Sunday Regional Baseball Notebook
A By The Numbers Look At Day 3 NCAA Play…
8…Winner take all Regional championship games that will take place on Monday (CLICK HERE to see our full Regional scoreboard with Monday’s match-ups.
8…Teams that went 3-0 in Regional play over the weekend to advance to Super Regionals: Arizona State, Florida, Florida State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, UCLA, TCU, and Texas.
15…Years since Oklahoma had started NCAA play with a 3-0 record before beating North Carolina 3-2 to advance to the second Super Regional in program history (the format switched in 1999).
Oklahoma celebrates after earning the program's second Super Regional appearance. (OU photo)
2005…The last time a North Carolina team failed to get out of the Regional round of the NCAA Tournament. Mike Fox’s UNC squad had made four straight College World Series trips, but are eliminated in Regional play for the first time since falling to Notre Dame in ‘05 at the Gainesville, FL Regional.
1…Super Regional match-up that is set. TCU and Texas will square-off in a rematch of last year’s Super Regional that sent the Longhorns to Omaha.
3…Runs allowed in three Regional wins by the vaunted Texas pitching staff.
32…Strikeouts in its three Regional victories by the TCU pitching staff.
1…#4 seed, Minnesota, that started this year’s Regional action 2-0. The Golden Gophers join the 2004 Pepperdine team and the 2008 eventual National Champion Fresno State squad as the only #4 seeds to start 2-0 since 2003. Minnesota lost 7-2 to Cal State Fullerton Sunday night and will play for the Regional title Monday night.
8…First inning runs scored by St. John’s en-route to a 22-16 elimination game win over Ole Miss in Charlottesville.
7…Runs given-up in just 2/3 of an inning by Ole Miss starter David Goforth in that game.
Jereymy Baltz (SJU photo)
24…Home runs this season by St. John’s freshman Jeremy Baltz after he hit a pair in Sunday 6-5 upset of #5 national seed Virginia. The win forced Monday’s Regional Championship game.
10…Runs scored in the first inning by Coastal Carolina in its 25-7 elimination game win over Stony Brook.
23-0…Dartmouth’s record this season when leading after 6 innings prior to Sunday’s 4-3 loss to Texas A&M. The Big Green lost after Joe Patterson homered in the 8th to tie the game, followed by a long ball by Kevin Gonzalez to lead-off the 9th for the final margin.
10…Home runs hit so far in Regional play by the Aggies after they hit two more in Sunday night’s 11-7 win over Miami to force Monday’s title game.
36 2/3…Innings pitched without allowing an earned run by A&M closer John Stilson. The sophomore (9-1, 10 saves) tossed 3 scoreless innings in the Dartmouth win, and then fired the final 3 2/3 innings of the win over Miami.
116…Strikeouts by Stilson in 82 2/3 IP this season.
6…Runs in just 2/3 of an inning by Oregon State starter Tyler Waldron in Sunday’s 11-7 elimination game loss to Florida Atlantic.
25-7…Final score of Coastal Carolina’s elimination game win over Stony Brook. The Chanticleers broke the game open with 10 runs in the top of the 3rd inning. They scored at least one run in each of the last seven innings of the game.
3…Straight at-bats with a home run by Virginia Tech’s Buddy Sosnoskie, who homered in his first AB of Sunday’s 4-3 win over The Citadel. He also went deep in his last two trips to the plate in Saturday’s win over Bucknell.
Tyler Thompson and Florida celebrate a home run. (UF photo)
3…Home runs by Florida 9-home batter Tyler Thompson in Sunday’s 15-0 win over Florida Atlantic. Thompson had hit just two HR all season, but had a power surge to help send the Gators to the Super Regionals for a second straight year.
3…Run home run in the 8th inning by Creede Simpson to propel Auburn to an 11-10 win over Clemson. The teams rematch for the Regional championship Monday night.
5 1/3…Scoreless innings pitched by St. John’s reliever Kevin Kilpatrick to help the Red Storm shock #5 national seed Virginia 6-5 to force a Monday Regional final game in Charlottesville.
2…Outs in the bottom of the 8th inning when Red Storm freshman Jeremy Baltz homered to provide the eventual winning runs in the St. John’s win. It was Baltz’s second homer of the game and his24th this season. He already ranks fourth in the St. John’s all-time home run record book (career home runs, not single season).
5…RBIs by Baltz’s teammate, Matt Wessinger, earlier in the day in a 20-16 elimination game win over Ole Miss. Wessinger finished a home run shy of the cycle.
8…Runs scored by the Red Storm in the first inning of that game, which sent the Rebels home and St. John’s to the Regional championship round.
