March 29, 2011

 

Team of the Week

Gonzaga named CBI Team of the Week

 

After completing a three-game sweep of No. 14 UC Irvine, Gonzaga is the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team of the Week.

 

The Bulldogs opened their home schedule by allowing one run in 27 innings. Gonzaga beat the Anteaters 4-1 on Friday, 3-0 on Saturday and 3-0 again on Sunday to extend its unbeaten streak to nine. The Bulldogs raised their overall record to 13-7-1.

 

Regional Teams of the Week

 

Northeast: Charlotte won at Wake Forest in 11 innings and at NC Central before taking two of three from Rhode Island to open Atlantic 10 play.

 

Southeast: Mississippi State continued its strong start with a three-game SEC sweep of Auburn.

 

Central: Oklahoma State beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Washington before taking two of three in a Big 12 series from fourth-ranked Texas.

 

West: No. 16 Cal State Fullerton split a pair with sixth-ranked Arizona State before sweeping a four-game series at Hawaii despite the suspension of eight players.

 

Honorable Mention

 

No. 12 Georgia Tech won at Georgia before sweeping a three-game ACC series at Miami (Fla.).

No. 5 South Carolina beat College of Charleston and Rhode Island prior to taking two of three SEC contests at top-ranked Florida.

Miami (Ohio) took two from Eastern Kentucky before sweeping MAC West favorite Central Michigan.

Georgia Southern beat Kennesaw State twice prior to taking two of three at Southern Conference favorite College of Charleston.

No. 2 Vanderbilt topped Tennessee Tech before taking two of three at SEC-rival No. 19 Arkansas.

California beat Nevada and swept a three-game Pac-10 series from Washington State. Three of the four victories were shutouts.

Dartmouth enjoyed a 5-0 week in Florida, beating UMBC four times and Grinnell once.

Alabama defeated UAB and Jacksonville State before sweeping Kentucky in a SEC set to extend its win streak to seven.

Stetson stopped Bethune-Cookman and won at No. 7 Florida State in 11 before taking two of three from Atlantic Sun opponent ETSU.

NC State took two from Northwestern before winning two of three against No. 17 Clemson.

 

Previous Teams of the Week

March 22 - Florida

March 15 - Georgia

March 8 - Cal State Bakersfield

March 1 - San Jose State

Feb. 22 - Stetson