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.
Senior Trice Powers laid down a walk-off squeeze bunt to score fellow senior Chad Oberacker in Sunday's Senior Day finale game over the UT Martin Skyhawks. Oberacker also led the Golden Eagles at the plate, and got the win on the mound in the 8-7 contest.
The Tennessee Tech baseball team will plays its final home games of the year this weekend with a three-game OVC series against UT Martin, and Sunday will be Senior Day as the team bids farewell to six departing seniors.
A five-run sixth inning helped lift Tennessee Tech to a 12-9 non-conference victory over Lipscomb Tuesday night at Bush Stadium, an entertaining finish to a game overloaded with twists and plot changes.
Tennessee Tech baseball will play one final non-conference, mid-week contest under the lights in Bush Stadium on Tuesday against the Lipscomb Bisons. The first pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
While Tech struck first with a run on the board in the top of the first inning of Sunday’s series finale, the Governors of Austin Peay worked Tech’s first two pitchers of the day for 10 runs on 14 hits en route to a 10-4 victory and 3-0 series sweep.
Looking ahead to the conclusion of conference season, the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle baseball team will trip to Clarksville to take on the top-seeded Governors of Austin Peay this weekend.
EKU starter Stephen Hefler held the Golden Eagle line-up scoreless through eight of Sunday’s nine innings of play, allowing Tech to post runs in only the seventh inning of play en route to Eastern’s 7-3 win.
Tennessee Tech baseball had the hot bats in Saturday’s double-header event against Eastern Kentucky, rolling over the Colonels in both contests by posting scores of 9-3 and 10-4.
The Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech will play host in this weekend’s OVC series against the Colonels of Eastern Kentucky, a three-game series set to begin with game one of a double-header event on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Wednesday evening’s night game in Bush Stadium between the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech and the Volunteers of the University of Tennessee has been canceled due to inclement weather.
Wednesday evening will mark the second game played under the lights in Bush Stadium this season, as the Golden Eagles will welcome in-state, SEC rival the Volunteers of Tennessee in the 6 p.m. nightcap.
The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles went scoreless in seven of Saturday's nine innings of play as they walked away on the wrong end of an 11-4 contest, falling to 1-2 on this weekend's series.