Richie Goodnow is congratulated after his first career complete game. (Vandy photo)
0…Runs allowed by Vanderbilt pitcher Ritchie Goodenow in his first career complete game-a 7-0 upset of #7 national seed Louisville on Sunday to force Monday’s Regional final game.
68…Career appearances Goodenow has made. The win over the Cardinals was just the lefty’s second career start.
5…Runs scored in the 9th inning by Vandy to beat Illinois State 10-4 in an elimination game earlier in the day just to advance for the right to play Louisville.
2…Years in a row Vanderbilt has beaten the Cardinals in an elimination game in Louisville to force a winner take all Regional final. Louisville won last year to advance to the Fullerton Super Regional. The winner this year faces Florida State.
1…Career complete game by Rice’s Mike Ojala, who went the distance in his 34th career start to help the Owls beat Louisiana-Lafayette in a Sunday elimination game (they would lose 4-1 to Texas in their next game to see their season end). Ojala (6-2) had ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction surgery last June.
2…Starts made on Sunday by Washington State junior James Wise. The junior gave-up six runs in just 2 1/3 innings in an eventual 9-6 elimination game win over Kansas State. He then started and gave-up just a run in 3 IP to help WSU beat Arkansas 10-7, forcing a Monday Regional final.
James Wise
19…Wins this season by the Washington State bullpen with 6 1/3 shutout innings in the win over K-State. Richie Ochoa (2-2) tossed 4 1/3 scoreless frames to help the Cougar pen tie a school record that was originally set in 1987.
33….Years since Washington State last played in a Regional Championship game prior to Monday’s showdown with Arkansas in Fayetteville.
46…Wins this season by UCLA (46-13) to set a new single-season record after Sunday’s 6-2 Regional Championship win over UC-Irvine. The Bruins are headed to the Super Regionals for the second time in the last four years.
18…50 win seasons by Arizona State (50-8) after beating Hawaii 8-4 to advance to the Super Regionals.
19…Combined College World Series appearances by Florida State head coach Mike Martin (13) and Oregon skipper George Horton (6 with Cal State Fullerton), whose teams met in the championship game of the Norwich Regional. Martin’s Seminoles won 5-3 to advance to a third straight Super Regional.
1…Out and one runner on in the bottom of the 9th inning when Rico Noel homered to give Coastal Carolina an 8-7 win over the College of Charleston to force a deciding game Monday in the Myrtle Beach Regional. Charleston had beaten Coastal a day earlier.
Saturday Regional Baseball Notebook
A Look Around The Country At Saturday’s NCAA Action
- The hitting streak continues, but the season is over. Garrett Wittels extended his hitting streak to 56 games in Florida International’s 15-9 loss to Dartmouth. The loss eliminated FIU from the Coral Gables Regional. That means Wittels will begin the 2011 season needing hits in his first two games to tie Robin Ventura for the all-time Division One record hit streak.
Garrett Wittels (FIU photo)
- ““Teams are gonna know what to anticipate. He likes to drive the ball away. Look for some teams to try to different things next season. Try busting him hard inside. Nobody tried to do that. We know he can push the ball into right center field, but can he turn on the ball? I think that’s gonna be the test.“ That’s what ESPNU studio analyst Jay Walker had to say about Wittels and how other teams might approach him next year. So let me get this straight…Wittels batted .409 this season, hit safely in 56 games, smacked 20 doubles, and came to the plate 237 times, but nobody ever challenged him inside once and he never once turned on the ball? Great analysis Jay (I hope the sarcasm is detected)! Anyone who hits in 56 straight and bats .400 over the course of the season is going to do it by going to all fields. More great analysis by someone we’ve never heard of who probably saw all of eight of Wittels’ at-bats this season.
- Dartmouth clean-up batter Jason Brooks was 2-for-5 in the win over FIU with a grand slam and a total of 6 RBIs. The win was the first for Dartmouth in the NCAA Tournament since 1987 and the first for the Ivy League since Princeton won a game in 2004.
- Not to be outdone, Illinois State got its first NCAA win in 34 years by downing St. Louis 8-3 in the Louisville Regional elimination game. Kevin Tokarski homered and drove-in four.
Anthony Rendon (Rice photo)
- Anthony Rendon jacked 3 HR and totaled 7 RBIs to lead Rice to a resounding 19-1 elimination game win over Rider at the Austin Regional. With the Owls leading 11-0 Wayne Graham lifted starter Taylor Wall after 3 2/3 hitless innings.
- Southern Mississippi’s Taylor Walker was 4-for-4 with a home runs, 4 runs and 4 RBIs in an Auburn Regional elimination win over Jacksonville State.
- Matt Weisinger hit two of St. John’s‘ four home runs in Charlottesville to help the Red Storm eliminate VCU 8-6.
