Sunday College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard/Wrapup (5/1/11)

May 1, 2011
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South Florida extended its climb up the BIG EAST standings by upsetting St. John’s (cb360 #43) for the third straight day (2-1; 11 inn.), in one of Sunday’s key games involving the CB360 top-50. Three other teams – Missouri, Tulane and #45 Alabama – came up one win shy of completing upset series sweeps.  front-page photo courtesy of South Florida

One day after nearly 50% of Saturday’s CB360 top-50 games resulted in upsets, most of the higher-ranked teams won their games in Sunday’s CB360 top-50 action (24-9; 73%). Six of those games were top-50 head-to-head matchups: #25 UCLA 5-2 vs. #7 Oregon State (Beavers won series) … #22 Clemson 3-1 vs. #8 Georgia Tech (series-clincher) … #17 Miami 5-1 vs. #9 Florida State (FSU won series) … #16 Oklahoma 5-2 at #12 Texas (‘Horns won series) … #29 East Carolina 7-6 vs. #15 Southern Mississippi (USM won series) … and #30 Georgia 6-5 vs. #21 Arkansas (series-clincher).

Sunday’s two other top-50 upsets included Florida Atlantic besting Troy, 7-1 (series-clincher) and Houston posting a 5-3, series-clinching win at #34 Central Florida.

There were 37 series contested over the weekend featuring CB360 top-50 teams – with seven of the series won by the lower-ranked teams: South Florida, Clemson, Georgia, Florida Atlantic and Houston, plus Missouri (vs. #6 Texas A&M), Tulane (vs. #50 UAB) and #45 Alabama (at #32 Mississippi State).

In the clash between the Western Athletic Conference top contenders, #13 Fresno State bounced back from a pair of losses to beat Hawaii (4-2) in a 4-game series that will conclude on Monday.

Arizona State's Joey DeMichele launched three home runs in the series-clinching win over Stanford.

There were 10 head-to-head games played on Sunday between CB360 top-50 teams: the six upsets mentioned above, plus #2 South Carolina 7-3 vs. #28 Auburn (sweep) … #4 Florida 6-2 vs. #42 Mississippi (sweep) … #5 Arizona State‘s series-clinching win vs. #18 Stanford (7-1) … and #32 Mississippi State 8-5 vs. #45 Alabama (Tide won series).

All but five of the CB360 top-50 teams were scheduled to play on Sunday. #14 TCU earlier won its series at BYU (2-0; Sat. canc. due to weather) and #40 LSU swept Kentucky, in a series that wrapped up on Sat. (#39 Kent State also finished a sweep on Sat., at Ohio Univ.). #11 North Carolina will return to action on Tues., May 3, vs. Gardner Webb, while #23 Rice is slated to play next on May 4 vs. Stephen F. Austin.

SUNDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (5/1/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)

at #2 South Carolina 7-12-0 def. #28 Auburn 3-8-1 … series sweep
Final Stats |  SC Recap (w/ video)  |  AUB Recap |  Photos |  Quotes

UCLA's Adam Plutko

at #4 Florida 7-11-1 def. #42 Mississippi 2-5-0 … series sweep
Final Stats |  FL Recap |  OleMiss Recap

at #5 Arizona State 7-11-2 def. #18 Stanford 1-7-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  ASU Recap |  STAN Recap

at #25 UCLA 5-7-0 def. #7 Oregon State 2-14-1 … OR-St. won series (2-1)
Final Stats |  UCLA Recap |  OR-St. Recap

Miami's E.J. Encinosa

at #22 Clemson 3-4-1 def. #8 Georgia Tech 1-4-0 … CLEM won series (2-1)
Final Stats |  CLEM Recap |  GT Recap

at #17 Miami 5-10-0 def. #9 Florida State 1-7-1 … FSU won series (2-1)
Final Stats |  MIA Recap (w/ video)  |  FSU Recap |  Notes

#16 Oklahoma 5-9-0 won at #12 Texas 2-6-1 … TX won series (2-1)
Final Stats |  OU Recap |  TX Recap |  Photos

