter in the 5-0 win over Morningside (Iowa) College. Waldorf (Iowa) University (NAIA) pitcher Mackenzie Pearson threw a 7-inning no-hitter in the 13-0 win over Dakota State (SD).

Here are Sunday’s college baseball highlights:

College Baseball Diamond Notes (Mar 26)

It was a wild Tuesday night, with numerous upsets on the college baseball landscape. Georgia (4), Oregon State (7), Coastal Carolina (12), Texas (13), LSU (17), Oklahoma (22) and Illinois (25) all lost to unranked teams. Other head scratchers included North Carolina A&T’s 2-0 win at South Carolina, Metro State (NCAA Division II) posting a 17-6 win over Division I foe Northern Colorado and Robert Morris (NAIA) out-slugging Eastern Illinois 14-10. Omaha had its 10-game winning streak snapped with a 12-2 loss at Wichita State.

Here is a look at Tuesday night’s college baseball notebook.