- Baylor beat Lamar 6-5 in Ft. Worth. Logan Vick had his 29th extra base hit to set a freshman school record.
- Florida Atlantic had a season-high 18 hits to eliminate Bethune-Cookman with a 12-6 win in Gainesville.
- Buddy Sosnoskie belted two HR with 6 RBIs to help Virginia Tech beat Bucknell 16-7.
- Stony Brook eliminated North Carolina State with a 6-2 win in Myrtle Beach. Sophomore Tyler Johnson (10-3) set a new Seawolves single-season record for wins. Johnson notched 10 Ks in 8 IP.
- Tyler Garwal hit a walk-off home run to keep Oral Roberts‘ season going with a 9-8 win over Cal in Norman. The Golden Eagles hit 4 HR and won despite walking 9 batters.
- Francis Larson hit his 25th career home run to help UC Irvine beat Kent State 19-9 in the L.A. elimination game. Larson has now hit the most home runs in Anteater history.
Neil Holland (UofL photo)
- Louisville’s 7-1 win over Vanderbilt set a program record with the 50th win of the season for the Cardinals. Neil Holland got his 17th save with 3 shutout innings of one hit ball.
- How confident was Louisville head coach Dan McDonnell that his team could start Regional play 2-0? Cardinal ace Thomas Royse (9-1, 2.91 ERA) did not start either of his team’s first two games. He’ll start Sunday, which is the final game of McDonnell’s 3-game suspension.
- Mike Olt is UConn’s all-time home run (44) and RBI (177) leader after belting two long balls with a career-best 8 RBIs as the Huskies routed Central Connecticut State 25-5. UConn now faces Oregon, which lost 6-4 to Florida State.
- Rain and lightening caused two hours and 28 minutes of delay, but Miami cruised to a 14-1 win over Texas A&M. Hurricane 1B Scott Lawson was 4-for-6 with 3 HR and 6 RBIs.
- Danny Hultzen gave-up 6 earned runs in 6 IP, but still improved to 10-1 as Virginia beat Ole Miss. 13-7. The Cavaliers tied a school record with their 49th win.
- Mike Ferraro was 4-for-6 with a home run, two doubles and 6 RBIs to lead San Diego to a resounding 22-1 elimination game win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Tempe.
- Here’s a lesson to the kids at home: ALWAYS RUN IT OUT. Stanford’s Colin Walsh hit a fairly routine fly ball to left field, but Cal State Fullerton’s Casey Watkins dropped it. Walsh motored all the way to third on the play and scored on a single by Stephen Piscotty. The Titans still won 6-5 thanks to a pair of 2-run home runs by Christian Colon.
- Stanford goes 0-2 at the Fullerton Regional. It’s just the second time Stanford has gone two and out in Regional play. The last time it happened was in 1994 in Austin, TX.
- There were a total of seven upsets on Saturday. Five #4 seeds won, with three of those wins vs. #2 seeds. Two #1 seeds lost to #2 seeds.
- Minnesota is the Cinderella of the Regionals so far. The fourth-seeded Golden Gophers downed #3 New Mexico 6-4 in 10 innings the Fullerton winner’s bracket game to go to 2-0.
- Scott Matyas struckout 8 in three scoreless, hitless innings of relief to improve to 5-1.
- Eight of Saturday’s Regional games were decided by double digits.
- Citadel’s 1-3 batters combined to go just 2-for-12 in their 9-4 loss to South Carolina. The Gamecocks used a 5-run 7th inning to take the win.
- Starting pitchers Blake Cooper (11-1) of South Carolina and Asher Wojciechowski (12-3) of The Citadel combined for 23 strikeouts and just 4 walks.
Trevor Bauer (UCLA photo)
- Trevor Bauer had 11 strikeouts to lead UCLA to a 6-3 win over defending national champion LSU in the L.A. winner’s bracket game. Anthony Ranaudo had 10 Ks in the loss.
- The Bruins (45-13) tied a program record for most wins in one season. It equals the win total from the Bruins’ 1997 team (45-19-1), which was the last UCLA program to go to the College World Series.
- Junior Casey Harman tossed the first complete game of his career to help #2 seed Clemson topple #1 Auburn 5-2 in Auburn. Harman scattered five hits with 8 strikeouts.
- Arizona State’s Seth Blair is 12-0 after giving-up just a run in 7 IP as the overall #1 seeded Sun Devils rolled Hawaii 12-1.
- Joe Weik smacked two home runs and had a career-high 6 RBIs to help TCU down Arizona 11-5. The Horned Frogs improve to 48-11 to tie the school record for wins in a season.
- TCU pitchers Matt Purke (13-0) and Tyler Lockwood combined for 10 strikeouts, making TCU 21-0 when its pitchers have at least 10 Ks in a game.
