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UCF Baseball Will Face Alabama Sunday In NCAA Tournament From BCU Win

UCF will face Alabama Sunday at noon in Tallahassee in the NCAA Tournament. UCF defeated Alabama earlier this season but lost to Bama yesterday. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) – In a span of three-consecutive pitches in the seventh inning, No. 2 UCF scored five runs and eventually plated...
June 4th, 2011 | Baseball, News, Sports | Read More

UCF Baseball Lose To Alabama But NCAA Tournament Hopes Still Alive

UCF gave a strong effort but lost to Alabama 5-3 in day one of the Tallahassee Regional in the NCAA Tournament. UCF head coach Terry Rooney said after the game “I thought our guys battled all the way through. Certainly any coach will tell you all you want when you get to that last inning is to get...
June 3rd, 2011 | Baseball, News, Sports | Read More

UCF Baseball Heads to Tallahassee To Face Alabama In NCAA Tournament

After the announcement Ronnie Richardson said "We've worked so hard for this day. To know that we are only five wins away from Omaha means that this is just the beginning. Now we've got to go out and take care of business."(Kurt Rivers/KnightNews.com) Despite UCF falling to Rice...
May 30th, 2011 | Baseball, News, Sports | Read More

UCF Baseball Finish Regular Season Strong, C-USA Tournament Next.

Beau Taylor (13) of UCF slammed one out of Jay Bergman Field continuing his 12-game hitting streak. (Kurt Rivers/KnightNews.com) UCF finished the regular season with a 2-1 game series win against Marshall topped off with a deceive 8-1 win last Saturday. The Saturday slug fest was highlighted by back-to-back-to-back...
May 25th, 2011 | Baseball, Sports | Read More

Hicks 6 RBI Leads Knights to Shutout Win Over FAU

Last time the UCF team faced FAU this season, Owls pitcher Jake Meiers kept the Knights in line by going six innings and giving up just two runs. D.J. Hicks (42) of UCF at Jay Bergman Field on February 18 2011 in Orlando, Florida. (Kurt Rivers/KnightNews.com) That was not the case on Tuesday. It...
April 20th, 2011 | Baseball, Sports | Read More

UCF Baseball Upsets No. 4 Florida In Gainesville, 4-3

After getting swept by No. 20 Southern Miss this past weekend, the No. 23 UCF baseball team needed a rebound to get back on track. Darnell Sweeney's 2-run double in the ninth helped UCF top No. 4 Florida, 4-3. (Kurt Rivers) It came just in time on Tuesday. Darnell Sweeny’s  2-run double in...
April 5th, 2011 | Baseball, Sports | Read More

UCF Baseball Grabs Top-25 Ranking at No. 23 in Nation

Add another UCF program to the nationally ranked squads. Ronnie Richardson and the Knights are ranked No. 23 in the nation, their first ranking since 2008. (Kurt Rivers | Knightnews.com) The UCF baseball team climbed into the nation’s elite Monday, nabbing the No. 23 spot in the Collegiate Baseball...
March 28th, 2011 | Baseball, Sports | Read More

UCF Takes First-Ever Series Over Rice With 5-4 Win

The UCF baseball team did something it had never been able to do before: it took a series from Conference USA and college baseball powerhouse Rice. Ronnie Richardson reached base four times against Rice on Sunday in a 5-4 UCF victory. (Kurt Rivers | Knightnews.com) Behind Joe Rodgers perfect ninth inning...
March 28th, 2011 | Baseball, Sports | Read More

Lively, Hicks Help Knights Pull Off Upset Of No. 23 Rice

Freshman pitcher Ben Lively improved to 5-0 and D.J. Hicks went 3-for-4 at the plate as the UCF baseball team pulled off the 7-2 upset over Conference USA rival No. 23 Rice. D.J. Hicks went 3-for-4 at the plate and pitched in relief in a 7-2 win over No. 23 Rice. (Kurt Rivers | Knightnews.com) In his...
March 26th, 2011 | Baseball, Sports | Read More

Hicks Homers Twice, But USF Completes Comeback Against Knights

DJ Hicks did everything he could to help the UCF baseball team get a win against USF on Tuesday. DJ Hicks homered twice on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough to lead UCF past rival USF. (Kurt Rivers/KnightNews.com) At the plate that is. Hicks went deep twice and drove in three runs, but the two-way player...
March 15th, 2011 | Baseball, Sports | Read More
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