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May 3, 2011
Team of the Week
UNC
Greensboro named CBI Team of the Week
After going 4-0 this past week, including a Southern Conference
sweep of Georgia Southern, UNC Greensboro is the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team
of the Week.
The Spartans started the week with a 10-3 victory over High Point
on Wednesday. Over the weekend, UNCG won three at home against then-second place
Georgia Southern. The Spartans edged the streaking Eagles 3-2 on Friday and 7-6
on Saturday before taking Sunday’s contest 8-3 to move into a tie for second in
the SoCon with College of Charleston.
Regional Teams of the Week
Northeast: Villanova put together a
4-1 week, winning at Temple and defeating Delaware in the championship game of
the Liberty Bell Classic before taking two of three from West Virginia in Big
East play.
Southeast: No. 10 Florida State won
two of three at No. 17 Miami (Fla.) to remain in first in the ACC Atlantic
Division.
Central: No. 5 Texas defeated Texas
State before winning two of three against No. 13 Oklahoma in Big 12 action.
West: No. 7 Oregon State won at
Portland before taking two of three at No. 18 UCLA.
Honorable Mention
Florida Atlantic went 2-1 against
first-place Troy in Sun Belt play.
Clemson enjoyed a 4-1 week, beating
Furman and winning at Western Carolina before taking two of three ACC contests
from No. 12 Georgia Tech.
No. 2 South Carolina topped Liberty
before sweeping a three-game SEC set from Auburn.
No. 8 Arizona State won at Arizona
before taking two of three from Pac-10 rival Stanford.
San Diego knocked off No. 11 Cal
State Fullerton before sweeping Saint Mary’s to climb to third in the WCC.
Gardner-Webb won at Furman before
sweeping three at Radford to extend its win streak to eight and rise to third in
the Big South.
Hawaii won two of three at No. 14
Fresno State, the favorite to win the WAC.
USF rebounded from a loss at No. 17
Miami to win three against St. John’s in Big East play.
James Madison bounced back from a
loss at VMI to sweep a three-game set from former CAA leader UNC Wilmington and
move into a tie for first with Delaware.
Utah won at Utah Valley before
sweeping a four-game Mountain West series at Air Force.
Previous Teams of the Week
April
26 - Cal Poly
April
19 - Yale
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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