Friday Regional Baseball Notebook
Thursday Recap/Analysis (tournaments & top-50; 5/27)
Flies in the Ointment? …
The upsets kept flowing on Thursday, based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings, as more than half of the games (14 of 26) involving CB360 top-50 teams ended up in upsets. Most notably, five of the CNR’s top-10 teams (#2-3-7-8-10) all were knocked off, while several other teams emerged as potential “flies in the ointment” – underdogs that could win a conference automatic bid to the NCAAs (and, in the process, burst the bubble of an NCAA at-large hopeful).
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(Note – Scores for all games involving the CB360 top-50 are listed at the bottom of this page, with the customary links provided for the one non-tournament game … also be sure to access CB360’s conference tournament main page via the link posted above.)
There were 26 games on Thursday involving CB360 top-50 teams, including seven head-to-head match-ups (33 total top-50 teams in action). The only top-50 game outside a conference tournament setting was #1 Arizona State’s 4-2 series-opening win at #32 Stanford.
Here are teams from five leagues (seven teams total) that have the makings for NCAA-bid spoilers (the potential flies in the ointment):
• Mercer (Atlantic Sun) – The #2-seeded Bears were nowhere close to being in the discussion for an NCAA at-large bid, with a #157 official NCAA RPI this week (trailing six other A-Sun teams), but Mercer sits in the catbird seat as the only 2-0 squad at the six-team A-Sun Tournament … should the Bears win this event, the focus then will shift to whether Florida Gulf Coast still would get into the NCAA’s as an at-large (effectively making the A-Sun a two-bid league and taking a spot from some unfortunate budble team) … many tournament projections had FGCU as a solid at-large possibility (the Eagles ran away with the A-Sun regular-season title and entered the week with a #45 NCAA RPI, plus a #36 standing in the CNR top-50) … Thursday’s key results saw #4 seed North Florida knock off FGCU in shockingly easy fashion (13-2), while Mercer beat #3 seed East Tennessee State (10-7) in the day’s only match-up of teams that won on Wed. … next up: FGCU faces ETSU today in a noon elimination game, followed by another elimination game at 4:00 (UNF vs. Jacksonville) and Mercer’s 8:00 game vs. the FGCU-ETSU winner.
• Rutgers ad St. John’s (BIG EAST) – There teams have earned a day off on Friday, as each is 2-0 following their Thursday upsets (#6 seed RU beat #2 seed UConn, 9-6, one day after knocking off #3 seed Pittsburgh in a 9-5 opening-day game … #4 seed SJU knocked off top seed Louisville, 11-4) … if Rutgers or St. John’s win the BIG EAST Tournament, the league likely will have locked up three bids to the NCAAs … Pitt has been hoping to be that third entrant, but that was far from certain following the Panther’s first-day loss to #7 seed Cincinnati (9-6) …Louisville entered the tournament as the #5 team in the official NCAA RPI (#7 in the cb360 CNR) while UConn was the #24 RPI (CNR #18) and Pitt’s tenuous situation included a #47 RPI and #42 CNR … Friday’s games: Pitt and UConn will meet in a 4:00 elimination games, as will Louisville and #5 seed South Florida (7:00).
• Lamar and Texas Arlington – This is a similar situation to the one above, as these teams have started 2-0 in the Southland Conference Tournament … #5 seed UTA benefited from the day-1 upset that saw #8 seed Nicholls State beat regular-season champ Texas State, as the Mavericks then rallied to beat Nicholls (5-4) … on the other side of the bracket, the #7 seed Lamar stopped surging Northwestern (La.) State on Wed. and the earned its day off with a Thursday win over #6 seed McNeese State, 10-7 (McNeese earlier had edged #3 seed Southeastern Louisiana, 8-7) … should Lamar or UTA win the tournament, it’s likely that the Southland still could be a one-bid league for the NCAAs – as each of the top seeds have shaky at-large credentials (Texas State #48 NCAA RPI/#46 CNR … SLU #40 RPI, #50 CNR … NWLA #76 RPI and now eliminated from the Southland Tour.) … Friday’s games include a 10:00 a.m. CT elimination game (SLU-McNeese), followed by another elimination game between Texas St. and Nicholls … Lamar and UTA will be awaiting the winners in the night games (starting at 5:00).
