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Diamond Dogs fall to No. 5 in poll
Issue date: 4/21/09 Section: Sports
The Georgia baseball team dropped to No. 5 in the latest Collegiate Baseball poll, despite winning two of three games against then No. 5 Arkansas (now No. 7).
The poll saw a major shake-up this week as the top 5 is in a completely different order. LSU fell from No. 1 to No. 9 after losing two of three games at home to Tennessee. U.C. Irvine is No. 1 for the first time this season and is followed by Arizona State, North Carolina, Georgia Tech and Georgia, respectively.
Three other SEC schools are ranked in the top 25, Ole Miss (No. 13), Alabama (No. 21) and Florida (No. 22).
Georgia is still ranked No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll.
- Michael Fitzpatrick
Women's tennis players earn SEC player, freshman of the week
Georgia women's tennis player Monika Dancevic earned SEC tennis player of the week honors while Nadja Gilchrist was tabbed SEC freshman of the week, the league announced Monday.
Dancevic and Gilchrist helped second-ranked Georgia clinch the SEC title outright this past Saturday in a 5-2 win over 13th-ranked Tennessee in Knoxville.
Dancevic went a combined 2-0 in singles and doubles, clinching the doubles point with Yvette Hyndman, and then the overall match with a win at No. 4 singles. In doubles, Dancevic and Hyndman are 7-0 in league play.
Gilchrist came through for the Bulldogs after not practicing all of last week due to an illness. She was questionable before the match and opted to play doubles. Gilchrist and freshman Chelsey Gullickson posted an 8-5 win over the 18th-ranked Tennessee duo of Caitlin Whoriskey and Natalie Pluskota. Then, Gilchrist told coaches she would try to play singles too, only to notch her ninth straight win over Samantha Orlin 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.
- Georgia sports communications
The poll saw a major shake-up this week as the top 5 is in a completely different order. LSU fell from No. 1 to No. 9 after losing two of three games at home to Tennessee. U.C. Irvine is No. 1 for the first time this season and is followed by Arizona State, North Carolina, Georgia Tech and Georgia, respectively.
Three other SEC schools are ranked in the top 25, Ole Miss (No. 13), Alabama (No. 21) and Florida (No. 22).
Georgia is still ranked No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll.
- Michael Fitzpatrick
Women's tennis players earn SEC player, freshman of the week
Georgia women's tennis player Monika Dancevic earned SEC tennis player of the week honors while Nadja Gilchrist was tabbed SEC freshman of the week, the league announced Monday.
Dancevic and Gilchrist helped second-ranked Georgia clinch the SEC title outright this past Saturday in a 5-2 win over 13th-ranked Tennessee in Knoxville.
Dancevic went a combined 2-0 in singles and doubles, clinching the doubles point with Yvette Hyndman, and then the overall match with a win at No. 4 singles. In doubles, Dancevic and Hyndman are 7-0 in league play.
Gilchrist came through for the Bulldogs after not practicing all of last week due to an illness. She was questionable before the match and opted to play doubles. Gilchrist and freshman Chelsey Gullickson posted an 8-5 win over the 18th-ranked Tennessee duo of Caitlin Whoriskey and Natalie Pluskota. Then, Gilchrist told coaches she would try to play singles too, only to notch her ninth straight win over Samantha Orlin 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.
- Georgia sports communications
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CoastalDawg
posted 4/21/09 @ 10:22 AM EST
This drop in the baseball poll is proof positive that it isn't about the team, it's about popularity. UC Irvine has FIVE less wins and two MORE losses than UGA yet it is ranked #1. (Continued…)
obvious
posted 4/21/09 @ 2:02 PM EST
This is proof that the polls need to reevaluate the way they go about ranking teams:
When UGA wasnt playing anyone and winning every game: they were #1. (Continued…)
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