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Railsplitter
Baseball Continues To Add To Recruiting Class
Head Baseball Coach Jeff Sziksai announced today the addition of seven more
student athletes that will be joining the Railsplitter baseball program this
fall. On the addition of the newest members his recruiting class Sziksai
commented, “I am very pleased with where we are with this group. We have
targeted areas that need improvement, and have added talented players in
those areas. I am looking forward to getting everyone on the field together
this fall.”
07/08/2008
Willis Headed To The Cubs
Organization
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was a big day for former Lincoln Memorial University outfielder TeWayne
Willis (Hazard, KY). A two-year starter for the Railsplitters, Willis was
drafted by the Chicago Cubs organization on Friday in the 28th round
of the Major League Baseball draft.
06/06/2008
Sziksai Announces The Addition Of Five Signees
Coming on the heels of the signing of pitchers
Jeff Ludlow and
Brandon Neff just a few days ago,
LMU baseball Head Coach Jeff Sziksai
announced today the signing of five more prospects that will join the
Railsplitter baseball program this fall.
05/22/2008
Railsplitter Baseball Adds Two
Friday afternoon Head Baseball Coach Jeff Sziksai announced the addition of two
new student athletes that will join the Railsplitter baseball program this
coming fall.
05/02/2008
Willis Ends Career At LMU As
Recipient Of The B. Frank Turner Award
On
Tuesday night, in front Lincoln Memorial University’s entire athletics family
and honored guests, Railsplitter baseball player
TeWayne Willis (Hazard, KY) was named
the 2008 recipient of the B. Frank Turner Award.
04/22/2008
LMU Baseball Recognizes Three
At University’s Annual Athletics Banquet
Lincoln Memorial University
baseball Head Coach Jeff Sziksai recognized team members Casey Sedley (Miami,
FL), Shane Kaufman (Miramar, FL) and Joe Horsley (Corryton, TN)
at the University’s Athletics Banquet Tuesday night.
04/22/2008
Mars Hill Takes Series While LMU’s Hope Of
Making SAC Tournament Begins To Fade
After losing the opening game
of the series with Mars Hill College on Saturday 7-6, the Railsplitters split
with the Lions on Sunday, winning the continuation game from Saturday 5-4, and
losing the third and final game of the series 15-8.
04/06/2008
Rain Continues To Delay LMU-MHC
Baseball Series
Rainy conditions throughout
the tri-state area forced Lincoln Memorial and Mars Hill College to postpone the
beginning of a three-game South Atlantic Conference baseball series that was
scheduled to get underway on Friday night.
04/05/2008
Railsplitters Bounce North
Greenville in Two Games
The
Railsplitter baseball team improved to 24-17-1 on Wednesday evening with 14-4
and 14-8 victories over the Crusaders of North Greenville University.
04/02/2008
#28 Catawba Completes
Weekend Sweep of LMU, Winning 14-4 And 2-0
Catawba completed a three-game sweep over visiting Lincoln Memorial in South
Atlantic Conference baseball action, winning both ends of a doubleheader on
Saturday afternoon at Newman Park by the scores of 14-4 and 2-0. The wins
keep the 28th-ranked Catawba Indians atop the league standings, improving to
27-12 overall and 13-5 in the SAC. The Railsplitters fall to 22-17-1 and
4-11.
03/29/2008
13-run Third Lifts #28 Catawba
To 24-12 Win Over Lincoln Memorial
Catawba scored 13 runs in the third inning and out-slugged visiting Lincoln
Memorial 24-12 in South Atlantic Conference baseball action on Friday night at
Newman Park.
03/28/2008
Wild Pitch Costly In Rollins'
Extra Inning Loss
A wild pitch in the top of the 10th inning brought in the go-ahead run for
visiting Lincoln Memorial in the Rollins baseball team's 10-9 loss at Alfond
Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. The Tars fell to 21-11-1 with the loss, while
the Railsplitters finish their Florida trip with an overall mark of 22-14-1.
03/26/2008
Lincoln Memorial Blanks 15th-Ranked
Panthers 3-0
Florida Tech, ranked 15th
in the most recent NCBWA poll and 25th in the
Collegiate Baseball poll, had a
rough time against Lincoln Memorial Tuesday afternoon as the Panthers were shut
out 3-0 by freshman lefthander Steven Starbird. With the loss, Tech drops to
24-9-1 on the season, while the Railsplitters improve to 21-14-1.
