BluGrass Baseball Midweek Schedule: April 26

College Baseball

With strong storms predicted for much of the state over the next two days, weather figures to play a major role in midweek college baseball action. Two schools have already postponed or canceled Tuesday games. Check out the midweek schedule as it stands for now below with probable starters listed when available:

Tuesday

4 p.m. — Eastern Kentucky University (14-26) vs. East Tennessee State — RHP Blake Bottoms (0-0 5.68 ERA) — Live Stats
7 p.m. — University of Louisville (22-17) @ University of Kentucky (19-22) — RHP Mike Nastold (3-4, 3.53 ERA) vs. RHP Jordan Cooper (2-1, 4.96 ERA) — Gametracker

Wednesday

2 p.m. — EKU vs. East Tennessee St. — LHP Paul Duncan (0-2, 9.45 ERA) — Live Stats
3 p.m. (CT) — Murray State University (14-23) vs. Mid-Continent University (24-26)
4 p.m. (CT) — Western Kentucky University (25-16) vs. N0. 4 Vanderbilt — RHP Taylor Haydel (5-3, 6.99 ERA) — Live Stats
6:30 p.m. — Morehead State University (7-30) vs. Kentucky Wesleyan College (12-19) — Live Stats

2011 Schedule Breakdown: Morehead State University

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Morehead State University is the latest Kentucky school to release its 2011 baseball schedule. Check out a breakdown of important game and in-state rivalry matchups below:

Feb. 18-20 — @ Western Carolina University — Season opener
Feb. 22 — vs. University of Kentucky — Home Opener
Feb. 25-27 — vs. Purdue University
March 1 — @ University of Louisville
March 4-6 — vs. Indiana, Bradley, Tennessee — University of Tennessee Tournament
March 15 — vs. Georgetown College
March 23 — vs. Pikeville College
April 16-17 — @ Eastern Kentucky University
April 27 — vs. Kentucky Wesleyan College
May 14-15 — vs. Murray State University
May 25-29 — Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

You can see the full schedule here.

Northern Kentucky prepares for D2 tournament

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Northern Kentucky University will begin the 2010 NCAA Division II tournament Thursday as the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region. NKU opens with No. 4 Wayne State at 3 p.m. The Norse finished the season in first place in the East division of the Great Lakes Valley Conference and the league’s second best record. Outfielder Jason Crisper was named the GLVC player of the year, and reliever Kevin Jordan was named the conference pitcher of the year. NKU head coach Todd Asalon was named GLVC coach of the year. Crisper and Jordan have also been named semifinalists for the Tino Martinez Award, which goes to the top NCAA Division II player.

NKU, Bellarmine University and Kentucky Wesleyan College also had several players named to the Great Lakes Valley all conference team. I’ve listed them with position at team below:

First Team — 2B Jeff Bohlen (NKU), 3B Shannon McCormick (NKU), OF Jason Crisper, UT Patrick Brady (Bellarmine), SP Dave Middendorf (NKU), RP Kevin Jordan (NKU)
Second Team — C Brian Erie (NKU), 1B Evan McDole (NKU), 2B Luke Garmon (Kentucky Wesleyan), DH Pat Muth (NKU), SP Jarrett Casey (NKU), SP Ryan Schmidt (NKU)
Third Team — OF Bryan Rose (NKU), OF Jordan White (Kentucky Wesleyan), RP Cory Thomas (Bellarmine)