March 17, 2009

Team of the Week

Cal State Fullerton Named CBI Team of the Week
 

Cal State Fullerton had a 4-1 week to complete an eight-game road trip with a 7-1 mark and has been named the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team of the Week.

 

The Titans began their week with a 15-5 win at No. 6 Texas A&M on Tuesday. Over the weekend, Fullerton played in the Oklahoma State Tournament in Stillwater, Okla. On Friday, the Titans beat Rhode Island 17-3 and topped the No. 12 Cowboys 8-4. Fullerton fell to OSU 10-6 on Saturday before edging the Rams 4-3 on Sunday to raise its record to 13-3, including 9-1 away from home.

 

Honorable mention goes to Minnesota, which won at No. 14 TCU on Saturday and Sunday. Arkansas rebounded from a loss at Centenary to sweep a three-game SEC series from No. 19 Florida. Virginia defeated VMI, Navy and Florida State to remain unbeaten at 15-0. Texas A&M bounced back from its loss to Cal State Fullerton to take the first two games of its Big 12 series with No. 11 Baylor. San Diego State won at UCLA before sweeping a three-game Mountain West series from UNLV. Sam Houston State won at Houston and took two of three in its Southland series at Texas State. Monmouth bounced back from a loss at Florida Atlantic to win two at Navy and take two from Massachusetts. Mississippi State took two from Valparaiso and won two of three from SEC-rival No. 23 South Carolina. Ohio State went 4-0 in Florida, with wins over Pittsburgh, SIU Edwardsville, UMBC and North Dakota State. Eastern Kentucky also enjoyed success in the Sunshine State, bouncing back from a loss to Sacred Heart to record victories over Bucknell, Vermont, Connecticut and Toledo.

 

Previous Teams of the Week

March 10 - Illinois

March 3 - Rice

Feb. 24 - Middle Tennessee