Overall Record: 11-1
Last Week: 4-1
March 1 – SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (W, 7-3)
March 2 – MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE (W, 10-8)
March 4 – PRINCETON (W, 8-2)
March 5 – PRINCETON (W, 7-2)
March 6 – PRINCETON (L, 7-8)
Notes on the Tigers
LSU won four of its five games last week to improve to 11-1 this season … the Tigers won their first 11 games of the season for the second year in a row before LSU suffered its first loss Sunday to Princeton … LSU trailed Princeton 8-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning before staging a furious rally that fell just short as the Ivy League club held on for an 8-7 win … freshman Kevin Gausman earned his second career collegiate victory Saturday over Princeton, limiting the Tigers to just one unearned run on three hits in six innings of work … Gausman recorded one walk and a career-best nine strikeouts in the outing … Gausman is 2-0 this season with a 2.55 ERA in 17.2 innings, and the leads the LSU staff with 22 strikeouts … freshman right-hander Kurt McCune improved to 3-0 on the year after he defeated Princeton on Friday … McCune pitched 6.1 innings, limiting Princeton to two runs on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts … McCune has a team-best 1.47 ERA on the year with five walks and 13 strikeouts in 18.1 innings … opponents are hitting just .123 against McCune … sophomore designated hitter Raph Rhymes led the Tigers at the plate in the Princeton series, batting .417 (5-for-12) with two doubles, one homer, two RBI and five runs … Rhymes has a team-best 16 RBI this season, and he is hitting .388 (19-for-49) on the year with seven doubles, one homer and 11 runs scored … junior right-hander Matty Ott earned his second save of the season and the 29th save of his career Wednesday versus Mississippi Valley State, tying Rick Greene (1990-92) as LSU’s all-time saves leader … Ott worked a perfect ninth inning against MVSU with one strikeout to earn the record-tying save …He recorded an LSU single-season record 16 saves in 2009, and he posted 11 saves in 2010 … LSU sophomore right-hander Kevin Berry has worked six perfect innings in seven relief appearances this season … he has recorded no walks and four strikeouts, and he recorded his first save of the season Saturday against Princeton … Berry blanked Princeton for 1.1 innings with two strikeouts.
Baseball American College Top 25
Rk. Team Prev.
1. Florida 1
2. Vanderbilt 2
3. Oklahoma 3
4. South Carolina 4
5. Texas 6
6. Cal State Fullerton 7
7. TCU 8
8. Florida State 11
9. Arizona State 10
10. Clemson 12
11. Virginia 13
12. Stanford 9
13. UCLA 5
14. Arizona 17
15. North Carolina 23
16. LSU 19
17. Baylor 16
18. Rice 21
19. Connecticut 22
20. California 14
21. College of Charleston 18
22. Texas A&M 20
23. Fresno State 24
24. Tulane NR
25. Georgia Tech NR
Dropped Out: Oregon (15), UC Irvine (25).
Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I Poll
Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. Florida (10-1) 496 1
2. Oklahoma (14-0) 495 2
3. Vanderbilt (11-1) 493 3
4. Clemson (7-2) 488 4
5. Florida St. (10-1) 486 5
6. South Carolina (8-1) 483 6
7. LSU (11-1) 481 7
8. Cal. St. Fullerton (8-3) 479 13
9. Texas Christian (7-4) 477 10
10. Virginia (12-1) 475 15
11. Texas (7-4) 474 12
12. UCLA (7-4) 472 8
13. Arizona St. (9-2) 470 11
14. Texas A&M (9-3) 467 9
15. Arizona (9-2) 465 16
16. North Carolina (11-1) 464 17
17. Stanford (6-5) 463 14
18. Arkansas (10-1) 460 20
19. Wichita St. (9-2) 455 19
20. Fresno St. (8-1) 453 21
21. U.C. Irvine (8-1) 451 22
22. Louisville (8-2) 449 25
23. Rice (8-5) 447 23
24. Georgia Tech. (8-4) 443 26
25. Auburn (9-3) 439 27
26. Stetson (9-1) 436 –
27. James Madison (11-1) 434 –
28. Tulane (9-3) 430 –
29. Nebraska (8-4) 427 –
30. Cal. St. Bakersfield (11-2) 425 –
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 Coaches’ Baseball Poll
Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week
1. Florida (19) 10-1 751 1
2. Oklahoma (6) 14-0 722 3
3. Vanderbilt (6) 11-1 718 2
4. South Carolina 8-1 667 4
5. Florida State 10-1 632 6
6. Virginia 12-1 569 10
7. Clemson 7-2 520 7
8. LSU 11-1 484 9
9. Arizona State 9-2 464 11
10. UCLA 7-4 455 5
11. TCU 7-4 426 8
12. Cal State-Fullerton 8-3 410 14
13. Texas 7-4 384 12
14. Arkansas 10-1 351 16
15. Texas A&M 9-3 348 13
16. North Carolina 11-1 339 18
17. Arizona 9-2 253 17
18. UC-Irvine 8-1 252 19
19. Stanford 6-5 224 15
20. Rice 8-5 141 20
21. Louisville 8-2 126 24
22. Fresno State 8-1 118 NR
23. College of Charleston 10-2 117 25
24. Auburn 9-3 108 NR
25. Wichita State 9-2 68 NR
Dropped out: No. 21 Oregon (5-6), No. 22 California (6-4), No. 23 Georgia Tech (8-4).
Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 65; California 50; Nebraska 36; Mississippi 32; Coastal Carolina 26; Oregon State 26; Kansas State 25; Tulane 22; Oregon 14; James Madison 13; Oklahoma State 12; Baylor 10; Cal State-Bakersfield 10; Stetson 10; Central Florida 9; St. John’s 9; Creighton 8; Duke 8; Southeastern Louisiana 8; Rutgers 7; Troy 7; Texas Tech 6; Charlotte 3; Brigham Young 2; Connecticut 2; Mercer 2; Mississippi State 2; UNLV 2; Florida International 1; Miami (Fla.) 1.
NCBWA Top 30 Poll
Rk. School Pvs.
1. Florida 1
2. Vanderbilt 2
3. Oklahoma 3
4. South Carolina 4
5. Florida State 5
6. Virginia 8
7. Arizona State 7
8. Clemson 9
9. TCU 10
10. LSU 11
11. UCLA 6
12. Texas 12
13. Cal State Fullerton 14
14. North Carolina 18
15. Arkansas 16
16. Texas A&M 13
17. Stanford 15
18. Arizona 22
19. Rice 17
20. Louisville 23
21. UC Irvine 21
22. College of Charleston 19
23. Auburn 25
24. Coastal Carolina 27
25. Georgia Tech 28
26. Fresno State 29
27 Oregon 20
28. Wichita State 30
29. California 24
30. James Madison –
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (7-4), Baylor (6-5), Cal State Bakersfield (11-2), Charlotte (9-2), Connecticut (4-4), Creighton (9-1), Duke (10-2), East Carolina (7-3), Florida Atlantic (10-3), Florida International (11-2), Kansas State (9-2), Kennesaw State (9-2), Long Beach State (5-6), Mercer (11-3), Miami (4-7), Mississippi State (10-3), Nebraska (8-4), New Mexico State (10-2), Oklahoma State (8-3), Ole Miss (10-3), Oregon State (9-3), Sam Houston State (10-2), San Jose State (8-3), Southeastern Louisiana (8-3), Southern Miss (8-3), Stetson (9-1), Texas State (9-2), Troy (9-2), Tulane (9-3), UCF (9-2), UNLV (11-2), UT Arlington (6-5), Virginia Tech (9-4).
Dropped out: Miami (26).