Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
Rigakos resigns as President
Date:06/14/2019 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
Letter from the President: On June 4th I notified the Executive of the CCBA that I would be resigning my position as President of the CCBA. A week later I also notified the membership of my decision. My term was set to end this October but recent developments have accelerated this process. Carleton’s membership in the OUA makes it almost impossible for me to carry o...
Ravens thanks Ottawa Champions for World Series Support
Date:11/01/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
Reposted from: CURavensBaseball.com OTTAWA (Nov.1.2018) – It was a hectic four days of university championship baseball but, by all accounts, the 2018 Canadian University World Series (CUWS), hosted by the Carleton University Ravens, was an event none of the participating teams will soon forget. This was in large part because of the contributions of dozens of volunteers who worked as ushers...
McGill captures fifth consecutive Canadian University World Series title with win over UNB
Date:10/22/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
From: McGill Athletics OTTAWA -- Game MVP Domenic DeFelice hit a bases-clearing double to spark a seven-run explosion in the first inning as McGill University cruised to a 9-4 victory over UNB in the nation's capital, Sunday, to capture the Canadian University World Series for the fifth consecutive year. The Redmen, swept all five contests at the Canadian Collegiate Baseball Associatio...
Championship Sunday is set
Date:10/20/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
After three days of baseball four teams are set to square off to determine the 2018 Canadian University World Series. On the final day of competition, defending champs McGill defeated Saint Mary's 13-3 while New Brunswick eliminated Acadia 11-1. Both Acadia and Saint Mary's were eliminated as a result and the four remaining seeds were determined without resorting to tie-breakers. W...
Blow-outs dominate Day 2
Date:10/19/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
While a couple of close games highlighted Thursday's action, three lop-side scores dominated Friday's scoreboard at the 2018 Canadian University World Series. Both Carleton and Concordia played two games. Concordia dropped their first game against the defending champions McGill Redmen 13-6 while Carleton topped Acadia 6-3 in their first outing. However, when t...
Day One Drama
Date:10/18/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
Two one-run games that were decided in the final inning and a potential season-ending injury highlighted an action-packed first day at the Canadian University World Series this Thursday. Acadia was defeated by defending champion McGill 12-1 in the opening game. McGill's Troy Sheppard knocked in three runs and starter Zach Finkelstein struck out six over four innings for the win. Jake Mc...
McGill wins 5th straight Northern Conference Championship
Date:10/14/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
From: McGill Baseball OTTAWA -- Emerson Dohm of West Vancouver, B.C., stroked a two-run single to right-field for the game-winning hit as McGill once again rallied in the final inning and came away with a 7-4 victory over Carleton, Sunday, to capture the Northern Division championship of the Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association at Hamilton Yards in the nation's capital. McGill, which los...
UNB takes Atlantic Conference title
Date:10/14/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
From: UNB Reds Baseball The UNB Reds claimed the Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association (CCBA) Atlantic Championship on Saturday defeating the Acadia Axemen 10-0 and 8-5 in the best-of-three series. The Reds rode a brilliant pitching performance by Fredericton native, Colby Lyle who threw a no-hitter in game one which was a 6-inning mercy shortened affair. Lyle, a transfer from Dalhousie Univer...
2018 Conference Championships take shape
Date:10/08/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
Four playoff series over the Thanksgiving weekend have provided clarity for the makeup of this year's Canadian University World Series. Three of the four series required a third game to determine the winner, another indication of the continuing league parity and high level of competition taking shape across the CCBA. In the Atlantic Conference, Acadia (10-6) defeated St. FX (6-10) in th...
Conference races heating up
Date:09/19/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
After two weeks of regular season play the CCBA standings remain tight. The Atlantic Conference lead is shared by three teams, all with a 4-4 record: UNB, St.FX and Acadia followed closely by Saint Mary's (3-4) and Dalhousie (2-7). Over in the Northern Conference, three losses by perennial powerhouse McGill has led to a tighter race than in previous seasons. McGil...
McGill's historic winning streak snapped by Carleton at 30 games
Date:09/10/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
Baseball winning streaks are the stuff of legend. Movies like "MoneyBall" -- that focused on Billy Bean's Oakland Athletic's 20-win streak during the 2002 season -- have tried to capture the the sense of inevitability that envelops these teams of destiny. They just expect to find a way to win every time they step onto the ball diamond. A ...
