Talladega College twice defeated Concordia College (Selma) at home to start its 2016 baseball season yesterday. Talladega won the first game 9-3 then finished off the Hornets in game two, 15-2. Talladega (2-0), the No. 8th ranked team in Black…
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Stillman Head Coach Gets First Career Win With Upset of Nationally Ranked Mercyhurst
Stillman College traveled to Emerson, Georgia opening its 2016 season with an upset split against a highly ranked Mercyhurst University in the Perfect Game Spring Swing. The game one win gave Julius McDougal his first head coaching victory as the…
Three HBCU Programs Open 2016 College Baseball Season Victorious
Clark Atlanta University, Concordia College (Selma) and Paine College baseball teams played their respective 2016 season openers as all three Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball teams split with their opponents to start the college baseball season. Concordia College…
HBCU 2016 Baseball Opening Day
HBCU baseball opening weekend is scheduled for Saturday, January 30, 2016. Plenty of good programs will be in action opening day with five scheduled games highlighting many key storylines. Can Clark Atlanta University spoil a Concordia College (AL) triumphant home opener? Will…
Is Norfolk State’s Matt Outman For Real?
Heading into his twelfth season as head coach of the Norfolk State University baseball program, Claudell Clark has done a good job of turning tools into skills. One such project has been Matt Outman, the Spartans pitching ace who had…
2016 Could Be Big Year For MEAC Pitching
There’s plenty of talent returning to the pitching mound in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) for the 2016 season. Pitching could have a big say in whether teams contend for a division title, make a good run for the conference…
FAMU Baseball Picked To Win MEAC Southern Division
The Norfolk State Spartans and Florida A&M Rattlers were predicted to win the 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) baseball northern and southern divisions, respectively, the conference announced today. All preseason honors were voted on by the conference’s head baseball coaches…
Norfolk State Baseball: Spartans Picked To Win North; Outman Preseason Pitcher Of The Year
The Norfolk State baseball team has been picked to win the MEAC Northern Division title for the second consecutive year, and senior pitcher Matt Outman was tabbed the preseason Pitcher of the Year in voting released by the conference on…
Edward Waters College Second Annual Alumni Game
The Edward Waters’ baseball program recently held its second annual alumni game on January 16, 2016. Twenty-two former baseball players participated and were coached by former EWC coaches Al and Carl Burden. The day featured a home run derby…
Top HBCU Base Stealing Programs
Two HBCU baseball programs have made base stealing an art, Texas Southern University, the NCAA statistical champion in stolen bases per game this past season and Benedict College, nicknamed “The Base Stealing Bandits”. Texas Southern stole 136 bases during the…