Sunday’s action saw Cal State Fullerton win again at TCU, 2-1, to cap the weekend’s top series – while San Jose State claimed its series at top-ranked UCLA with a split doubleheader. Ten series were decided on Sunday, which featured 11 upsets among the 42 games played involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings (CNR). front-page photo courtesy of East Carolina
Cal State Fullerton's Nick Ramirez
In addition to the narrow win by Fullerton (cb360 #11) at #4 TCU and San Jose State’s Sunday split at #1 UCLA (8-3; 2-12), the #3 team in the CNR also lost – as #12 Stanford won 5-2 at Vanderbilt to avoid a sweep in that marquee series. Five other CB360 teams were upset on Sunday, as: #47 East Carolina won 4-3 at #14 Virginia … Gonzaga posted a 6-3 win at #15 Texas A&M … North Carolina State handed #21 Coastal Carolina another loss, 12-3 (in Myrtle Beach) … Seton Hall took its series finale at #23 North Carolina, 3-1 … and #32 St. John’s won 13-2 to avert a sweep at #24 Georgia Tech.
San Jose State's Blake McFarland
#6 Texas eked out a 4-3 win to take its series at #36 Hawaii, while #17 Arizona similarly won a road series at a fellow CB360 top-50 team (7-1 vs. #43 Long Beach State). The other six series (involving top-50 teams) that were decided on Sunday included: #8 Arizona State vs. Delaware (3-1 series, after 13-4 win) … #13 Oregon vs. St. Mary’s (3-2) … #22 Auburn vs. Radford (2-0) … #31 Fresno State vs. Pepperdine (3-0 sweep, after a 7-1/8-5 doubleheader … #38 Mississippi (8-3 at Houston) … and #47 Troy (13-4 vs. #45 Southern Mississippi).
The other two upsets on Sunday of CB360 top-50 teams saw #45 Central Florida beat #34 Alabama (12-4, at South Alabama) while Niagara won at #40 Virginia Tech (8-7).
SUNDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (2/27/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings …. upsets in italics)
St. John's game-3 winner Brendan Lobbon
#11 Cal State Fullerton 2-7-0 won at #4 TCU 1-7-1 … CSF won series (2-1)
Final Stats | CSF Recap | TCU Recap
#12 Stanford 5-9-0 won at #3 Vanderbilt 2-5-0 … VAN won series 2-1
Final Stats | STAN Recap | VAN Recap
#32 St. John’s 13-12-0 won at #24 Georgia Tech 3-7-3 … GT won series 2-1
Final Stats | SJU Recap | GT Recap
#6 Texas 4-7-2 won at #36 Hawaii 3-9-4 … TX won series 2-1
Final Stats | TX Recap | HI Recap
Cal's Chadd Krist
#26 California 8-5-1 def. #42 Kansas State 1-4-3 (Myrtle Beach, SC) … Cal went 3-0 at tournament, K-St 2-2
Final Stats | Cal Recap | K-St Recap
#17 Arizona 7-10-1 won at #43 Long Beach State 1-7-0 … AZ won series 2-1
Final Stats | AZ Recap | LBSU Recap
UCF's Chris Taladay
#45 UCF 12-8-3 def. #34 Alabama 4-9-0 (at South Alabama) … UCF went 2-1 at tournament, AL 0-3
Final Stats | UCF Recap | AL Recap
#47 East Carolina 4-8-1 won at #14 Virginia 3-7-0 … VA won series 2-1
Final Stats | ECU Recap | VA Recap | Video Highlights
at #47 Troy 13-10-0 def. #45 Southern Mississippi 4-7-0 … Troy won series 2-1
Final Stats | Troy Recap | SoMiss Recap
SUNDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (2/27/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings …. upsets in italics)
San Jose State 8-9-0 won at #1 UCLA 3-5-1 (resumed game) … SJSU leads series 2-0
Final Stats | SJSU Recap | UCLA Recap
at #1 UCLA 8-9-0 def. San Jose State 3-5-1 (gm-2) … SJSU won series 2-1
Final Stats | UCLA Recap | SJSU Recap
Oregon's Christian Jones
at #2 Florida 7-10-0 def. Boston College 2-10-0 … series sweep
Final Stats | FL Recap | BC Recap | Photos
at #5 Oklahoma 19-27-1 def. Oakland 6-10-0 … series sweep
