The Tigers move up in both baseball polls |
TUCSON, Ariz. - The University of Virginia has been ranked No. 1 in the
latest "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll. The Cavaliers, ranked No. 1 six of the last seven weeks by "Collegiate Baseball," only played one game last week due to final exams as Virginia beat Virginia Commonwealth, 14-3. The Cavaliers have a superb 2.23 team ERA, and the pitching staff has 484 strikeouts and 107 walks, nearly a 5:1 strikeout to walk ratio. On defense, the team's fielding percentage is .983 with only 30 errors in 48 games. The offense is averaging 7.7 runs per contest. South Carolina, ranked No. 1 last week, dropped two of three at Mississippi and is now tied for second in the Southeastern Conference with an 18-6 league record. Poll Notes: Several other teams have been hot. Coastal Carolina has won eight straight while North Carolina, Stetson, and Arizona have each won six in a row. In key series over the past weekend, Oregon St. beat California two of three, Arkansas beat Florida two of three, and Texas Christian beat Oklahoma St. two of three. No top 30 teams ranked last week fell out of the poll this week. Teams that just missed being ranked were Texas St. (31-16), St. John's (26-17), Hawaii (27-20), Troy (34-14), Florida International (32-16, 12 straight wins), Michigan St. (30-14), Stanford (25-16), and Mississippi (27-21). The "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
* RHP Mike Augliera, Binghamton: Augliera set a school record with 15
strikeouts during a 9-0 win over Maryland-Baltimore County during a 2-hit
shutout. He had a no-hitter through 6 2/3 innings before allowing a seventh
inning double and then an eighth inning single. He retired the side in order
during the first four innings and again in the sixth. The old strikeout
record was set by Zach Groh in 2007 with 14.
* 1B Jeff Holm, Michighan St.: Holm had a superb 3-game series against
Purdue as he went 7-for-13 with 3 homers, 2 doubles and 9 RBI as he posted a
slugging percentage of 1.385. He was also perfect in the field with no
errors, 33 putouts and two assists.
* RHP Carson Smith, Texas St.: Smith pitched eight shutout innings against
Texas-San Antonio as he struck out a career-high 14 batters while allowing
only two hits (both singles). He lowered his ERA to 1.88 while increasing
his strikeout total to 97 in 81 1/3 innings pitched.
DURHAM, N.C.—Virginia took most of the week off for exams, but won its only game against Virginia Commonwealth, and remains atop the Baseball America Top 25 for the fourth consecutive week.
Series losses by South Carolina and Florida, however, gave the top five its first shakeup in nearly a month. Oregon State ascended to No. 2 and Texas replaced Florida at No. 5. Florida's series loss at then-unranked Arkansas dropped it to No. 8, marking the first time the Gators have been out of the top five this season.
Texas Christian moved into the top 10 with a series victory against then-No. 16 Oklahoma State. It is the first time the Horned Frogs have been ranked in the top 10 since March 14.
Rice was the rankings' biggest mover, climbing three spots to No. 21 with a perfect week against Stephen F. Austin State and Houston.
Two teams returned to the rankings this week. Arkansas' series victory kept it tied with Alabama in the SEC West and moved the Razorbacks into the rankings at No. 23, their first ranking since April 18. UCLA went 4-0 against Pepperdine and Oregon, moving back into the rankings at No. 24 after dropping out last week.
The ACC has six teams ranked in the Baseball America Top 25, the most of any conference.
The staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of May 8 and do not include ties.
Rk. Team W-L Last Week Prev. 1. Virginia 43-5 1-0 1 2. Oregon State 34-11 2-2 3 3. Vanderbilt 40-6 2-1 4 4. South Carolina 37-10 2-2 2 5. Texas 36-12 3-1 6 6. Arizona State 35-11 4-1 7 7. Florida State 36-12 3-1 8 8. Florida 36-12 2-2 5 9. Cal State Fullerton 33-13 3-0 10 10. Texas Christian 33-14 2-1 11 11. Texas A&M 32-16 2-2 9 12. Southern Mississippi 36-11 4-0 12 13. Georgia Tech 33-14 2-0 13 14. Oklahoma 35-13 4-0 14 15. Stetson 37-10 3-0 15 16. Miami 31-16 2-1 17 17. North Carolina 37-10 4-0 18 18. Connecticut 33-13 2-0 20 19. Oklahoma State 31-15 1-2 16 20. Clemson 32-15 3-0 22 21. Rice 32-16 4-0 24 22. Fresno State 32-11 3-2 19 23. Arkansas 32-15 3-2 NR 24. UCLA 27-16 4-0 NR 25. Texas State 31-16 3-0 25 Dropped Out: California (21), Gonzaga (23).
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