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.

Southern Miss Trio Tosses No-Hitter

A trio of Southern Miss pitchers tossed the first no-hitter in Conference USA Tournament history in the Golden Eagles 6-0 win over Rice in the C-USA semifinals on Saturday. With the win, USM advances to Sunday’s championship game against regular-season champion FAU. The Golden Eagles likely need a win on Sunday to make the NCAA Tournament.

Gabe Shepard threw 7 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball, striking out a career-best 12 and allowing only base runner on a lead off walk in the sixth inning.

Cody Carroll retired both batters he faced in the eighth inning and Hunter Stanley worked a perfect ninth inning to complete the first no-hitter by a C-USA team since UCF in 2008.

It was the seventh no-hitter in USM history and first by a Golden Eagles pitcher since Cliff Russum had a no-hitter against Eastern Illinois in 2004.

College Baseball Notebook (May 12-13)

Jacksonville State had a week to remember with four consecutive walk-off wins over Georgia and SIU Edwardsville … Samford wrapped up its first Southern Conference regular season championship with a sweep of Western Carolina … Navy and Army will square off this week for the Patriot League Championship with a best-of-three series in Annapolis.

 Here is Sunday and Monday’s college baseball notebook: 

College Baseball Notebook (May 11)

Ball State got a combined no-hitter from John Baker (7 IP) and Lukas Jaksich (2 IP) in the 5-0 win over Ohio … It was the 11^th Division I no-hitter this season and second in the last four days … It was the third no-hitter in program history … Jacksonville State recorded its third straight walk-off win with a 3-2 victory over SIU Edwardsville … Third baseman Nic Gaddis hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth … Navy posted the 2000^th win in school history in the Patriot League playoff win over Lafayette … Austin Peay hit six home runs in its 29-5 win at Eastern Illinois … Georgia Southern scored 27 runs in the double header sweep of Arkansas State … Georgia Tech catcher Kyle McCann hit two home runs in the Yellow Jackets 15-3 win at Duke … Indiana hit three home runs in a 10-6 series-clinching win at Michigan … It was the first series loss of the season for the Wolverines … Missouri State overcame a seven-run deficit to defeat Evansville 10-9. The Bears trailed 8-1 after five innings before scoring nine runs in its final four at-bats.

Here is Saturday’s college baseball notebook:

College Baseball Midweek Recaps

Saint Peter’s pitcher/DH Hunter Mason hit a walk off 2-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Peacocks an 8-6 win. It was Mason’s second home run of the game. He also hit a 2-run homer in the first inning. Mason was also the winning pitcher with two scoreless innings in relief … Texas Tech rallied from a 9-run deficit to defeat UT Rio Grande Valley 19-11 to earn a split in the midweek series … UTRGV scored nine runs in the second inning to take a 9-0 lead … NAIA Conference Tournaments are underway across the nation … Master’s (NAIA) shortstop Aaron Shackleford went 4-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs in a 16-4 elimination game win over Westmont in the GSAC Tournament … Shackleford has 28 home runs and 97 RBIs this season.

Here are Wednesday’s college baseball highlights:

College Baseball Notebook (April 28)

Texas State has won 10 straight games, the longest active winning streak in Division I baseball … The Bobcats are averaging 10 runs per game during the streak and have swept Arkansas State and UL Lafayette in back-to-back Sun Belt Conference series … Michigan has won eight straight games, the second-longest winning streak in Division I baseball … UM has swept Northwestern and Rutgers the last two weeks in Big Ten play … This is Michigan’s second 8-game winning streak of the season … The Wolverines opened the season with eight straight wins … Purdue Fort Wayne has a 15-game losing streak, the longest active streak in Division I .. The Mastadons (0-21 Summit) are the only Division I team without a conference win this season … Purdue Fort Wayne has lost 36 straight games to Division I opponents … Arkansas Pine Bluff (12), The Citadel (12), San Jose State (10) and Illinois State (10) also ended the week with double-digit losing streaks … New Mexico and Fresno State played to a 6-6 tie on Sunday, the ninth tie game of the season in Division I baseball … The game was called after nine innings due to the travel curfew … Nevada second baseman Keaton Smith hit for the cycle in the 26-15 win over Air Force. Smith went 4-for-7 with three runs scored and two RBIs … It was the 13th Division I cycle this year … Bellevue (Nebraska) senior JT Patterson recorded his third three-home run game of the season (NAIA record) in Sunday’s 16-0 win over Waldorf … Creighton senior LHP Denson Hull threw a complete-game shutout (7 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 5 K) in the 5-0 win over Xavier … Navy (34-15, 18-7) clinched the Patriot League regular season title with a 5-1 win over Lafayette. Navy is the first Division I team to clinch a conference championship this season … Oral Roberts outscored Purdue Fort Wayne 49-2 in the three-game series sweep … Penn State Harrisonburg (Division 3) hit 12 home runs in its weekend sweep of Frostburg State … Yale left-hander Kumar Nambair tossed his second consecutive complete-game shutout in the 4-0 win over Dartmouth … Saint Peter’s picked up its third win of the season with a 5-1 win over Fairleigh Dickinson … The Peacocks (3-36) have surpassed their  win total from the previous two seasons.

