College Baseball
Poll -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Monday (April 18, 2005)
TULANE NO. 1 IN
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER
POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Tulane has been ranked No. 1
in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll for the
second straight week.
The Green Wave (32-6) has won 12 of their last
13 games. Over the past week, Tulane beat Nicholls St. and beat Houston two of
three. One factor in the success for Tulane this season has been home runs with
the team hitting 45 so far. The Green Wave hit at least one home run in eight
consecutive games before Houston was able to keep the ball in the park during
Tulane’s final game last week, a 7-2 Green Wave win. Louisville Slugger
pre-season All-American Micah Owings paces the squad with 11 homers.
Poll Notes:
Cal. St. Fullerton has won 6 of its last 7 games
and has outscored opponents 73-16 over its last seven games as the team is
hitting .329. Georgia Tech. swept a 3-game series at home against Florida St.
The Yellow Jackets improved to 32-2 in their last 34 regular-season Atlantic
Coast Conference games, and Tech. has won 13 consecutive ACC series. The Yellow
Jackets have also won 19 of their last 20 ACC home games.
Arizona St. swept a 3-game series at home
against Stanford as an amazing streak came to an end. The Cardinal suffered
their first sweep in Pac-10 Conference play in 64 series dating back to 1997
when ASU also swept the Cardinal. Texas now has a 5-game winning streak.
However, the Longhorns are in fourth place in the Big 12 Conference with a 9-5
record. Central Florida is another team on a roll with 5 straight wins last
week.
The Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth
took place during the 1957 college baseball season.
(Top 30 Agate Follows)
|
Collegiate Baseball
Newspaper's |
|
NCAA Div. I Poll (As of April 18, 2005) |
|
www.baseballnews.com |
|
Rank School (Record) |
Points |
Previous |
|
1. Tulane (32-6) |
487 |
1 |
|
2. Cal. St. Fullerton (26-9) |
486 |
2 |
|
3. Texas (32-6) |
485 |
3 |
|
4. Georgia Tech. (29-7) |
483 |
4 |
|
5. Arizona (26-11) |
478 |
6 |
|
6. Florida (27-9) |
477 |
7 |
|
7. Nebraska (31-7) |
474 |
10 |
|
8. Miami, Fla. (29-9-1) |
472 |
12 |
|
9. Long Beach St. (27-12) |
469 |
14 |
|
10. Baylor (25-13) |
468 |
16 |
|
11. Oregon St. (27-7) |
467 |
11 |
|
12. North Carolina (28-8-1) |
465 |
8 |
|
13. South Carolina (29-8) |
464 |
5 |
|
14. Florida St. (33-11) |
462 |
9 |
|
15. Alabama (26-12) |
455 |
17 |
|
16. Tennessee (25-10) |
454 |
24 |
|
17. Arkansas (30-8) |
453 |
15 |
|
18. Louisiana St. (26-12) |
451 |
19 |
|
19. Missouri (27-9) |
449 |
13 |
|
20. Coll. of Charleston (29-6) |
447 |
20 |
|
21. Louisiana-Lafayette (32-7) |
444 |
21 |
|
22. Arizona St. (25-15) |
442 |
— |
|
23. Auburn (25-14) |
441 |
23 |
|
24. Southern Calif. (22-10) |
440 |
25 |
|
25. Central Florida (35-8) |
439 |
26 |
|
26. Stanford (20-14) |
437 |
18 |
|
27. Oklahoma St. (27-14) |
434 |
— |
|
28. Creighton (28-8) |
432 |
30 |
|
29. Mississippi St. (23-10) |
429 |
22 |
|
30. Texas Christian (24-12) |
428 |
— |
"LOUISVILLE
SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 |
RHP Adrian Alaniz, Texas:
Alaniz registered the 19th no-hitter
in school history to lead the Longhorns to a 4-0, 9-inning win over Oklahoma.
He faced one batter over the minimum with a walk and became the first freshman
in UT history to record a no-hitter since Greg Swindell turned the trick
against Texas Wesleyan during the 1984 season. |
|
LHP Joe Serafin, Vermont:
Serafin hurled a 7-inning no-hitter
against Siena in a 4-0 win. He struck out 12 and walked one. Only one Siena
runner reached second base during the contest. |
|
SS Steve Gebhart, Central
College: Gebhart put up mammoth
numbers over four games last week as he hit 5 homers and knocked in 12 runs.
He tied a school record with three homers in a 16-5 win at Coe College. He
also scored 9 runs as he went 9-for-15 at the plate. |
|
C Greg McCarthy, Western
Oregon: During a 4-game series at
Northwest Nazarene, McCarthy went 13-for-19 at the plate with 17 RBI, 6
doubles and 2 home runs. He tied two school records with 6 hits in one game
and 8 RBI in another. |
|
LHP Adam Perkins, Rhode
Island: Perkins tossed a nine-inning
no-hitter in a 14-0 win over Iona. He registered a career-high 12 strikeouts
and walked two. At one point, he retired 13 consecutive batters. |
