The Southland Conference has released their Player of the Week in Zach Etheredge who went 9-20 at the plate to lead UTSA to a 4-1 record on the week. Jesse Marshall of Sam Houston State picked up the Pitcher of the Week award by pitching 8.1 shutout innings in a 3-0 shutout on Friday over Texas A&M Corpus Christi. He only allowed three hits and three walks to get the win.

Southland Release
UTSA Release
Sam Houston State Release

Dustin Ackley for the second straight week was named the ACC Baseball Player of the Week. He hit .500 (11-22) for the week while leading the Tar Heels to a 4-1 record. Tony Bajoczky picked up the Pitcher of the Week award by tossing seven shutout innings against Georgia Tech on Saturday to get the Blue Devils first ACC victory on the season.

ACC Release
Duke Release
UNC Release

Conference USA has released their players of the week for the period ending on March 25th. Harrison Eldridge was named the player of the week after hitting .533 (8 for 15) in leading the East Carolina Pirates to a 4-0 record for the week. The Pitcher of the Week award went to Wes Musick of Houston pitched eight strong innings Saturday against UCF while striking out ten batters.

C-USA Players of the Week
East Carolina Release
Houston Release

Conference USA Weekend Recap

FROM NCBWA RELEASEDALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues itstradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 10th year with its 2007 weeklysurveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 12-June 26 following theNCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 32 college baseball writers and related media personsfrom throughout the nation. This week's poll has representation by 10 differentconferences among the 293 baseball-playing schools in the '07 NCAA Division Iranks, and 15 leagues have had teams in the polls in '07. For more informationor to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com.

Rank-School-Conference-Overall Record-Previous Rank1 Florida State Atlantic Coast 26-1 22 South Carolina Southeastern 21-4 33 Vanderbilt SEC 23-3 14 Oregon State Pacific-10 22-3 45 North Carolina ACC 22-4 56 Virginia ACC 22-5 87 Arkansas SEC 19-7 108 Texas Big 12 22-8 99 Rice Conference USA 19-9 710 Pepperdine West Coast 19-8 1111 Clemson ACC 15-7 612 Arizona State Pac-10 21-8 1413 Kentucky SEC 23-2-1 1514 Cal State Fullerton Big West 15-10 1215 Wichita State Missouri Valley 21-5 1816 Oklahoma State Big 12 19-6 1617 Texas A&M Big 12 22-5 1318 Mississippi SEC 18-8 1719 Coastal Carolina Big South 23-3 2020 Arizona Pac-10 21-6 2121 East Carolina C-USA 19-6 2322 Long Beach State Big West 13-9 1923 Oklahoma Big 12 20-7 2924 San Diego West Coast 21-10 2725 Alabama SEC 17-10 2526 Nebraska Big 12 13-9 2427 NC State ACC 18-8 3028 Missouri Big 12 20-6 NR29 Ohio State Big Ten 13-3 NR30 Southern Miss C-USA 17-8 28

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Auburn (18-9), Charlotte (19-5), College of Charleston (18-6), Kansas State (18-6),  Louisiana-Lafayette (20-5), Louisiana-Monroe (18-7), Maryland (16-8), Miami, Florida (15-12), Mississippi State (14-6), Old Dominion (19-11), Southern California (17-12), Stetson (20-8), Tennessee (17-9), Texas Tech (18-10), Tulane (19-7), UC Irvine (19-5-1).

Dropped Out: Auburn (22), Miami, Florida (26)

By conference: Big 12 6, Southeastern 6, Atlantic Coast 5, Conference USA 3, Pacific-10 3, Big West 2. West Coast 2, Big South 1, Big Ten 1, Missouri Valley 1.

Weekly Honor Roll:

Dennis Donovan, Connecticut, SS, Sr.
Batted .500 and collected seven RBI in a 4-1 week.

Boomer Whiting, Louisville, OF, Sr.
Scored nine runs, collected nine hits and batted .450 in a 4-1 week.

Brett Lilley, Notre Dame, SS, Jr.
Hit .571 and scored nine runs in a 3-2 week.

Steve Healing, Rutgers, RHP, Sr.
Threw a complete game shutout in a 6-0 win over Georgetown.

Mike Loree, Villanova, RHP, Sr.
Posted a complete game shutout in a 1-0 win over Louisville.

