Series sweeps by four underdogs – cb360 #20 Arkansas at (5) South Carolina, Oral Roberts vs. visiting (21) Central Arkansas, Middle Tennessee State at home vs. (35) Louisiana-Lafayette, and Samford at (46) Furman – were among the highlights during weekend action involving top-50 teams from the CB360 Composite National Rankings. front-page photo courtesy of Rutgers
(note – postgame links being added to this page)
Nine other lower-ranked/unranked teams upset top-50 squads, most notably (26) Texas A&M winning 2-of-3 games at (6) Mississippi … (50) Gonzaga similarly winning its series, at (30) San Diego in the first week of WCC action … Rutgers shocking host (12) Louisville with a pair of wins … and Utah doing the same at (22) Stanford.
CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week-6 – March 19 | March 20-21
week-5 – March 12 | March 13 | March 14-15 | March 16 | March 17
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
Over the course of the weekend top-50 action (March 22-24), the favorites/higher-ranked teams won at a 71% clip (105-43), with 11 of the 15 series sweeps coming from the favorites.
The Arkansas-South Carolina series was the first meeting between the teams since the 2013 College World Series, when the Razorbacks opened up Bracket-A play with a 2-1 win over the 2-time defending champs … only to see the Gamecocks battle back through the loser’s bracket, capped by a pair of wins over the Hogs (2-0; 3-2; a win in either game would have sent Arkansas to the CWS championship series).
Several of the weekend series were affected by weather, with many playing Saturday doubleheaders due to Friday cancellations or in advance of impending Sunday either. Ultimately, every series played three games except Boston College at North Carolina (Sunday’s game-3 was washed out) and Baylor at (24) Oklahoma State (series split; gm-3 snowed out).
(28) UC Irvine was the only CB360 top-50 team idle all weekend (UCI is slated to return to action on March 26).
There were 11 head-to-head series over the weekend between CB360 top-50 teams, those mentioned above (Arkansas-SC; A&M-Ole Miss; and Gonzaga-USD), plus the following series winners:
• at (4) LSU swept (50) Auburn
• at (13) Virginia swept (16) NC State
• at (18) Oregon swept (33) Arizona
• at (3) Oregon State won 2-of-3 vs. (19) Arizona State (ASU won behind Ryan Kellogg’s no-hit, no-walk gem (the only two runners reached on errors)
• at (7) UCLA won 2-of-3 vs. (40) California
• at (8) Florida State won 2-of-3 vs. (9) Georgia Tech
• at (11) Kentucky won 2-of-3 vs. (15) Mississippi State
• and at (42) Miami won 2-of-3 vs. (29) Virginia Tech
Other underdogs that won series (in addition to eight referenced above) included (all 2-1 series): McNeese State at (37) Lamar … San Diego State vs. visiting (38) UNLV … West Virginia at home vs. (43) Texas Tech … and Nebraska at (47) Illinois.
In addition to various teams mentioned above, the following squads posted one win in their series vs. CB360 top-50 teams:
• Florida at (2) Vanderbilt (gm-1)
• at Seton Hall vs. (19) Notre Dame (gm-1)
• at Southern Mississippi vs. (23) Rice (gm
• at UC Santa Barbara vs. (25) Cal Poly (gm-2; gms 1 & 3 were at CP)
• East Tennessee State vs. (32) Florida Gulf Coast
• Stetson vs. (36) Mercer
• Jacksonville (AL) State vs. (41) Austin Peay
• Duke at (44) Clemson
• and Minnesota vs. visiting (45) Texas
The eight other series sweeps by top-50 favorites included (most at home; 3-0, unless noted): (1) UNC’s pair of games vs. BC … (10) Cal State Fullerton vs. Long Beach … (17) Oklahoma vs. TCU … (27) Indiana vs. Penn State … (31) South Alabama vs. Ark.-Little Rock … (34) Houston vs. East Carolina … (39) Campbell at UNC-Asheville … and (48) Washington State vs. Brown (4-0 series).
(49) Dartmouth, which earlier in the week had suffered its first loss of the season, won a pair of games over the weekend during continuing neutral-site action at Winter Haven, Fla.
