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Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (May 17, 2004)
STANFORD NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
(www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Stanford is No. 1 in this
week's Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Cardinal, 39-9 overall, is in first place
in the Pac-10 Conference with a 12-5 league mark. Last week, Stanford beat Santa
Clara and split two games at Arizona. The Cardinal is hitting .331 as a team
with 84 home runs in 48 games along with 80 doubles and 16 triples. The offense
is averaging nine runs a game.
Texas, ranked No. 1 last week, lost two games
at home to North Carolina St. during the past weekend and fell to second in this
week's poll.
Poll Notes:
Several teams have been on a roll lately. Notre
Dame has won nine in a row, Georgia Tech. 13 straight, Arizona St. 7
consecutive, South Carolina 7 in a row and Southern Mississippi six straight.
Two teams fell out of the poll this week in College of Charleston and Birmingham
Southern. Two new teams to the poll this week are Big 12 Conference teams Texas
Tech (34-17) and Texas A&M (38-15).
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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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of May 17, 2004) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Stanford (39-9) |
493 |
2 |
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2. Texas (46-10) |
492 |
1 |
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3. Rice (38-9) |
490 |
4 |
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4. East Carolina (45-8) |
485 |
5 |
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5. Miami, Fla. (37-11) |
483 |
3 |
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6. Notre Dame (42-9) |
479 |
8 |
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7. Virginia (40-11) |
476 |
10 |
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8. Georgia (35-17) |
472 |
12 |
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9. Louisiana St. (38-14) |
471 |
7 |
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10. Georgia Tech. (34-17) |
469 |
15 |
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11. Long Beach St. (36-13) |
466 |
9 |
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12. Mississippi (38-15) |
464 |
18 |
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13. Washington (32-16-1) |
462 |
13 |
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14. Oral Roberts (42-8) |
460 |
14 |
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15. Arkansas (35-18) |
459 |
11 |
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16. South Carolina (39-13) |
455 |
21 |
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17. Arizona St. (35-13) |
454 |
17 |
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18. Florida (37-16) |
452 |
6 |
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19. North Carolina (36-15) |
450 |
16 |
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20. Central Florida (39-12) |
448 |
19 |
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21. Oklahoma (34-18) |
446 |
23 |
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22. Florida St. (34-19) |
444 |
26 |
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23. Cal. St. Fullerton (33-20) |
440 |
28 |
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24. Tulane (37-15) |
439 |
25 |
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25. Wichita St. (38-13) |
437 |
24 |
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26. Southern Miss. (39-13) |
436 |
29 |
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27. Oklahoma St. (32-18) |
433 |
22 |
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28. Clemson (32-21) |
430 |
20 |
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29. Texas Tech. (34-17) |
428 |
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30. Texas A&M (38-15) |
425 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Ryan Zink,
Illinois-Chicago: Zink became the
10th pitcher in Illinois-Chicago history to hurl a no-hitter as he blanked
Youngstown State, 7-0 while striking out 10 batters in a 7-inning contest. It
was the first no-hitter at the school since the 1997 season. Earlier in the
week, Zink tossed three innings of scoreless relief in a 9-3 win over
Northwestern. For the week, he pitched in 10 innings, allowed one hit and
struck out 11. |
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RHP Mike Rogers & RHP Vern
Sterry, North Carolina St.: Rogers
and Sterry each pitched complete-game 3-hit shutouts against the Texas
Longhorns at Disch-Falk field in Austin, Tex. Rogers won the first game, 2-0
while Sterry took the nightcap, 1-0. The sweep was the first time in the
108-year history of Texas baseball that the Longhorns were blanked in both
ends of a doubleheader. Rogers struck out 10, walked one and allowed three
hits. Sterry struck out 11, walked two and allowed only three hits.
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LHP/OF Brian Bogusevic,
Tulane: Bogusevic had a remarkable
week on the mound and on offense for the Green Wave. He hit two home runs and
collected 8 RBI in three games against St. Louis as he went 7-for-13 at the
plate. One of the home runs was a walk-off grand slam to cap a 13-9 win. He
also earned a win on the mound as he tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts
while walking one in eight innings. |
| 3B Brad McCann, Clemson: McCann was
8-for-10 with 8 runs scored, 2 homers, a double and 8 RBIs in three games last
week. He tied a Clemson record when he went 6-for-6 with a double, three
singles, two home runs, four runs scored and six RBIs. One of the homers was a
grand slam on an 0-2 pitch. He reached base in 11 of his 13 plate appearances
as he had an .846 on-base percentage. |
