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         <title>WCU's Nick Liles Plays in Cape Cod All-Star Game; Blake Murphy Promoted to Single-A Club</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:00:45 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Western Carolina junior Nick Liles played in the annual Under Armour Cape Cod League All-Star game last weekend, starting at second base for the East squad and playing all nine innings in front of an overflow crowd of 8,629 at Veterans Field in Chatham, Mass. Also, former Catamount catcher Blake Murphy was promoted to the Quad City River Bandits, the St. Louis Cardinals' Single-A Club. -]]></description>
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         <title>Catamount Second Baseman Nick Liles Named to Cape Cod All-Star Team</title>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:32:30 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Nick Likes, a rising junior on the Western Carolina Catamount baseball team, was named as the starting second baseman for the East Division All-Stars in this weekend's 46th annual Under Armour - Cape Cod League All-Star Game. The game will be played Saturday, July 26 at 7:00 pm at Veterans Field in Chatham, Mass. Also, an update on current Catamounts playing in the various summer leagues, as well as former Baseball Cats playing professionally. -]]></description>
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         <title>Bobby Moranda Names Alan Beck New Baseball Assistant Coach; Announces Restructuring of Staff</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:38:06 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Western Carolina head baseball coach Bobby Moranda today announced the hiring of Alan Beck as an assistant baseball coach. Beck will work primarily with the Catamount hitters, as well as serve as the recruiting coordinator. In addition, Moranda today announced a change in structure of his coaching staff which includes the promotion of pitching coach David Haverstick to Associate Head Coach and assistant Grant Achilles to Assistant Head Coach. -]]></description>
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         <title>Western Carolina Puts School-Record 143 on SoCon Academic Honor Roll</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:12:46 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[A school-record 143 Western Carolina student-athletes were named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll for the 2007-08 academic year, as announced by the conference office. WCU also possessed four student-athletes who posted a 4.0 grade point average for the entire school year. The Catamount men's and women's track & field teams combined for a school-leading 27 student-athletes on the list, with 14 from the men's team and the women contributing 13 of the student-athletes. Women's soccer put 21 of its 29 total team members on the Honor Roll, or 72 percent of the team. That percentage was second only to the women's basketball team, who put every one of their 12 players on the Honor Roll list, the only team to have 100 percent included.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[A school-record 143 Western Carolina student-athletes were named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll for the 2007-08 academic year, as announced by the conference office. WCU also possessed four student-athletes who posted a 4.0 grade point average for the entire school year. The Catamount men's and women's track & field teams combined for a school-leading 27 student-athletes on the list, with 14 from the men's team and the women contributing 13 of the student-athletes. Women's soccer put 21 of its 29 total team members on the Honor Roll, or 72 percent of the team. That percentage was second only to the women's basketball team, who put every one of their 12 players on the Honor Roll list, the only team to have 100 percent included.]]></description>
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         <title>Catamount Baseball Diamond Notes - Shaft Signs, Liles Honored by Cape Cod League</title>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:09:57 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Western Carolina baseball players - both past and present - are keeping busy through the summer. Three seniors from last year's class have signed professional contracts - Barrett Shaft the most recent -- while WCU continues to have a pair playing Major League baseball. Also, sophomore Nick Liles was recognized for his strong play by the Cape Cod League. -]]></description>
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         <title>Drafted Catamounts Receive Assignments: Sexton to Bluefield, Murphy to Batavia</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:57:07 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[After spending a brief time in mini-camps in the Sunshine State, Western Carolina's two 2008 Major League baseball draftees have received their assignments. Left-handed pitcher Tyler Sexton has been sent to the Bluefield (W.Va.) Orioles in the Appalachian League, while Blake Murphy was assigned to the Batavia (N.Y.) Muckdogs of the single-A, short-season New York-Penn League. -]]></description>
