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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday (March 1, 2010) LOUISIANA STATE NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL TUCSON, Ariz. — Defending national champion Louisiana St. is ranked No. 1 for the second straight time in Collegiate Baseball newspaper's NCAA Division I baseball poll. The Tigers (7-0) swept a 3-game series over the weekend against William & Mary. On the season, LSU is averaging 8.8 runs per game with 8 total home runs, 16 doubles and 20 stolen bases. Catcher Micah Gibbs has only allowed five stolen bases in seven games. The pitching staff has struck out 59 batters and walked only 21. Poll Notes:
Several teams had quality wins last week. Coastal
Carolina knocked off highly regarded U.C. Irvine twice as well as N.C. State.
Texas Christian beat Cal. St. Fullerton two of three in Fullerton, Calif. Texas
swept a 3-game series at home against Stanford. UCLA, off to its best start
since the 1997 season at 6-0, beat Long Beach St., Vanderbilt and Southern
California last week. Western Kentucky (5-1) knocked off Texas A&M, Baylor and
Texas St. Southeastern Louisiana swept a 3-game series at Mississippi St. to run
their record to 7-0. Louisville (7-0) is off to its best start since the 1957
ball club started 15-0. Teams that fell out of the poll this week include Cal.
St. Fullerton (2-4), San Diego (4-4), Oregon (4-4), Southern Mississippi (4-3)
and Texas A&M (5-2 overall, 2-2 last week). New to the poll are Western
Kentucky, Kentucky (6-0), Washington St. (6-0), Southeastern Louisiana and
Vanderbilt 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)
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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