Final Stats | OU Recap | OAK Recap | Photos
at #7 South Carolina 9-14-0 def. Southern Illinois 4-5-3 … series sweep
Final Stats | SC Recap | SIU Recap | Quotes
at #8 Arizona State 13-11-3 def. Delaware 4-9-2 … ASU won series 3-1
Final Stats | ASU Recap | DEL Recap
#9 Clemson 8-12-0 def. Michigan State 0-4-0 (Greenville, SC) … CLEM went 3-0 at tournament, MSU 2-1
Final Stats | CLEM Recap | MSU Recap
Gonzaga's Cody Martin
at #10 Florida State 7-11-0 def. Hofstra 0-2-2 … series sweep
Final Stats | FSU Recap (w. postgame video) | HOF Recap
at #13 Oregon 3-6-1 def. St. Mary’s 2-5-3 … ORE won series 2-1
Final Stats | ORE Recap | SMC Recap
Gonzaga 6-12-0 won at #15 Texas A&M 3-8-0 … A&M won series 2-1
Final Stats | GON Recap | A&M Recap
at #16 LSU 15-17-1 def. Holy Cross 2-6-0 … series sweep
Final Stats | LSU Recap | HC Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
at #18 Rice 3-4-2 def. USC 2-9-1 … series sweep
Final Stats | Rice Recap | USC Recap
#20 Connecticut 7-9-1 won at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0-5-3 … UConn went 2-1 at tournament, A&M-CC 2-1
Final Stats | UConn Recap | A&M-CC Recap
Seton Hall's Joe DiRocco
North Carolina State 12-16-2 def. #21 Coastal Carolina 3-5-3 (Myrtle Beach, SC) … NC-St was 2-1 at tournament, CC 1-3
Final Stats | NC-St Recap | CC Recap
at #22 Auburn 2-6-0 def. Radford 0-2-1 … AUB won series 2-1
Final Stats | AUB Recap | RAD Recap | Photos
Seton Hall 3-5-0 won at #23 North Carolina 1-4-1 … UNC won series 2-1
Final Stats | SHU Recap | UNC Recap | Photos
at #25 Louisville 4-7-1 def. Toledo 2-6-0 … Toledo won series 2-1
Final Stats | LOU Recap (w/ postgame audio) | TOL Recap | Photos
at #27 Arkansas 10-9-0 def. Utah 1-5-2 … series sweep
Final Stats | ARK Recap | Utah Recap
at #28 UC Irvine 20-16-1 def. Grambling 10-2-1 … UCI went 3-0 at tournament, GRAM 1-2
Final Stats | UCI Recap | GRAM Recap
Final Stats | CofC Recap | YS Recap
Baylor's Trent Blank
#30 Baylor 19-21-0 won at Georgia 12-18-3 … BAY won series 2-1
Final Stats | BAY Recap | GA Recap (w/ video) | Photos | Quotes
at #31 Fresno State 7-9-2 def. Pepperdine 5-11-2 (gm-1) … FRES leads series 2-0
Final Stats | FRES Recap | PEP Recap
at #31 Fresno State 8-10-0 def. Pepperdine 1-10-4 (gm-2) … series sweep
Final Stats | FRES Recap | PEP Recap
at #33 Wichita State 11-14-2 def. North Dakota 4-10-3 … series sweep
Final Stats | WICH Recap (w/ video highlights) | NDAK Recap
at #35 Florida Atlantic 12-9-0 def. Stony Brook 4-9-0 … SB won series 2-1
Final Stats | FAU Recap | SB Recap
Niagara's Brian Deering
#37 San Diego 9-13-0 won at San Diego State 2-6-1 … USD leads series 2-0
Final Stats | USD Recap | SDSU Recap
#38 Mississippi 8-17-0 won at Houston 3-12-2 … Ole Miss won series 2-1
Final Stats | OleMiss Recap | HOU Recap
#39 Oregon State 7-8-2 def. Indiana 5-11-1 (Corpus Christi, TX) … OrSt went 1-2 at tournament, IU 2-1
Final Stats | OrSt Recap | IU Recap
Niagara 8-14-2 won at #40 Virginia Tech 7-7-0 … VT won series 3-1
Final Stats | NIA Recap | VT Recap
at #41 Tulane 4-2-2 def. George Washington 3-8-1 … series sweep
Final Stats | TUL Recap | GW Recap | Quotes
UC Santa Barbara at #44 Washington State – snowout (no makeup) … WSU won series 2-0
#47 James Madison 4-6-2 def. Le Moyne 1-5-2… series sweep
Final Stats | JMU Recap (w/ postgame audio/video) | LM Recap
at #47 Charlotte 22-21-2 def. Missouri 7-8-3 … CHAR won series 3-1
Final Stats | CHAR Recap | MO Recap
#47 Bethune-Cookman 12-13-0 def. Southern 7-9-2 (Compton, CA)
Final Stats | B-Cook Recap | So. Recap