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         <title>Dylan de Graaf Joins Thomasville Hi-Toms Roster; Brings Catamount Baseball Summer League Count to 10</title>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:26:47 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Western Carolina sophomore centerfielder Dylan de Graaf became the 10th Catamount player to join a summer wooden bat league roster, signing with the Thomasville Hi-Toms of the Coastal Plain League. -]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:34:34 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Former Catamount infielder and current Clinton (Iowa) LumberKings third baseman Jonathan Greene has been selected as a reserve for the West Division squad for the 2008 Midwest League All-Star game the organization announced this week. Also, WCU's latest two draftees -- Blake Murphy and Tyler Sexton -- reported to Florida this week and should receive their respective assignments this weekend. -]]></description>
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         <title>Western Carolina's Tyler Sexton, Blake Murphy Selected on Day Two of Major League Baseball Draft</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Western Carolina senior left-handed pitcher Tyler Sexton and senior catcher Blake Murphy were both drafted today on day two of the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Sexton was 926th overall pick by the Baltimore Orioles in the 31st round, while classmate Murphy was taken for the third time in his baseball career in the 42nd round with the 1,265th pick by the St. Louis Cardinals. Through the 50 rounds - plus a pair of compensation rounds - and 1,504 total picks of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft, a total of 24 different student-athletes from the Southern Conference were selected by Major League clubs. -]]></description>
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         <title>Ten Catamount Baseball Players Participating in Summer Wooden Bat Leagues</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:18:37 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Nine Western Carolina Catamount baseball players will look to hone their playing skills in the various summer wooden bat baseball leagues scattered around the nation. WCU has three players playing in the Northwoods League, with two each in the Valley and Cape Cod and one in the Coastal Plain and California Collegiate Leagues. -]]></description>
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         <title>Catamount Baseball Eliminated from Southern Conference Tournament with 10-5 Loss to Sixth-Seeded Appalachian State Thursday</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 16:49:41 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Despite scratching the scoreboard first in the opening frame, seventh-seeded Western Carolina could not overcome a pair of four-run innings by No. 6 Appalachian State as the Mountaineers eliminated the Catamounts from the 2008 Southern Conference tournament, 10-5, Thursday afternoon at Riley Park. -]]></description>
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         <title>Lyons Belts Three-Run Home Run; Catamounts Fall to College of Charleston, 5-4, in First Round of Southern Conference Tournament</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:21:10 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Junior J.C. Lyons gave seventh-seeded Western Carolina a short-lived, 4-3, lead with a three-run home run in the top of the fifth inning. However, the second-seeded College of Charleston Cougars answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame to reclaim the lead for good, upending the Catamounts, 5-4, in the first round match-up of the 2008 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament at Joe Riley Park.]]></description>
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         <title>No. 7 Catamounts Advance in Southern Conference Tournament; Outlast Davidson, 11-10, in 12 Innings in Opening Round Match-up</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:51:36 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Seventh seeded Western Carolina capitalized on a throwing miscue by the 10th-seeded Davidson Wildcats Tuesday afternoon in the home half of the 12th inning to stave off elimination despite surrendering a seven-run lead in the top of the ninth in the opening round of the 2008 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament. Western Carolina (29-26) advances to face the second-seeded College of Charleston Cougars at 10:00 am on Wednesday morning as the double-elimination portion of the tournament gets underway at Riley Park. -]]></description>
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         <title>Western Carolina Places Three on SCSMA All-Southern Conference Team</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 18:40:23 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Western Carolina senior catcher Blake Murphy, sophomore second baseman Nick Liles, and junior pitcher Mike Tavernier were named to the 2008 Southern Conference All-Conference team as selected by the SoCon Sports Media Association and announced today by the league office. Murphy garnered first team accolades, while Liles and Tavernier were named to the honorary second team. After a thrilling, 12-inning win over Davidson on Tuesday in the opening round of the SoCon Tournament, WCU will face off against the second-seeded College of Charleston Cougars in the first round of the double-elimination portion of the tournament, set for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday.]]></description>
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