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

March 17, 2013
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Six underdogs won series-deciding games on Sunday in action involving top-50 teams from the CB360 Composite National Rankings – with one of the most noteworthy results being Washington State‘s second victory of the weekend at (15) Arizona State, 11-8. There also were six head-to-head series between top-50 teams that wrapped up on Sunday – including (3) Oregon State moving to 19-1 after finishing its sweep of the defending NCAA champions, 8-4 at (21) Arizona … while (6) Mississippi bumped up to 20-2 after winning a 6-4, 13-inning thriller at (16) Arkansas to claim that series.  front-page photo courtesy of Washington State

Jason Monda (Washington State)

CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week-5 – 
March 12  |  March 13  |  March 14-15 
March 16
week 4 – March 4-5  |  March 6  |  March 7-8  |  March 9
March 10
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

Tanner Bailey (Ole Miss)

After only nine upsets in CB360 top-50 action on Friday and seven on Saturday, the top-50 games on Sunday produced a dozen upsets, as the favorites won only 66% of the games (23-12; two other top-50 games were cancelled). One of the upsets was a rare result, with an NAIA team knocking off a top-25 DI team – as Ave Maria University won 8-6 at (23) Florida Gulf Coast.

Johnny Drozd (Texas Tech)

In addition to Washington State’s victory at Arizona State, the five other underdogs that won series vs. top-50 teams on Sunday were as follows:
New Mexico at (22) UNLV  (12-7 on Sun.)
Texas Tech at (36) Texas  (4-2)
Davidson at (38) Furman  (7-6, in 10 inn.)
Monmouth at (46) VCU  (7-1)
• and Presbyterian at (49) Connecticut  (5-4)

In addition to various games mentioned above, Sunday’s other upsets of CB360 top-50 teams included:
• at (12) Mississippi State 10-2 vs. (4) LSU  (Tigers still have not won a series at Dudy-Noble Field since 1971)
• at USC 5-3 vs. (14) Oregon
• at Southern Mississippi 2-1 vs. (27) Central Arkansas
• at Kennesaw State 5-4 vs. (33) Mercer
• at Troy 8-7 vs. (43) South Alabama

Skye Bolt (North Carolina)

The six head-to-head series between CB360 top-50 teams that concluded on Sunday (in addition to Oregon State-Arizona; LSU-Mississippi State; and Ole Miss-Arkansas) included: (1) North Carolina‘s late surge past visiting (31) Miami to win 4-1 and take that series (Skye Bolt’s 3-run HR broke a 1-1 tie in the 8th) … (9) Kentucky winning the series-deciding game at (45) Florida, 6-2 … and (17) Virginia taking game-3 at (28) Clemson, 8-5. Notre Dame (cb360 #19) earlier had won a series-deciding game at (25) Cal Poly, on Saturday.

There were 17 series sweeps (all by the favorites) over the weekend, among 38 involving CB360 top-50 teams. The sweeps completed on Sunday were by Oregon State and Washington State, plus: 2–Vanderbilt (at Auburn), 8–UCLA (vs. Washington), 10–Cal State Fullerton (at Oral Roberts), 11–Georgia Tech (vs. Boston College), 20–Oklahoma (vs. Northestern LA State), 26–Rice (vs. Harvard), 30–Oklahoma State (vs. Iona; 4-gm series), 34–Louisiana-Lafayette (vs. La.-Monroe), 39–Texas A&M (vs. Georgia), 41–Virginia Tech (at Duke) and 43–Southeastern Louisiana (vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff). Two other teams – (13) Louisville (vs. Xavier) and (35) San Diego (vs. BYU) had wrapped up series sweeps on Saturday, while Austin Peay ended up winning its series vs. Eastern Illinois two games to none after a Sunday cancellation. Illinois (cb360 #50) has been playing a 4-game series at Southern Illinois, with gm-3 cancelled on Sunday (series finale on Monday, Illini won fisrt two games).

Elsewhere in the CB360 top-50, (44) Houston completed a 3-0 stretch at home over the weekend (two games vs. New Orleans, one vs. Baylor) while (29) Indiana had completed its week of tournament play in Winter Haven, Fla., on Saturday (the Hoosiers won all five games in that six-day span). Dartmouth (cb360 #42) remained the nation’s only unbeaten team (6-0) after weekend wins, also in Winter Haven, over Army, Long Island and UAB (the Mean Green did not start their 2013 season until March 1 and were idle from March 4-15.