CB360 top-50 scoreboard pages typically are updated each day to include, time permitting 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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WEEKEND TOP-50 MATCHUP RESULTS (March 22-24, 2013)
(both teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
at (3) Oregon State won series vs. (19) Arizona State (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Oregon State 5-9-0 … ASU 0-1-1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OR-St. Recap | ASU Recap
• Sat. – ASU 4-10-2, Oregon State 0-0-0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ASU Recap | OR-St. Recap | Quotes | Postgame Video (ASU)
• Sun. – Oregon State 4-4-2, ASU 3-8-1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OR-St. Recap | ASU Recap
(OR-St. ended series 21-2/5-1 Pac-12 … ASU 13-7-1/2-4)
at (4) LSU swept (50) Auburn
• Fri. – LSU 9-10-0 … Auburn 4-12-1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | AUB Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
• Sat. – LSU 5-11-0 … def. Auburn 1-10-1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | AUB Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
• Sun. – LSU 8-13-1 … Auburn 2-6-1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | AUB Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
(LSU ended series 22-2/5-1 SEC … Auburn 15-10/0-6)
(20) Arkansas swept at (5) South Carolina
• Fri. – Arkansas 15, South Carolina 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap | SC Recap
• Sat. – Arkansas 4, South Carolina 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap | SC Recap
• Sun. – Arkansas 5, South Carolina 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap | SC Recap
(26) Texas A&M won series at (6) Mississippi (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Ole Miss 8, Texas A&M 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OleMiss Recap | A&M Recap
• Sat. – Texas A&M 2, Ole Miss 1 (7 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | A&M Recap | OleMiss Recap
• Sun. – Texas A&M 10, Ole Miss 6 (7 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | A&M Recap | OleMiss Recap
at (7) UCLA won series vs. (40) California (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Cal 5, UCLA 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Cal Recap | UCLA Recap
• Sat. – UCLA 8, Cal 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCLA Recap | Cal Recap
• Sun. – Texas UCLA 10, Cal 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCLA Recap | Cal Recap
at (8) Florida State won series vs. (9) Georgia Tech (2 games to 1)
• Fri. (gm-1) – Georgia Tech 10, FSU 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GT Recap | FSU Recap
• Fri. (gm-2) – FSU 11, Georgia Tech 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FSU Recap | GT Recap
• Sun. – FSU 8, Georgia Tech 6
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FSU Recap | GT Recap
at (11) Kentucky won series vs. (15) Mississippi State (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Mississippi State 8, Kentucky 4
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miss.-St. Recap | KY Recap
• Sat. (gm-1) – Kentucky 3, Mississippi State 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | KY Recap | Miss.-St. Recap
• Sat (gm-2). – Kentucky 4, Mississippi State 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | KY Recap | Miss.-St. Recap
at (13) Virginia swept (16) North Carolina State
• Sat. (gm-1) – UVa 8, NC-St. 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | NC-St. Recap
• Sat. (gm-2) – UVa 4, NC-St. 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | NC-St. Recap
• Sun. – UVa 6, NC-St. 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | NC-St. Recap
at (14) Oregon swept (33) Arizona
• Fri. – Oregon 2, Arizona 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap | AZ Recap
• Sat. – Oregon 5, Arizona 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap | AZ Recap
• Sun. – Oregon 7, Arizona 6
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap | AZ Recap
at (50) Gonzaga won series vs. (30) San Diego (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Gonzaga 6, San Diego 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GON Recap | AZ Recap
• Sat. – Gonzaga 8, San Diego 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GON Recap | USD Recap
• Sun. – San Diego 10, Gonzaga 9
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | USD Recap | GON Recap
at (42) Miami won series vs. (29) Virginia Tech (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Miami 11, Virginia Tech 9
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miami Recap | VT Recap
• Sat. – Miami 2, Virginia Tech 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miami Recap | VT Recap
• Sun. – Virginia Tech 8, Miami 5 (10 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VT Recap | Miami Recap
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OTHER WEEKEND TOP-50 RESULTS (March 22-24, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
at (1) North Carolina swept two games from Boston College (Sun./gm-3 rained out)
• Sat. (gm-1) – UNC 11, BC 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNC Recap | BC Recap
• Sat. (gm-2) – UNC 5, BC 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNC Recap | BC Recap
