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 December 6,
2006
Rhodes' baseball most improved team in Division III in 2006
(From Rhodes' website)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -
The 2006 Rhodes Baseball team was recognized
as the most improved team in Division III after posting a 28-15 record.
The Lynx had a 15 game improvement over the 2005 season.
Complete Release
 August 11,
2006
Former SCAC pitchers
performing well in professional ranks
John Fox from
Millsaps College and Adam Frey from Trinity University are both making
significant contributions for their respective clubs in United League
Baseball - an independent baseball league which operates in the
Southeastern United States.
Fox Release
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Frey Release
 August
2, 2006
Stahl resigns as
Hendrix baseball coach; Thomas named as interim coach
(From Hendrix's
website)
CONWAY,
Ark.
- Lane Stahl,
head baseball coach at Hendrix College for the past three seasons, has
resigned his position and will return to his home state of Texas. Stahl
will join the baseball staff at East Texas Baptist University.
Complete Release
 June 16, 2006
Southwestern's Caudill signs
with MLB Reds
(From Southwestern's website)
GEORGETOWN, Texas
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Southwestern University
senior pitcher Chris Caudill
signed a free-agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds organization late
last week. He will begin his career in Billings, Montana with the Reds
short-season Class A team.
Complete Release
 June 7, 2006
Millsaps'
Wetzel drafted by Padres
(From Millsaps'
website)
JACKSON, Miss.
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Millsaps College outfielder
Garner Wetzel was chosen in the 18th round of the Major League Baseball
First-Year Player Draft by the San Diego Padres. Wetzel, a native of
Gulfport, Miss., was the 543rd overall pick in the 2006 Draft.
Complete Release
 June 1, 2006
Wetzel named First Team ABCA/Rawlings
All-American
MT. PLEASANT, Mich.
- Millsaps College senior outfielder Garner Wetzel was selected as an ABCA/Rawlings
First-Team All-America recipient in an announcement made earlier in the
week.
Complete Release
 May
20, 2006
Millsaps swept out of Central
Regional
(From Washington (Mo.)
University's website)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -
Needing one win to
advance to the Division III College World Series for the first time in
program history, Millsaps College came up just short. Aurora University
defeated the second-seeded Majors 8-6 and 12-11 to win the NCAA Division
III Central Region Championship on Saturday at Kelly Field on the campus
of Washington University.
Complete Release
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Game 1 Box Score
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Game 2 Box Score
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Championships Website
May
19, 2006
George Fox ends Trinity's
season at NCAA West Regional
(From Trinity's website)
ORANGE, Calif. -
Trinity's baseball
team was defeated 11-5 by George Fox University at the NCAA West Regional
Tournament on Friday evening.
Complete Release
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Box Score
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Championships Website
May
19, 2006
Millsaps advances to Central
Region Final with 13-5 win over Mt. St. Joseph
(From Washington (Mo.)
University's website)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -
Second-seeded Millsaps
College defeated sixth-seeded College of Mount St. Joseph, 13-5, on Friday
at Kelly Field to
advance to the NCAA Central Region Championship game. The Majors won their
third-straight Regional game to improve to 37-11 overall.
Complete Release
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Box Score
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Championships Website
May
18, 2006
Trinity drops 7-2 decision to
Chapman
(From Trinity's website)
ORANGE, Calif. -
The host Chapman University
Panthers beat the second-seeded Trinity University Tigers 7-2 Thursday in
the double-elimination NCAA Division III West Region tournament at Hart
Park.
Complete Release
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Box Score
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Championships Website
May
18, 2006
Millsaps remains undefeated
with 11-3 thrashing of Aurora
(From Washington (Mo.)
University's website)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -
Second-seeded Millsaps
College defeated fourth-seeded Aurora University, 11-3, Thursday at the
NCAA Central Region Championship at Kelly Field. With the win, Millsaps
improves to 36-11 and advances to play College of Mount St. Joseph at 10
a.m. on Friday.
Complete Release
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Box Score
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Championships Website
May
17, 2006
Trinity beats Texas Lutheran
at NCAA Regional
(From Trinity's website)
ORANGE, Calif. -
The second-seeded
Trinity University Tigers beat the No. 5 Texas Lutheran University
Bulldogs 11-4 Wednesday in the opening day of the NCAA Division III West
Region Championship at Hart Park.
