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News Nuggets, 06.08.04
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Compiled from staff reports
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Draft notices issued to six
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On the same day that East Carolina captured the NCAA
Kinston Regional crown with a
dominating win over UNC-Wilmington,
half a dozen Pirate baseball players were selected during Monday's first day
of the two-day Major League Baseball Draft.
The players picked, the round in which they were
chosen and the teams that selected them were:
- Junior right-handed pitcher Greg Bunn, the
winning pitcher in the Regional title game, in the fifth round by the
Montreal Expos.
- Junior first baseman Ryan Norwood in the ninth
round by the Chicago Cubs.
- Second baseman Trevor Lawhorn, a sophomore
transfer, in the ninth round by the Cincinnati Reds.
- Junior outfielder Darryl Lawhorn in the 11th
round by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- Junior right-handed pitcher Matt Bishop in the
17th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- Senior catcher John Poppert in the 17th round
by the by the Montreal Expos.
The draft concludes on Tuesday with rounds 19-50.
Super
Regional pairings finalized
Texas is heading to the super regionals in an
enviable position: as the No. 1 national seed with home-field advantage.
The Longhorns (53-13), making their third straight super regional
appearance, will host Vanderbilt (45-17) on Friday in one of eight
best-of-three super regionals.
The host sites — all on campus fields — were announced late Sunday night by
the NCAA's Division I baseball committee and the pairings were set in stone
Monday with the conclusion of the weather-delayed Kinston Regional.
Texas is looking to reach the College World Series for the 31st time to
extend its NCAA record. Meanwhile, Vanderbilt is going for its first
appearance in Omaha.
The Commodores, a No. 2 seed in their regional, advanced with a victory over
Virginia, the host and top seed.
The four Friday sites and pairings are:
- Vanderbilt (45-17) at Texas (53-13).
- Florida State (45-21) at Arkansas (43-22).
- Arizona (33-24-1) at Long Beach State (39-19).
- Georgia (41-21) at Georgia Tech (44-19).
Saturday's first-day Super Regional action will
feature host South Carolina (48-15) and East Carolina (51-11), which
advanced by beating North Carolina-Wilmington on Monday in a rain-extended
regional.
The four Saturday sites and pairings are:
- East Carolina (51-11) at South Carolina
(48-15).
- Tulane (41-19) at Cal State Fullerton (40-21).
- Texas A&M (42-20) at Louisiana State (44-17).
- Florida (43-20) at Miami (47-11).
The eight winners of the super regionals will play
in the College World Series, which begins June 18 in Omaha, Neb.
Times, TV plans set for Columbia Super Regional
COLUMBIA - Game times for this weekend's NCAA
Baseball Super Regional in Columbia have been set by the NCAA and ESPN
television, South Carolina's athletics department announced Monday on its
official website.
South Carolina (48-15), the host school, will square
off against East Carolina (51-11) on Saturday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at 12
noon at Sarge Frye Field. ESPN will televise both games nationally.
If a third game is needed on Monday, game time will
either be 1 p.m. or 7 p.m. and will be broadcast by either ESPN or ESPN2.
All tickets have been sold for the Columbia Super Regional.
This marks South Carolina's fifth straight
appearance in an NCAA Super Regional. East Carolina, which is in the
postseason for the sixth consecutive year, is making its second showing in a
Super Regional.
USC leads the all-time series against ECU 11-4. The
two teams first met in 1958 and last faced one another in 2003, when
Carolina won 4-0 in an NCAA Regional game at Atlanta.
College Baseball Polls
Following are the top 25 teams in the
Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball polls, with records through June 7 and previous rankings.
The Baseball America poll is voted on by the publication's staff. The
Collegiate Baseball poll, which includes each team's point total, is voted
on by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors:
[Conference USA teams — present and
future — and Carolinas teams in
bold.]
BASEBALL
AMERICA POLL
Rank/Team/Record/Last Week
1. Miami (FL) 47-11 2
2. Texas 53-13 3
3. South Carolina 48-15 6
4. Georgia Tech 44-19 7
5. East Carolina 51-11 8
6. Cal State Fullerton 40-21 9
7. Stanford 46-14 1
8. Arkansas 43-22 10
9. Georgia 41-21 11
10. Louisiana State 44-17 12
11. Rice 46-14 4
12. Florida State 45-21 16
13. Long Beach State 39-19 18
14. Notre Dame 51-12 5
15. Vanderbilt 45-17 19
16. Florida 43-20 21
17. Oral Roberts 50-11 13
18. Tulane 41-19 NR
19. Texas A&M 42-20 NR
20. Washington 39-20 14
21. Arizona 33-24 NR
22. Arizona State 41-18 17
23. Mississippi 39-21 15
24. Virginia 44-15 23
25. Oklahoma 38-24 20
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COLLEGIATE
BASEBALL POLL
Rank/Team/Record/Points/Last Week
1. Miami (FL) 47-11 492 1
2. Texas 53-13 490 3
3. Georgia Tech. 44-19 485 5
4. Arkansas 43-22 482 9
5. Cal State Fullerton 40-21 480 13
6. Long Beach State 39-19 478 19
7. Georgia 41-21 477 10
8. Louisiana State 44-17 476 12
9. South Carolina 48-15 475 16
10. East Carolina 51-11 474 7
11. Stanford 46-14 469 2
12. Rice 46-14 467 4
13. Florida State 45-21 466 17
14. Tulane 41-19 463 _
15. Texas A&M 42-20 461 _
16. Vanderbilt 45-17 459 26
17. Florida 43-20 455 _
18. Arizona 33-24-1 453 _
19. Notre Dame 51-12 450 6
20. Virginia 44-15 448 8
21. Washington 39-20-1 446 11
22. Oral Roberts 50-11 445 15
23. Arizona State 41-18 442 18
24. Mississippi 39-21 439 14
25. Central Florida 47-18 438 20
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