Dartmouth is one of only 11 teams in all of Division I baseball (out of 294) with 0-2 losses. The three 1-loss teams include: Oregon State (19-1), North Carolina (18-1) and Florida State (18-1) and the seven 2-loss teams are as follows: Mississippi (20-2); Vanderbilt (19-2); LSU (18-2); three 17-2 teams (Georgia Tech, Virginia & Austin Peay); and Louisville at 16-2.

Joe Bocchino (Ave Maria Univ.)

Seven of the CB360 top-50 teams were idle on Sunday: (5) South Carolina, (13) Louisville, (19) Notre Dame, (24) Stanford, (25) Cal Poly, (35) San Diego and (40) Missouri State.

Summary data, photos from key games and an assortment of postgame links have been added to this scoreboard page to complete it into a wrapup synopsis … CLICK HERE to see the top-50 wrapup page from Friday (March 15) and HERE for Saturday.

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 (3/17/13)
North Carolina  |  Arkansas  |  Auburn (vs. Vanderbilt)
Southern Miss. (vs. Central Arkansas)  |  Texas  |  UTPA (vs. Lamar)
Texas A&M  |  Troy (vs. South Alabama)

Video Quick Links (highlights and/or postgame; 3/17/13)
North Carolina  |  Mississippi State-1  |  Mississippi State-2  |  Arkansas-1  |  Arkansas-2 (via links)
Florida  |  Georgia Tech  |  Oklahoma

Corey Littrell (Kentucky)

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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SUNDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (March 17, 2013)
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both teams the CB360 Composite National Rankings

Jake Rodriguez (Oregon State)

upsets in italics

• at (1) North Carolina (18-1/5-1 ACC)  4-7-0 … def. (31) Miami (15-7/2-4)  1-7-0  (UNC won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNC Recap  |  Miami Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

• (3) Oregon State (19-1/3-0 Pac12)  8-10-0 … won at (21) Arizona (15-8/0-3)  4-9-1  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OR-St. Recap  |  AZ Recap

Kendall Graveman (Mississippi State)

• at (12) Mississippi State (19-4 SEC/1-2)  10-12-0 … def. (4) LSU (18-2/2-1)  2-11-0  (LSU won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miss.-St. Recap  |  LSU Recap  |  Video: Highlights & Postgame

• (6) Mississippi (20-2/2-1 SEC)  6 … won at (16) Arkansas (14-7/1-2)  4  (13 inn.; OleMiss won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OleMiss Recap  |  ARK Recap (w/ postgame video links)  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

• (9) Kentucky (16-3/2-1 SEC)  6-12-1 … won at (45) Florida (9-12/1-2)  2-13-1  (‘Cats won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  KY Recap  |  FL Recap  |  Postgame Video

Nick Howard (Virginia)

 (17) Virginia (17-2/4-2 ACC)  8-15-0 … won at (28) Clemson (11-7/3-3)  5-14-3  (UVa won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UVa Recap  |  CLEM Recap

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SUNDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 RESULTS  (March 17, 2013)
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based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

• (2) Vanderbilt (19-2/3-0 SEC)  8-13-0 … won at Auburn (13-6/0-3)  6-11-2  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VAN Recap  |  AUB Recap  |  Photos

• (7) Florida State (18-1/5-1 ACC)  4-10-1 … won at Maryland (12-7/2-4)  3-9-1  (FSU won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  MD Recap

• at (8) UCLA (15-3/3-0 Pac12)  3-7-2 … def. Washington (4-14/0-3)  0-7-0  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  WA Recap

• (10) Cal State Fullerton (16-3)  7-9-3 … won at Oral Roberts (5-13)  4-9-1  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CSF Recap  |  ORU Recap

Jake Hernandez (USC)

• at (11) Georgia Tech (17-2/5-1 ACC)  9-14-1 … def. Boston College (3-15/0-6)  1-4-3  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GT Recap  |  BC Recap  |  Postgame Video

• at USC (8-11/1-2 Pac12)  5-8-1 … (14) Oregon (15-6/2-1)  3-5-1  (Ducks won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  USC Recap  |  ORE Recap

• Washington State (11-7/2-1 Pac12)  11-11-0 … won at (15) Arizona State (12-4/1-2)  8-16-3  (WSU won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WSU Recap  |  ASU Recap

• (18) North Carolina State (16-5/3-3 ACC)  5-8-1 … won at Wake Forest (12-10/1-5)  2-6-0  (NC-St. won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NC-St. Recap  |  WFU Recap

