Posts Tagged ‘baseball’

Bruins outlast Vanderbilt in rematch

When Belmont and Vanderbilt played twice during the NCAA regionals last May, the College World Series-bound Commodores made quick work of the Bruins. At the teams’ rematch at Rose Park Tuesday, however, it was a different story. In the Bruin’s 60th game against the Commodores, it took a grand...

March 6th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

The Week at Belmont – February 23, 2012

This week, PinPoint Evangelism demonstrates on Belmont’s campus, and we’ve got a thing or two to say about it. Plus, news on another Belmont Law convo and an Insider’s View guest with a long-winded bio. Then, sports correspondent Katie Greene’s report on the baseball team will...

February 23rd, 2012 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

Bruins beat Billikens 5-4

The Belmont Baseball team overcame both the elements and an early deficit en route to a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Billikens on a cold, wet Sunday afternoon at Rose Park. Sophomore infielder Greg Brody started the scoring for the Bruins with an RBI single in the first inning to give Belmont an early...

February 20th, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Bruins win in opening day shutout

In their first Bruins baseball season opener at E.S. Rose Park, Belmont defeated the Purple Aces of Evansville 2-0 in what many would call a classic pitcher’s duel. Belmont pitchers Chase Brookshire and Scott Moses set the tone for the Friday night game, allowing only three hits and striking out 13...

February 17th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Belmont eliminated, NCAA run comes to end

When Riley Reynolds caught a fly ball in the infield, the run was over. Even if it was against Belmont’s will. “I don’t think any of us were willing to give up yet. It was fun. It was a fun run,” said senior Nate Woods, who earned a win pitching earlier in the day. The Bruins,...

June 5th, 2011 | Sports | Read More

Bruins beat Troy, will play Vandy in region finals

With their backs literally against the wall, the Belmont Bruins advanced to the Nashville regional championship with a 5-2 win over the Troy Trojans. A two-out Derek Hamblen jumping catch at the tall left-field corner saved the game for the Bruins, who held a one-run lead with the bases loaded at the...

June 5th, 2011 | Sports | Read More

Bruins stay alive in 3-2 nailbiter win

Belmont’s elimination game win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys wasn’t short on dramatics. With the Oklahoma’s tying run on third base and the bases loaded, Bruins shortstop Jared Breen took a hard ground ball, ran to second, and threw to first baseman Nate Wood. The game-ending double...

June 4th, 2011 | Sports | Read More

Gray blows by Bruins in shutout

Vanderbilt ace pitcher Sonny Gray has been on a roll all season, and his run for the Commodores did not stop against the Belmont Bruins. Belmont, in its first NCAA tournament game in baseball, could not get past Gray Friday night, as the Commodores shut out the Bruins 10-0 in front of a sold-out crowd...

June 3rd, 2011 | Sports | Read More

Bruins play ‘Dores in Nashville regional

For the Belmont Bruins, it seems there is no place like Nashville. After winning the Atlantic Sun baseball tournament last Saturday at Lipscomb, the Bruins will play their first-ever NCAA regional less than two miles from campus at Vanderbilt’s Hawkins Field. The Bruins are the #4 seed in the Nashville...

May 30th, 2011 | Sports | Read More

Bruins beat Bears for A-Sun title, NCAA berth

When the Belmont Bruins started the season 3-8 in the Atlantic Sun season, they had to play with their backs against the wall for the rest of the season just to make it to the postseason. The team had to play similarly in the championship game, but the Bruins finished their improbable run to the first...

May 28th, 2011 | Sports | Read More

Rose Park opens with ribbon cutting, doubleheader

After a number of announcements, lawsuits, construction delays, and periods of bad weather, the renovated Rose Park and Sports Complex is ready and “open for business.” Hundreds of people, including members of the Edgehill community and Belmont students and staff, attended the opening ceremony Friday...

May 3rd, 2011 | News | Read More

Belmont baseball adapts to new bats

The metallic “pings” and “clanks” of ball on bat are some of the most identifiable sounds attached to college baseball. But this year, those sounds will disappear because of new NCAA regulations on baseball bats that went into effect on Jan. 1. NCAA officials changed the regulations on composite...

March 31st, 2011 | Sports | Read More

Baseball prepares for 2011

After coming off back-to-back .500 seasons, the Belmont Bruins baseball program is looking for a fresh start in a new setting. The team opened the season last weekend against Illinois State at their temporary home field in Shelby Park, but the Bruins are scheduled to move to the new Rose Park complex...

February 22nd, 2011 | Sports | Read More

Rose Park set to open Feb. 12

On Jan. 26, 2006, Belmont University announced a plan to renovate and use nearby E.S. Rose Park as the home for all outdoor Bruins teams. On Feb. 12, 2011, after more than five years of legal wrangling and community controversy, a Belmont team is scheduled to step on its new home field at Rose Park,...

January 26th, 2011 | Sports | Read More

Consistency team’s goal

The Belmont baseball team, despite playing only a month and a half, has already had a full season’s share of ups and downs. The Bruins started the season with a 10-game winning streak, which included a win against then-ranked Western Kentucky. From there, the team lost six in a row, including a three-game...

March 24th, 2010 | Sports | Read More

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