Complete Release
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Box Score
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Championships Website
May
17, 2006
Millsaps routs Webster 15-1 in
NCAA opener
(From Washington (Mo.)
University's website)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -
Second-seeded Millsaps
College defeated fifth-seeded Webster University, 15-1, Wednesday at the
NCAA Central Region Championship in St. Louis. With the win, Millsaps
improves to 35-11 overall, while Webster falls to 26-17.
Complete Release
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Box Score
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Championships Website
 May 17, 2006
Wetzel of Millsaps; Flanagan of Rhodes
headline
2006 All-SCAC Baseball Team
SUWANEE, Ga. -
Garner Wetzel of Millsaps
College was named the league’s Offensive Player-of-the-Year for the second
consecutive year and Robert Flanagan of Rhodes College became the school’s
first player to be selected Pitcher-of-the-Year in exclusive 2006
all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) voting by the
conference’s head coaches. In that same balloting, Trinity University head
coach Tim Scannell was named the SCAC Coach-of-the-Year – the third time
that the Tigers’ skipper has received the honor.
Complete Release
May
14, 2006
Millsaps, Trinity each earn
No. 2 seeds in NCAA Baseball Tournament
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -
The NCAA Division III
Baseball Committee has announced the teams that will compete in the 2006
NCAA Division III Baseball Championship and both Millsaps and Trinity were
tabbed as two seeds in their respective regions.
Complete Release
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Millsaps Release
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Trinity Release
May
4, 2006
Millsaps tops in South;
Trinity second in West in first NCAA Regional Poll
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.
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The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has released this
week’s Division III baseball regional rankings and Millsaps College leads
the pack in the South while Trinity University is second in the West.
Complete Release
 May
4, 2006
Co-Champs Millsaps and Trinity dominate 2006
All-Tournament Baseball Voting
Majors get
six selections; Tigers four
SEWANEE, Tenn. -
Rain forced the
cancellation of the 2006 SCAC Baseball Tournament final, creating a
co-championship between Millsaps College and Trinity University. It is the
first time since 1990 – when the league used a round-robin format to
determine its champion – that the conference baseball tournament has ended
with a split champion.
Complete Release
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Festival
Baseball Website
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Tournament Statistics
 May 3, 2006
Southwestern's Gelotti headlines
Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference's
15th anniversary Baseball team
SUWANEE, Ga. –
Southwestern University outfielder Matt Gelotti highlights an impressive list of past
standouts named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s 15th
Anniversary baseball team.
Complete Release
  March
2, 2006
Trinity to
10th; Millsaps remains 14th in ABCA poll
In this week's American Baseball Coaches
Poll (ABCA), Trinity University (33-10) moved up one position to enter the
top 10 while Millsaps College (34-11) remained at No. 14 for the second
consecutive week. Trinity received 160 points in the voting process, while Millsaps
received 127 points. The two teams shared the 2006 SCAC title after rain
washed away the final and championship game last weekend at Sewanee.
Complete Release
April
30, 2006
Weather forces
Millsaps and Trinity to share 2006 SCAC Baseball title
Trinity receives
NCAA automatic bid
SEWANEE, Tenn. -
While playing on a bitter cold, rainy Sunday
afternoon on the Cumberland Plateau, the Trinity University and Millsaps
College bats were hot. The two teams combined for 28 runs, 32 hits and
used 10 pitchers in the process.
Complete Release
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Festival
Baseball Website
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Tournament Statistics
April
24, 2006
Rose-Hulman Selected
to Host NCAA Division III Baseball Regional for Second Straight Year
(From Rose-Hulman's
website)
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- For the second straight year,
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has been selected to
serve as a regional site for the upcoming NCAA Division III Baseball
Tournament.
Complete Release
April
18, 2006
SCAC has three regionally ranked
Millsaps College, Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology and Trinity University are all ranked in the
American Baseball Coaches Association Division
III regional poll for April 18-May 1.
Complete Release
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Rose-Hulman Release
April
18, 2006
Trinity to
11th; Millsaps enters at 14th in third ABCA poll
In the third American Baseball Coaches
Poll (ABCA) of the 2006 regular season, the SCAC had two teams take huge
strides up the rankings. Trinity University (29-9) moved from 20th to 11th
while Millsaps College (26-9), not ranked two weeks ago, entered the poll
at No. 14. Trinity received 144 points in the voting process, while
Millsaps, fresh off a double-header sweep at then top-ranked Emory
University, received 138 points.
