College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (April 19, 2004)
TEXAS NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
(www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Texas is No.
1 for the second straight week in the latest Collegiate Baseball
newspaper poll of NCAA Division I baseball.
The Longhorns (38-5) have won 11 of their last
12 games and sit at 11-3 in the Big 12 Conference. Pitching has been superb all
season long for Texas with a team ERA of 2.32 and nine shutouts in 43 games. The
pitching staff has struck out 375 batters and walked 141. On offense, the
Longhorns have stolen 91 bases in 122 attempts, walked 190 times and hit 119
extra base hits.
Poll Notes:
A major shakeup in the poll this week took place
as 15 teams from last week lost two or more games. Teams making major jumps in
the poll this week include Oral Roberts, Virginia, East Carolina and Clemson.
Oral Roberts finished a stretch of five straight road games against top 25 teams
with a 4-1 record. In addition, ORU has now won 24 consecutive Mid-Continent
Conference games. Virginia has won 12 straight games with a glistening 32-7
overall record and 14-4 Atlantic Coast Conference mark. East Carolina has won 12
in a row and hit 15 homers in a 3-game series against Cincinnati. The Pirates
are now tied for first place in Conference USA with a 12-3 record. East Carolina
(31-6) would probably be ranked even higher, but the Pirates only have a 3-5
record against top 25 teams this season. Clemson beat South Carolina and knocked
off North Carolina two of three games last week. Other red-hot teams include
Rutgers (13 wins in a row) and Cal. St. Fullerton (8 straight wins).
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
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of April 19, 2004) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Texas (38-5) |
495 |
1 |
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2. Stanford (29-5) |
494 |
2 |
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3. Rice (30-7) |
492 |
3 |
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4. Notre Dame (30-5) |
490 |
4 |
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5. Miami, Fla. (28-8) |
488 |
5 |
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6. Long Beach St. (26-9) |
485 |
8 |
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7. Mississippi (31-6) |
484 |
9 |
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8. Louisiana St. (28-10) |
481 |
12 |
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9. U.C. Irvine (23-10-1) |
475 |
7 |
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10. Tennessee (29-9) |
470 |
6 |
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11. Wichita St. (23-7) |
468 |
11 |
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12. Florida St. (26-13) |
463 |
14 |
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13. Auburn (26-12) |
459 |
16 |
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14. Oral Roberts (31-7) |
457 |
21 |
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15. Virginia (32-7) |
455 |
23 |
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16. East Carolina (31-6) |
452 |
28 |
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17. Clemson (22-14) |
449 |
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18. North Carolina (27-10) |
447 |
10 |
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19. Arkansas (25-13) |
446 |
18 |
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20. Nebraska (26-9) |
445 |
17 |
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21. Florida (28-11) |
443 |
19 |
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22. South Carolina (26-10) |
441 |
13 |
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23. Southern Miss. (29-8) |
440 |
20 |
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24. Oklahoma (25-13) |
439 |
25 |
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25. Central Florida (32-8) |
437 |
26 |
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26. Tulane (26-12) |
434 |
15 |
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27. Coll. of Charleston (28-7) |
433 |
22 |
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28. North Carolina St. (27-12) |
430 |
24 |
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29. Rutgers (20-13) |
429 |
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30. Cal. St. Fullerton (23-16) |
427 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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LHP Parrish Castor, St.
Anselm: Castor struck out a school
record 20 batters in a 6-2 win over American International. The 20 strikeouts
surpassed Castor's previous career-high of 11 set in his previous start
against Merrimack and also tied the Northeast-10 Conference record. Castor
becomes just the sixth player in the history of Division II baseball to strike
out 20 or more batters. |
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LHP Tim Layden, Duke:
Layden pitched a no-hitter in a 4-0 win
over Old Dominion with a career-high 12 strikeouts. It was Duke's first
no-hitter since the 1991 season. At one stage in the nine inning game, Layden
retired 17 consecutive batters. He also led the Blue Devil offense, going
2-for-4 with the game winning hit. |
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OF Todd Kimling, Eastern
Michigan: Kimling belted six home
runs and knocked in eight runs during the past week.He also scored nine runs
and was 10-for-21 at the plate. He leads the Eagles with 12 homers. |
| 3B Jay Balback, Binghamton: Balback
belted five home runs in four games with 14 RBI and 11 runs scored. He
collected 14 hits and posted a 1.52 slugging percentage for the week. |
