College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (March 21, 2005)
CAL. ST. FULLERTON NO. 1
IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Defending national champion
Cal. St. Fullerton has been ranked No. 1 for the first time this season in
Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Titans (16-4) jumped to the top of the
poll after Texas, ranked No. 1 for the previous seven polls, lost three straight
to Baylor and South Carolina lost two of three to Arkansas. Cal. St. Fullerton
is hitting .355 as a team with 26 homers, 47 doubles and 7 triples in 20 games.
On the base paths, the Titans have swiped 24 bases while holding opponents to
only 8.
The pitching staff has a strikeout to walk
ratio of better than 2:1 with 168 strikeouts and 71 walks over 20 contests.
All-American Ricky Romero has led the way with a 5-1 record and 1.70 ERA.
Poll Notes:
Baylor was only 11-7 entering last week and
ranked 26th. But the Bears had a remarkable week in beating previously No. 1
Texas three straight. It marked the first 3-game sweep by Baylor of a top five
ranked team in school history. It also was the Bears’ first sweep of Texas since
1998. Because of the trio of wins and seven straight victories overall, Baylor
jumped to 13th in this week’s poll. Other red-hot teams include Nebraska (10
wins in a row) and Georgia Tech which has won 25 straight Atlantic Coast
Conference games dating back to last season. Three teams dropped out of the poll
this week in Georgia (five straight losses), Vanderbilt (2-2) and East Carolina
(1-3). Three newcomers to the poll include College of Charleston (16-4),
Washington (13-8, winners of 9 of its last 10 games) and Long Beach St. (16-9).
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 March 21, 2005) |
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Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
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1. Cal. St. Fullerton (16-4) |
494 |
3 |
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2. Tulane (19-3) |
492 |
4 |
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3. Louisiana St. (17-4) |
490 |
5 |
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4. Georgia Tech. (19-2) |
489 |
6 |
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5. Arkansas (18-2) |
486 |
7 |
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6. South Carolina (17-3) |
485 |
2 |
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7. Texas (21-4) |
482 |
1 |
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8. Florida St. (24-4) |
479 |
16 |
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9. Nebraska (18-2) |
474 |
21 |
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10. Miami, Fla. (20-5) |
472 |
11 |
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11. North Carolina (15-5) |
470 |
9 |
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12. Florida (16-6) |
468 |
10 |
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13. Baylor (15-7) |
464 |
26 |
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14. Stanford (12-7) |
463 |
15 |
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15. Texas A&M (17-7) |
462 |
12 |
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16. Arizona (16-9) |
460 |
13 |
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17. Mississippi St. (13-3) |
459 |
18 |
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18. Mississippi (17-4) |
458 |
20 |
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19. Louisiana-Lafayette (19-4) |
454 |
19 |
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20. Central Florida (23-4) |
452 |
22 |
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21. Wichita St. (19-5) |
450 |
14 |
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22. Michigan (11-3) |
448 |
23 |
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23. Southern California (13-6) |
447 |
24 |
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24. Rice (15-8) |
445 |
8 |
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25. Coastal Carolina (17-3) |
443 |
28 |
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26. Coll. of Charleston (16-4) |
440 |
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27. Tennessee (16-5) |
437 |
25 |
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28. Oregon St. (16-3) |
435 |
30 |
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29. Washington (13-8) |
432 |
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30. Long Beach St. (16-9) |
428 |
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"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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RHP Ryan Myers,
Northwestern: Northwestern fell
behind Cornell, 7-0 after only 1 1/3 innings. Then the Wildcats’ Myers came in
to pitch as he struck out 15 batters with only one walk over the next 7 2/3
innings. Northwestern stormed back to take an 8-7 victory. |
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3B Alex Gordon, Nebraska:
Gordon belted 4 homers, 5 doubles and knocked in 10 runs with 31 total
bases over six games last week as he hit .560 (14-for-25). He also was 2-for-2
in stolen bases. |
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LHP Ben Snyder, Ball
State: Snyder recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts in a 4-0 complete game
win over Oakland. In addition, he did not walk a batter and allowed only three
hits. |
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DH/RHP Kris Harvey,
Clemson: Harvey had a monster week as a hitter and pitcher for the Tigers.
On offense, he belted 3 home runs with 10 RBIs in four games as he went
6-for-13 at the plate with three of the four games against highly regarded
North Carolina. On the mound, he pitched 7 scoreless innings of one-hit ball
to earn a win against North Carolina. He did not allow a runner past second
base. |
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RHP Luke Hochevar,
Tennessee: Hochevar threw a complete-game one-hitter in a 2-1 win over
Auburn. He retired 18 straight batters at one point and took a no-hitter into
the ninth before surrendering a hit. |
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LHP Brian Schutzbach,
Monmouth: Schutzbach pitched what is believed to be only the third
no-hitter in the 137-year history of Monmouth baseball when he blanked
Augustana, 2-0 on St. Patrick's Day. He recorded 12 strikeouts in the 7-inning
contest. |
