Utah followed up its 2-1 win over Texas A&M on Friday by edging Baylor (cb360 #31), 4-3 – just one of 14 upsets on Saturday suffered by CB360 top-50 teams. front-page photo courtesy of Utah
Utah has upset two CB360 top-50 teams in action at Houston Minute Maid Park.
Saturday’s other noteworthy upsets included: Nebraska squaring its series with UCLA (1-0, in 12 inn.) … Georgia similarly tying up its set of games vs. #6 Florida State (2-1) … the minor upset of #12 Stanford posting a series-tying win at #11 Texas … and #18 Rice edging #15 Texas A&M, 1-0 at Minute Maid Field.
The seven games played on Saturday between fellow CB360 top-50 teams also featured: #1 Florida 1-hitting #24 Miami, 1-0, to clinch that series … #3 Oklahoma beating #20 California, 5-3, in San Diego (OU’s first game this season vs. another CB360 top-50 squad) … #9 TCU clinching its series at #37 Texas Tech (8-6) … #23 Auburn‘s 7-4 win at #27 College of Charleston … and #49 Long Beach State evening its series against #16 Oregon (7-6, in 12 inn.).
Florida's Hudson Randall
Saturday’s other eight CB360 top-50 upsets played out as follows: Tulane earning a series-tying 4-1 win at #32 Mississippi … Sacred Heart 9-8 in series opener at #34 Southeastern Louisiana … Santa Clara squaring its series with #33 San Jose State (3-2) … Minnesota 2-0 vs. #36 Washington State (in Tucson, AZ) … Bryant winning again at #40 Virginia Tech (5-2) to split that 4-game series … Hawaii taking the upper hand in its 4-game series at #42 LMU (9-7) … Dartmouth winning the series finale at #43 Central Florida (8-6, 10 inn.) … and Pepperdine winning gm-2 at #50 East Carolina (5-4; 11 inn.).
Oklahoma is 13-0 for the first time in the program's history.
SATURDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (3/5/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National rankings … upsets in italics)
at #1 Florida 1-6-0 def. #24 Miami 0-1-1 … series-clincher
Final Stats | FL Recap | MIA Recap (w/ postgame video)
Stanford's Stephen Piscotty
#3 Oklahoma 5-7-1 def. #20 California 3-8-4 (at San Diego)
Final Stats | OU Recap | Cal Recap | Photos
#8 Clemson vs. #5 South Carolina (Greenville, SC) – rainout (makeup: 3/8 at 7 ET, in Greenville)
#9 TCU 8-16-1 won at #37 Texas Tech 6-5-1 … series-clincher
Final Stats | TCU Recap | TT Recap | Photos | Postgame Video | Quotes | Notes
#12 Stanford 9-11-0 won at #11 Texas 2-9-5 … series tied
Final Stats | STAN Recap (w/ postgame video) | TX Recap | Photos | Quotes
Rice's Austin Kubitza
#18 Rice 1-6-0 def. #15 Texas A&M 0-6-0 (Minute Maid Park; Houston)
Final Stats | Rice Recap | A&M Recap
#23 Auburn 7-14-1 won at #27 College of Charleston 4-8-1
Final Stats | AUB Recap | CofC Recap
at #49 Long Beach State 7-8-3 def. #16 Oregon 6-5-2 (12 inn.) … series tied
Final Stats | LBSU Recap | ORE Recap
SATURDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (3/5/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National rankings … upsets in italics)
Nebraska's Tanner Krietemeier scores in the 12th vs. UCLA.
