Valdosta State softball falls short in title bid

The Valdosta State University softball team loses its shot to win a national championship, as the Lady Blazers lost to Hawaii Pacific, 4-3, in the NCAA Division II title game at St. Joseph, Mo. Monday. Also, North Georgia also fell short in its quest to go unbeaten, losing to VSU and Metro State (Colo.). Click here for the complete interactive bracket, as well as recap of the title game here.

GC&SU baseball season ends in heartbreak

The Georgia College & State University baseball team saw its remarkable run in postseason play end in heartbreaking fashion Friday, as the Bobcats fell to Southern Indiana, 3-2, in the national semifinals of the NCAA Division II World Series at Cary, N.C. GC&SU shut out the Screaming Eagles, 3-2, to force a re-match against that same team.

Game summaries (courtesy of GCSUBobcats.com)

GC&SU 3, Southern Indiana 0 (Thursday)

Southern Indiana 3, GC&SU 2 (Friday)

Bobcats keep season going, eliminate Tampa

The Georgia College & State University baseball team's dream season continues. Monday, the Bobcats eliminated the University of Tampa, 2-1, to advance to the next round of action Wednesday. That's when they'll face either UC San Diego or Central Missouri.

Click here for the details, courtesy of GCSUBobcats.com

Baseball World Series/Softball Super Regional Update

GC&SU Baseball drops heartbreaker to UC San Diego, 3-2

Article courtesy of GCSUBobcats.com

North Georgia Softball: Still undefeated at 50-0

Article courtesy of SaintsSports.com

Valdosta State outlasts Arkansas-Monticello, wins South Region title

Article courtesy of the Valdosta (Ga.) Daily Times

GC&SU Baseball ready for D-II World Series

Less than a week after crushing top seed and host Francis Marion to win the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional, it's back to work for the Georgia College & State University baseball team. The Bobcats (39-15) open the D-II World Series against UC San Diego this afternoon (Saturday) at 5 p.m. EDT.

Click here for the D-II World Series interactive bracket.

Click here to listen to live play-by-play of the Bobcats.

Softball Super Regional Previews

The NCAA Division II Softball Super Regionals get underway Friday. North Georgia looks to continue its march towards history, while Valdosta State must try to get past an upstart Gulf South Conference team from the opposite division to advance to the national championship tournament. Click the link (s) below for previews, and/or the link (s) to tournament websites.

Southeast Super Regional--at Dahlonega, Ga.

North Georgia (48-0) vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (53-7)

Preview

Website

South Super Regional--at Valdosta, Ga.

Valdosta State (46-7) vs. Arkansas-Monticello (54-11)

Preview

North Georgia softball advance to Super-Regionals

The North Georgia College & State University softball team continues its undefeated season. The Saints pitches a 5-0 shutout over Francis Marion in Sunday's Southeast Regional #2 championship game to advance to next weekend's Southeast Super Regional Championship Series. North Georgia does battle against Lenoir-Rhyne, who won the other sub-regional over Augusta State Sunday. Click here for the recap.

GC&SU Baseball advances to D-II World Series!!!

The Georgia College & State University Bobcats are headed to the NCAA Division II World Series!!! GC&SU punched its ticket to the national tournament at Cary, N.C. after dominating top-seeded Francis Marion in a 9-0 rout in the Southeast Regional title game Sunday.

It's the baseball program's first appearance in the championship round since 1995. That's when GC&SU was known as Georgia College, the team's nickname was the Colonials, and the school colors were brown & gold, not hunter green & navy blue, as it is now. The then Colonials finished as national runners-up 15 years ago.

Click here for the complete story on how the Bobcats did it. Additionally, a video of the final out can be viewed here.

D-II Regionals: Stats, Streams, and More

Here are the web sites for the 2010 NCAA Division II baseball and softball regional tournaments. This includes additional links to live stats, as well as any streaming audio and/or video. Click any of the following links listed below.

Baseball

Southeast (at Florence, S.C.)

South (at Tampa, Fla.)

Softball

Southeast Sub-Regional #1 (at Hickory, N.C.)

Southeast Sub-Regional #2 (at Dahlonega, Ga.)

South Sub-Regional #1 (at Huntsville, Ala.)

South Sub-Regional #2 (at Valdosta, Ga.)

NCAA Tournament Selections Announced

The selection committees have spoken, and there's a big surpise as to where this year's NCAA Division II South Regional baseball tournament will be played. On the softball diamond, one team hopes to continue its march towards history. Click the link (s) below to find out which teams from D-II South Nation made the NCAA Regionals for 2010.

Southeast Region Baseball (at Florence, S.C.)

South Region Baseball (at Tampa, Fla.)

Southeast Region Softball #1 (at Hickory, N.C.)

Southeast Region Softball #2 (at Dahlonega, Ga.)

South Region Softball #1 (at Huntsville, Ala.)

South Region Softball #2 (at Valdosta, Ga.)

Underdogs rule at PBC Baseball Tourney

It was a bad day for higher-seeded teams in the opening round of the Peach Belt Conference baseball tournament at Aiken, S.C. Saturday. The upsets included two teams winning their first-ever PBC tournament games. Click the following link (s) below for details on all four games.

Georgia Southwestern 14, Francis Marion 6

Flagler 7, North Georgia 5

Columbus State 13, UNC Pembroke 7

USC Aiken 5, Georgia College & State University 4

Baseball/Softball Postseason Update

Conference baseball tournament action is well underway throughout D-II South Nation, and already the top two seeds in the Gulf South Conference tournament have at least one loss. That tourney was moved to the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss. because of the widespread flooding around Millington, Tenn., where it usually takes place.

Click here for how the action has turned out so far.

Also, the Albany State University baseball and softball teams recently took home SIAC tournament titles, and will advance to the NCAA Division II tournament later this month. Click here and here to find out both the Golden Rams and Lady Rams did it.