Big East Standings after Sunday:

BIG EAST Overall
W L T Pct. W L T Pct.
West Virginia 3 0 0 1.000 13 5 0 .722
Rutgers 3 0 0 1.000 10 10 0 .500
Louisville 2 1 0 .667 16 8 0 .667
Connecticut 2 1 0 .667 8 10 0 .444
USF 4 2 0 .667 18 8 0 .692
Pittsburgh 3 3 0 .500 9 11 0 .450
Villanova 1 2 0 .333 9 8 0 .529
Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 12 11 0 .522
Notre Dame 1 2 0 .333 11 11 0 .500
St. John’s 1 2 0 .333 8 10 0 .444
Georgetown 0 3 0 .000 9 14 0 .391
Seton Hall 0 3 0 .000 5 12 0 .294

Player of the Week-Lars Davis, C, Illinois-Davis earns his first career weekly honor after batting .857 (12-for-14) to close out Illinois’ Spring Break trip.

Pitcher of the Week-Mike Schurz, Iowa-Schurz takes home his first career conference award after holding opponents scoreless in three appearances last week, picking up a win and two saves.

Big Ten Standings:

2006-07 Big Ten Overall
Teams W L T Pct. W L T Pct.
Ohio State 0 0 0 .000 13 3 0 .812
Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 14 5 0 .737
Iowa 0 0 0 .000 9 5 0 .643
Michigan 0 0 0 .000 10 6 0 .625
Indiana 0 0 0 .000 10 8 0 .556
Purdue 0 0 0 .000 9 8 0 .529
Illinois 0 0 0 .000 7 8 0 .467
Michigan State 0 0 0 .000 7 8 0 .467
Northwestern 0 0 0 .000 6 11 0 .353
Penn State 0 0 0 .000 4 13 0 .235

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The Elon Phoenix picked up a 12-8 victory over The Citadel to take the rubber game of their series. The Phoenix was led on offense by Pat Irvine who went 3-4 with 3 RBIs and a homer. Ryan Addison also had a big day by going 4-5 with two runs scored. Will Romanowicz went 7.1 innings while giving up six runs but got his third victory of the season. Justin Smith started for the Bulldogs and was roughed up for seven runs in five innings. The Citadel will host Brown for a two game set on Tuesday and Wednesday. Elon will host South Carolina on Tuesday.

The Citadel Recap
Elon Recap (Not available now)

Florida State 7 Boston College 0

Ryan Strauss carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning until Tony Sanchez broke up the bid with a single through the left side. Michael Belfiore also got a hit in that inning for the Eagles only two hits. Boston College starter Nick Asslein lasted only two innings while giving up a towering two run homer to Jack Rye in the first inning. He was followed by Terry Doyle who is still nursing a hand injury and he pitched five innings while giving up five runs. Dennis Guinn went 3-3 with 3 RBIs and was a single shy of hitting for the cycle. Florida State is back in action on Tuesday when North Florida comes to visit while Boston College heads Tuesday to Hartford.

FSU Recap
BC Recap

UNC 13 Virginia Tech 1

Seven Tar Heels had multiple hits to lead the Tar Heels to a 13-1 victory over Virginia Tech. Luke Putkonen shut down the Hokie offense with seven strong innings while only giving up one run. Tim Fedroff went 3-5 with a homer to lead the Tar Heel offense. VT starter Adam Redd was knocked around in his 3.1 innings while giving up eight runs. UNC will be back in action Wednesday when Davidson visits while Virginia Tech travels to James Madison on Tuesday.

UNC Recap
VT Recap

Clemson 5 Maryland 0

Jack Leggett picked up his 1,000 victory and the Clemson Tigers were able to salvage a game from Maryland in a 5-0 victory on Sunday. David Kopp pitched seven shutout innings while only allowing six hits. Brad Chalk, Andy D’Alessio, Taylor Harbin, Ben Paulsen, and J.D. Burgess all had two hits in the game to lead the Tiger offense. Clemson will be playing Gardner-Webb on Tuesday without Jack Leggett who will be in Vermont with his father who is ill. Maryland will be hosting William & Mary also on Tuesday.

Clemson Recap
UMD Recap

Miami 4 UVA 2

The Miami Hurricanes picked up the final game of their series with Virginia by picking up a 4-2 victory. UVA ace Sean Doolittle started and was effective in six innings of work and gave up two runs. His bullpen failed him as Michael Schwimer let up two runs in the top of the eighth which proved to be the winning runs needed by the Canes. Enrique Garcia picked up the victory with a five inning performance and gave up only one run. Danny Gil pitched a scoreless ninth to get his second save of the season. UVA will host George Mason on Tuesday while the Canes will be off until Friday when they go to Clemson.

