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March 15, 2011
Team of the Week
Georgia named CBI Team of the Week
 After
posting a 5-0 week, Georgia is the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team of the Week.
The Bulldogs stumbled out of the gate this season, winning just
three of their first 11 games. But Georgia rallied for midweek victories against
Mercer and Alabama. The Bulldogs headed to the West Coast over the weekend for
the Dodgertown Classic. Georgia won at No. 13 UCLA on Friday, at USC on Saturday
and against Saint Mary’s on Sunday at Dodger Stadium to even its record at 8-8.
Regional Teams of the Week
Northeast: Stony Brook beat
Fairleigh Dickinson during the week before an undefeated weekend at the
Bojangles Classic, with two wins over both Michigan and host Winthrop.
Southeast: No. 7 Virginia beat
Marshall at home on Tuesday before opening ACC action with a three-game sweep at
No. 6 Clemson.
Central: Eastern Michigan went on
the road to win two of three at Kansas.
West: California enjoyed a 4-0 week,
defeating Santa Clara during the week before posting wins against
Louisiana-Lafayette, No. 19 Rice and Long Beach State in the Cal Baseball
Classic at AT&T Field in San Francisco.
Honorable Mention
No. 12 LSU beat Sacred Heart before
a three-game home sweep of No. 10 Cal State Fullerton.
UNC Greensboro
topped St. John’s before sweeping a three-game Southern Conference set from
Western Carolina.
ETSU defeated Furman before taking
three Atlantic Sun contests at UNF.
Samford rebounded from a loss at
Jacksonville State to sweep a three-game SoCon series at defending champ The
Citadel.
Louisville bounced back from a loss
to Purdue to win three at Pepperdine.
Tulane took two of three at home
from Wichita State.
Michigan State won four in Florida
against Miami (Ohio), Yale, Akron and Pitt.
Bradley also had success in the
Sunshine State by beating Toledo, Air Force and Massachusetts.
Liberty shook off a loss to William
and Mary to win the Keith LeClair Classic, beating Rutgers, Monmouth and host
East Carolina.
Gardner-Webb took two from St.
John’s and two from Holy Cross to extend its win streak to eight.
Previous Teams of the Week
March
8 - Cal State Bakersfield
March 1 - San Jose State
Feb. 22 - Stetson
(photo by Jimmy Jones)
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