• Arkansas State (Sunbelt) –The #7 seed has joined top seed Florida Atlantic as the 2-0 teams, but a Trojans title at this tournament might simply solidify the end of the season for #2 seed Louisiana (Lafayette) … UL-L entered the Sunbelt Championship with a #33 RPI (matching its spot in the CNR), but the regular-season co-champs already have been bounced back home and have to be considered a bubble team (especially if Arkansas State were to snatch the automatic bid) … the #3 and #4 seeds – Middle Tennessee and Florida International – entered the week as longshots for the NCAAs, with each facing elimination gaames on Friday (FIU plays #5 seed South Alabama in the brutal 9:00 AM game, followed by MTSU and #6 seed Troy) … #8 seed Western Kentucky was a top-25 team on the national scene at the midseason point, but the Hilltoppers wrapped up their second-half swoon by going 0-2 this week) … FAU will be awaiting the FIU-USA winner on Friday afternoon (4 ET), followed by Ark. St. s. the MTSU/Troy winner.
• Western Carolina (SoCon) – Speaking of teams that had strong starts to the season and then faded, WCU could jump back into the picture following its Thursday rally from a 6-0 deficit to upset CNR #28 College of Charleston (7-6) … #6 seed WCU joins regular-season champ The Citadel as 2-0 starters in the Southern Conference Tournament … #2 seed CofC (#29 RPI) may be secure for NCAA at-large consideration, meaning that a WCU tournament title could ensure three NCAA bids for the SoCon (WCU entered the event 57th in the official NCAA RPI) … #3 seed Elon (#51 RPI/#44 CNR) is another SoCon hopeful for the NCAAs, but the Phoenix likely need to win their Friday elimination game vs. #5 seed Samford (7 ET; winner has to beat Citadel twice on Sat.) … Friday’s 3:00 elimination game will pit C of C vs. #7 seed Appalachian State (winner has to beat WCU twice on Sat.).
In addition to games mentioned above, Thursday’s other top-50 upsets included:
• Texas Tech 4, #2 Texas 1 (Big 12)
• #17 Florida State 11, #3 Virginia 4 (Big 12)
• #25 Virginia Tech 6, #8 Georgia Tech 2
• #14 Auburn 3, #10 South Carolina 1 (Big 12)
• Boston College 12, #12 Miami 10 (Big 12)
• #34 LSU 7, #16 Vanderbilt 5 (Big 12)
• #29 Alabama 6, #23 Mississippi 3 (Big 12)
• Middle Tennessee State 3, #33 Louisiana-Lafayette 0 (Big 12)
• Florida International 7, #47 Western Kentucky 3 (Sunbelt)
• High Point 2, #49 Liberty 1 (Big South)
TOP TEAMS – Texas (0-2) already is out of title contention at the Big 12 Tournament, while Virginia now has a tougher road to repeating as ACC Tournament champion (in order to reach the title game, the Cavs first need BC to beat FSU on Friday, then UVa has to defeat Miami on Sat.). Note that the Big 12 and ACC both use a round-robin format in their tournaments. The losses by Texas and UVa, coupled with Arizona State’s win over Stanford, can only strengthen ASU’s position as the potential #1 national seed.
SEC – One day after all four SEC Tournament games resulted in upsets, Thursday’s slate saw the underdogs (based on the CNR) win three more times – including Auburn’s win that eliminated South Carolina. Two teams that filled the final two SEC spots – #8 seed Alabama and #7 LSU – now find themselves on the inside tracks to the title game.
BUBBLE SEEKERS – Boston College (#46 RPI) and Texas Tech (#48) kept alive their hopes for making the NCAAs. All four teams in BC’s bracket at the ACC Tournament (#1 seed Virginia, #4 Miami, #5 Florida St. and #8 BC) have started 1-1, with one team ultimately advancing to Sunday’s title game. BC will face FSU on Friday at noon, while UVa and Miami will meet on Sat. (also at noon). In order to reach the Big 12 title game, #5 seed Texas Tech need to beat #8 seed Missouri on Saturday while getting help in two others games (Missouri beating #4 seed Texas A&M on Fri. and top seed Texas then beating A&M on Sat.).