03/25/2008
Railsplitters Score 20th
Win Of The Season With 7-0 Shutout Of Eckerd College
The Lincoln
Memorial University baseball team picked up its 20th win of the
season Monday evening by shutting out host Eckerd College 7-0 in St. Petersburg,
Florida.
03/24/2008
Railsplitters Move To
19-14-1
After
defeating Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky on Friday 14-1
and 42-2, the Railsplitter baseball team traveled to Florida over the
weekend and began their spring break tour of the Sunshine State with a 7-3
loss to Florida Southern College.
03/23/2008
Railsplitters Win 4-2 Against Caldwell
On a day when the focus of most sports fans
was on basketball, the Lincoln Memorial University baseball team hosted the
Cougars of Caldwell College and came away with a 4-2 win in nine innings to
improve to 17-13-1 on the year.
03/20/2008
LMU Hands Lenoir-Rhyne First League Losses
to Take 2-1 Conference Series Win
After dropping the opening game of the series on Friday night 8-6, the Lincoln
Memorial University Railsplitters bounced back to win games two and three on
Sunday afternoon 7-6 and 9-4 to take a two games to one series win over
league-leading Lenoir-Rhyne College.
03/16/2008
Bears Win Extra Inning Game Against
Railsplitters
The rain held off long enough Friday evening for Lincoln Memorial and Lenoir-Rhyne
to get in the first game of a scheduled three-game series this weekend with the
Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne College coming out on top 8-6.
03/14/2008
Wingate Takes Three Game Sweep
From Lincoln Memorial
After winning the first game
of the series on Friday night 9-5 over the Railsplitters, the Bulldogs of
Wingate University took two more bites out of Lincoln Memorial’s record on
Sunday by winning games two and three 13-3 and 4-2 to sweep the series.
03/09/2008
Bulldogs Win Game One Against
Railsplitters
Rainy conditions and cold
weather couldn’t keep the Railsplitters of Lincoln Memorial and the Bulldogs of
Wingate University from playing their scheduled Friday evening South Atlantic
Conference baseball game.
03/07/2008
Railsplitters Pick Up Win & Tie
Against North Greenville
The
Lincoln Memorial University baseball team improved to 14-9-1 on Monday afternoon
when it traveled to Tigerville, South Carolina and defeated North Greenville
University 5-2 and tied 8-8.
03/03/2008
Lincoln Memorial Completes Series Sweep Of Tornados With 2-0 Win On Sunday
The Brevard College men's baseball team were only able to muster up thee hits on
Sunday afternoon, as the Railsplitters of Lincoln Memorial completed the weekend
series sweep of the Tornados with a 2-0 win.
03/02/2008
BC Baseball Drops Double-Header
To Lincoln Memorial On Saturday
The Brevard College men's baseball team hosted their first weekend series with a
South Atlantic Conference foe on Saturday afternoon, falling to the
Railsplitters of Lincoln Memorial in both games of a double-header, 5-3 and 2-1.
03/01/2008
LMU Baseball Holds Area Youth
Coaches Clinic
 On
Thursday evening, in front of approximately 30 people, Lincoln Memorial
University Baseball Head Coach Jeff Sziksai
and members of his team and staff held a coaches clinic in the University’s Tex
Turner Arena.
02/28/2008
Tusculum Beats LMU 5-3, Pioneers Sweep SAC Series
Matt Webb went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBI as the No. 27
Tusculum College baseball team defeated Lincoln Memorial University, 5-3 Sunday
afternoon at Pioneer Park. The Pioneers (8-5, 3-3 SAC) complete the sweep of
the weekend South Atlantic Conference series with the Railsplitters (10-9, 2-4
SAC).
02/24/2008
No.
27 Tusculum Sweeps SAC Pair Over LMU
Matt Ford went 3-for-6 on the day, including his second home run of the
season as No. 27 Tusculum College swept a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader
over visiting Lincoln Memorial University Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Park.
Tusculum (7-5, 2-3 SAC) got a stellar pitching effort by Raymond Ruggles
(1-1) in a 7-2 win in the opener, while Carlos Rivera went 2-for-3 and
scored a pair of runs in a 7-4 victory in the night-cap.
02/23/2008
Railsplitters Take Conference Series
Against Carson-Newman
The Lincoln Memorial
University baseball team came away with a two games out of three decision over
the Eagles of Carson-Newman College on Saturday to take the opening South
Atlantic Conference series of the year.
