Three teams – Auburn, East Tennessee State and Nicholls State – clinched series upsets vs. CB360 top-50 teams on Saturday, but the higher-ranked teams in general had another strong day by winning 75% of the games involving CB360 top-50 teams (33-11). The day’s upsets including several other noteworthy results, namely huge wins by NCAA Tournament bubble teams Central Florida (cb360 #41, 14-10 at #6 Florida State) and Mississippi (10-2 vs. #3 South Carolina). front-page photo courtesy of Central Florida
#28 Auburn won at #38 Georgia for the second straight day (3-0), while East Tennessee (2-0 at #37 NC State) and Nicholls State (11-1 vs. #43 Southeastern Louisiana) had similar series-clinching wins vs. higher-ranked teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings. Saturday’s other top-50 upsets broke down as follows (all series tied): #24 California 6-2 at #7 Oregon State … Louisiana Tech 8-6 vs. #14 Fresno State … Marshall 7-1 vs. #29 East Carolina … Cal Poly 7-3 at #31 UC Irvine … Louisiana-Lafayette 17-1 at #34 Troy … and Western Kentucky 6-1 vs. #50 Florida Atlantic.
In the six head-to-head series between CB360 top-50 teams (three referenced above), #4 Florida averted a sweep at #21 Arkansas (5-3) … #15 TCU evened its series at #20 Oklahoma State (10-3) … and #33 Alabama won to set up a deciding game on Sunday vs. #35 LSU (4-0).
Princeton (9-2) and Dartmouth (5-4) split Saturday’s Ivy League Championship Series games, forcing a third game on Sunday that will determine the Ivy League’s representative in the NCAA Championship.
The four top-50 teams that did not play on Saturday included: #1 Virginia, #10 Georgia Tech, #46 Baylor and #47 Gonzaga.
SATURDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (5/7/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
#4 FLORIDA 5-9-2 won at #21 ARKANSAS 3-6-2 … FL 36-12/18-6 SEC (ARK 32-15/12-12) … ARK won series (2-1)
Final Stats | FL Recap | ARK Recap
Florida's Daniel Pigott
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio (ARK) | Live Audio (FL) | TV: ESPNU
ARK info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
FL info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Supplement | Quick Facts
SEC info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats| History
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#41 CENTRAL FLORIDA 14-11-0 won at #6 FLORIDA STATE 10-15-4 … UCF 29-18/7-11 CUSA (FSU 35-12/16-8 ACC) … series tied
Final Stats | UCF Recap | FSU Recap
Central Florida's Jonathan Griffin
game coverage – Live Stats | FSU Audio | UCF Audio
FSU info. – Game Notes | Series Preview | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
UCF info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
ACC info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Media Guide
CUSA info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Interactive Guide | Media Guide
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Oregon State's Sam Gaviglio
at #7 OREGON STATE 3-2-0 def. #24 CALIFORNIA 0-9-1 (gm-1)
Final Stats | OR-St. Recap | Cal Recap
#24 CALIFORNIA 6-11-0 won at #7 OREGON STATE 2-6-3 (gm-2) … Cal 28-15 /12-8 Pac-10 (OR-St. 33-11/13-4) … series tied
Final Stats | Cal Recap | OR-St. Recap
Cal's Justin Jones
gm-1 coverage – Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio | TV: Root Sports
gm-2 coverage – Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio
Ore.-St. info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | History | Quick Facts
Cal info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide
Pac-10 info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Media Guide
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#15 TCU 10-13-1 won at #20 OKLAHOMA STATE 3-11-2 … TCU 31-15/15-2 Mt.-West (OK-St. 31-14/12-8 Big-12) … series tied
Final Stats | TCU Recap | OK-St. Recap
