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News Nuggets, 05.04.04
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
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Compiled from staff reports
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Conference baseball tournament tickets up for grabs
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05.03.04: Rampaging
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placed on hoops exhibition games... ..
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05.02.04: Senior
Day baseball game moved up to 11 a.m... .. Stairway to
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05.01.04: Garrard
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04.30.04: Memphis-USM
football game moved to accommodate TV... .. NCAA to unleash
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04.29.04: Trojans
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04.28.04: Pirates'
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04.26.04: Pirates
assert control over first place... .. Day two draft action
picks up for C-USA... .. New York prep star joins 49ers
backcourt... .. 'Stiff-armed' NAIA pitcher whiffs 25... ..
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04.25.04: Pirates
in driver's seat for regular season stretch run... ..
Losman, Rivers plucked in draft's first round... ..
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04.24.04: Pirates
nudge Golden Eagles from shared perch... .. Jackson radio
station picks up USM baseball... .. Academic Senate wants
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Tickets for the 2004 Conference USA Baseball
Tournament in Houston are now on sale through the University of Houston
Athletic Ticket office.
Tickets can be ordered over the phone by calling
(713) GO-COOGS (462-6647). The tournament will be played Wednesday May
26-Sunday, May 30. All games will be played at Cougar Field on the campus of
the University of Houston.
All-session reserved tickets are priced at $50.00,
while All-session general admission tickets are available for $ 40.00.
Only all-session tickets will be available until the
first day of the tournament. Based on availability, single day tickets will
go on sale Wednesday, May 26, priced at $15.00 for all reserved seats,
$10.00 for single-day adult general admission and $5.00 for single-day youth
general admission.
The tournament schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, May 26
Game One 10:00 a.m.
Game Two 1:30 p.m.
Game Three 5:00 p.m.
Game Four 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 27
Game Five 10:00 a.m.
Game Six 1:30 p.m.
Game Seven 5:00 p.m.
Game Eight 8:30 p.m.
Friday, May 28
Game Nine 4:00 p.m.
Game Ten 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 29
Game Eleven 10:00 a.m.
Game Twelve 1:30 p.m.
Game Thirteen (if necessary) 5:00 p.m.
Game Fourteen (if necessary) 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 30
Championship Game 2:00 p.m.
All Times are Eastern. Games times are one hour earlier than noted in
Houston's Central Time Zone.
Hard-hitting R.J. corrals 2nd C-USA award
After helping red-hot East Carolina to another
Conference USA sweep, Pirates outfielder Ryan Jones has been named Hitter of
the Week, the league office announced Monday.
Pitcher of the Week honors went to Derek Hankins of
Memphis, his third award this season.
HITTER OF THE WEEK
RYAN JONES, EAST CAROLINA, Senior, OF, Gibsonia, PA:
Jones hit .545 (6-for-11) against Houston last weekend, helping East
Carolina to its fifth straight C-USA sweep. He slugged 1.545 and had a .643
on-base percentage. Jones had two doubles, three home runs and drove in
seven, while scoring six times in the series. He hit his 17th and 18th home
runs of the season in the series finale on Sunday. This is the second time
this year that Jones has been named Hitter of the Week.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
DEREK HANKINS, MEMPHIS, Junior, RHP, Altamont, IL:
Hankins picks up his third C-USA Pitcher of the Week award of the season
after throwing a complete-game shutout, the first of his career, against No.
13 Tulane on Sunday. He scattered six hits and struck out seven, while
walking just two. Hankins’ shutout was the first by a Tiger pitcher against
Tulane in 56 all-time meetings.
Ascension of
Pirates continues
East Carolina's weekend sweep of a
highly-regarded Houston team added fuel to the Pirates' relentless drive
towards the top of the national collegiate baseball pecking order.
During the course of a school and
Conference USA record 19-game winning streak and a C-USA record 17-game run
in league contests, ECU has steadily marched from a remote spot somewhere
outside the rankings to No. 6 in both the Baseball America and Collegiate
Baseball polls. Last week, the Pirates were ranked 7th by the former and 9th
by latter.
Following are the top 25 teams in the
Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball polls, with records through May 2 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. Stanford 35-6 2
2. Texas 42-8 1
3. Rice 33-7 3
4. Miami (FL) 33-9 4
5. Louisiana State 34-12 6
6. East Carolina 38-6 7
7. South Carolina 32-12 8
8. Arkansas 32-14 12
9. Long Beach State 30-12 5
10. Notre Dame 35-9 11
11. Florida 34-12 21
12. Mississippi 33-14 9
13. Tulane 32-14 13
14. Texas A&M 35-14 16
15. Virginia 36-9 17
16. Oral Roberts 37-8 19
17. Wichita State 30-9 10
18. Southern Mississippi 33-12 20
19. Oklahoma 28-18 15
20. Arizona State 30-13 NR
21. Washington 26-14 NR
22. UC Irvine 28-13 14
23. Oklahoma State 29-15 NR
24. Central Florida 34-10 24
25. North Carolina 31-11 25
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COLLEGIATE
BASEBALL POLL
Rank/Team/Record/Points/Last Week
1. Stanford 35-6 496 2
2. Texas 42-8 494 1
3. Rice 33-7 493 3
4. Miami (FL) 33-9 490 4
5. Louisiana State 34-12 485 6
6. East Carolina 38-6 480 9
7. Virginia 36-9 475 10
8. Notre Dame 35-9 471 8
9. Arkansas 32-14 468 12
10. Florida 34-12 466 13
11. Long Beach State 30-12 462 5
12. Wichita State 30-9 459 7
13. Clemson 27-16 458 11
14. Oral Roberts 37-8 457 14
15. North Carolina 31-11 449 18
16. Washington 26-14-1 448 21
17. Arizona State 30-13 445 _
18. Mississippi 33-14 442 16
19. Georgia 30-15 439 _
20. South Carolina 32-12 438 22
21. Georgia Tech 27-17 437 23
22. Tennessee 33-13 435 17
23. Tulane 32-14 434 20
24. Florida State 29-16 432 24
25. Oklahoma State 29-15 430 _ |
News Nuggets are
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schools, and from Associated Press and
other reports. Copyright 2004
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