CB360 Week 1 Diamond Report

Week one of the college baseball season is in the books. So let's take a look back at some of the noteworthy team and individual performances and happenings from the opening week action.

• Fresno State opened defense of its national championship at home by taking two of three games from Washington. A sellout crowd of 3,825 flocked to Beiden Field to see the champs in their season opener. 8,811 total fans saw the Bulldog's first three games since winning the title in Omaha last June.

• Oregon won its first baseball game in 28 years when it beat St. Mary's 5-3 on opening day in Moraga, CA. The Ducks lost their next two games before Sunday's scheduled finale was canceled due to weather. Oregon hosts a 3-game series with Fresno State this weekend.

• 9,054 fans packed the new Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA to see LSU beat Villanova 12-3. A total of more than 27-thousand fans saw the Tigers win their first three games in the new facilty by a combined 29-10 margin. LSU hosts a series with Central Florida this weekend. Former Tiger pitching coach Terry Rooney is UCF's head coach.

• Miami took 3 of 4 games from Rutgers in the new Alex Rodriguez Stadium.

• Florida swept three games from Louisville in three "upsets" according to most national polls. The Gators host a 3-game series with the Hurricanes this weekend.

• Cal-Poly was unfazed by the 8th toughest schedule in its season-opener. After losing to Rice 10-7 in their season opener, the Mustangs took two of three games from the Owls in their series in San Luis Obispo, CA.

• St. John's batted .391 with a .582 team slugging percentage in three games at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge in the Tampa, FL area. The Red storm beat Penn St. 15-6 and Iowa 18-3 in its first two games before falling to Michigan 4-2. St. John's used a 12-run first inning that lasted more than an hour in its win over the Hawkeyes.
  

• Michigan led the field with a 1.95 team ERA in four games. (The Wolverines played three BE teams as well as an intra-conference game vs. Purdue.)

• Notre Dame was the only one of 18 teams in the BE/Big 10 field to finish in the top five in team batting average (3rd-.355) and team ERA (3rd-3.00).
  

• Ohio State committed just one error while going 3-0 at the Challenge.

• Oklahoma hit .432 and hit eight home runs, while outscoring Western Illinois 59-14 in a four game sweep in Norman, OK.

• Bryant Hernandez had two home runs and 8 RBIs for the Sooners. Teammates Tyler Ogle and Matt Harughty each had 10 RBIs.
  

• Kansas pitcher Shaeffer Hall tossed a no-hitter in the Jayhawk's season-opening win over Air Force. The junior lefty struckout seven with three walks at the Service Academy Classic in Millington, TN. It's the fifth no-hitter in KU baseball history. (Hall is currently featured in our Diamond Insights. To listen to his interview with CB360's Sean Stires CLICK HERE.)
  

• Oklahoma State pitcher Andrew Oliver fanned 11 batters in 6 IP in the Cowboy's 5-4 win over BYU. OSU teammate Neil Medchill had 10 RBIs in 4 weekend games.

• Texas A & M pitcher Alex Wilson struckout 14 batters in 6 2/3 IP to help the Aggies to a 4-game sweep of Wright State.

• Winthrop catcher John Murrian batted .600 with 2 home runs and 10 RBIs in four games vs. Eastern Michigan and George Washington. He had a 1.267 slugging percentage.

• Cleveland State's Josh Hungerman hit .368 with 3 home runs and 9 RBIs. He had an .895 slg. % and a .400 OBP in four games.
  

• San Jose State pitcher David Berner struckout 10 in a complete game shutout win over St. Joseph's. Berner faced just two batters over the minimum, and he retired the first 16 batters he faced.
  

• Nate Simon hit three home runs to help Pepperdine take 2 of 3 games vs. Cal State Northridge. Simon hit two game-tying home runs in game one of the series, and he ended the series finale with a 10th inning walk-off shot.

• Virginia Tech catcher Anthony Sosnoskie was named the Courtyard by Marriott Classic MVP in Spartansburg, SC. Sosnoskie batted .643 with 3 home runs and 7 RBIs to help the Hokies to a 4-0 start with wins over UNC-Asheville, Wofford and USC-Upstate.

• Georgia Tech pitcher Deck McGuire struckout 13 in 7 IP in a 9-0 win over Lipscomb. He gave-up just three hits and issued one walk in the first weekend start of his career.

• Northwestern pitcher Eric Joskisch struckout 9 in a 5-3 complete game win over Georgetown.

• UC-Santa Barbara's Joe Gardner had 13 Ks in 7 IP in the Gaucho's 8-7 loss to St. Louis. The UCSB bullpen gave-up 6 runs after Gardner left the game.

• San Diego State's Stephen Strasburg fanned 11 in 5 2/3 IP in a 6-3 win over Bethune-Cookman.

• Louisiana-Monroe shortstop Ben Soignier hit .533 with 2 home runs and 10 RBIs in three games vs. Northwestern St., Stephen F. Austin and Mississippi Valley St.

• South Alabama pitcher Matt Jackson struckout 10 in 7 1/3 IP. He allowed just one runner past second base in the Jaguar's 9-2 win over Mercer.

• UT-Arlington's Michael Choice hit .529 with 9 RBIs and 4 Runs scored to help the Mavericks go 3-1 at the UTA/Hilton Invitational. Choice had a double, triple and a home run for an .882 slugging percentage and an OBP of .579.

• Lamar pitcher Ricky Testa struckout a career-high 10 batters in 6 IP in the Cardinals' 1-0 season-opening win over Austin Peay. The senior allowed just one hit, and he didn't allow a runner past first base in his first career start. Lamar won the game on a walk-off homer from Joey Latulippe.

• Nicholls State's Lance Dupois recorded 11 strikeouts in 6 innings in an opening-day 15-0 win over Chicago State. He gave-up just two hits with no walks, and he didn't allow a runner to move into scoring position.