College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday (May
3, 1999)
MIAMI (FLA.) NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Miami Hurricanes have been
ranked No. 1 for the third straight week in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll.
The Hurricanes, winners of seven of their last eight games, won two of three over Elon
last weekend, including 11-0 and 24-5 victories. Miami lost the opener of the 3-game
series, 13-6.
Every team in the top 10, except Stanford, lost at least
one game during the past week. The top eight positions remained the same from a week
ago.The Cardinal won all four of their games, including a 3-game sweep of Oregon St., as
Stanford remains in first place in the Pac-10 with a 17-4 record.
POLL NOTES: Several teams have been red hot. Ohio
State has the longest winning streak in the nation at 17 games. The Buckeyes have won 31
of their last 32 games. No other Ohio State baseball team has ever won 31 games in 32
tries. In Big Ten competition, the Buckeyes have a glistening 19-1 record. Nevada has also
been hot with 8 straight victories. Louisiana St. has now won five of its last six
Southeastern Conference games, including a 3-game sweep of Auburn last weekend.
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)
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's |
NCAA Div. I Poll (As of May 3, 1999) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. Miami,
Fla. (33-10) |
486 |
1 |
| 2. Cal.
St. Fullerton (40-9) |
479 |
2 |
| 3. Rice
(46-10) |
475 |
3 |
| 4. Florida
St. (40-10) |
474 |
4 |
| 5.
Stanford (33-12) |
471 |
5 |
| 6. Texas
A&M (42-11) |
469 |
6 |
| 7. Wichita
St. (44-10) |
464 |
7 |
| 8. Baylor
(41-11) |
456 |
8 |
| 9.
Arkansas (32-18) |
454 |
17 |
| 10. North
Carolina (37-10) |
452 |
9 |
| 11. Florida
Atlantic (46-3) |
450 |
11 |
| 12. Alabama
(36-14) |
448 |
12 |
| 13. Pepperdine
(37-10) |
446 |
10 |
| 14. Wake Forest
(32-13) |
445 |
13 |
| 15. Ohio St.
(38-7) |
442 |
19 |
| 16. Southern
Calif. (30-22) |
436 |
15 |
| 17. Texas Tech.
(38-11) |
433 |
18 |
| 18. Tulane
(38-11) |
430 |
21 |
| 19. Louisiana St.
(32-17) |
428 |
22 |
| 20. Mississippi
(30-20) |
425 |
26 |
| 21. Texas (34-19) |
420 |
20 |
| 22. Auburn
(36-13) |
418 |
14 |
| 23. Clemson
(29-18) |
416 |
23 |
| 24. Nevada
(32-14) |
413 |
30 |
| 25. Mississippi
St. (35-14) |
412 |
16 |
| 26. Arizona St.
(36-18) |
408 |
— |
| 27. Oklahoma St.
(34-13) |
405 |
25 |
| 28. Notre Dame
(36-11) |
404 |
27 |
| 29. East Carolina
(38-11) |
402 |
— |
| 30. South Alabama
(30-16) |
399 |
— |
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | RHP Andy Heimbach, Mt. Vernon
Nazarene: Heimbach hurled the first perfect game in school history in a 2-0 win over
Malone College in a 7-inning contest. He registered 11 strikeouts. Heimbach went to a
3-ball count on just one batter. It also marked the 16th shutout of his 3-year career, an
NAIA record.
|
| P Jake Chavez, Grinnell College: Chavez
pitched the first perfect game in Grinnell College history with a 6-0, 7-inning victory.
He struck out 13 batters. Chavez has not been scored on in his last 32 innings and upped
his strikeout total to 101 with only 11 walks in 60 innings. In 16 innings of work last
week, he gave up only one hit, no runs, one walk and struck out 29 batters.
|
| LHP Barry Zito, Southern
California: Zito struck out 16 UCLA batters in a 4-1 victory. It marked the third time
this season Zito has fanned 16 batters in a game. Zito, who hurled a 2-hitter, no-hit the
Bruins over the last seven innings. He struck out at least one batter in every inning.
|
| 1B Don Price, Nevada: Price
cracked 5 home runs in four games last week with 13 RBI. He was 8-for-13 at the plate.
Over his last 15 games, Price has belted 16 home runs, 4 doubles and knocked in 44 runs.
|
| 1B Mike Eylward, South Florida: Eylward
belted 4 home runs in three games last week and knocked in 14 runs. He collected 10 hits
in 16 at bats. His slugging percentage was 1.438 for the week.
|
