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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (Feb. 8, 1999) WICHITA ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — Wichita State has been ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's first regular-season poll of the 1999 season. The Shockers, ranked No. 1 in the pre-season poll (released last December), begin their season with a 3-game series at Hawaii-Hilo next Saturday (Feb. 13). Wichita State finished with a gaudy 56-7 record last season and returns six position player starters. Wichita State led the nation with a .369 team batting average, was No. 1 in scoring (12.06 runs per game), No. 1 in doubles hit (202), and fourth in total number of home runs hit (124). The Shockers also return a deep and talented pitching staff.
POLL NOTES: Defending national champion Southern California (1-3), was swept in a 3-game series at Texas (5-0) over the past weekend as the Longhorns won, 5-3, 9-8 and 8-7. It marked Texas' first non-conference sweep since taking a 3-game set from Miami in 1997 and also handed USC its first non-conference sweep since dropping three straight at Hawaii in 1993. Florida State (6-0) swept Arizona State three straight. It marked the first 3-game sweep of the Sun Devils (11-3) by the Seminoles since the 1994 series in Tallahassee, Fla. Three other red-hot teams include Arizona (9-0), Hawaii (8-1) and Pepperdine (5-0). The "Collegiate Baseball" Newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season. (Top 30 Agate Follows)
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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