Successful week for the AAC as the conference opponents of the Memphis Tigers finished the week with a combined 26-10 record. Especially East Carolina and FAU cemented their ambitions this season after not losing a single game over the last week. But also some of the bottom teams showed impressive performances during the week. Here’s how every team of the AAC did.
East Carolina
Once again, no team was able to stop the Pirates during the last week. East Carolina played four games and won all of them. A close 8-7 victory against UNCW was followed by a 3-0 series win against Columbia. The series was never close as the Pirates started on Friday with a 17-3 blowout win. The clean sweep was completed with an 8-0 and 8-6 win on the following days.
With the four wins during the week, East Carolina continues their reigns at the top of the AAC with a 13-4 record. A record that earns them the no.13 rank in the national standings.
Wichita State
The Shockers of Wichita State University are continuing their great start to the season. A 4-1 record in the last five games and a 12-6 record for the season earns them the number two spot in the conference. Wichita State split the midweek series against Nebraska after losing the first game on Tuesday 6-8. One day later, they were back to their winning ways with a 9-3 win.
The opponent for there weekend series were the Bulldogs from Gonzaga, who proved to be no match for the Shockers: 10-5, 10-6 and 4-3 were the results for Wichita State during the weekend. This series cemented their number two spot in the standings only behind the high-flying Pirates from East Carolina.
Florida Atlantic
FAU added to the successful week for the AAC with a 4-0 record. On Tuesday, they started with a win against their neighbors from Miami. After that they went on to sweep Maine over the weekend. The Owls outscored their helpless opponent 31-6 over the three game series.
With the week in the books, FAU stays in the hunt of Wichita State and East Carolina with an 11-6 record, good enough for the third seed in the AAC.
South Florida
The Bulls from South Florida could not match the success of their state neighbor after splitting the week with a 2-2 record. However, they started promising with a 16-6 win against Maine. Then, on the weekend, the Spartans from UNCG proved to be tough of an opponent with them winning 2-1 against the Bulls.
South Florida will be poised to bounce back in the next week and keep their pursuit of the top three teams in the AAC. Right now, they are sitting only one game behind FAU.
Tulane
Similar success had the University of Tulane this week with another 2-2 record. They started their week with a close 7-8 loss to Southeastern Louisiana. Their weekend series featured the Pepperdine Waves all the way from California. The first two games were successful for Tulane, however, they lost the second game of their double-header on Saturday with 6-4. This earns Tulane a 12-8 record and the fifth seed in the conference.
UAB
The UAB Blazers only played three times this week, but they still made it count. With a 3-0 series win against Lindenwood, they successfully polished their record. Lindenwood proved to be no match for UAB as the combined score was 17-8 for the Blazers. The weekend-sweep improves their record to a positive 10-8, good enough for the sixth seed in the AAC.
Charlotte
Another team splitting the week as the Charlotte 49ers finish with a 2-2 record. They started promising after an 11-8 win against Winthrop and a 21-10 series opener against UNCW. However, UNCW hit back and finished the both remaining games with a combined score of 20-7 to win the series.
Charlotte sits in the seventh seed of the conference while barely keeping a positive record with 10-9.
UTSA
The Roadrunners finished the week with an even 2-2 record. After losing their midweek game to Abilene Christian on Tuesday, they started their weekend series with a 12-2 win against Northwestern. Northwestern came back on the same day and won the second game of the double header 10-4. To close out the week, UTSA won game three 2-0 and clinched the series.
This earns the Roadrunners a record of 10-10 and the spot of the closest pursuer of the Memphis Tigers with their 11-11 record.
Rice
Last but not least, we have the Owls from Rice University. Although, they continue to sit firmly at the bottom spot of the AAC, they recorded a great week after going 3-1. Their only loss came on Monday, when they had to travel all the way to Hawaii only to lose 5-7.
But the weekend series proved to be redemption time as Rice swept the Houston Christians. 10-7, 7-3 and 10-6 read the final scores of the games. With that, the Owls improve to 9-11 and keep a close eye on UTSA and the Tigers, who are only a few games better.
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