College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday
(April 14, 2003)
RICE NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Rice University (35-3) has been
ranked No. 1 for the fourth straight time in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's NCAA
Division I baseball poll.
Despite losing twice last week to Lamar (7-5) and Fresno
St. (7-3), the Owls won three games (one against Texas A&M and two against Fresno
St.).
Rice had stretched its school-record winning streak to
30 games with a win last Tuesday against Texas A&M, but the streak ended the next
night with a loss to Lamar. Despite the two losses last week, the Owls have won 32 of
their last 34 games. Rice is hitting .327 as a team. The pitching staff has an ERA of
2.22. On defense, the Owls have played errorless ball in 24 of 38 games.
Poll Notes: Three teams that have
been superb lately include Notre Dame, Texas and Minnesota. The Fighting Irish have won 16
straight games while the Longhorns have won eight straight. Minnesota, which has won 11 of
its last 12 games, has raced to a 10-0 Big Ten Conference record as the Golden Gophers are
20-11 overall. Three teams fell out of the poll this week in Florida (2-2), Nevada-Las
Vegas (2-2) and Western Carolina (0-3). Three new teams to the poll this week are
Minnesota, Lamar and Wichita St.
The Collegiate Baseball
Newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during
the 1957 college baseball season.
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Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's |
NCAA Div. I Poll (As of April 14, 2003) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. Rice
(35-3) |
495 |
1 |
| 2. Florida
St. (33-6) |
494 |
2 |
| 3. Cal.
St. Fullerton (30-8) |
492 |
3 |
| 4.
Stanford (23-10) |
489 |
4 |
| 5. Georgia
Tech. (28-6) |
485 |
5 |
| 6. Arizona
St. (38-7) |
482 |
6 |
| 7.
Louisiana St. (24-11-1) |
479 |
8 |
| 8. North
Carolina St. (30-8) |
475 |
9 |
| 9. Auburn
(29-8) |
474 |
10 |
| 10. Texas (29-11) |
471 |
15 |
| 11. Mississippi
St. (25-7-1) |
470 |
7 |
| 12. Long Beach
St. (23-12) |
468 |
11 |
| 13. Notre Dame
(25-6) |
465 |
16 |
| 14. Miami, Fla.
(27-7) |
463 |
12 |
| 15. Clemson
(25-9) |
461 |
13 |
| 16. Nebraska
(25-9) |
459 |
14 |
| 17. Florida
Atlantic (32-9) |
455 |
18 |
| 18. Texas A&M
(29-11) |
453 |
24 |
| 19. Richmond
(27-6) |
450 |
22 |
| 20. Baylor
(25-14) |
449 |
21 |
| 21. Oklahoma St.
(23-11) |
446 |
17 |
| 22. Wake Forest
(21-12) |
444 |
19 |
| 23. Missouri
(25-10) |
440 |
20 |
| 24. Minnesota
(20-11) |
438 |
— |
| 25. Arizona
(26-12) |
434 |
26 |
| 26. Arkansas
(27-7) |
433 |
25 |
| 27. Southern
Miss. (26-10) |
430 |
27 |
| 28. South Alabama
(25-10) |
426 |
30 |
| 29. Lamar (25-10) |
423 |
— |
| 30. Wichita St.
(27-12) |
420 |
— |
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | RHP Greg Prenger, Ohio St.: Prenger
pitched what is believed to be the first perfect game in Ohio State's 120-year history
with 2-0 win over Oakland. He retired all 21 batters he faced in the 7-inning contest.
Prenger struck out one batter in the first, two in the third, two in the fifth and one in
the seventh. He had seven fly outs and eight ground or line outs to go with his six
strikeouts. Prenger missed all of last season after undergoing surgery on his right
shoulder during the summer of 2001.
|
| LHP Scott Lewis, Ohio St.:
Lewis fanned 20 batters in nine innings as Ohio St. beat Iowa, 4-1. The 20 strikeouts tied
the school record held by Steve Arlin which he set in a 15-inning, 1-0 victory over
Washington St. in the 1965 College World Series. Lewis' previous strikeout high was 12
last season against Purdue.
|
| RHP Kevin Slowey, Winthrop: Slowey
struck out a school-record 19 batters against New York Tech in a 9-5 Winthrop victory. He
gave up four earned runs in the third inning but gave up one hit over the final six
innings of the game. He has fanned 31 batters in his last 18 innings of work on the mound.
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