Wednesday, April 23, 2014

News digest, April 23

Benedict, Claflin players honored
Benedict outfielder Daniel Young was a first-team all-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection and also was named the league's utility player of the year. Benedict second baseman Kevin Davis and Claflin outfielder Sixto Guerrero were second-team selections in voting by league coaches.

Claflin was named the all-Academic team champion and had five players named to the SIAC all-Academic team: Guerrero, Justin Vreeland, James Cogman, Anthony Ford and Jalen Thompson.
SIAC

Guesstimations
* In its weekly projection of how the NCAA Tournament field would look if selected based on results so far, CollegeBaseballDaily.com has South Carolina as the No. 5 national seed and hosting a regional with Clemson as one of the participants
CBD guess

* CollegeSportsMadness.com has Clemson and USC hosting regionals (neither as a national seed) and College of Charleston headed to Columbia.
CSM guess

Previews
* Prebyterian has released information on its Wednesday home game against Wofford.
Blue Hose

Notes
* USC Aiken has posted some notes on its season to date.
Pacers

RPI
Official NCAA DI
1. Florida. 5. South Carolina. 31. Clemson. 99. College of Charleston. 169. The Citadel. 180. Furman. 197. Coastal Carolina. 218. Winthrop 219. Wofford. 237. Presbyterian. 239. Charleston Southern. 252 USC Upstate.
RPI

Polls
CollegeBaseballLineup.com
NCAA DII:
1. Tampa. 2. Lander. 14. USC Aiken
DII

NJCAA Division I
1. Chattahoochee Valley. 2. (tie) Spartanburg Methodist, Chipola.
Juco

PerfectGame.org
Junior college: 1. Chipola. 6. Spartanburg Methodist. 32. Florence-Darlington Tech.
PG JC

CollegeBaseballCentral.com
NCAA DI:
1. Virginia. 8. South Carolina. 21. Clemson.
CBC

CollegeBaseballInsider.com
Composite NCAA DI rankings:
1. Virginia. 10. South Carolina.
Composite

ESPN.com power rankings
NCAA DI:
1. Virginia. 17. South Carolina.
Power

Honors
Peach Belt Conference
Pitcher of the week: Taylor Alvarez, Lander.
PBC

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