Oklahoma's Dillon Overton

at #29 East Carolina 7-10-0 def. #15 Southern Mississippi 6-10-1 … So.Miss. won series (2-1)
Final Stats |  ECU Recap |  So.-Miss. Recap

#37 Kansas State at #20 Oklahoma State rainout (no makeup) … OK-St. won series (2-0)

at #30 Georgia 6-9-2 def. #21 Arkansas 5-10-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  GA Recap (w/ video) |  ARK Recap

East Carolina's John Wooten

at #32 Mississippi State 8-13-2 def. #45 Alabama 5-10-2 … AL won series (2-1)
Final Stats |  Miss.-St. Recap |  AL Recap

 

SUNDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (5/1/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)

#1 Virginia 4-8-0 won at Boston College 0-4-0 … series-clncher
Final Stats |  VA Recap |  BC Recap

at #3 Vanderbilt 19-21-3 def. Tennessee 3-7-0  … series sweep
Final Stats |  VAN Recap (w/ video) |  TN Recap (w/ video)

#6 Texas A&M 3-8-2 won at Missouri 2-3-1 (7 inn.) … MO won series (2-1)
Final Stats |  A&M Recap |  MO Recap

at #10 Cal State Fullerton 6-6-0 def. Univ. of the Pacific 4-8-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  CSF Recap |  UOP Recap

at #13 Fresno State 4-9-0 def. Hawaii 2-9-1 … UH leads 4-gm series (2-1)
Final Stats |  FS Recap |  UH Recap

Florida Atlantic's Nick DelGuidice

at #19 Stetson 6-8-1 def. North Florida 0-2-1 … series sweep
Final Stats |  STET Recap |  UNF Recap

at #24 California 5-12-1 def. Oregon 4-11-1 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  Cal Recap |  ORE Recap

at Florida Atlantic 7-8-0 def. #26 Troy 1-11-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  FAU Recap |  Troy Recap

at #27 Arizona 8-12-1 def. USC 5-11-1 … series sweep
Final Stats |  AZ Recap |  USC Recap

at #31 North Carolina State 7-11-0 def. Maryland 5-13-2 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  NC-St. Recap |  MD Recap

#33 UC Irvine 7-15-1 won at Cal State Bakersfield 0-4-4 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  UCI Recap |  CSB Recap

Houston 5-10-0 won at #34 Central Florida 3-8-2 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  HOU Recap |  UCF Recap

Houston overcame a game-1 loss to win a key Conference USA series at Central Florida

#34 Connecticut 6-12-1 won at Rutgers 2-6-1 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  UConn Recap |  RU Recap

at #36 Texas State 14-17-3 def. McNeese State 7-9-1 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  TS Recap |  McN Recap

at #38 Elon 8-12-1 def. Davidson 3-9-0 … series sweep
Final Stats |  Elon Recap |  DAV Recap

at #41 Coastal Carolina 5-9-1 def. VMI 0-6-0 … series sweep
Final Stats |  CC Recap |  VMI Recap

South Florida's Junior Carlin

at South Florida 2-8-1 def. #43 St. John’s 1-6-1 (11 inn.) … series sweep
Final Stats |  SF Recap (w/ video)  |  SJU Recap

at #44 Creighton 16-12-2 def. Bradley 6-10-0 (7 inn.) … series sweep
Final Stats |  CU Recap |  BRAD Recap

at #46 Florida International 4-10-3 def. South Alabama 2-5-1 … series sweep
Final Stats |  FIU Recap |  SA Recap

#47 Southeastern Louisiana 4-4-2 won at Sam Houston State 2-7-1 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  SL Recap |  SHSU Recap

#48 Jacksonville 6-9-0 won at Florida Gulf Coast 0-6-3  … series-clincher
Final Stats |  JU Recap |  FGCU Recap

#49 Charlotte 17-18-0 won at Massachusetts 6-10-2 … series-clincher
Final Stats |  CHAR Recap |  UMass Recap

#50 UAB 7-9-0 won at Tulane 1-5-1 … TUL won series (2-1)
Final Stats |  UAB Recap |  TUL Recap

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