TCU's Joe Weik
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Video/Audio (OSU) | Live Audio (TCU)
OSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
TCU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide
Big 12 info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Media Guide
Mt.-West info. –Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats
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at #38 AUBURN 3-8-0 def. #28 GEORGIA 0-5-0 … AUB 25-21/11-12 SEC (GA 24-23/13-10) … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | AUB Recap | GA Recap | Photos
Auburn's Derek Varnadore
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Video (AUB) | Live Video (GA) | Live Audio (GA)
AUB info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
GA info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
SEC info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | History
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at #33 ALABAMA 4-7-0 def. #35 LSU 0-8-3 … AL 29-20/11-12 SEC (LSU 30-18/8-15) … series tied
Final Stats | AL Recap | LSU Recap | Photos | Quotes
Alabama's Alex Morgan
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Video (espn3.com) | Live Audio (AL) | Live Audio (LSU) | TV: CSS
AL info. – | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide |
LSU info. – Game Notes | Series Preview | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
SEC info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats| History
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SATURDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (5/7/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
Mississippi's Miles Hamblin
#2 Vanderbilt 10-15-0 won at Kentucky 2-6-0 … series tied
Final Stats | VAN Recap | KY Recap | Photos | Notes
at Mississippi 10-14-0 def. #3 South Carolina 2-5-1 … series tied
Final Stats | OleMiss Recap | SC Recap
at #5 Arizona State 9-14-0 def. Long Beach State 2-9-1 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | ASU Recap | LB Recap
#8 Texas 16-17-1 wom at Nebraska 5-19-3 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | TX Recap | NEB Recap
at #9 North Carolina 5-11-0 def. Maryland 4-8-1 (10 inn.) … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | UNC Recap | MD Recap | Photos-1 | Photos-2
at #11 Texas A&M 14-17-2 def. Dallas Baptist 2-7-2 … series-clincher (2-1)
Final Stats | A&M Recap | DB Recap
#12 Cal State Fullerton 5-15-1 won at UC Riverside 3-11-0 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | CSF Recap | UCR Recap
at #13 Southern Mississippi 13-13-2 def. UAB 4-9-1 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | SoMiss Recap | UAB Recap
at Louisiana Tech 8-8-0 def, #14 Fresno State 6-12-3 (7 inn.; gm-1) … series tied
Final Stats | LT Recap | FS Recap | Photos
#14 Fresno State 7-11-0 won at Louisiana Tech 4-10-2 (gm-2) … FS leads 4-gm series (2-1)
Final Stats | FS Recap | LT Recap | Photos
#16 Stetson 8-13-0 won at Florida Gulf Coast 5-14-0 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | STET Recap | FGCU Recap
at #17 Miami 9-12-1 def. Hofstra 3-6-1 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | MIA Recap (w/ video) | HOF Recap | Notes
at #18 Oklahoma 11-9-3 def. Kansas 4-9-4 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | OU Recap (w/ video) | KU Recap
at #19 Clemson 13-11-0 def. Gardner-Webb 1-5-0 (gm-1) … series opener
Final Stats | CLEM Recap | G-W Recap
at #19 Clemson 12-20-0 def. Gardner-Webb 0-5-1 (gm-2) … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | CLEM Recap | G-W Recap
#22 Rice 12-13-1 won at Houston 6-11-4 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | Rice Recap | HOU Recap | Photos (Rice) | Photos (HOU)
at #23 Stanford 8-20-0 def. Washington 7-12-1 … series-clincher (2-1)
