May 12, 2008
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The University of San Diego baseball team remains in the top-10, coming in at No. 9 in the latest Collegiate Baseball top-30 poll. The Toreros fell two spots in the latest Rivals.com top-25 poll to No. 10 and fell three spots to No. 11 in the latest Baseball America top-25 poll.
San Diego posted a 2-2 record in the final regular-season week as they notched a 5-3 win on the road against UCLA and clinched a share of the WCC Championship with a 4-2 win over San Francisco on Friday. The Toreros then dropped their final two games of the series vs. USF to finish the regular-season with a 39-16 overall record and a 16-5 record in the WCC. In Wednesday's win, the Toreros received a dominating performance from Ricardo Pecina on the mound as he came on in relief in the first inning and allowed no runs on four hits in 5.2 innings of work, while tying a career-high 11 strikeouts. In Friday's win, again USD got a strong pitching performance from Junior All-American Brian Matusz, as he allowed two runs on seven hits, while striking out 14 batters in 8.1 innings of work en route to leading USD to at least a share of the WCC championship. In Saturday's loss, Kevin Muno led the way offensively as he went 3-for-5 with one RBI and three stolen bases and in Sunday's loss, the Dons used a seven-run bottom of the second inning to take control of the game and claim the series.
The Toreros will have the week off to concentrate on finals, then they will return to action on May 23 as they begin the West Coast Conference Championship series at USD's Cunningham Stadium.
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