College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (April 5, 2004)
STANFORD NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
(www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Stanford (23-4) is No. 1 in
the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll
for the second straight week.
The Cardinal won two of three at UCLA over the
past weekend and has now won eight of their last nine games. Dating back to last
season, Stanford has won 26 of its last 29 road games.
Poll Notes:
There was no movement in the top three teams from
a week ago as Stanford remained first followed by Louisiana St. and Texas. Notre
Dame, with a 9-game winning streak, moved to fourth while Rice, riding an 8-game
winning streak, moved up one spot to sixth.
Four other red-hot teams include College of
Charleston (14 straight wins), Clemson (8 wins in row), Oklahoma (7 consecutive
victories) and Nebraska (5-0 last week). Another note concerning Nebraska is
that its pitching staff set a Big 12 Conference record with four straight
shutouts last week, marking the first time in school history this has been
accomplished in one season. The staff went 43 1/3 innings without allowing a run
before the streak was snapped. Nebraska threw two shutouts against Wisc.-Milwaukee
and two against Kansas St. On the week, NU pitchers tossed a pair of
one-hitters, a 3-hitter and a 5-hitter.
Four teams fell out of the poll this week in
Florida Atlantic (1-2), N.C. Greensboro (1-2), Birmingham Southern (1-3) and
Vanderbilt (3-2).
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 5, 2004) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Stanford (23-4) |
496 |
1 |
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2. Louisiana St. (24-5) |
295 |
2 |
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3. Texas (31-4) |
494 |
3 |
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4. Notre Dame (22-3) |
490 |
5 |
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5. Mississippi (24-4) |
487 |
4 |
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6. Rice (24-6) |
485 |
7 |
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7. Miami, Fla. (24-6) |
484 |
6 |
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8. North Carolina (23-6) |
478 |
9 |
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9. South Carolina (23-5) |
475 |
11 |
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10. U.C. Irvine (19-6-1) |
471 |
12 |
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11. Long Beach St. (20-8) |
469 |
13 |
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12. Wichita St. (16-3) |
467 |
14 |
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13. Florida St. (23-9) |
465 |
10 |
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14. Tennessee (25-5) |
464 |
16 |
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15. Nebraska (21-5) |
462 |
20 |
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16. Auburn (21-9) |
460 |
15 |
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17. Florida (25-8) |
458 |
8 |
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18. Southern Miss. (24-4) |
455 |
21 |
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19. Central Florida (27-5) |
453 |
24 |
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20. Coll. of Charleston (23-5) |
450 |
25 |
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21. Arizona St. (22-9) |
448 |
17 |
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22. Tulane (22-8) |
446 |
19 |
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23. Clemson (17-10) |
444 |
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24. North Carolina St. (20-10) |
441 |
22 |
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25. Georgia (19-10) |
439 |
— |
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26. Texas A&M (26-8) |
436 |
18 |
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27. Oral Roberts (23-6) |
435 |
26 |
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28. East Carolina (24-6) |
434 |
27 |
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29. Virginia (25-7) |
431 |
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30. Oklahoma (19-10) |
429 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Scott Hyde, George Fox:
Hyde hurled the third no-hitter in
George Fox University history in a 6-0 win over Pacific. He struck out 14
batters in facing the minimum 27 batters over nine innings. He missed a
perfect game only when he hit Matthew McCord to lead off the fifth. He was
picked off on the next pitch. |
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RHP Matt Daley, Bucknell:
Daley threw the fourth no-hitter in Bucknell history in a 1-0 win over Lehigh
in seven innings. He struck out 10, walked none and was only two hit batsmen
from throwing a perfect game. |
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RHP Dennis Bigley, Oral
Roberts: Bigley fired the first
no-hitter at Oral Roberts since 1986 in an 8-0, seven inning win over Chicago
St. He faced the minimum 21 batters in the game, retiring the first 16 before
hitting a batter with one out in the sixth inning (he was retired on a double
play). Bigley struck out 12. |
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LHP John Sokoll, Kirkwood
C.C. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa): Sokoll
struck out the first 13 batters he faced in a 2-1 win over Southwestern C.C.
He only allowed a bunt base hit in the sixth before being relieved in the
seventh as he fanned 17 total batters in the game. |
| INF Jeff Robbins, Pfeiffer: Robbins
had an incredible game last week as he went 5-for-5 with 4 home runs and 7
RBIs against Barton. He also scored 5 runs in the ball game. |