Miami Recap
UVA Recap

NC State 3 Wake Forest 2

The NC State Wolfpack squeaked by Wake Forest by the slimmest of margins in a 3-2 victory. Caleb Mangum drove in two runs and Jimmy Gillheeney pitched 5.2 innings and gave up three hits and a run to get his second victory on the season.

NC State Recap
Wake Forest Recap

Georgia Tech 5 Duke 1

Ryan Turner picked up his second win of the year by letting up 1 run in his six innings of work. Luke Murton led the offense by going 3-4 with 4 RBIs. GT will be back in action when they host Georgia Southern on Tuesday and Wednesday. Duke will head to Campbell Tuesday then host FSU next weekend.

Georgia Tech Recap
Duke Recap

• Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 0 (Pittsburgh, PA)-Game 1-Fans in Pittsburgh saw a complete game shut out from starting pitcher Paul Nardozzi (the game was only 7 innings), he gave up no runs on only 4 hits and striking out 4.

• Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 2 (Pittsburgh, PA)-Game 2)-The second game saw the Bearcats jump out to a quick 2-0 first inning lead on a Michael Earley home run, then in the bottom of the third the Panthers came back with back to back jacks from Jordan Herr and Sean Conley. The Panthers then took the lead for good in the 5th inning, with runners on first and second when Gary Bucuren singled to center field knocking in what would be the game winning run.

• St. Johns 10, Connecticut 7 (Queens, NY)-UConn jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning just to see St. John’s score 7 runs in the 4th. St. John’s was led by DH Zayas going 3-5 with 2 RBI and scoring a run. UConn recap

• Louisville 10, Villanova 3 (Villanova, PA)-The Cardinals used a 3 run 3rd inning led by Boomer Whiting who extended his hitting steak to 13, he also stole his 31st base which is a school record. The Cards were led by left fielder Isaiah Howes who went 3-5 with 3 RBIs. Louisville Recap

• Rutgers 5, Georgetown 4 (Piscataway, NJ)-Rutgers down 4-2 in the bottom of the 8th used two straight singles by Ryan Hill and Dave Williams, to set up for a Tom Edwards homerun to put the Knights up for good. Rutgers Recap

• West Virginia 4, Seton Hall 3 (Morgantown, WV)-Both teams scored the first runs on solo blasts, WVU’s by Tyler Kuhn and The Hall’s by Greg Miller. With the scored still tied in the bottom of the 5th West Virginia’s Austin Markel smashed a 2 run jack to give WVU a two run lead. Seton Hall battled back to score one in the 6th and the other in the 7th when Dan McDonald knocked in Robbie Hine to tie the game. With the scored still tied in the 9th West Virginia scored the final run on a wild pitch, I guess you could call that a walk off wild pitch. Seton Hall Recap
• South Florida 9, Notre Dame 1 (South Bend, IN)-USF jumped on the Irish early scoring 2 first inning runs on no hits (Walk, error, wild pitch). The Irish responded with a lead off homer from SS Brett Lilley but again for a second day Notre Dame’s bullpen was unable to throw strikes and gave up 7 of the 9 runs. The Bulls were led by second baseman Dexter Butler who went 2-4 with 2 RBIs. USF Recap

No. 10 Texas allowed season highs for runs (11) and hits (17) as the Longhorns dropped an 11-9 decision to Kansas State in Big 12 Conference baseball action Sunday afternoon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

Texas jumped out to a 3-1 lead with single runs in each of the first three innings. Bradley Suttle broke the scoring seal with a sacrifice fly to drive in Chance Wheeless in the first inning. In the second inning, Nick Peoples plated Preston Clark with a single. Kansas State scored its first run in the top of the third as an infield grounder pushed Eddie Vasquez across. Texas responded with a run in the bottom half of the third as Suttle hit his eighth home run of the season over the Horns’ bullpen in leftfield.

Kansas State took its first lead of the three-game series with a five-run fifth inning. Adam Muenster, J.J. Muse and Eddie Vasquez each singled to load the bases. Rob Vaughn followed with a grand slam home run, his first dinger of the year. With two outs, Drew Biery followed with a solo home run to give the Wildcats a 6-3 lead.

