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May 18, 2010
Team of the Week
South Carolina Named CBI
Team of the Week
 South
Carolina went 5-0 this past week, including a three-game SEC sweep at No. 12
Arkansas, and was named CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team of the Week.
The Gamecocks, under head coach Ray Tanner (right), defeated
Wofford 17-4 and topped Charleston Southern 10-2, both at home, before heading
to Fayetteville. South Carolina beat the Razorbacks 3-2 on Friday, 5-0 on
Saturday and 5-3 on Sunday. The Gamecocks are tied with Florida for the best SEC
record at 20-7
Honorable Mention goes to Jackson State, which won twice at
Mississippi Valley State and swept a three-game SWAC series with Alabama State
to extend its win streak to 16. No. 4 Coastal Carolina stayed undefeated in the
Big South with a victory over Winthrop and a three-game sweep at second-place
Liberty. No. 2 Virginia swept a three-game set from North Carolina to extend its
win streak to 14. No. 14 Cal State Fullerton won at Pepperdine and took three at
Long Beach State to secure the Big West’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Minnesota defeated Penn State three times to take sole possession of first place
in the Big Ten. Fourth-seeded Bucknell won two of three at top-seeded Army, and
third-seeded Holy Cross took two of three at second-seeded Lehigh in the Patriot
League semifinal series. Southeastern Louisiana swept a three-game set at
Stephen F. Austin to move into a first-place tie with Texas State in the
Southland. South Dakota State won three of four at North Dakota State to forge a
tie with Oral Roberts in the Summit. No. 8 Georgia Tech won two of three from
No. 11 Miami (Fla.). No. 19 Vanderbilt defeated No. 9 Louisville and swept a
three-game SEC series at Mississippi State. Kent State won two of three from
Bowling Green to move into a tie for first with the Falcons in the MAC Eastern
Division. Utah Valley split a pair at Seattle before sweeping a four-game set
from NJIT to clinch the Great West regular-season title. VCU swept a three-game
series at George Mason to move within a half-game of first-place James Madison
in the CAA. Sacred Heart won four against Monmouth to maintain second place in
the NEC. Louisiana-Lafayette won at Southern before taking two of three from
Western Kentucky to climb within a game of first-place Florida Atlantic in the
Sun Belt. The College of Charleston bounced back from a loss at North Carolina
to sweep a three-game series at Appalachian State to move within a half-game of
first in the Southern Conference. Washington State defeated California and
Portland before taking two of three at Stanford. Connecticut topped Boston
College and Manhattan before winning two of three at USF to stay in first in the
Big East.
Previous Teams of the Week
May
11 - Southern Miss
May
4 - Arizona State
April
27 - Ole Miss
April
20 - Stanford
April
13 - Cal State Fullerton
April 6 - California
March
30 - Elon
March
23 - Arizona State
March
16 - Kansas
March
9 - Florida State
March 2 - Coastal Carolina
Feb. 23 -
New Mexico
(photo by Jimmy Jones) |
