Sunday’s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard & Weekend Wrapup

March 11, 2013
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Sunday’s college baseball action saw three underdogs – UNLV (5-1 at #8 Stanord), UNC Wilmington (3-2 vs. #38 VCU), and Seton Hall (9-3 at #47 Pepperdine) – complete series sweeps vs. top-50 teams from the CB360 Composite National Rankings, a feat that Illinois had fashioned a day earlier by finishing a stretch of three wins at CB360 #48 Baylor. All told, the favorites won only 64% (21-12, ith one rainout) of Sunday’s games involving CB360 top-50 teams.  front-page photo courtesy of UNLV

Central Arkansas handed Mississippi State its first two losses of the 2013 season.

Two teams won on Sunday to take their weekend series in upset fashion – most notably, (44) Central Arkansas won at previously-unbeaten Mississippi State for the second straight day (7-3). Big Ten favorite Indiana (cb360 #39) had won Friday at (30) Florida and beat the Gators again on Sunday, 7-4.

CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week 4 – 
March 4-5  |  March 6  |  March 7-8  |  March 9
week 3
 – Feb. 25-26  |  Feb. 27  |  Feb. 28-March 1
March 2  |  March 3

week-2 – Feb. 18-19  |  Feb. 20  |  Feb. 21  |  Feb. 22
Feb. 23  |  Feb. 24
week 1 – Feb. 15  |  Feb. 16  |  Feb. 17

Tim Chambers (UNLV)

Five other teams, in addition to Baylor, earlier wrapped up their series upsets on Saturday: (31) Clemson at (9) NC State (‘Pack won 4-1 Sun. to avoid sweep) … Duke at (26) Miami, with ‘Canes winning Sunday … Georgia vs. (37) Liberty (Flames won Sun.) … Furman vs. (50) Appalachian State, which on the series finale … and BYU vs. (22) UC Irvine (Cougars won 2-of-3 vs. UCI, in Fri.-Sat. series).

Sunday’s 33 games in the CB360 top-50 featured nine head-to-head matchups, including (17) Louisville’s 8-7, 10-inning win to finish sweep of visiting (29) Alabama. In the weekend’s top matchup, (14) Oregon rallied in the 8th to beat visiting (2) Vanderbilt, 7-5, and avoid a third straight loss to the Commodores.

In addition to various games referenced above (Oregon-Vanderbilt; Central Arkansas-Mississippi State; NC State-Clemson; Louisville-Alabama; and Indiana-Florida), Sunday’s other four top-50 matchups played out as follows:

Justin Garza (Cal State Fullerton)

• at (11) Cal State Fullerton 7 def. (40) Texas &M 6  (Titans won series, 2-1)
• (24) Notre Dame 6 def. (15) Oklahoma 6  (11 inn.; at UCLA tournament)
• at (25) Virginia Tech 6 def. (16) Georgia Tech 2  (GT won series, 2-1)
• and (42) Louisiana-Lafayette 9 def. (47) Southern Mississippi 1  (ULL won series, 2-1)

Kyle Schwarber (Indiana)

On top of the various upsets listed above, there were four other top-50 games on Sunday won by the lower-ranked/unranked teams:
• Maryland 4-2 at (20) Virginia  (UVa’s first loss of season)
• Florida International 11-7 vs. visiting (23) Rice  (10 inn.)
• Michigan 5-2 at (36) San Diego  (USD tournament)
• and Troy 3-1 vs. (41) Souteastern Louisiana  (Troy tournament)

The weekend produced 17 sweeps by CB360 top-50 teams (out of 34 total series), with several mentioned above (by Baylor, UNLV, Central Arkansas, Seton Hall, Louisville and Arkansas), plus: (1) North Carolina at at Wake Forest … (3) LSU vs. Washington … (4) Oregon State vs. Texas State … (6) South Carolina vs. Rider … (12) Florida State vs. Boston College … (13) Mississippi vs. Lipscomb … (21) Arizona State vs. Long Beach State … (28) Florida Gulf Coast vs. Western Michigan … (34) Missouri State vs. Northwestern … (35) Texas vs. UC Santa Barbara … and (44) Lamar vs. UMass (2-0 series; canc. on Sunday). 

