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Archive for May, 2008

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Jackson State Wins 2008 SWAC Commissioner’s Cup

Jackson State Wins 2008 SWAC Commissioner’s Cup

The Jackson State University athletic department captured the 2007 – 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Cup – the James Frank Award – as they amassed the most points in the all-sports competition.
Jackson State earned 164 total points as they won the award for the second consecutive year. The Lady Tigers claimed championships in track and [...]

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Texas Southern Heads to Baton Rouge for NCAA Regional

Texas Southern Heads to Baton Rouge for NCAA Regional

Houston, Tx – The Texas Southern Tigers baseball team heads for Baton Rouge , Louisiana to compete in the 2008 NCAA Division I Regional Championship. The regional is double elimination and it is hosted by LSU.
TSU is the fourth seed in the tournament and they will play first seed LSU on Friday, May 30th at [...]

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Alabama State's Kyle Demester Selected for NCAA Student-Athlete Conference

Alabama State’s Kyle Demester Selected for NCAA Student-Athlete Conference

Kyle Demester’s golf game has never been better. Only last month he finished fourth in the SWAC championship golf tournament. Off the course, he is even more impressive.
Demester continues to carry a perfect 4.0 average in the Alabama State University College of Business. And, now his achievements have garnered national attention.
The NCAA Student-Athlete Development Conference [...]

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Texas Southern wins the 2008 SWAC Baseball Championship

Texas Southern wins the 2008 SWAC Baseball Championship

Baton Rouge, La. – The Tigers of Texas Southern defeated Prairie View A&M 12-11 in the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament championship game in Lee-Hines Stadium on the campus of Southern University.
The Tigers (16-32) cruised through the tournament in the winner’s bracket with a 4-0 tournament record. This is Texas Southern’s second title since [...]

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Prairie View A&M, Texas Southern advance to 2008 SWAC Baseball Championship game

Prairie View A&M, Texas Southern advance to 2008 SWAC Baseball Championship game

Baton Rouge, La. – The Tigers of Texas Southern University and Prairie View A&M Panthers will battle for the 2008 SWAC Baseball Tournament Championship on Monday, May 19 at Lee-Hines Stadium on the campus of Southern University.
The Tigers (15-32) have cruised through the tournament with three wins to advance to the championship game. Texas Southern [...]

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Prairie View Takes 2 from Southern to Eliminate the Jaguars

Prairie View Takes 2 from Southern to Eliminate the Jaguars

BATON ROUGE, La.- The Prairie View A&M Panthers captured emotional victories over the Southern Jaguars in Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball action in the two team’s second and third meetings of the tourney.
In game two PVAMU rallied from a deficit to claim a 5-4 win on Southern’s home turf. The win set up a winner take [...]

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Jackson State Fall To Texas Southern in 9-2, Eliminated from SWAC Tourney

Jackson State Fall To Texas Southern in 9-2, Eliminated from SWAC Tourney

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Jackson State baseball team’s run for the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball crown came to an end Sunday afternoon, as the Tigers fell 9-2 to Texas Southern at Lee-Hines Field on the Southern University campus.
With the loss JSU falls to a 37-22 overall record and Texas Southern improves to 15-32.
Texas [...]

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PVAMU's Smith & Ezeh Select to Participant in European Summer League

PVAMU’s Smith & Ezeh Select to Participant in European Summer League

CHICAGO, Illinois – Former Prairie View A&M University basketball players Brian Ezeh and Aaron Smith have been selected to participate in the Eurobasket Summer League which will take place June 26th thru 28th in Chicago.
Both were among a total of 20 Southwestern Athletic Conference basketball players selected to participate. The summer league provides collegiate athletes [...]

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Delta Devils get pelted by Tigers, Suffer First Loss of Tournament

Delta Devils get pelted by Tigers, Suffer First Loss of Tournament

Baton Rouge, LA – The Tigers of Texas Southern University advance in the winner’s bracket of the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament with a, 13-3, pounding of the Delta Devils of Mississippi Valley State.
The Tigers wasted no time jumping onto the scoreboard as they picked up four runs in the top of the first [...]

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Alcorn State Eliminates Alabama State in 2008 SWAC Baseball Tournament

Alcorn State Eliminates Alabama State in 2008 SWAC Baseball Tournament

Baton Rouge , LA —Facing elimination, Alcorn State took control of their destiny and defeated Alabama State 15-4 to survive another day of the2008 SWAC Baseball Tournament. The Hornets were eliminated from the tournament.
The Braves struck early in the first inning with Josh Brumfield scoring an a RBI single by Jabari Graham. Alcorn State scored [...]

