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A busy Tuesday produced six upsets of CB360 top-50 teams in the Composite National Rankings, including a pair of losses within the top-25: Eastern Illinois 3-2 at #21 Louisville and Texas State’s 4-hit shutout (1-0) at #22 TCU. Liberty also registered a noteworthy win by knocking off its top-ranked in-state rival, 8-0 at #27 Virginia. front-page photo courtesy of Liberty
Favorites went 20-6 (77%), with a pair of rainouts, in Tuesday’s top-50 action.
One of the upsets came in a head-to-head battle between CB360 top-50 teams, as #42 Pepperdine picked up another top win after beating #30 USC, 7-2. In other top-50 head-to-head matchups, #6 North Carolina won 8-4 over #44 St. John’s while #45 Tulane improved to 8-1 with a 12-1 win over #49 Southeastern Louisiana.
In addition to the wins by Pepperdine, Eastern Illinois, Texas State and Liberty, Tuesday’s other top-50 upsets included Mercer’s 12-4 win at #46 Georgia Southern and Middle Tennessee State being previously-unbeaten #47 Tennessee (5-4, in 10 innings).
There was one game on Monday involving a current CB360 top-50 team, as #37 Texas Tech rallied to beat Northern Illinois, 3-2 (postgame links for that game at bottom of this page).
Tuesday’s top-50 results and an assortment of postgame links are included below. A special dedicated Twitter feed is included (team tweets from CB360 head-to-head matchups and the “Bakers Dozen” top-15). …
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TUESDAY’S TOP-50 GAMES (Feb. 28, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
upsets in italics
• at #2 Stanford 5-7-2 … def. UC Davis 1-6-2
… Final Stats | STAN Recap | UCD Recap
• at #3 South Carolina 2-4-0 … def. Presbyterian 1-5-0
… Final Stats | SC Recap | PRES Recap | Quotes
• #4 Rice 4-5-0 … won at Houston 1-4-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | HOU Recap
• at #5 Texas A&M 14-16-2 … def. Northwestern (La.) State 10-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | A&M Recap | NW-La. Recap
• at #6 North Carolina 8-13-1 … def. #44 St. John’s 4-7-2
… Final Stats | UNC Recap | StJ Recap | Photos
• at #7 Arkansas 5-6-1 … def. BYU 0-3-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap | BYU Recap
Photos | Video Highlights | Postgame Video-1 | Postgame Video-2
• Kennesaw State at #8 Georgia Tech – rainout (makeup-2/19)
• at #12 Georgia 5-10-0 … def. Savannah State 0-7-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GA Recap (w/ video) | SAV Recap | Photos
• at #13 LSU 17-19-1 … def. Grambling 10-15-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | GRAM Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
• at #15 Cal State Fullerton 3-8-2 … def. San Diego State 0-3-0
… Final Stats | CSF Recap | SDSU Recap | Photos
• at #18 UCLA 9-12-1 … def. Long Beach State 1-2-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCLA Recap | LB Recap
• at #19 Texas 2-7-2 … def. Houston Baptist 0-3-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TX Recap | HB Recap | Photos
• Portland at #20 Oregon – rainout (makeup 5/23)
• Eastern Illinois 3-8-0 … won at #21 Louisville 2-7-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | EIU Recap | LOU Recap | Notes | Quotes | Photos
• Texas State 1-5-1 … won at #22 TCU 0-4-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TX-St Recap | TCU Recap | Notes | Quotes
• at #23 Mississippi 7-11-1 … def. Memphis 2-7-1
… Final Stats | OleMiss Recap | MEM Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
• at #24 California 5-7-1 … def. San Francisco 3-14-1
… Final Stats | Cal Recap | SanFran Recap
• at #25 Baylor 6-11-0 … def. Sam Houston State 2-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | BAY Recap | SH Recap | Video Highlights | Quotes
• #26 Stetson 7-11-0 … won at Bethune-Cookman 1-7-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STET Recap | B-C Recap
• Liberty 8-11-1 … won at #27 Virginia 0-2-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LIB Recap (w/ postgame audio) | VA Recap
• at #28 Central Florida 12-16-0 … def. South Florida 1-9-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCF Recap (w/ video) | So-FL Recap
• at #42 Pepperdine 7-9-2 … def. #30 USC 2-9-1
… Final Stats | PEP Recap | USC Recap
• #34 College of Charleston 7-9-0 … won at Jacksonville 0-2-0
… Final Stats | CofC Recap | J’ville Recap
• #36 Charlotte 7-11-2 … won at Winthrop 1-6-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CHAR Recap (w/ video) | WIN Recap
• at #45 Tulane 12-14-0 … def. #49 Southeastern Louisiana 1-6-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TUL Recap | SE-La. Recap | Quotes
Postgame Video-1 | Postgame Video-2
• Mercer 12-15-2 … won at #46 Georgia Southern 4-6-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MER Recap | GS Recap
• Middle Tennessee State 5-10-2 … won at #47 Tennessee 4-7-1 (10 inn.)
… Final Stats | MTSU Recap | TN Recap (w/ video) | Photos
• at #48 Southern Mississippi 5-6-1 … def. Mississippi Valley State 1-1-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SoMiss Recap | MVSU Recap
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MONDAY’S TOP-50 RESULT (Feb. 27, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
at #37 Texas Tech 3 … def. Northern Illinois 2
… Final Stats | TT Recap | NIU Recap | Notes
Photos | Video Highlights | Postgame Video