• at (20) Oklahoma (17-4)  8-11-1 … def. Northwestern (LA.) State (9-13)  3-4-5  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OU Recap  |  NWLA Recap  |  Postgame Video

DJ Peterson (New Mexico)

 New Mexico (8-10/2-1 MWC)  12-15-0 … won at (22) UNLV (15-5/1-2 MWC)  7-13-3  (UNM won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNM Recap  |  UNLV Recap

Ave Maria Univ. (23-10; NAIA)  8-12-3 … won at (23) Florida Gulf Coast (13-4)  6-6-1  (single game)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AMU Recap  |  FGCU Recap

• at (26) Rice (14-7)  12-11-1 … def. Harvard (1-9)  0-1-3  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Rice Recap  |  HARV Recap

Bradley Roney (Southern Mississippi)

• at Southern Mississippi (8-11)  2-6-0 … def. (27) Central Arkansas (17-3)  1-4-1  (UCA won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  So.Miss. Recap  |  UCA Recap  |  Photos

• at (30) Oklahoma State (17-3)  12-16-0 … def. Iona (2-17)  0-6-0  (4-gm series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OK-St. Recap  |  Iona Recap

• at (32) UC Irvine (15-5)  2-8-0 … def. Nebraska (6-11)  0-4-1  (UCI won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCI Recap  |  NEB Recap

Kal Simmons (Kennesaw State)

at Kennesaw State (10-10/1-2 ASun)  5-13-1  … def. (33) Mercer (16-5/2-1)  4-9-1  (MER won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTMLPDF  |  Kenn.-St. Recap  |  MER Recap

• at (34) Louisiana-Lafayette (16-3/3-0 SunBelt)  3-11-2 … def. Louisiana-Monroe (8-12/0-3)  2-6-0 (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ULL Recap  |  ULM Recap

• Texas Tech (14-8/2-1 Big12)  4-7-1 …  won at (36) Texas (12-7/1-2)  2-7-0  (TT won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TT Recap  |  TX Recap  |  Postgame Notes  |  Photos (TX)

• (37) Lamar (18-3)  6-5-0 … at Texas-Pan American (4-11)  0-5-3  (Lamar won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Lamar Recap  |  UTPA Recap  |  Photos (UTPA)

Michael Zeblo (Davidson)

• at Davidson (8-9/4-5 SoCon)  7-8-2 … (38) Furman (14-6/5-4)  6-15-1  (10 inn.; Greenville, SC; DAV won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  DAV Recap  |  FUR Recap

• at (39) Texas A&M (14-7/3-0 SEC)  11-14-1 … def. Georgia (8-12/0-3)  4-11-1  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  A&M Recap  |  UGa Recap  |  Photos

• (41) Virginia Tech (16-5/4-2 ACC)  6-10-0 … won at Duke (10-10/2-4)  2-9-1  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VT Recap  |  Duke Recap

• (42) Dartmouth (5-0)  11-15-2 … def. Long Island Brooklyn (1-12)  4-13-1  (Winter Haven, FL; tournament)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  DART Recap  |  LIU Recap

Trae Santos (Troy)

• (42) Dartmouth (6-0)  4-9-1 … def. UAB (9-11)  0-12-1  (Winter Haven, FL; tournament)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  DART Recap  |  UAB Recap

at Troy (12-6/1-2 SunBelt)  8-11-0 … def. (43) South Alabama (17-4/2-1)  7-6-3  (Jags won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Troy Recap  |  So.-AL Recap  |  Photos

• at (44) Houston (16-4)  8-12-0 … def. New Orleans (3-18)  3-8-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  HOU Recap  |  UNO Recap

 Monmouth (5-8)  7-11-2 … won at (46) VCU (11-5)  1-6-0  (Hawks won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MON Recap  |  VCU Recap

Jon Guida (Monmouth)

• (47) Austin Peay (17-2/2-0 OVC)  at Eastern Illinois (3-14/0-2) – cancelled  (AP won series, 2-0)

• at (48) Southeastern Louisiana (14-6)  17-16-1 … def. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5-14) 1-8-3  (series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SE-La. Recap  |  UAPB Recap

 at Presbyterian (13-8)  5-13-3 … def. (49) Connecticut (10-6)  4-6-2  (PRES won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PRES Recap  |  UConn Recap

Cam McRae (Presbyterian)

• (50) Illinois (12-4)  vs.  Southern Illinois (9-9), at Marion, Ill. – canceled  (no makeup)
(finale of 4-gm series on Monday, 3/18, in Marion, Ill., at 5 CT; ILL leads series, 2-0) 

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