Here are Sunday’s college baseball highlights:

College Baseball Notebook (April 27)

Jackson State (15) and Samford (10) had double-digit win streaks snapped on Saturday … Purdue Fort Wayne (14), Arkansas Pine Bluff (12), Saint Peter’s (12) and The Citadel (10) all have double-digit losing streaks … Purdue Fort Wayne (0-20 Summit League) is the only Division I team without a conference win this season … The Mastadons have lost 35 straight games to Division I opponents … Clemson dropped its eighth straight ACC game with 13-8 loss at Georgia Tech … Fresno State had its seven-game winning streak snapped with an 8-2 loss to New Mexico … Georgia Southern right fielder Mason McWhorter belted two home runs and drove in seven runs in the 16-12 win over South Alabama … Georgia Tech erased a two-run deficit by scoring seven runs in the seventh inning to post a series-clinching 13-8 win over Clemson … Grambling third baseman Jahomi Percival went 4-for-5 with four runs, one home run and six RBI in the 21-16 win over Southern … Kennesaw State scored 31 runs in a double header sweep at New Jersey Tech … Navy junior right-hander Noah Song tossed a four-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts in the 2-0 win over Lehigh … Rice turned a game-ending triple play in a 4-2 win over Louisiana Tech … Tennessee Wesleyan (NAIA) won its 18th consecutive Appalachian Athletic Conference regular season championship.

Here are Saturday’s college baseball highlights:

College Baseball Notes (April 12)

UCLA first baseman Michael Toglia was a one-man wrecking crew in the No. 1 Bruins 7-5 win over No. 9 East Carolina at Jackie Robison Field … Toglia (3-4, R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI) gave the Bruins the 7-5 lead with a 2-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning … He smacked a game-tying 3-run home run in the sixth inning to even the score at 5-5 … Bellevue (Neb.) University (NAIA) starting pitcher Stephen Knapp threw a 7-inning complete game to extend his scoreless streak to  26.2 innings … Illinois-Chicago senior right fielder Scott Ota belted two home runs and knocked in seven runs in the Flames 16-2 win over Northern Kentucky … Indiana Wesleyan (NAIA) senior Caleb Eder hit a school record three home runs in a 15-5 win over Bethel (Ind.) … Norfolk State set a program record with 44 runs scored in its double header sweep of Maryland-Eastern Shore … Omaha (13-1) suffered its first Summit League loss of the year in an 8-7 setback to Oral Roberts in the first game of Friday’s double header … Rice scored 10 runs in the second inning and cruised to a 19-4 win at Charlotte … Richmond scored 13 runs in the fifth inning to defeat Dayton 17-5 in the Atlantic 10 series opener.

Here is Friday’s college baseball notebook.

College Baseball Diamond Notes (Mar. 30)

Seton Hall and University of Sciences and Arts Oklahoma (NAIA) both tossed no hitters on Saturday … Five Seton Hall pitchers combined on the school’s third no-hitter in the last four years … Seton Hall pitched the fifth no-hitter in Division I baseball this season … USAO tossed its second no-hitter of the season on Saturday … It was the 13^th no-hitter in NAIA baseball this year … Radford right fielder Adam Szamski had a historic day, going 6-for-6 with two doubles, two home runs and eight RBIs in the win over Winthrop … He tied the school record with six hits and 14 total bases … Indiana hit nine home runs in the 20-5 win over Maryland.

Here is a look at Saturday’s college baseball highlights.

SEC Recaps (Tuesday, March 19)

It was a perfect night in SEC baseball on Tuesday as the league posted a 13-0 non-conference slate. No. 11 Arkansas cruised to an 11-4 win at No. 9 Texas. The Razorbacks got a grand slam from Christian Franklin and a solo home run from Heston Kjerstad in the six-run second inning. Auburn ran its winning streak to 14 games with a 13-5 win at UAB. Georgia won its 10^th straight game with an 11-1 win over Georgia State. Alabama’s T.J. Reeves hit an inside-the-park home run in the Crimson Tide’s 16-0 win over Maine. Jake Mangum had five hits in the Miss. State’s win over Little Rock. TJ Hopkins hit two home runs in South Carolina’s 12-5 win at Furman.

Here are Tuesday’s SEC baseball recaps.