Complete Release
April
17, 2006
Four
teams lock up SCAC Baseball Tournament spots
Rose-Hulman in East; Trinity, Millsaps
and Rhodes in West
Entering the final
conference weekend, four of the six berths to the 2006 SCAC
Baseball Tournament have been wrapped up. Rose-Hulman is the first
team in the East to qualify while the West is settled with Trinity, Millsaps
and Rhodes earning trips to the 2006 SCAC Spring Sports Festival.
Complete Standings
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2006 Baseball Tournament Bracket
April
14, 2006
Millsaps defeats No. 1 Emory
ATLANTA, Ga.
- Garner Wetzel had
two home runs and drove in four as Millsaps (25-9) defeated the nation's
top-ranked team, Emory (Ga.) University (29-5), 6-5 in 10 innings in a
non-conference game Friday at Emory.
Box Score
April
13, 2006
Trinity's Huggins receives
national honor
Trinity first team to have two players with weekly honors this season
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers
Association has announced its sixth NCAA Division III National Players of the Week for the 2006
season, with top honors
going to outfielder Jake Bell of
Mississippi College and southpaw Chuck Huggins of Trinity University for
April 3-9.
Complete Release
April
3, 2006
Trinity slips to 20th in
ABCA poll
In the second American Baseball Coaches
Poll (ABCA) of the 2006 regular season, Trinity University (22-8) is
ranked 20th. The Tigers, who received 89 points in the voting process,
were 18th last week. No other SCAC school received votes.
Complete Release
 March
31, 2006
SCAC sweeps National
Baseball POTW awards; Trinity's Sowyrda, Southwestern's Mendel receive
honors
The
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association has announced its fourth
NCAA Division III National Players of the Week for the 2006 season, with
top honors going to a pair of Texas athletes, first baseman/designated
hitter J.B. Sowyrda of Trinity and right-hander Matt Mendel of
Southwestern University for Mar. 20-26.
Complete Release
March
27, 2006
Trinity ranked 18th in
first ABCA regular season poll
In the first American Baseball Coaches
Poll (ABCA) of the 2006 regular season, Trinity University (20-7) is
ranked 18th. The Tigers received 107 points in the voting process.
Millsaps College (19-6) was among a group of five schools that received
votes but did not make the top 30. No SCAC school was ranked in the
preseason poll.
Complete Release
 March
16, 2006
Sewanee's Woods named National
Pitcher-of-the-Week
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers
Association has announced its second weekly award winners for the 2006
NCAA Division III season, with top honors going to outfielder Troy Beaver
of Juniata College and right-handed pitcher Matt Woods of
Sewanee-University of the South for Mar. 6-12.
Woods, a senior from Decatur, Ga., tossed a six-hit, complete game shutout
as the Tigers defeated Oglethorpe 11-0 on Friday.
Complete Release
 February
14, 2006
Millsaps' Page wins 400th game
JACKSON, Miss.
- Millsaps College defeated Mississippi
College 16-1 on Tuesday at Smith-Wills Stadium - giving Majors' head coach
Jim Page the 400th win of his career. The win also gives Millsaps the
early lead in the three-way Maloney Series race between Millsaps,
Mississippi College and Belhaven College.
Complete Release
February
7, 2006
Millsaps selected to repeat as SCAC Baseball Champions
SUWANEE, Ga.
- Based on voting
by the head coaches in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC),
Millsaps College is the favorite to win the 2006 conference baseball
championship. The Majors, who won the SCAC Tournament a year ago at
Hendrix, received seven of the 10 coaches’ votes. Southwestern University
received two votes while Trinity University picked up the remaining vote.
Complete Release
 February
1, 2006
Millsaps' Wetzel
named Baseball America
Preseason Division III Player-of-the-Year
(From Millsaps'
website)
JACKSON, Miss. — Garner Wetzel, a senior from Gulfport, Miss.,
was recently named as the pre-season candidate for NCAA Division III
Player of the Year in the latest issue of
Baseball America. Wetzel, who
started at shortstop for the Millsaps Majors last season, was also
included on the Division III Pre-Season All-American Team as the starting
shortstop.
Complete Release
January 31, 2006
SCAC releases 2006 Baseball schedule
SUWANEE, Ga. -
The 2006 SCAC baseball composite
schedule is available and can be accessed by clicking
here.
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