MORE BUBBLE WATCH – Liberty’s loss could extinguish the Flames’ hopes for an NCAA at-large spot (#44 official NCAA RPI, but lost on Wed.). Several other NCAA bubble teams also are 1-1 at their conference tournaments, after winning on Thursday:
• #38 New Mexico 7, BYU 6
• #42 Pittsburgh 13, Cincinnati 4
• #46 Texas State 8, Stephen F. Austin 2
• #50 Southeastern Louisiana 10, Northwestern (La.) State 4
THURSDAY’S TOP-50 RESULTS (5/27/10; upsets in italics)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
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• #1 Arizona State 4, at #32 Stanford 2 (Pac-10 reg.-season) | Final Stats
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• Texas Tech 4, #2 Texas 1 (Big 12)
• #17 Florida State 11, #3 Virginia 4 (ACC)
• #4 Coastal Carolina 11, Radford 9 (Big South)
• #5 Florida 5, #13 Arkansas 4 (SEC)
• St. John’s 6, #7 Louisville 5
• #25 Virginia Tech 6, #8 Georgia Tech 2
• #14 Auburn 3, #10 South Carolina 1 (SEC)
• Boston College 12, #12 Miami 10 (ACC)
• #34 LSU 7, #16 Vanderbilt 5 (SEC)
• Rutgers 6, #18 Connecticut 5 (BIG EAST)
• #22 Rice 24, Houston 3 (C-USA)
• #29 Alabama 6, #23 Mississippi 3 (SEC)
• #27 Texas A&M 7, Missouri 2 (Big 12)
• Western Carolina 7, #28 College of Charleston 6
• Middle Tennessee State 3, #33 Louisiana-Lafayette 0 (Sunbelt)
• #35 Florida Atlantic 10, South Alabama 9 (Sunbelt)
• North Florida 13, #36 Florida Gulf Coast 2 (Atlantic Sun)
• #38 New Mexico 7, BYU 6 (Mt. West)
• #39 The Citadel 6, #44 Elon 3 (SoCon)
• #42 Pittsburgh 13, Cincinnati 4 (BIG EAST)
• #46 Texas State 8, Stephen F. Austin 2 (Southland)
• Florida International 7, #47 Western Kentucky 3 (Sunbelt)
• High Point 2, #49 Liberty 1 (Big South)
• #50 Southeastern Louisiana 10, Northwestern (La.) State 4 (Southland)
College Baseball Conference Tournament Central
2010 Conference Tournament Central
Below on this page you will find information on all of this week’s college baseball conference tournaments. Links to brackets (in most cases each conference’s tournament central page) as well as All-Conference Teams are provided.
Only five of 27 #1 seeds won their conference tournaments.
America East Tournament (May 26-28)
Bracket Champion: Stony Brook
ACC Tournament (May 26-30)
Bracket Champion: Florida State
Atlantic Sun Tournament (May26-29)
Bracket Champion: Mercer (First title since 1983)
Atlantic 10 Tournament (May 26-29)
Bracket Champion: St. Louis
Big East Tournament (May 26-30)
Bracket Champion: St. John’s
Big South Tournament (May 25-29)
Bracket Champion: Coastal Carolina
Big Ten Tournament (May 26-29)
Bracket Champion: Minnesota
Big Twelve Tournament (May 26-30)
Bracket Champion: Texas A&M
Big West Conference – No Post Season Tournament
Regular Season Champion: Cal State Fullerton
CAA Tournament (May 27-29)
Bracket Champion: Virginia Commonwealth
Conference USA Tournament (May 26-30)
Bracket Champion: Southern Mississippi
Great West Tournament (May 26-29)
Bracket Champ: Utah Valley (No NCAA Bid)
Horizon League Tournament (May 26-30)
Bracket Champion: Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ivy League – Best of Three Series
Champion: Dartmouth beat Columbia
Metro Atlantic Tournament
Bracket Champion: Rider
Mid-American (MAC) Tournament (May 26-29)
Bracket Champion: Kent State
Missouri Valley Tournament (May 26-29)
Bracket Champion: Illinois State
Mountain West Conference Tournament (May 25-29)
Bracket Champion: TCU
Northeast Conference Tournament (May 27-29)
Bracket Champion: Central Connecticut St.
Ohio Valley Tournament (May 26-30)
Bracket Champion: Jacksonville St.
Pac 10 Conference – No Postseason Tournament
Regular Season Champion: Arizona State
Patriot League – Best of Three Series
Champion: Bucknell
SEC Tournament (May 26-30)
Bracket Champion: LSU
Southern Conference Tournament (May 26-30)
Bracket Champion: The Citadel
Southland Conference Tournament (May 26-29)
Bracket Champion: Lamar
SWAC Tournament (May 26-30)
Bracket Champion: Grambling St.
Summit League Tournament (May 27-29)
Bracket Champion: Oral Roberts
Sun Belt Conference Tournament (May 26-29)
Bracket Champion: Florida International
West Coast Conference – No Postseason Tournament
Regular Season Champion: San Diego
Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament (May 26-30)
Bracket Champion: Hawaii (First since 1992)
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College Baseball Notebook-Week 13
FIU’s Wittels Heads This Week’s “By The Numbers”…
Garrett Wittels (FIU photo)
45…Game hitting streak by Florida International’s Garrett Wittels. The sophomore had at least one hit in each of FIU’s three wins over South Alabama over the weekend to tie Roger Schmuck of Arizona State (1971) for the third longest Division One hitting streak of all-time.
47…Game hitting streak by Phil Stephenson of Wichita State in 1981 for the second longest streak in NCAA history. Oklahoma State’s Robin Ventura’s 58 game streak (which ended at the 1987 College World Series) is the longest in DI history.