02/16/2008
Railsplitters Win SAC
Opener With Carson-Newman
Under the lights in Friday evenings South Atlantic Conference opener with
Carson-Newman College, the Lincoln Memorial University baseball team improved to
1-0 in league play with an 11-8 win over the Eagles.
02/15/2008
Railsplitters Pound Out Two Wins Over
Kentucky State
The Lincoln Memorial
University baseball team improved to 7-4 on the year Thursday afternoon with a
27-0 and 14-4 wins over the Thorobreds of Kentucky State University.
02/14/2008
Railsplitters Take Three Of Four
From Ohio Valley
The Lincoln Memorial University baseball team managed to come away with three
wins over the weekend by splitting with the Fighting Scots of Ohio Valley
University on Saturday, winning 12-9 and losing 9-6. On Sunday the
Railsplitters swept the final two games of the series, winning 8-4 and 5-2 to
move to 5-4 on the year.
02/10/2008
Railsplitters Win First Game But Suffer Cobras Bite in Nightcap
After a season-opening split with the University of South Carolina-Aiken over
the weekend, the Railsplitter baseball team also split Tuesday’s non-conference
double-header with the Cobras of Virginia Intermont College.
02/05/2008
Five-Run Ninth Leads To
Improbable Comeback For USCA
Trailing 11-7 and down to their final out, USC Aiken pushed across four
runs, the last on an RBI single up the middle by Ryne Salmon, to force extra
innings. In the bottom of the 12th, David Vitko’s bases loaded single to
right field plated Brad Johnson with the game winner as the 31st-ranked
Pacers (2-1) pulled out the improbable 12-11 win over Lincoln Memorial (1-2)
on Sunday evening at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.
02/03/2008
Treece Blasts
Railsplitters Past Pacers In 13 Innings
Derek Treece belted
two home runs including a clutch three-run blast in the top of the 13th
inning to lead Lincoln Memorial (1-1) to an early season 9-5 upset win over
31st-ranked USC Aiken (1-1) on Saturday afternoon at Roberto Hernandez
Stadium.
02/02/2008
USC Aiken Takes Game One
Against LMU 10-4
Chad Jacobsen smacked a grand slam, driving in five on the night, while four
more Pacers had multi-hit performances as #31 USC Aiken (1-0) knocked off
Lincoln Memorial (0-1) 10-4 in both team’s season openers on a chilly Friday at
Roberto Hernandez Stadium. For the Pacers it was their seventh victory in the
past nine lid-lifters while exacting some revenge from the Railsplitters’ 10-0
upset in the 2007 debut.
02/01/2008
Railsplitters Put Four On
Preseason All-South Atlantic Conference Baseball Teams
With the beginning of the 2008 baseball season only a day away, the announcement
came Thursday morning that four Lincoln Memorial University baseball players had
been named to the Preseason All-South Atlantic Conference Baseball First and
Second Teams.
01/31/2008
Splitters Add 13 To Baseball
Roster
After losing nine seniors from the 2007 senior class, Head Baseball Coach Jeff
Sziksai announced this week the commitments of 13 new players for the 2007-2008
season.
08/03/2007
Red
Sox Draft LMU Signee Kenneth Roque In 10th Round
LMU baseball team’s recruiting class took a hit this past week when Kenneth
Roque, a short stop from Cidra, Puerto Rico was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in
the 10th Round of the 2007 Major League Baseball First Year Player
Draft. Kenneth signed with LMU this past fall, and will forgo his college
career to play professional baseball.
06/16/2007
LMU To Host 2007 Unsigned High
School & Junior College Prospect Baseball Instructional Showcase
Lincoln Memorial University will host an instructional showcase for high school
and junior college baseball prospects who have not yet signed a national letter
of intent on Saturday, June 2nd at Lamar Hennon Field on the campus
of LMU. The registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the showcase will begin at 9
a.m.
05/16/2007
Willis & Rowland Earn
Daktronics All-South Region Honors
Lincoln
Memorial University junior outfielder TeWayne
Willis (Hazard,
Kentucky)
and senior catcher Dustin Rowland (Eagle
River, Alaska)
have been named to the 2007
Daktronics All-South Region Second Team that was released Wednesday morning.
05/16/2007
LMU’s Willis, Treece &
Sedley Named To All-South Atlantic Conference Second Team
The Lincoln Memorial
University baseball team may be losing nine seniors following the 2007 season to
graduation, but the Railsplitter class of 2008 looks to be a strong one.
04/19/2007
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