Texas responded with six runs in the bottom of the fifth. The inning featured a three-run triple by Preston Clark. The Longhorns also scored runs on a sacrifice fly by Josh Prince, a bases loaded hit by pitch drawn by Kyle Russell and a sacrifice squeeze bunt by Travis Tucker, staking Texas to a 9-6 lead.

Kansas State trimmed two runs off the lead in the seventh. Vaughn and Derek Bunker singled to leadoff the inning and a groundout by Jordan Cruz pushed runners to second and third setting up a sacrifice fly by Biery and an RBI single by Justin Bloxom, cutting the UT lead to 9-8.

The Wildcats reclaimed the lead with three runs in the seventh. In the inning, Kansas State scored runs on two separate throwing errors and an RBI single by Biery to take an 11-9 lead.

Daniel Edwards pitched the final two innings for Kansas State, allowing just one hit while striking out three to earn his seventh save of the season.

Randy Boone (0-5) was saddled with the loss for Texas. He allowed five runs on five hits and one walk over 1.1 innings.

Justin Murray (2-2) earned the win in relief allowing two runs on three hits and four walks over three innings.

Texas was paced by Suttle who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs and two RBI. Peoples went 3-for-5 with one RBI and Preston Clark added two runs and three RBI.

The Longhorns could not find the answer for the Wildcats’ bottom of the order as their No. 8 and 9 hitters combined to go 6-for-8 with six runs and four RBI. No. 9 hitter Vaughn went 4-for-4 with one double, one home run, three runs scored and four RBI. Vasquez, hitting eighth in the lineup, went 2-for-4 with three runs. Kansas State also got solid hitting performances from Biery who went 2-for-4 with one home run, one run and three RBI and Bloxom who was 3-for-5 with one run.

The Longhorns return to action on Tuesday as Texas hosts Rice in a 6:05 p.m. contest at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

Texas Recap
Texas Scout.com Recap
KSU Recap

• South Florida 13, Notre Dame 10-(South Bend, IN)-South Florida reliever Yuri Higgins(3-1) came in relief of starting pitcher Matt Quevedo who started in place of USF ace David Thomas and went 5.2 inning, gave up 3 earned runs on 7 hits, and struck out 10. The turning point in the game was in the top of the 6th when starting Notre Dame pitcher Wade Korpi along with Jess Stewart and Joey Williamson(1-2) gave up 5 runs, USF did add 6 runs the next inning. The Irish scored 4 running in the bottom of the 8th but it wasn’t enough. These two teams will square off in the rubber match tomorrow at Frank Eck Stadium Dan Kapala(0-1, 1.98) will go for the Irish and Chris Delaney(4-0, 3.86) will toe the rubber for the Bulls. Notre Dame Recap

• Villanova 1, Louisville 0-Game 1-(Villanova, PA)-With the scored tied at zero in the bottom of the 9th Villanova first baseman Dan Terpak doubled off the left center field wall, the next batter was hit by a pitch then Cards pitcher Kyle Hollander threw a wild pick off throw over first base to allow the winning run to score. Louisville Recap.

• Louisville 11, Villanova 3-Game 2-(Villanova, PA)-The second game wasn’t as close Louisville scored a run in each of the first four inning to cruise by the Wildcats. Colby Walk(2-1) came on in relief and picked up the W pitching 3.1innings perfect inning striking out 7.

• Rutgers 4, Georgetown 3 (F/10)-Game 1-(Piscataway, NJ)-At the grand opening of Bainton Field on Rutgers Campus the Scarlet Knights open up with a win over the Hoyas of Georgetown. With the score tied up a 3 in the 10th to straight singles with two out by Rutgers gave them the win. Rutgers Recap

• Rutgers 6, Georgetown 0-Game 2-(Piscataway, NJ)-Rutgers starting pitcher Steve Healing(3-2) went all the way shutting out the Bulldogs allowing 5 hits and striking out 1.