3…Teams that have qualified for the 2010 NCAA Baseball Tournament. San Diego and Cal State Fullerton joined Ivy League champ Dartmouth by claiming the their regular season crowns over the weekend. San Diego won the WCC thanks to losses by Portland, while Fullerton claimed at least a share of the Big West after sweeping Long Beach State. The Titans own the tie-breaker with UC Irvine and need just one win or one Cal State Northridge loss to win the title outright.
18-2…Fullerton’s record in its last 20 games since losing game one of its series vs. Irvine back on April 9th.
19…Straight NCAA Tournament appearances Fullerton will make when it plays in its NCAA regional this season. It’s the third longest active streak in the nation behind Miami (37) and Florida State (32).
47…Days it took to complete TCU’s 19-17 win in 12 innings over Air Force to clinch the 2010 Mountain West
Matt Purke (TCU photo)
Conference Championship. The game began on March 28th in Colorado Springs, and was suspended due to weather. It resumed in the 7th inning Friday afternoon in Ft. Worth with TCU leading 16-15.
12…Strikeouts by TCU pitcher Matt Purke, who gave-up just a run on five hits in six innings of relief in that game to improve to 10-0. The freshman is the Horned Frog’s regular Friday starter.
8…Home runs TCU hit in that game to help the Horned Frogs to a new school record total of 84 HR hit this season. The record had stood since 1998.
3…Weekend wins by Kentucky (29-23, 12-15) over LSU to hand the defending national champions their fourth straight SEC series loss. The Tigers (34-18, 12-15) have lost 11 of their last 12 SEC games and 12 of their last 14 games overall.
19…Years since Kentucky had last swept a weekend series from LSU.
21…Years since LSU played in the NCAA Tournament but did not host a Regional. The Tigers played in College Station Texas that year. LSU has hosted 18 NCAA Regionals since then, but could find themselves on the road when the tournament starts this year.
16-8…Score by which Indiana trailed Kentucky heading into the bottom of the 8th inning of Tuesday’s game vs. Kentucky. The Hoosiers plated five runs with two outs in the 8th and then added three more in the 9th to force extra innings before Michael Early’s walk-off hit gave IU an improbable 18-17 victory.
0-for-6…What Early was at the plate in the game prior to drilling a pitch off the left field wall to plate Dylan Smith with the game-winning run.
4 & 7…Home runs hit and RBI’s by St. John’s left fielder Jeremy Baltz in Friday’s 8-5 win over #6 Louisville (the Red
Jeremy Baltz (SJU photo)
Storm lost the other two games in the series). The freshman leads St. John’s with a .412 average, 18 home runs and 68 RBIs this season.
14-0…Northwestern’s lead over Michigan in the middle of the third inning Sunday in Ann Arbor.
15-14…The final score of Michigan’s comeback win over the Wildcats. The game ended on Mike Dufek’s walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning.
5 2/3…Scoreless innings pitched by Wolverine reliever Matt Miller to pick-up the win. The junior struck out seven and gave-up just two hits to keep the Wildcats scoreless while Michigan scored the last nine of its 15 unanswered runs.
14…Straight games Virginia has won after sweeping North Carolina over the weekend. North Carolina (32-20, 11-16) had won eight straight and 10 of its last 11 games heading into the series with the Cavs (43-9, 21-6).
2…Walk-off hits the Cavaliers needed to pull off the sweep. John Barr’s 2-out RBI single capped Saturday’s game one 3-2 victory, while John Hicks ended Sunday’s 5-3 win with a 3-run home run.
900…Wins at Ohio State by head coach Bob Todd after Sunday’s 11-6 win over Iowa for the Buckeyes’ lone win of the 3-game series. Todd will retire at season’s end.
7…Scoreless innings pitched by South Carolina’s bullpen in a 3-game weekend sweep of Arkansas. Five relievers combined to give-up just two hits after starter Tyler Webb left after giving-up three runs in three innings in Sunday’s 5-3 win to cap the sweep.
33…Consecutive Big South Conference games won by #5 Coastal Carolina (45-6, 23-0) after a 3-game sweep of #39 Liberty (37-15, 18-6). The Chanticleers remain in good shape to receive a top 8 national seed after sweeping the second place team in their conference.
14,619…Fans who saw Florida’s 3-game sweep of Georgia over the weekend in Gainesville. It’s the best 3-game attendance figure in program history. Florida (37-12, 20-7) and South Carolina (41-11, 29-7) are tied for first place in the SEC East. They go head to head this weekend.
4…Straight SEC series won by Auburn after taking two of three games from Tennessee. The Tigers (35-17, 17-10) now lead the SEC West.
15…Years since Auburn last won the SEC’s Western Division. They close the regular season this weekend at Ole Miss.
