College Baseball Poll - Collegiate
Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Monday
(April 19, 1999)
MIAMI (FLA.) NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER (www.baseballnews.com) POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Miami Hurricanes have unseated
Florida St. as the No. 1 ranked team in the latest Collegiate Baseball newspaper
poll after beating the Seminoles two of three games in Tallahassee, Fla. over the past
weekend.
Florida St. had been ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate
Baseball poll eight of the last nine weeks heading into the weekend showdown. IIt
marked the third straight year in the UM-FSU series that the Hurricanes have won the
series in Tallahassee. The two teams will meet again this weekend in Miami to complete the
6-game set.
POLL NOTES: The longest winning streak in the
nation came crashing to a halt as Florida Atlantic saw its NCAA Division I record-tying
34-game streak stopped at Jacksonville University in a 2-1, 7-inning loss. Other red-hot
teams include Wichita St. (11 wins in row), Wake Forest (9 wins in last 10 games), Arizona
(9 consecutive victories), and Rice (7 straight wins).
The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll
is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball
season.
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Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's |
NCAA Div. I Poll (As of April 19, 1999) |
www.baseballnews.com |
| Rank School
(Record) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. Miami,
Fla. (28-9) |
485 |
5 |
| 2. Florida
St. (38-6) |
483 |
1 |
| 3. Cal.
St. Fullerton (33-8) |
474 |
4 |
| 4. Rice
(39-8) |
465 |
9 |
| 5.
Stanford (27-11) |
464 |
2 |
| 6.
Mississippi St. (31-8) |
461 |
7 |
| 7. Texas
A&M (35-9) |
458 |
12 |
| 8. Wichita
St. (35-8) |
454 |
13 |
| 9.
Pepperdine (32-7) |
451 |
3 |
| 10. Arkansas
(29-13) |
449 |
14 |
| 11. Florida
Atlantic (41-2) |
448 |
10 |
| 12. Baylor (35-9) |
447 |
8 |
| 13. North
Carolina (33-8) |
445 |
15 |
| 14. Auburn (33-9) |
444 |
6 |
| 15. Southern
Calif. (26-18) |
442 |
22 |
| 16. Wake Forest
(28-11) |
439 |
— |
| 17. Texas Tech.
(34-9) |
437 |
17 |
| 18. Alabama
(30-12) |
436 |
18 |
| 19. Georgia Tech.
(28-12) |
433 |
11 |
| 20. Mississippi
(23-17) |
430 |
— |
| 21. Nebraska
(27-11) |
429 |
19 |
| 22. South
Carolina (27-12) |
427 |
27 |
| 23. Ohio St.
(27-7) |
426 |
23 |
| 24. Texas (28-17) |
420 |
20 |
| 25. Tulane (30-9) |
419 |
25 |
| 26. Arizona St.
(32-15) |
416 |
16 |
| 27. Loyola
Marymount (24-16) |
412 |
— |
| 28. Oklahoma St.
(29-10) |
410 |
29 |
| 29. Arizona
(29-16) |
409 |
— |
| 30. Notre Dame
(28-9) |
408 |
28 |
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S"
NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
 | RHP Zach Schara, Northwestern: Schara
hurled the first no-hitter for Northwestern since the 1994 season in a 4-0 win over Penn
State. He struck out 5 batters in the 7 inning contest and walked 4.
|
| RHP Scott Kozink, Navy: Kozink
became only the fourth pitcher in school history to record a no-hitter as he helped Navy
to a 7-1 win over Lehigh. It was the first no-no by a Navy pitcher since the 1978 season.
Kozink struck out 8 and walked 4 on the day.
|
| RHP Brian Wiley, The Citadel: In
a 16-3 win over N.C. Greensboro, Wiley struck out a season-high 16 batters in a 9-inning
complete game win. He walked three batters.
|
| RF Dee Haynes, Delta St.: Haynes
belted 6 home runs over a 6-game span last week with 17 RBI as he posted a slugging
percentage of 1.207. He was 15 for 29 at the plate.
|
| 1B Sean McGowan, Boston College: McGowan
belted 5 home runs and knocked in 14 runs with 10 runs scored in six games last week. He
leads the team with 19 home runs in 29 games.
|
| C/OF Brian Rogers, William &
Mary: Rogers belted 5 home runs with 11 RBI in 5 games last week. He collected 8 hits
in 15 at bats. Four of the homers came in one game against George Mason.
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