Sunday, March 17, 2019

Palmetto State Baseball team of the week, March 11-17: North Greenviille

North Greenville (6-0 for the week)
(beat Belmont Abbey, beat Queens, won at Lander, went 3-0 at Limestone)

Coach Landon Powell's Crusaders were the preseason No. 1 team nationally in one rankings of NCAA Division II teams. They're certainly putting up championship caliber number now.

North Greenville went 6-0, extending its wining streak to 10 games. They have scored 111 runs during the streak, hitting .349. Crusaders pitchers have struck out 107 in that span.

Also considered (record for week)
Coastal Carolina (3-1) - opened Sun Belt Conference with a road sweep
College of Charleston (3-1)
Florence-Darlington Tech (5-0) - moved into a first-place tie in NJCAA Region 10
Newberry (3-1) - improved to 15-0 at home
Southern Wesleyan (4-1)
Winthrop (4-1)
Wofford (4-1)

Previous winners
Jan. 26-Feb. 3:  Florence-Darlington Tech
Feb. 4-10: North Greenville
Feb. 11-17: Southern Wesleyan
Feb. 18-24: Newberry
Feb. 25-March 3: USC Aiken
March 4-10: Clemson

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