March 27, 2011

Lineup Card

Lineup Card is a feature highlighting notes from around college baseball.

March 21-27, 2011

Ken Henderson, interim head coach at Southern Illinois, has been suspended for three games by the Missouri Valley Conference for bumping an umpire, per NCAA rules. The encounter occurred in the 12th inning of Sunday’s 8-2 loss to Illinois. Henderson will return for Saturday’s series finale against Dallas Baptist.

Daniel Coulombe, a junior left-hander at Texas Tech, will miss the rest of the season. An MRI revealed a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow and he will have surgery next Tuesday. Coulombe is 0-2 with a 3.98 ERA. In four starts, he walked seven and struck out a team-leading 28 in 20.1 innings.

Cal State Fullerton has suspended eight players for its four-game series this weekend at Hawaii for a violation of team rules. The players include RP Ryan Ackland, DH Carlos Lopez, UT Walker Moore, SP Colin O’Connell, SS Richy Pedroza, C Zach Tanida, 3B Joe Terry, UT Casey Watkins.

USC Upstate has added two games to its schedule after having had a pair rained out. The Spartans will host ETSU in a non-conference contest on April 12 at 6 p.m. and will entertain Wofford on May 10 at 6 p.m.