Corey Dick (UNC Wilmington)

Three CB360 teams that had been unbeaten suffered their first losses over the past three days: VCU (vs. Wilmington), Mississippi State (vs. Central Arkanss) and Virginia (vs. Maryland) … leaving only four unbeaten teams among the 294 in Division I: North Carolina (14-0), Oregon State (15-0), Florida State (15-0) and Dartmouth (3-0).

Five CB360 top-50 teams were playing in tournament action on Sunday, previously mentioned Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Southeastern Louisiana and San Diego, plus UCLA (the host team for the Dodgertown Classic that included the Irish, Sooners and crosstown USC).

The seven CB360 top-50 team that were idle on Sunday included: (19) Arkansas, (22) UC Irvine, (27) Cal Poly, (33) Mercer, (43) Dartmouth, (48) Baylor and (49) San Diego State.

Quick links provided below for photo galleries and video (highlights and/or postgame) – these links also are included below with the respective games. …

Photo Gallery Quick Links (3/10/13)
Fullerton  |  Virginia Tech  |  Louisville  |  Florida  |  North Carolina
LSU  |   Washngton (at LSU)  |  Kentucky  |  Florida State  |  Mississippi
Texas  | UNC-Wilmington (vs. VCU)

Video Quick Links (highlights and/or postgame; 3/10/13)
Oregon  |  Mississippi State-1  |  Mississippi State-2  |  NC State  |  Louisville
Florida  |  LSU  |  South Carolina  |  UCLA  |  Florida State  |  Florida International
Georgia (vs. Liberty)  |  UNC Wilmington (vs. VCU)  |  Pepperdine 

Devin Burke (Virginia Tech)

CB360 top-50 scoreboard pages are updated each day to include links for various live-coverage options, team game notes/weekly releases, and an assortment of postgame offerings (recaps from both teams, final stats in HTML & PDF format, photo galleries, video highlights, and postgame video/audio). Results for each game will include linescores (R-H-E), updated team won-loss records and status of each respective series (i.e. 1-1, sweep, etc.).

Also note that daily highlights from noteworthy CB360 top-50 results (plus other college baseball newsworthy items) are posted on the CB360updates Twitter feed (now followed by 9,000-plus college baseball fans).

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Scott Heineman (Oregon)

SUNDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (March 10, 2013)
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both teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

at (14) Oregon (11-6)  7-7-0 … def. (2) Vanderbilt (15-2)  5-11-0  (VAN won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap (w/ postgame video links)  |  VAN Recap

 (44) Central Arkansas (14-2)  7-8-0 … won at (5) Mississippi State (17-2)  3-8-2  (UCA won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCA Recap  |  Miss.-St. Recap  |  Video: Highlights & Postgame (Miss.-St.)

• at (9) North Carolina State (12-5)  4-10-4 … def.  (31) Clemson (9-5)  1-10-1  (Titans won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NC-St. Recap  |  CLEM Recap  |  Video Highlights

• at (11) Cal State Fullerton (13-3)  7-9-0 … def. (40) Texas A&M (10-7)  6-15-0  (Tigers won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CSF Recap  |  A&M Recap  |  Photos

Kevin DeFilippis (Notre Dame)

• (24) Notre Dame (10-3)  6-12-0 … def. (15) Oklahoma (12-4)  5-10-0  (11 inn.; at UCLA)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ND Recap  |  OU Recap

at (25) Virginia Tech (12-4)  6-12-0 … def. (16) Georgia Tech (14-2)  2-7-1  (GT won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VT Recap  |  GT Recap  |  Photos

Ty Young (Louisville)

• at (17) Louisville (12-2)  8-13-1 … def. (29) Alabama (8-7)  7-5-0  (10 inn.; series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LOU Recap (w/ postgame video links)  |  AL Recap  |  Photos

(39) Indiana (8-3) 7-14-1 … won at (30) Florida (8-9)  4-6-0  (IU won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  IU Recap  |  FL Recap  |  Photos  |  Postgame Video

Tyler Girouard (Louisiana-Lafayette)

• (42) Louisiana-Lafayette (13-3)  9-12-2 … def. (47) Southern Mississippi  (7-8)  1-6-2  (ULL won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ULL Recap  |  So.-Miss. Recap

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SUNDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES  (March 10, 2013)
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based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• (1) North Carolina (14-0)  6-8-0 … won at Wake Forest (9-8)  2-9-2  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNC Recap  |  WFU Recap  |  Photos (UNC)

