NORFOLK, VA -- Old Dominion's baseball team is ranked 29th in the nation as rated by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper today. The Monarchs (27-16-1) started the season 2-9 but have since gone 25-7 and are winners of eight straight.
Old Dominion is fresh off a successful week in which they walloped ACC-foe NC State, 12-2, before sweeping No. 21 East Carolina in three games over the weekend. The Monarchs have won six straight conference games, with two wins over NC State sandwiched in-between, during their eight-game streak.
The team is 12-6 in the CAA, currently just one game behind conference leader UNC Wilmington. On Monday, the Monarchs are in action against Virginia Commonwealth at 7 pm in Manteo, NC, at Coy Tillet Stadium, the site of the 2000 CAA Baseball Championships. Earlier this season, the Monarchs swept Virginia Commonwealth in a three-game weekend set.
Collegiate Baseball NewsDivision I Poll1. South Carolina41-44892. Florida State39-84853. Arizona State35-104824. Stanford31-104815. Georgia Tech34-10 4756. Baylor34-134717. Clemson35-104708. Texas34-114689. LSU32-1346010. Houston30-1345711. Miami (FL)28-14-144712. Auburn36-11442 13. Mississippi State29-1144014. Loyola Mrymt.28-1543515. Rutgers30-1143116. Wake Forest34-14-142917. Cal. St. Fullerton24-1442818. North Carolina36-1142419. Nebraska31-1142120. Oklahoma31-1541821. Long Beach St.25-1641622. Georgia28-1641323. Southern Cal27-1741024. Fresno State32-1240925. Central Florida33-1440626. Notre Dame32-940527. Florida31-17-140228. UCLA25-1839729. OLD DOMINION 27-16-139430. Minnesota26-16389