• Cincinnati 19, Pittsburgh 5-(Pittsburgh, PA)-Cincinnati blew the game open in the first inning scoring 9 runs on 8 hits off of PITT starter Rob Brant(1-3) he did go 5.2 innings, giving up 11 runs, only 3 earned. Pitt Recap

• West Virginia 4, Seton Hall 3(F/13)-Game 1-(Morgantown, WV)-Seton Hall had control of the game at 2-0 until the bottom of the 7th when center fielder Adam White hit an RBI single then later scored on a double Justin Jenkins to tie the game at 2 all. Then in the top of the 13th Seton Hall’s John Walsh hit a solo home run to take a 3-2 lead, but then in the bottom of the Austin Markel singled in Vince Belnome then two batters later Adam White knocked in the winning run, this all with 2 outs. West Virginia Recap

• West Virginia 12, Seton Hall 5-Game 2-(Morgantown, WV)

The Citadel evened their series with Elon on Saturday with a 8-6 victory in SoCon baseball action. Sonny Meade led the Bulldogs attack with a 2-3 with 2 RBI game. Matt Crim picked up the win by lasting five innings and giving up three runs.

The Citadel Saturday Recap
Elon Saturday Recap

The Citadel Friday Recap
Elon Friday Recap

The Army Black Knights split a doubleheader with Cornell on Saturday. In game 1, Jim Hyland was masterful as he allowed only four hits over the seven inning game to get the 2-0 victory over Army. Hyland picked up his second victory of the season to even his record at 2-2. Nick Hill also pitched a complete game for Army but gave up two runs on five hits to get his second loss of the season. In Game 2, Cornell pitcher Blake Hamilton threw over Steven Dannaway’s head in the bottom of the tenth to give the Black Knights an emotional 3-2 victory over Cornell. Milan Dinga pitched two perfect innings while striking out four to get the win.

Army Recap
Cornell Recap

Florida State 10 Boston College 3

The Florida State Seminoles scored six runs in the second inning to make a 2-0 deficit into a 6-2 lead. The Seminoles continued to shut down the BC Eagles bats in key situations. Michael Hyde started the game for the Seminoles and last seven innings while only giving up two runs and really scattered eight hits. His curveball seemed to be hanging in the zone but the Eagles were never able to take advantage. Hyde better get his breaking ball working real soon or some of the better hitting teams in the ACC are going to light him up. Tony Sanchez went 2-3 to lead the Eagles offense. The teams close the series out tomorrow when Ryan Strauss faces likely Eagle starter Terry Doyle.

FSU Recap
Section B Recap
BC Recap

Virginia Tech 6 UNC 3

In one of the big upsets today, Peter Hughes led Virginia Tech Hokies picked up a 6-3 victory over the UNC Tar Heels. Andrew Wells kept the Tar Heels off balance in his seven innings of work and only gave up one unearned run to get his second win of the season. Nate Parks led the Hokie offense by going 2-4. The teams will play the rubber game on Sunday at 1:00 pm.

UNC Recap
VA Tech Recap

Maryland 4 Clemson 1

The Maryland Terps got a seven inning two hit performance from Peabody MA native Ryan Moorer to lead the Terrapins to the 4-1 victory over Clemson. Mike Murphy hit a two run single in the fifth inning to give the Terps a 4-0 lead. Brett Cecil pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings to get his seventh save of the year. The Tigers will try to get one game out of the weekend set on Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 pm.

UMD Recap
Clemson Recap

Virginia 3 Miami 0

The Virginia Cavaliers were able to break Miami’s shutout streak at 168 games with a 3-0 victory behind the left arm of Matt Packer. He went 5.1 innings while scattering four hits and two walks to get his third victory on the season. Scott Maine was effective by going 5.2 innings while giving up all three runs on six hits and two walks. Brandon Guyer led the Cavs offense with a 2-3 game with an RBI.

UVA Recap
Miami Recap

Wake Forest 16 NC State 3

Wake Forest Demon Deacons scored 13 runs combined in the fifth and sixth inning to lead the Deacons to the 16-3 victory over NC State. Allan Dykstra led the offense with a 3-4 game with a homer and a career high 6 RBIs to get the victory. Andrew Brackman picked up the loss for the Wolfpack by only lasting four innings while giving up six runs. Garrett Bullock got his second victory on the season for the Deacons. The teams will face off in the final game of the series at 1:00 pm.

Wake Forest Recap
NC State Recap

Duke 3 Georgia Tech 0

Tony Bajoczky and Michael Seander combined on a six hit shutout of the Yellow Jackets by a score of 3-0. Brett Bartles led the Blue Devil offense by going 2-4 with 2 RBIs. The teams will play the rubber game on Sunday at 1:00 pm in Durham.

Duke Recap
GT Recap