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Jackson State Eliminates Grambling State in 2008 SWAC Baseball Tournament

Jackson State Eliminates Grambling State in 2008 SWAC Baseball Tournament

Baton Rouge, La. – Jackson State built a lead early to cruise to a 7-4 victory to over Grambling State at the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament at Lee-Hines Field on Friday afternoon. With their second loss, Grambling State was been eliminated from the tournament. LaDerek Camper, Jerome Tyes and Cortez Cole each had two [...]

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LSU Shuts Out Mississippi Valley State at NCAA Regional

LSU Shuts Out Mississippi Valley State at NCAA Regional

BATON ROUGE — Freshman Casey Faile got it done in the circle and at the plate while junior Dani Hofer returned to action after nearly a month as the No. 9 national seed LSU Tigers defeated Mississippi Valley State, 8-0, in five innings in the first round of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional on Friday [...]

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Alcorn State Makes Coaching Changes in Women’s Basketball

Alcorn State Makes Coaching Changes in Women’s Basketball

Alcorn State, MS—Dr. Darren J. Hamilton has announced coaching changes to the women’s basketball program. Legendary coach, Shirley A. Walker, has been replaced on an interim basis by Jason Cable. Walker, who has headed the program for the past 30 years, posted a record of 492-332. Under her tenure, Alcorn State has captured 11 Southwestern [...]

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Grambling Tabs Rick Duckett as New Mens Basketball Coach

Grambling Tabs Rick Duckett as New Mens Basketball Coach

Rick Duckett, formerly of the University of South Carolina and a previous NCAA Division II South Atlantic Coach of the Year, is the new head men’s basketball coach at Grambling State University, Director of Athletics Troy Mathieu announced on today.
The hiring is pending approval of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System.
“Coach [...]

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Donnita Drain Named Women's Basketball Coach at Grambling

Donnita Drain Named Women’s Basketball Coach at Grambling

Grambling State University Director of Athletics Troy Mathieu announced Thursday that Donnita Drain, the architect of the Langston University basketball revival and the reigning two-time Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Region III Coach of the Year, as the new head women’s basketball coach of Grambling State University.
The hiring of Drain, a native of Taloga, Okla., is [...]

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2008 Baseball Tournament - Weather Delayed

2008 Baseball Tournament – Weather Delayed

Baton Rouge, LA—Play has been suspended on day one of the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament due to inclement weather.
Game two featuring Alcorn State (Eastern Division #2) and Prairie View A&M (Western Division #3) was underway when play was suspended. The Braves were up 2-1 over the Panthers when play was ended in the [...]

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2008 Baseball Tournament - Mississippi Valley State vs Grambling

2008 Baseball Tournament – Mississippi Valley State vs Grambling

Baton Rouge, LA– The opening game of the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament provided plenty of fireworks as the #3 Eastern Division seed Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils pounded out a 12-2 victory over the #2 Western Division seed Grambling State Tigers. The Tigers broke a scoreless game in the bottom of the third inning [...]

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2008 SWAC Baseball All-Conference Team

2008 SWAC Baseball All-Conference Team

The 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball All-Conference team votes have been tallied and Prairie View A&M’s Myrio Richard was named Player of the Year while Jackson State’s Charles Williams was named Pitcher of the Year. Joel Del Grande of Alcorn State took both Newcomer of the Year and Outstanding Hitter of the Year honors and [...]

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MVSU to play LSU in NCAA Softball Regionals

MVSU to play LSU in NCAA Softball Regionals

The Mississippi Valley State Devilettes (28-26: five-time defending Southwestern Athletic Conference softball champions) will travel to Baton Rouge, La., to face on the ninth-ranked LSU Tigers (42-16: SEC at-large bid) in opening-round action of the 2008 NCAA Softball Tournament.
The double-elimination regional will be held May 16 & 18 at Tiger Park on the LSU campus. [...]

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2008 SWAC Baseball Tournament brackets are set

2008 SWAC Baseball Tournament brackets are set

Jackson State, Southern grab top seeds
The bracket has been set for the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament at Lee-Hines Field on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. The top four teams from the Eastern Division along with the top four teams from the Western Division will participate in the five-day event. [...]

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Lady Braves fall to No. 3 Lady Jackets, 4-0

Lady Braves fall to No. 3 Lady Jackets, 4-0

Atlanta, GA—Georgia Tech outlasted Alcorn State, 4-0 in the opening round of the NCAA Tennis Tourney. The Jackets got things moving quickly as they won the point in the doubles competition. The Lady Braves attempted to dig themselves of the hole during singles but Georgia Tech’s tenacity overtook Alcorn State. Georgia Tech earned their second [...]