Summertime on the Tennessee Tech campus means sports camps, and visits by hundreds of youngsters. Currently Golden Eagle coaches are hosting camps in baseball, softball and girl's basketball, with boy's basketball team camps set to begin Thursday.
The 2011 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team, selected by Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features a wealth of baseball talent that includes Tennessee Tech freshman Zach Stephens, a first-baseman out of Hixson, Tenn.
Oakland takes another from Tennessee Tech as senior Chad Oberacker was drafted in the 25th round of the 2011 MLB First Year Player Draft. The 766th pick overall, Oberacker will join former teammate A.J. Kirby-Jones with the A’s franchise.
Tennessee Tech baseball coach Matt Bragga and the Golden Eagle players and staff will host the 2011 Golden Eagle Baseball Camp on the TTU campus, June 13-16.
The Golden Eagles were limited to one run Friday by Southeast Missouri and dropped a 6-1 decision in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament to end Tech's 2011 season.
Tennessee Tech was halted by top-seeded Austin Peay Thursday night in the OVC Baseball Tournament, falling 2-1 despite a strong effort on the hill by Golden Eagle starter Matthew Shepherd. Tech will face the winner of the UT Martin/Southeast Missouri game Friday, at 3 p.m.
The Golden Eagle baseball team participated in a Youth Clinic Tuesday in Jackson, Tenn., prior to beginning play in the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championships.
Buoyed by Tristan Archer’s solid start, the Tennessee Tech baseball squad opened the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Wednesday with a 6-5 victory over Eastern Kentucky
Fans can listen to the action of all of Tennessee Tech's games at the Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament this week, with broadcasts on the radio, Internet and telephone provided by Cookeville Country 1600 am.
Chad Oberacker is an all-OVC first-team selection for the second time, Cassanova Donaldson is a second-team pick, and Zach Stephens and Garrett Baugh were named to the All-Freshman squad Tuesday night at the OVC Tournament.
The Ohio Valley Conference has pushed forward the starting times for Wednesday’s opening rounds of the OVC baseball tournament in Jackson, Tenn., and the Golden Eagles will now play at 11 a.m.
Having finished fourth in the regular season rankings, the Golden Eagles (24-27 overall, 12-12 OVC) will ride the momentum of their game three win over Murray State into the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in Jackson, Tenn.
Freshman Justin Alexander notched his first career save in 3.2 innings of work as he and the rest of the Golden Eagle defense stifled a steady, mid-game rally by the Thoroughbreds of Murray State in Saturday’s game three.
The Golden Eagles came up short in their third straight extra-inning contest, dropping game one of Friday’s double-header to the Racers of Murray State, 6-5, as well as in the 8-7 nightcap.
Tech baseball is set to wrap up their regular season of play with a road series at Murray State this weekend. Friday will showcase the doubleheader event, with game one slated for 1 p.m. and game two following immediately. Saturday will feature the finale contest, also at 1 p.m.
Junior College transfer Cullen Park was named one of the Ohio Valley Conference’s Co-Pitchers of the Week for his relief efforts on the hill in three of Tech’s four straight wins last week.
