College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (March 1, 2004)
LSU NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
(www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Louisiana State University is
ranked No. 1 for the second straight week in Collegiate Baseball
newspaper's NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Tigers (9-1) have won seven straight
games, including a 3-game sweep of Texas State over the past weekend. The win
streak represents the Tigers' longest since the 2002 season. LSU's pitching
staff has allowed two runs or less in each of the seven victories as the Tigers
have outscored opponents 71-9 during the win streak.
Poll Notes:
Several teams have been red-hot. East Carolina
has raced to a 12-0 start which includes two wins over Clemson. It marks the
second best start in school history. South Carolina is off to a 9-0 record. The
Gamecocks now own five shutouts in nine wins on the season. On offense, South
Carolina has belted 24 homers with a team batting average of .393. Notre Dame is
6-0 for the first time in 44 seasons. Texas A&M has rolled to a 12-1 record —
the best start since the 1993 squad opened the year 15-1. Other teams on a roll
include North Carolina State (7 straight victories), and Arizona State, Florida
and Mississippi (6 consecutive wins).
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Baseball Newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth
took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 1, 2004) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Louisiana St. (9-1) |
496 |
1 |
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2. Stanford (13-2) |
495 |
2 |
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3. Texas (15-2) |
492 |
4 |
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4. Rice (7-2) |
490 |
5 |
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5. South Carolina (9-0) |
489 |
6 |
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6. Arizona St. (12-2) |
487 |
7 |
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7. Notre Dame (6-0) |
484 |
10 |
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8. Miami, Fla. (7-3) |
483 |
8 |
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9. Wichita St. (0-0) |
475 |
9 |
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10. Long Beach St. (9-3) |
473 |
11 |
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11. Florida Atlantic (12-1) |
470 |
12 |
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12. Texas A&M (12-1) |
469 |
14 |
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13. Tulane (8-1) |
467 |
13 |
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14. Auburn (9-1) |
464 |
15 |
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15. Nebraska (5-1) |
460 |
16 |
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16. Oklahoma (8-1) |
455 |
28 |
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17. Georgia Tech. (6-3) |
453 |
3 |
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18. East Carolina (12-0) |
450 |
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19. Florida (10-3) |
448 |
21 |
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20. Oregon St. (8-1) |
445 |
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21. Mississippi (6-0) |
443 |
26 |
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22. North Carolina St. (7-0) |
441 |
27 |
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23. Florida St. (9-4) |
439 |
23 |
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24. Mississippi St. (3-0) |
436 |
29 |
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25. U.C. Irvine (9-2-1) |
433 |
30 |
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26. Arizona (7-5-1) |
430 |
19 |
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27. Cal. St. Fullerton (8-8) |
429 |
20 |
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28. Washington (6-3) |
425 |
22 |
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29. Clemson (2-3) |
422 |
17 |
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30. North Carolina (4-3) |
420 |
18 |
"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Derek Hankins, Memphis:
Hankins, in only his second career
NCAA Division I start, tied the Memphis school record for strikeouts as he
fanned 17 Murray State batters in a 7-1 win. Even more impressive was that
Hankins tied the record in just seven innings. He struck out the side in the
first, fifth and sixth innings and fanned seven in a row at one stage as he
allowed only two hits. |
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P Peter Young, Lewis &
Clark: Young hurled only the second
no-hitter in the last 25 years of baseball at Lewis & Clark College in a win
over Bethany College. He fanned six batters over the 7-inning game and walked
one. In three starts this season, he is 2-0 with a 1.49 ERA. |
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RHP Derek Duclos, Richmond:
Duclos combined with Matt McLoughlin
for a no-hitter against Coastal Carolina. Over the first six innings of the
nine-inning contest, Duclos did not allow a hit and struck out six. McLoughlin
was also impressive as he pitched the final three innings and struck out five
batters. |
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RHP Matt Fox, Central
Florida: Fox struck out 14 batters
in seven innings in a 13-0 win over Monmouth. Fox yielded two hits and no runs
while pitching 5 2/3 innings of perfect baseball. He retired 17 of the first
18 batters he faced to improve to 3-0 on the season. |
| OF Travis Buck, Arizona State: Buck
went 10-for-12 at the plate in a 3-game series against Connecticut. He scored
six runs, hit five doubles, one home run and knocked in 13 runs. He went
4-for-5 in an 18-2 win over the Huskies, tying a school record with four
doubles. He then went 5-for-5 in his next game with three singles, a home run
and a double with a career-high 8 RBI. |