Brown at #2 Vanderbilt – postponed (DH on Sun., 3/6, at 11 ET)
at Nebraska 1-4-1 def. #4 UCLA 0-3-2 (12 inn.) … series tied
Final Stats | NEB Recap | UCLA Recap | Photos
at Georgia 2-8-1 def. #6 Florida State 1-7-1 … series tied
Final Stats | GA Recap | FSU Recap (w/ postgame video)
Georgia closer Tyler Maloof
#7 Arizona State 4-9-1 def. Kansas 3-7-1 (Surprise, AZ)
Final Stats | ASU Recap | KU Recap
at #10 Cal State Fullerton 7-11-0 def. USC 3-4-1 .. series-clncher
Final Stats | CSF Recap | USC Recap
at #13 Virginia 4-8-0 def. Rider 1-4-1 … 2-game sweep
Final Stats | VA Recap | Rider Recap | Video Highlights
at #13 Virginia 14-18-1 def. Cornell 2-5-3 … 2-game sweep
Final Stats | VA Recap | COR Recap | Video Highlights
at #14 LSU 7-7-3 def. Princeton 2-4-3 … series-clincher
Final Stats | LSU Recap | PRIN Recap
at #17 Arizona 6-8-1 def. Utah Valley 3-9-1 … series-clincher
Final Stats | AZ Recap | UV Recap
#19 Fresno State 3-5-0 won at UC Davis 1-4-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats | FRES Recap | UCD Recap
at #21 North Carolina 18-15-0 def. Stony Brook 4-9-3 (gm-1) … series-clincher
Final Stats | UNC Recap | SB Recap
at #21 North Carolina 11-10-0 def. Stony Brook 6-12-0 (gm-2) … series sweep
Final Stats | UNC Recap | SB Recap
#22 UC Irvine 8-10-3 won at St. Mary’s 7-14-1 (11 inn.) … series tied
Final Stats | UCU Recap | SMC Recap
#23 Auburn 13-17-1, Western Kentucky 8-14-0
Final Stats | AUB Recap | WKU Recap
at #25 Arkansas 13-12-6 def. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 9-12-3 … series-clincher
Final Stats | ARK Recap | MIL Recap | Photos
#28 Connecticut 9-17-2 won at San Diego State 3-4-3
Final Stats | UConn Recap | SDSU Recap
#29 Wichita State 6-10-1 won at Dallas Baptist 2-6-1
Final Stats | WICH Recap | DB Recap
at #30 Louisville 5-9-1 def. Kent State 3-4-3 … series-clincher
Final Stats | LOU Recap (w/ audio) | Kent Recap | Photos
Utah 4-7-3 def. #31 Baylor 3-4-0 def. (Minute Maid Park; Houston)
Final Stats | Utah Recap | BAY Recap | Quotes (BAY)
Sacred Heart coach Nick Giaquinto
Tulane 4-9-0 won at #32 Mississippi 1-6-0 … series tied
Final Stats | TUL Recap | OleMiss Recap | Quotes
at Santa Clara 3-4-0 def. #33 San Jose State 2-7-1 … series tied
Final Stats | SCU Recap | SJSU Recap
Sacred Heart 9-15-0 won at #34 Southeastern Louisiana 8-9-2 … series opener
Final Stats | SH Recap | SE-La. Recap
at #35 Coastal Carolina 4-6-2 def. Marshall 2-2-1
Final Stats | CC Recap | MAR Recap
Minnesota 2-7-1 def. #36 Washington State 0-6-1 (Tucson, AZ)
Final Stats | MN Recap | WSU Recap
Minnesota's Phil Isaksson
at #38 Oregon State 14-12-1 def. Hartford 3-5-1 (gm-1) … series opener
Final Stats | OrSt Recap | HART Recap
at #38 Oregon State 16-15-0 def. Hartford 1-2-2 (gm-2) … 2nd game in 4-gm series
Final Stats | OrSt Recap | HART Recap
at #39 Alabama 4-10-2 def. Northwestern (La.) St. 2-5-3 … series-clincher
Final Stats | AL Recap | NW-La. Recap
at #40 Virginia Tech 15-12-1 def. Bryant 0-5-2 (gm-1) … VT leads 4-gm series 2-1
Final Stats | VT Recap | BRY Recap
Bryant 5-6-1 won at #40 Virginia Tech 2-9-3 def. (gm-2) … 4-gm series ended 2-2
Final Stats | BRY Recap | VT Recap
Bryant's Tim Norton
Louisiana-Lafayette at #41 Southern Mississippi – rainout (DH on Sun., 3/6, at 2 ET)
Hawaii 9-11-0 won at #42 Loyola Marymount 7-11-3 … HI leads 4-gm series 2-1
Final Stats | HI Recap | LMU Recap
at #43 Central Florida 8-14-0 def. Dartmouth 0-5-1 (gm-1) … series-clincher
Final Stats | UCF Recap | DART Recap
Dartmouth 8-13-1 won at #43 Central Florida 6-8-1 (10 inn.; gm-2) … UCF won series 2-1
Final Stats | DART Recap | UCF Recap
Dartmouth's Michael Johnson
#44 Oklahoma State 13-9-1 def. South Alabama 1-7-0 (Tucson, AZ)
Final Stats | OkSt Recap | So.-AL Recap
at #45 Charlotte 6-6-2 def. UNC Asheville 5-6-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats | CHAR Recap | UNC-A Recap
at #46 Kansas State 4-8-0 def. Western Illinois 1-6-1 (gm-1) … series-clincher
Final Stats | K-St Recap | WIU Recap
Western Illinois at #46 Kansas State (gm-2) – postponed (DH on Sun., 3/6, at 1 CT)
#47 James Madison 6-10-3, at William & Mary 4-7-1 (gm-1) … series-clincher
Final Stats | JMU Recap | W&M Recap
#47 James Madison 5-6-1, at William & Mary 3-11-2 (gm-2) … series sweep
Final Stats | JMU Recap | W&M Recap
#48 St. John’s 14-19-0 won at Georgia Southern 3-5-1 … series tied
Final Stats | SJU Recap | GS Recap
Pepperdine 5-10-0 won at #50 East Carolina 4-12-2 (11 inn.; gm-1) … series tied
Final Stats | PEP Recap | ECU Recap | Photos
at #50 East Carolina 7-13-0 def. Pepperdine 4-12-2 (gm-2) … series-clincher
Final Stats | ECU Recap | PEP Recap