April 8, 2008

Team of the Week

Georgia named Team of the Week
 

After posting a perfect 5-0 week, Georgia has been named CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team of the Week.

 

The Bulldogs won a home-and-home series with Clemson before sweeping a three-game SEC series against Top 10 South Carolina. Georgia moved into first place in the Eastern Division of the SEC with a 9-3 conference mark.

 

Honorable mention goes to Cal State Fullerton, which defeated Loyola Marymount and took two of three Big West contests at Top 10 UC Irvine. Miami (Fla.) went 5-0 and rose to the top spot in the CBI composite poll by defeating Florida Atlantic and Florida International and sweeping a three-game ACC set against Clemson. Oklahoma State won two of three Big 12 games at Top 10 Missouri. Florida State went 5-0, with wins over Florida and at Jacksonville and a three-game ACC sweep of nationally-ranked Virginia. St. John’s defeated New York Tech and took two of three Big East contests at Louisville. Notre Dame swept a three-game Big East series with Rutgers to move into a tie for first in the conference. Ole Miss went 4-0 with a win over Memphis and a three-game SEC sweep of Top 10 Vanderbilt. TCU went 5-0 with victories over Baylor and at Texas State and a three-game Mountain West sweep of Air Force. Ball State had a 5-0 week with wins over Indiana Tech and Dayton and a three-game MAC sweep of Buffalo. Boston College was also 5-0, with wins at Northeastern and at Connecticut and a three-game ACC sweep of Duke. Ohio State got a win over Toledo and took three of four Big 10 contests from Minnesota. Washington defeated Portland and won two of three against Pac-10 rival Arizona. St. Bonaventure went 5-0 with two wins over Buffalo and a three-game A-10 sweep of Dayton. Texas A&M was 5-0 with a pair of wins over Stephen F. Austin and a three-game Big 12 sweep of Kansas State. Kennesaw State also went 5-0, with wins over Alabama State and at Georgia State and a three-game Atlantic Sun sweep of East Tennessee State. Dallas Baptist rebounded from a loss at Oklahoma to defeat Rice and sweep a three-game set from Northern Colorado. San Francisco beat nationally-ranked California and swept a three-game WCC series from Loyola Marymount. Houston took three Conference USA contests from UCF. South Dakota State opened Summit League play with a four-game sweep of Centenary.

 

Previous Teams of the Week

Feb. 26 - North Florida, San Diego State

March 4 - Rice

March 11 - Arkansas State

March 18 - Kentucky

March 25 - Missouri

April 1 - Southern Miss