Arizona State beat fellow top-10 team Oklahoma for the second straight day and Presbyterian handed #8 Clemson a surprising midweek loss, as the underdogs performed well again during Wednesday action involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings (the unranked/lower-ranked teams won 37% of the games: 7-12). front-page photo courtesy of Presbyterian
Presbyterian's Aaron Preston
There were three head-t0-head matchups on Wednesday between CB360 top-50 teams, with #36 Wichita State winning again over visiting #16 Arizona (8-3) while #4 Virginia topped in-state rival #45 James Madison, 7-3 (in addition to #8 ASU’s 6-4 win over the #6 Sooners).
Wednesday’s other top-50 upsets played out as follows: San Francisco 7-6 at #23 California (11 inn.) … Dallas Baptist 3-1 at #24 Rice (also 11 inn.) … USC 9-4 vs. visiting #28 Louisville … and Kennesaw State‘s 12-8 home win vs. #50 Georgia.
WEDNESDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (3/16/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
Arizona State's Jake Barrett
at #8 Arizona State 6-6-1 def. #6 Oklahoma 4-7-1
Final Stats | ASU Recap | OU Recap
at #4 Virginia 7-11-1 def. #45 James Madison 3-7-0
Final Stats | VA Recap | JMU Recap | Video Highlights
Wichita State's Tyler Coughenour
at #36 Wichita State 8-8-1 def. #16 Arizona 3-8-3
Final Stats | WICH Recap (w/ video) | AZ Recap
WEDNESDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (3/16/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
at #5 South Carolina 8-13-1 def. Wofford 4-5-1
Final Stats | SC Recap | WOF Recap
#7 LSU 12-15-1 won at Nicholls State 8-10-1
Final Stats | LSU Recap | NICH Recap
Presbyterian 4-10-0 def. #9 Clemson 3-7-3 (Greenville, SC)
Final Stats | PRES Recap | CLEM Recap
San Francisco's Stephen Yarrow
at #19 Georgia Tech 12-13-2 def.Georgia Southern 3-7-0
Final Stats | GT Recap | GS Recap
at #22 Tulane 12-13-0 def. Alcorn State 0-4-3
Final Stats | TUL Recap | ALC Recap | Quotes
San Francisco 7-14-0 won at #23 California 6-8-1 (11 inn.)
Final Stats | SanFran Recap (w/ video) | Cal Recap
Dallas Baptist 3-6-1 won at #24 Rice 1-7-3 (11 inn.)
Final Stats | DB Recap | Rice Recap
Dallas Baptist's Tyler Robbins
at #25 College of Charleston 8-6-1 def. Jacksonville 4-8-1
Final Stats | CofC Recap | J’ville Recap
USC's Ben Mount
at USC 9-9-3 def. #28 Louisville 4-8-2
Final Stats | USC Recap (w/ video) | LOU Recap
#31 Coastal Carolina 6-11-1 won at San Diego 0-3-3
Final Stats | CC Recap | USD Recap
at #37 Stetson 5-11-0 def. Siena 1-5-1
Final Stats | STET Recap | Siena Recap | Photos
#39 East Tennessee State 6-10-0 won at Tennessee Tech 5-9-1
Final Stats | ETSU Recap | TT Recap
at #42 East Carolina 8-10-2 def. Buffalo 3-7-5
Final Stats | ECU Recap | BUFF Recap
at #44 Kansas State 6-7-2 def. Nebraska 5-7-1
Final Stats | K-St Recap | NEB Recap
Kennesaw State's Sean Fream
#47 Tennessee 5-10-4 won at Austin Peay 3-10-1
Final Stats | TN Recap | AP Recap
at Kennesaw State 12-11-2 def. #50 Georgia 8-10-4
Final Stats | KENN Recap | GA Recap