at (2) Vanderbilt won series vs. Florida (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Florida 7, Vanderbilt 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FL Recap | VAN Recap
• Sat. – Vanderbilt 6, Florida 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap | FL Recap
• Sun. – Vanderbilt 5, Florida 4 (7 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap | FL Recap
at (10) Cal State Fullerton swept Long Beach State
• Fri. – Fullerton 6, Long Beach 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | LB Recap
• Sat. – Fullterton 8, Long Beach 6
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | LB Recap
• Sun. – Fullerton 2,Long Beach 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | LB Recap
Rutgers won series at (12) Louisville (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Rutgers 6, Lousiville 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | RU Recap | LOU Recap
• Sat. (gm-1) – Louisville 4, Rutgers 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | RU Recap
• Sat. (gm-2) – Rutgers 7, Rutgers 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | RU Recap | LOU Recap
at (17) Oklahoma swept TCU
• Fri. – Oklahoma 3, TCU 2 (12 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | TCU Recap
• Sat. – Oklahoma 3, TCU 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | TCU Recap
• Sun. – Oklahoma 4, TCU 3 (10 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | TCU Recap
(18) Notre Dame won series at Seton Hall (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Seton Hall 4, Notre Dame 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SHU Recap | ND Recap
• Sat. (gm-1) – Notre Dame 3, Seton Hall 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ND Recap | SHU Recap
• Sat. (gm-2) – Notre Dame 3, Seton Hall 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ND Recap | SHU Recap
at Oral Roberts swept (21) Central Arkansas
• Fri. – Oral Roberts 8, Central Arkansas 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORU Recap | UCA Recap
• Sat. – Oral Roberts 3, Central Arkansas 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORU Recap | UCA Recap
• Sun. – Oral Roberts 4, Central Arkansas 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORU Recap | UCA Recap
Utah won series at (22) Stanford (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Stanford 6, Utah 4
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STAN Recap | Utah Recap
• Sat. – Utah 3, Stanford 2 (10 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Utah Recap | STAN Recap
• Sun. – Utah 7, Stanford 5
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Utah Recap | STAN Recap
(23) Rice won series at Southern Mississippi (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Southern Miss 10, Rice 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-Miss. Recap | Rice Recap
• Sat. – Rice 3, Southern Miss. 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | So.-Miss. Recap
• Sun. – Rice 6, Southern Miss. 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | So.-Miss. Recap
Baylor split 2-gm series at (24) Oklahoma State (Sun./gm-3 snowed out)
• Fri. – Oklahoma State 5, Baylor 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OK-St. Recap | BAY Recap
• Sat. – Baylor 5, Oklahoma State 3 (12 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | BAY Recap | OK-St. Recap
(25) Cal Poly won series vs. UC Santa Barbara (2 games to 1; 2-site series)
• Fri. – at Cal Poly 7, UC Santa Barbara 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CP Recap | UCSB Recap
• Sat. – at UC Santa Barbara 7, Cal Poly 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCSB Recap | CP Recap
• Sun. – at Cal Poly 10, UC Santa Barbara 4
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CP Recap | UCSB Recap
at (27) Indiana swept Penn State 3
• Fri. – Indiana 9, Penn State 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | IU Recap | PSU Recap
• Sat. – Indiana 2, Penn State 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | IU Recap | PSU Recap
• Sun. – Indiana 11, Penn State 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | IU Recap | PSU Recap
at (31) South Alabama swept Arkansas-Little Rock
• Fri. – South Alabama 4, Ark.-Little Rock 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-AL Recap | UALR Recap
• Sat. – South Alabama 6, Ark.-Little Rock 5 (11 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-AL Recap | UALR Recap
• Sun. – South Alabama 11, Ark.-Little Rock 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-AL Recap | UALR Recap
(32) Florida Gulf Coast won series at East Tennessee State (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Florida Gulf Coast 3, East Tennessee 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FGCU Recap | ETSU Recap
• Sat. (gm-1) – East Tennessee 3, Florida Gulf Coast 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ETSU Recap | FGCU Recap
• Sat. (gm-2) – Florida Gulf Coast 10, East Tennessee 9
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FGCU Recap | ETSU Recap
at (34) Houston swept East Carolina
• Fri. – Houston 7, East Carolina 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HOU Recap | ECU Recap
• Sat. – Houston 4, East Carolina 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HOU Recap | ECU Recap
• Sun. – Houston 5, East Carolina 4 (10 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HOU Recap | ECU Recap
