NORTH CAROLINA NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of North Carolina (14-0) is ranked No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I baseball poll.
The Tar Heels won three straight over Wake Forest over the past weekend and sit at 3-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. North Carolina’s pitching staff has a 2.03 ERA and has struck out 116 batters over 14 games. On offense, the highly disciplined Tar Heels are hitting .316 with 95 walks — an average of 6.7 per game.
Poll Notes: Oregon St. and Florida St. are both undefeated at 15-0. Louisiana St. has won 10 straight while Mississippi (16-1) and Virginia (14-1) have only lost one time this season. Nevada-Las Vegas has won nine staight. In key series over the past weekend, Vanderbilt beat Oregon two of three, Central Arkansas (14-2) knocked off Mississippi St. two of three, Clemson beat N.C. State two of three, and Stanford was swept in a 3-game series at home against UNLV. Three teams fell out of the poll in Virginia Tech (1-2 last week), Rice (3-2), and Maryland (1-2). New to the poll is Clemson (9-5 overall), Central Arkansas (14-2), and UNLV (13-3).
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 11, 2013) |
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| Rank School (Record) | Points | Previous |
| 1. North Carolina (14-0) | 497 | 1 |
| 2. Oregon St. (15-0) | 494 | 3 |
| 3. Louisiana St. (15-1) | 492 | 4 |
| 4. Vanderbilt (15-2) | 491 | 2 |
| 5. South Carolina (13-2) | 489 | 6 |
| 6. Mississippi (16-1) | 486 | 11 |
| 7. Florida St. (15-0) | 482 | 15 |
| 8. Mississippi St. (17-2) | 480 | 5 |
| 9. Kentucky (13-2) | 479 | 7 |
| 10. UCLA (11-3) | 476 | 13 |
| 11. Georgia Tech. (14-2) | 474 | 16 |
| 12. Virginia (14-1) | 473 | 17 |
| 13. Cal. St. Fullerton (13-3) | 467 | 12 |
| 14. Louisville (12-2) | 465 | 19 |
| 15. Arizona St. (10-2-1) | 462 | 20 |
| 16. Oregon (11-5) | 458 | 14 |
| 17. N.C. State (12-4) | 456 | 8 |
| 18. Stanford (10-5) | 453 | 9 |
| 19. Oklahoma (12-4) | 451 | 10 |
| 20. Cal Poly (13-2) | 448 | 22 |
| 21. Notre Dame (10-3) | 445 | 25 |
| 22. Arkansas (11-5) | 443 | 29 |
| 23. Florida Gulf Coast (13-3) | 442 | 23 |
| 24. Arizona (13-5) | 440 | 18 |
| 25. Nevada-Las Vegas (13-3) | 439 | — |
| 26. Clemson (9-5) | 437 | — |
| 27. Oklahoma St. (12-3) | 436 | 26 |
| 28. U.C. Irvine (12-4) | 433 | 22 |
| 29. Miami, Fla. (13-4) | 430 | 24 |
| 30. Central Arkansas (14-2) | 427 | — |
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
| RHP Frankie Vanderka, Stony Brook: Vanderka tossed his second career no-hitter during a nine inning, 2-0 win over Fordham. He struck out six and faced only four batters over the minimum. He also pitched a no-hitter as a freshman during the 2011 season at New Jersey Institute of Technol |
| OF/1B Ben Verlander, Old Dominion: Verlander hit four homers and collected 9 RBI over four games last week as he went 7-for-11 at the plate. In one game against Northeastern, he went 4-for-4 with three home runs, including a grand slam, and tallied seven RBI. He tied the school record for most homers in a single game during the contest. | |
RHP Mark Appel, Stanford: Appel struck out a career-high 15 UNLV batters and walked one over seven innings. He allowed four hits and one earned run during a 3-2 loss. Three of Appel’s strikeouts came in the second inning when UNLV scored its first two runs. The Cardinal committed three errors in the frame which led to unearned runs to snap Appel’s streak of 18 2/3 innings without giving up a run. |
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SS Joey Pankake, South Carolina: Pankake belted four homers, scored seven runs and knocked in nine runs for the Gamecocks last week over five games as he hit .438 (7-for-16). |
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