• at (3) LSU (15-1)  7-11-0 … def. Washington (4-1)  5-10-2  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  WA Recap  |  Photos: LSU & WA  |  Video Highlights

• at (4) Oregon State (15-0)  6-10-1 … def. Texas State (5-10)  4-7-1  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OR-St. Recap  |  TX-St. Recap

• at (6) South Carolina (13-2)  1-5-0 … def. Rider (6-4)  0-11-0  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SC Recap (w/ video links)  |  Rider Recap  |  Quotes

• at (7) UCLA (11-3)  6-10-2 … def. USC (7-8)  1-5-1  (tournament)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  USC Recap  |  Video Recap

 UNLV (13-3)  5-7-1 … won at (8) Stanford (10-5)  1-2-3  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNLV Recap  |  STAN Recap

• at (10) Kentucky (13-2)  3-6-1 … def. Michigan State (6-7)  1-5-1  (‘Cats won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  KY Recap  |  MSU Recap  |  Postgame Notes  |  Photos

• at (12) Florida State (15-0)  9-11-0 … def Boston College (3-11)  1-12-1  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  BC Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Recap

• at (13) Mississippi (16-1)  9-17-2 … def. Lipscomb (6-10)  8-11-0  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OleMiss Recap  |  LIP Recap  |  Photos

LaMonte Wade (Maryland)

• at (18) Arizona (13-5)  7-13-4 ... def. Columbia (1-6)  5-7-3  (AZ won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  COL Recap

Maryland (10-5)  4-7-0 … won at (20) Virginia (14-1)  2-6-3  (Cavs won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  | MD Recap  |  UVa Recap

• at (21) Arizona State (10-2)  11-12-0 … def. Long Beach State (6-10)  2-6-3  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ASU Recap  |  LB Recap

Tyler Shantz (FIU)

at Florida International (8-8)  11-13-1 … def. (23) Rice (9-7)  7-16-2  (10 inn.; Owls won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FIU Recap  |  Rice Recap  |  Video Highlight

• at (26) Miami (13-4)  5-6-1 … def. Duke (8-7)  3-7-2  (Blue Devils won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miami Recap  |  Duke Recap

• at (28) Florida Gulf Coast (13-3)  10-16-1 … def. Western Michigan (3-13)  3-6-1  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FGCU Recap  |  WMU Recap

• at (32) Oklahoma State (12-3)  4-10-0 … def. Loyola Marymount (6-1)  3-11-0  (OK-St. won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OK-St. Recap  |  LMU Recap

• at (34) Missouri State (10-3)  3-12-0 … def. Northwestern (4-5)  2-9-1  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Mo.-St. Recap  |  NW Recap

Kyle Jusick (Michigan)

• at (35) Texas (10-5)  11-10-1 … def. UC Santa Barbara (8-7)  6-9-0  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TX Recap  |  UCSB Recap  |  Photos

Michigan (8-7)  5-6-3 … won at (36) San Diego (11-6)  2-8-1  (tournament)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MICH Recap  |  USD Recap

• (37) Liberty (10-5)  11-16-0 … won at Georgia (7-8)  8-15-1  (UGa won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LIB Recap  |  UGa Recap  |  Video Recap

at UNC Wilmington (9-6)  3-9-2 … def. (38) VCU (9-3)  2-5-1  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNCW Recap (w/ postgame video links)  |  VCU Recap  |  Photos

Shane McCain (Troy)

• (41) Southeastern Louisiana (10-4)  11-8-1 … def. Hartford (0-12)  1-5-0  (at Troy)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SE-La. Recap  |  Hart Recap

at Troy (11-3)  3-12-0 … def. (41) Southeastern Louisiana (10-5)  1-3-1  (tournament)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Troy Recap  |  SE-La. Recap

UMass at (44) Lamar – cancelled  (no makeup; Lamar won series, 2-0)

• Seton Hall (3-9)  9-13-0 … won at (46) Pepperdine (7-8)  3-6-3  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SHU Recap  |  PEP Recap  |  Video Highlights

Mike Genovese (Seton Hall)

• (50) Appalachian State (8-4)  10-17-1 … won at Furman (12-4)  9-16-3  (Paladins won series, 2-11)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  App.-St. Recap  |  FUR Recap

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