Morehead
State, coming off a 29-28 season in Mike McGuire’s second season, won three of
four at San Diego, ranked No. 34 by Collegiate Baseball, and has been
named the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team of the Week for games played Feb.
13-15.
The Eagles captured the first
three games of the road series (10-3, 8-5 and 4-2) and needed one out to
complete a four-game sweep before the Toreros scored three times in the bottom
of the ninth to salvage the final game 6-5. Morehead State was picked to
finish fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference by the league’s coaches.
Regional Teams of the Week
Northeast: Creighton
of the Big East Conference enjoyed a 3-0 weekend and sweep at Cal State
Bakersfield. The Bluejays, who won the Big East’s regular-season title,
yielded only four earned runs in winning 5-0, 5-1 and 10-4.
Southeast: Tulane
traveled to Malibu and took two of three from Pepperdine, winning the first
two games 9-3 and 9-5. The Green Wave was two outs from a series sweep before
the Waves captured Game 3 with a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for
a 2-1 win.
Central: Baylor got
off to a great start by sweeping three games from visiting Cal Poly, which won
47 games a year ago and entered the season at No. 13 in Collegiate Baseball’s
poll. The Bears won the first two games 8-6 and the third game 6-0.
West: Fresno State
pulled off a home sweep of UC Irvine, rallying for 7-5 wins on Saturday and
Sunday. On Saturday, the Bulldogs scored six times in the bottom of the
seventh for the win; on Sunday, they scored twice in the seventh and five more
in the eighth to overcome a 5-0 deficit.
Arizona State opened
the Tracy Smith era by winning its series (2-1) with No. 8 Oklahoma State
Indiana won two of
three at Stanford, which eliminated the Hoosiers from the Bloomington Regional
last year
West Virginia took two
of three on the road against Clemson
Illinois went 4-0,
winning twice at Lamar and twice against New Mexico State
Wright State went 3-0
with wins in Nashville over Belmont and Toledo (2)
Alabama didn’t allow a
run in three wins over Maryland-Eastern Shore
FIU won its home
series with Tennessee
Wofford opened with
three home wins over Boston College, Xavier and Dayton
Winthrop won its home
series with Kent State
Texas Tech scored 46
runs in a four-game sweep of visiting San Francisco
Note -
regional teams of the week are chosen based on their conference affiliation.
