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April 19, 2011
Team of the Week
Yale named CBI Team of the Week
After going 5-0, including a four-game Ivy League sweep of
first-place Dartmouth, Yale is the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team of the Week.
The Bulldogs started the week with a 10-7 victory on Tuesday over
Connecticut, the first-place team in the Big East. Yale would host the Big Green
over the weekend. Dartmouth held a two-game lead over the Bulldogs in the Red
Rolfe Division of the Ivy League prior to the start of the series. Yale won
twice on Saturday by scores of 6-1 and 5-1. The Bulldogs completed the sweep on
Sunday, 3-0 and 5-1, to take over the top spot in the division.
Regional Teams of the Week
Northeast: St. John’s swept a
three-game Big East series from Louisville to stay within two games of first.
Southeast: NC State rebounded from a
midweek loss to UNC Wilmington to sweep a three-game ACC set from sixth-ranked
North Carolina.
Central: Central Michigan took two
of three from MAC leader and preseason favorite Kent State.
West: No. 13 Oregon State went on
the road and swept a three-game Pac-10 set at Stanford, its first-ever sweep of
the Cardinal in California.
Honorable Mention
Oklahoma State took two of three
from No. 12 Oklahoma in the Big 12 and Bedlam Series.
No. 16 UCLA defeated Long Beach
State on Tuesday before taking two of three from No. 19 Arizona.
UNC Wilmington
beat Campbell and won at NC State before sweeping a three-game series from
William and Mary to move into first in the CAA.
Belmont won at Austin Peay before
sweeping a three-game Atlantic Sun set from ETSU.
Elon won two of three from Southern
Conference preseason favorite College of Charleston.
Florida Atlantic defeated UCF before
sweeping a three-game Sun Belt set from ULM.
Ohio State won a doubleheader over
Akron before taking two of three from first-place Michigan State.
Rice topped No. 7 Texas A&M before
winning two of three from Tulane in Conference USA play.
Southeast Missouri won at Southern
Illinois and at Saint Louis before sweeping a three-game set from UT Martin to
move into a tie for first in the OVC.
Fordham defeated Long Island before
sweeping a three-game from A-10 opponent George Washington.
Previous Teams of the Week
April
12 - Oregon State
April 5 - Southern Miss
March
29 - Gonzaga
March
22 - Florida
March
15 - Georgia
March
8 - Cal State Bakersfield
March 1 - San Jose State
Feb. 22 - Stetson
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