WEEK 1 REVIEW
The Mountain West Conference won 13 games during the first weekend of the 2009 season, which included three wins over ranked opponents. The weekend was highlighted by No. 16 TCU winning two of three games over then-No. 5 Cal State Fullerton and 26th-ranked San Diego State defeating then-No. 15 San Diego on Sunday. New Mexico and UNLV won three of four games over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Maine, respectively, while Air Force, BYU and Utah all notched victories.
WEEK 2 PREVIEW
The second week of the 2009 baseball season features 28 games vs. non-conference opponents. The slate begins Tuesday, February 24, with four games on the schedule, including No. 26 San Diego State hosting No. 7 Cal State Fullerton. Three games are scheduled for Wednesday and two games will be played on Thursday. The 26th-ranked Aztecs begin tournament play at the University of San Diego Tournament on Thursday with a game vs. Nevada. SDSU will also face Pacific and Kansas State at the USD Tournament. Thursday will also see BYU begin its three-game series with Portland in Provo. The other five institutions will begin series play on Friday, featured by 16th-ranked TCU visiting No. 13 Mississippi for a three-game set.
NEW MEXICO SETS NCAA TRIPLES RECORD
New Mexico set an NCAA and MWC all-time record for triples in a single inning in its second game of a doubleheader against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi last Saturday. UNM's six triples also tied the all-time league mark for triples in a single game with Air Force, who hit six vs. Hastings College on January 26, 2001. Mike Brownstein hit two triples, while Dane Hamilton, Brian Cavazos-Galvez, Kevin Atkinson and Ryan Honeycutt hit one apiece. Brownstein became the 32nd player in MWC history to hit two triples in a single contest. The Lobos broke the previous NCAA record of four triples in a single inning set by Wichita State (vs. Missouri S&T) on May 3, 1983.
MWC TEAMS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
TCU and San Diego State both moved up in the national rankings this week. Thanks to its two wins over then-No. 5 Cal State Fullerton, TCU moved to 16th in this week's Collegiate Baseball poll, 23rd in the Baseball America poll and 27th in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) poll. The Horned Frogs are also receiving votes in the Rivals.com Top-25 poll. San Diego State defeated then-No. 15 San Diego last Sunday and now sits at No. 26 in the Collegiate Baseball poll, while receiving votes in the NCBWA poll.