Final Stats | STAN Recap | WA Recap | Photos
at #25 Connecticut 2-7-1 def. South Florida 1-3-0 … series opener
Final Stats | UConn Recap | SF Recap
Marshall's Thor Meeks
at #26 Arizona 8-12-0 def. Alcorn State 2-9-1 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | AZ Recap | ALC Recap
#27 UCLA 3-6-0 won at Oregon 1-4-0 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | UCLA Recap | ORE Recap (w/ video)
at Marshall 7-13-2 def. #29 East Carolina 1-9-1 … series tied
Final Stats | Marshall Recap | ECU Recap
at #30 Kent State 14-15-0 def. Miami (Ohio) 1-3-5 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | Kent-St. Recap | Miami Recap
Cal Poly 7-13-0 won at #31 UC Irvine 3-10-0 … series tied
Final Stats | CP Recap | UCI Recap
Cal Poly's Steven Fischback
at #32 Coastal Carolina 8-7-0 def. Radford 0-3-2 (gm-1) … series opener
Final Stats | CC Recap | RAD Recap
at #32 Coastal Carolina 15-21-1 def. Radford 0-5-2 (gm-2) … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | CC Recap | RAD Recap
Louisiana-Lafayette's Greg Fontenot
Louisiana-Lafayette 17-18-1 won at #34 Troy 1-5-1 … series tied
Final Stats | ULL Recap | Troy Recap
#36 Creighton 7-13-0 won at Wichita State 5-12-2 … series tied
Final Stats | Creighton Recap | WICH Recap
East Tennessee State 2-5-1 won at #37 North Carolina State 0-2-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats | ETSU Recap (w/ video) | NC-St. Recap
#39 Florida International 11-16-0 won at Middle Tennessee State 2-5-1 … FIU won opener
Final Stats | FIU Recap | MTSU Recap
Nicolls State's Patrick Shreve
#40 Elon 8-8-5 won at The Citadel 2-7-2 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | Elon Recap | CIT Recap
#42 Texas State 9-14-1 won at Texas-San Antonio 7-14-3 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | TxSt Recap | UTSA Recap | Photos (UTSA)
at Nicholls State 11-17-1 def. #43 Southeastern Louisiana 1-11-3 (8 inn.) … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | NICH Recap | SL Recap
at #44 Kansas State 8-13-0 def. Missouri 5-8-0 … series tied
Final Stats | K-St. Recap | MO Recap
Western Kentucky's Justin Hageman
#45 Mississippi State 5-9-1 won at Tennessee 3-5-0 … series-clincher (2-0)
Final Stats | MS Recap | TN Recap (w/ video) | Photos (TN)
at #48 Charlotte 1-3-0 def. Richmond 0-5-3 (10 inn.) … series tied
Final Stats | CHAR Recap (w/ video) | RICH Recap
at #49 College of Charleston 6-9-3 def. UNC Greensboro 5-9-0 … series tied
Final Stats | CofC Recap | UNCG Recap
at Western Kentucky 6-11-1 def. #50 Florida Atlantic 2-9-2 … series tied
Final Stats | WKU Recap | FAU Recap
Princeton's Sam Mulroy (left) and A.J. Goetz
IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
at Princeton 9-15-2 def. Dartmouth 2-6-0 (gm-1)
Final Stats | PRIN Recap | DART Recap (w. video)
Dartmouth 5-7-0 won at Princeton 4-10-2 (gm-2)
Final Stats | DART Recap (w/ video) | PRIN Recap
Dartmouth celebrates as Chris O'Dowd scores the game-2 winning run.
note: decisive gm-3 is Sunday, May 8, at 1 ET
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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
OREGON STATE
#32 Sam Gaviglio
RRP • Jr. … 6-1 • 195
Ashland, OR
2.00 • 8-1
81 IP • 11 starts
76 K • 19 BB (4.0 K/BB ratio) … 3 HB • 1 WP
54 H (.189 opp. avg.) • 1 HR allowed … 8.1 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win at UCLA (7-5) … 6 IP … 5 R/4 ER … 6 H … 7 BB … 0 K … 30 BF … 110p (59K)
Career: 3.32 … 21-6 (3 SV) … 44 GP/27 GS … 206.1 IP … 176 Ks/51 BB … 167 H (.221), 10 HR… 15 HB … 6 WP
CALIFORNIA
#35 Erik Johnson
RHP • Jr. … 6-2 • 240
Los Altos, CA
1.94 • 5-1
69.2 IP • 11 starts
64 K • 27 BB (2.4 K/BB ratio) … 6 HB • 8 WP
48 H (.199 opp. avg.) • 3 HR allowed … 9.7 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: no-dec. vs. Oregon (2-1) .. 8 IP … 1 R … 4 H … 3 BB … HB … 11 K … 31 BF
Career: to-be-added