2018 Season starts this Wednesday night
Date:09/04/2018 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
Ottawa (Sep. 4. 2018) -- The Canadian Collegiate Baseball Fall 2018 season is set to get underway tomorrow evening in two Northern conference match-ups in Montreal and Ottawa. At RCGT Stadium in Ottawa the University of Ottawa Gee Gees host the Carleton University Ravens while at Trudeau Park in Montreal CCBA champs McGill University host the Université de Montréal. ...
McGill wins fourth consecutive title
Date:10/24/2017 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
By Earl Zuckerman, McGill Athletics 10/24/2017, 3:15pm EDT From McGill Athletics -- FREDERICTON, NB -- REDERICTON, NB -- Rocky Hroch tossed a complete game, two-hitter as the McGill University Redmen defeated Carleton 10-1 at Royals Field, Sunday, to capture their fourth consecutive Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association championship. The Redmen swept all five contests at the nat...
McGill faces Carleton in 2017 Championship Final
Date:10/22/2017 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
By CCBA Staff 1 VS 2 SHOWDOWN SET MARYSVILLE, NB (Oct.22.2017) - The McGill Redmen defeated the Acadian Axemen 13-2 and the Carleton Ravens defeated the Dalhousie Tigers 8-1 to set the stage for the 2017 CCBA Championship at Royals Field 6PM this evening. The McGill Redmen enter the contest the clear favourite as the three-time defending champions have cruised easily through the preliminary rou...
CCBA Nationals moves to Tie Breaker Stage
Date:10/20/2017 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
By CCBA Staff 10/21/2017, 6:00pm EDT TIE BREAKERS SET FOR TODAY FREDERICTON, NB (Oct.21.2017) -- After a whirlwind of games over the past two days, clarity has emerged in the 2017 CCBA National Championships. Here are the standings after the group stage: 1. McGill 3-0 2. Carleton 2-1 3. Concordia 1-2 4. Dalhousie 1-2 5. UNB 1-2 6. Acadia 1-2 According to CCBA tie-breaker rules, no team c...
McGill, Acadia lead final six to National Championship in Fredericton
Date:10/15/2017 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
By CCBA Staff - The UBaseball National Championships are set to start this Thursday October 19th in Fredericton, NB. The final seeding was determined this past Sunday when Dalhousie defeated post-season upstart Acadia, a team that had knocked out the Atlantic Conference pennant champions Saint Mary's Huskies last week. Not surprisingly, the Northern Conference once again went to McGill...
McGill hosts Carleton, Dalhousie hosts Acadia in Conference Finals
Date:10/09/2017 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
CCBA Staff -- The Atlantic and Northern seeds to the UBaseball National Championship in Fredericton are beginning to taking shape after all four semi-final match-ups were settled in double-header victories on Saturday. In the Northern conference the unbeaten McGill Redmen dispensed with the University of Ottawa Gee Gees in two straight matches 11-1 and 10-0 while the second place Carleton Ravens...
St.FX loss ends playoff drive
Date:10/05/2017 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
Antagonish, N.S. (Oct.4.2017)-- The St. Francis Xavier X-men (4-12) came oh so close to tying for 4th place with Acadia (5-11) in the Atlantic Conference and forcing a one-game play-in Antigonish this Friday. But the baseball gods were not on their side as they dropped the first of a double-header to CCBA Affiliate Holland College 8-5 before winning their last game of the season 2-1...
2017 Pennant Winners: SMU and McGill
Date:10/04/2017 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
By CCBA Staff -- PATH TO NATIONALS TAKING SHAPE With the 2017 CCBA regular season all but over the McGill Redmen have clinched the Northern Conference with a perfect 16-0 record while the Saint Mary's Huskies finished first in the Atlantic with a 10-6 record. The semi-finals are scheduled to start this weekend with all but one match-up confirmed. The St.FX X-men (3-11) are playing two...
U de Montréal found in breach of eligibility rules
Date:10/01/2017 Source:Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association
PENALIZED SIX LOSSES AND PLAYOFF DISQUALIFICATION By CCBA Staff OTTAWA (Oct.1.2017)-- After an appeals committee settled the matter last Thursday, the Université de Montréal Baseball Club was officially penalized by the Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association to six forfeit losses and ineligibility for playoff competition. The decision came after an appeal by U de M largely on c...
