March 6, 2012

Team of the Week

Texas State named CBI Team of the Week

Texas State went 4-0 with four shutouts. The Bobcats have been named the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team of the Week.

Texas State won at TCU 1-0 on Tuesday before blanking Notre Dame three times at home over the weekend, 6-0 on Friday and Saturday, and 5-0 on Sunday. The Bobcats put together a string of five shutouts going back to the series finale at Houston and had a string of 57.2 scoreless innings before Rice dented home plate earlier this week

Regional Teams of the Week

Northeast: Cornell started the season 4-0 with four wins at Maryland-Eastern Shore. The Big Red swept a Friday doubleheader 15-4 and 7-0 before taking two on Sunday, 7-5 and 13-0.

Southeast: Florida won three games at nationally-ranked Miami over the weekend, 7-5 on Friday, 13-5 on Saturday and 8-5 in Sunday’s finale.

Central: Purdue went 3-0 at Auburn’s tournament with wins over host Auburn (9-8) on Friday, Southern Miss (10-9) on Saturday and Charleston Southern (5-2) on Sunday.

West: Gonzaga remained undefeated by winning three in the UTSA Classic. The Zags won 6-1 over Louisiana-Lafayette on Friday, 4-1 over host UTSA on Saturday and 7-2 over Kansas on Sunday.

Honorable Mention

South Carolina went 3-1 with a win over Presbyterian and two of three against Clemson.

Elon went 3-1 with a win over High Point before opening Southern Conference play by taking two of three at College of Charleston.

Southern Illinois lost at Belmont before wins over Georgia State, Stetson and Penn in Stetson’s tournament.

Tulane went 3-1 with a win over Southeastern Louisiana before taking two of three from Alabama.

Illinois State hit the road and swept a three-game set at Southeast Missouri.

Oregon posted three one-run victories over Long Beach State.

San Diego went 4-1 with a win at UC Riverside before going 3-1 at the Aztec Invitational, splitting two games with Cal State Northridge and beating Cal Poly and Milwaukee.

San Diego State rebounded from a loss at Cal State Fullerton to go 4-0 in the Aztec Invitational with wins over Cal Poly, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Cal State Northridge.

Previous Teams of the Week

Feb. 28 - Appalachian State

Feb. 21 - Florida Atlantic

(photo by Texas State Media Relations Office)