Feb. 27, 2014

Team of the Week

Ohio State is CBI Louisville Slugger Team of Week

Ohio State picked up three wins at the UCF Baseball Tournament and has been named the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Louisville Slugger Team of the Week for games played Feb. 18-23.

The Buckeyes won a 13-innings affair with UCF 9-3 before edging The Citadel 5-4 and Oklahoma 6-3.

Regional Teams of the Week

Northeast: Holy Cross dropped its first two games at fifth-ranked Mississippi State before beating the Bulldogs 7-6 and 6-1 to earn a series split with last year’s NCAA finalist.

Southeast: South Carolina didn’t allow a run last week in going 4-0 with a win over Presbyterian and three wins over Eastern Kentucky.

Central: Houston stayed hot by going 4-0, including a win against No. 15 Rice and a home sweep of Michigan.

West: Cal Poly is the Regional Team of the Week for the second straight week after a 3-1 week that saw the Mustangs beat Santa Clara and win two of three at No. 11 UCLA.

Honorable Mention

Louisiana posted four road wins, one at Northwestern State and a three-game sweep at Southern Miss.

Alabama State started the week with wins against South Alabama and Auburn before splitting a four-game set at Pacific.

USC knocked off No. 1 Cal State Fullerton and went 3-0 against North Dakota State.

Georgia Southern went 5-0, with a win against Georgia Tech and four vs. Maryland Eastern Shore.

USF picked up four wins against Florida Gulf Coast (1) and Penn State (3).

Mercer went 5-0, with two wins against Florida A&M and three against Evansville.

High Point earned a win against Charlotte and won its series against William & Mary in a 3-1 week.

Indiana State stayed red-hot with three road wins over Lipscomb, Belmont and Middle Tennessee.

Wofford had a 4-0 week that included a victory against Gardner-Webb and wins against Butler, Fordham and Presbyterian in the Terriers’ tourney.

Note - regional teams of the week are chosen based on their conference affiliation. To see our list of regions, click here.