at Middle Tennessee State swept (35) Louisiana-Lafayette
• Fri. – Middle Tennessee 12, Louisiana-Lafayette 5
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MTSU Recap | ULL Recap
• Sat. – Middle Tennessee 7, Louisiana-Lafayette 5
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MTSU Recap | ULL Recap
• Sun. – Middle Tennessee 9, Louisiana-Lafayette 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MTSU Recap | ULL Recap
(36) Mercer won series at Stetson (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Mercer 7, Stetson 4
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MER Recap | STET Recap
• Sat. – Stetson 6, Mercer 4
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STET Recap | MER Recap
• Sun. – Mercer 9, Stetson 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MER Recap | MER Recap
McNeese State won series at (37) Lamar (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – McNeese 9, Lamar 6
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | McN-St. Recap | Lamar Recap
• Sat. – Lamar 1, McNeese 0 (18 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Lamar Recap | McN-St. Recap
• Sun. – McNeese 14, Lamar 13
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | McN-St. Recap | Lamar Recap
at San Diego State won series vs. (38) UNLV (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – San Diego State 5, UNLV 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SDSU Recap | UNLV Recap
• Sat. – UNLV 4, San Diego State 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNLV Recap | SDSU Recap
• Sun. – San Diego State 5, UNLV 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SDSU Recap | UNLV Recap
(39) Campbell swept at UNC Asheville
• Fri. – Campbell 4, UNC-A 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CAMP Recap | UNC-A Recap
• Sat. (gm-1) – Campbell 12, UNC-A 8
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CAMP Recap | UNC-A Recap
• Sat. (gm-2) – Campbell 5, UNC-A 14
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CAMP Recap | UNC-A Recap
at (41) Austin Peay won series vs. Jacksonville (Ala.) State (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Austin Peay 5, Jacksonville State 4
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AP Recap | JV-St. Recap• Sat. (Gm-1) – Austin Peay 10, Jacksonville State 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | JV-St. Recap | McN-St. Recap
• Sat. (gm-2) – Jacksonville State 19, Austin Peay 9
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | McN-St. Recap | JV-St. Recap
West Virginia won series vs. (43) Texas Tech (2 games to 1; in Charleston, WV)
• Fri. – West Virginia 6, Texas Tech 4
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WVU Recap | TT Recap
• Sat. (Gm-1) – Texas Tech 3, West Virginia 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TT Recap | WVU Recap
• Sat. (gm-2) – West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WVU Recap | TT Recap
at (44) Clemson won series vs. Duke (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Clemson 7, Duke 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CLEM Recap | Duke Recap
• Sat. (Gm-1) – Clemson 8, Duke 4
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CLEM Recap | CLEM Recap
• Sat. (gm-2) – Duke 13, Clemson 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Duke Recap | CLEM Recap
(45) Texas won series at Minnesota (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Minnesota 5, Texas 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MN Recap | JV-St. Recap
• Sat. – Texas 5, Minnesota 4 (10 inn.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TX Recap | MN Recap
• Sun. – Texas 6, Minnesota 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TX Recap | MN Recap
Samford swept series at (46) Furman
• Fri. (gm-1) – Samford 9, Furman 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AP Recap | JV-St. Recap
• Fri. (gm-2) – Samford 9, Furman 4
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | JV-St. Recap | McN-St. Recap
• Sat. – Samford 16, Furman 6
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | McN-St. Recap | JV-St. Recap
Nebraska won series at (47) Illinois (2 games to 1)
• Fri. – Nebraska 9, Illinois 5
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NEB Recap | ILL Recap
• Sat. (gm-1) – Illinois 8, Furman 7
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ILL Recap | NEB Recap
• Sat. (gm-2) – Nebraska 6, Furman 4
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NEB Recap | ILL Recap
at (48) Washington State swept 4-gm series from Brown
• Fri. –Washington State 8, Brown 2
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WSU Recap | Brown Recap
• Sat. – Washington State 14, Brown 0
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WSU Recap | Brown Recap
• Sun. – Washington State 20, Brown 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WSU Recap | Brown Recap
• Mon. – Washington State 3, Brown 1
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WSU Recap | Brown Recap
(49) Dartmouth went 2-0 in final games of spring trip in Winter Haven, FL
• Sat. – Dartmouth 10, Babson 3
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | DART Recap | BAB Recap
• Sun. – Dartmouth 7, Bradley 4 (second game canc.)
Final Stats: HTML & PDF | DART Recap | BRAD Recap