Anthony Rendon (Rice photo)
10…Run deficit faced by Rice as the Owls prepared to bat in the bottom of the third inning Sunday vs. Southern Mississippi.
19…Unanswered runs Rice scored to beat the Golden Eagles 21-14. Anthony Rendon paced the Owls, going 4-for-5 with two home runs and 4 RBIs to help Rice lock-up the top seed in the Conference USA Tournament.
7…RBIs by USM’s B.A. Vollmuth in the loss. The sophomore shortstop belted a pair of home runs himself, including a grand slam.
1,000…Career wins by Arizona head coach Andy Lopez after his Wildcats topped #1 Arizona State 12-4 Sunday night in Tucson. Lopez is the 16th active coach and the 46th all-time Division One coach to reach the milestone.
1…Loss by ASU’s Merrill Kelly (9-1) this season after giving-up six runs (five earned) in just 3 2/3 IP-his shortest start of the season. The 12 runs are the most given-up by the Sun Devils this year.
25…Consecutive scoreless innings pitched by Rhode Island’s Tim Boyce (a new URI school record). The senior struck out 10 and gave-up just two singles with his second straight complete game shutout in Friday’s 6-0 win over Richmond.
27 1/3…Consecutive scoreless innings pitched by Wichita State’s Jordan Cooper after Friday’s 3-0 win over Missouri State. The sophomore fanned 14 and struck out at least one batter in every inning to improve to 8-2.
69…Walks issued to UT Arlington outfielder Michael Choice this season to set a new Southland Conference single season record. Choice is batting .401 with 16 home runs and 58 RBIs for the Mavericks (26-26). He was walked
Tony Nix (UC Riverside photo)
intentionally in the first inning of Sunday’s 11-8 win over Lamar to set the record.
19…Times Choice has been intentionally walked this season to help him lead the nation with his 69 free passes 2010.
10…Big Ten teams that are all still alive in the race to qualify for next week’s 6-team Big Ten Tournament. Four teams, Michigan State, Ohio State, Indiana, and Iowa, are tied for fifth place.
.266…UC Riverside’s Tony Nix’s season batting average entering last week’s action.
.341…Nix’s current average after a week in which he was 17-for-26 with three home runs, five doubles, a triple, 11 runs scored, and 15 RBIs. Nix had a stretch during which he had nine straight hits, including a 6-for-6 game against Loyola Marymount.
4…Home runs hit by Bucknell’s Paul Shribman to help the #4 seed Bison beat #1 seed Army in the Patriot League’s best two of three semifinal series. Shribman belted a grand slam in the series clinching win and finished the weekend by batting 8-for-13 with 9 RBIs and 7 runs scored. Bucknell faces #3 seed Holy Cross in this weekend’s Patriot League Championship Series.
2010 NCAA Baseball Tournament Automatic Qualifiers
30 conference champions earn automatic berths into the field of 64 in the 2010 NCAA Division One baseball tournament. We will list them as they secure their bids.
CLICK HERE to see the NCAA selection handbook, which includes at-large selection criteria and more information.
NCAA Tournament Selection Timeline
America East-Stony Brook
ACC: Florida State
Atlantic Sun: Mercer
Atlantic 10-St. Louis
Big East-St. John’s
Big South-Coastal Carolina
Big Ten-Minnesota
Big 12-Texas A&M
Big West-Cal State Fullerton
CAA-Virginia Commonwealth
CUSA-Southern Mississippi
Horizon: Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ivy League-Dartmouth
MAAC-Rider
MAC-Kent State
MEAC-Bethune-Cookman
Missouri Valley-Illinois State (Won First Ever Tournament)
Mountain West-TCU
Northeast-Central Connecticut St.
Ohio Valley-Jacksonville St.
Pac 10-Arizona State
Patriot League-Bucknell
SEC-LSU
Southern-The Citadel
Southland-Texas St.
SWAC-Grambling St.
Summit League-Oral Roberts (Won 13th straight tournament)
Sun Belt-Florida International
WCC-San Diego
WAC-Hawaii (First title since 1992)
College Baseball Notebook-Week 11
Streaks, Upsets And Other Notable Action…
38…Game hitting streak by Florida International’s Garrett Wittels. The sophomore extended the nation’s longest active streak with an RBI single in his last at-bat of the game on Sunday with two on and two out in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings (an 8-7 loss to Louisiana-Monroe). Wittels’ current streak is the longest in
Garrett Wittels (FIU photo)
Division One baseball in the last 11 years.
8…Underdogs that won weekend series vs. CB360 Top 50 teams. The most notable wins were: #26 Auburn took two of three at #5 Arkansas and unranked North Carolina State won two of three against #8 Georgia Tech.
7…Straight losses by defending national champion LSU (32-13, 11-10) after dropping all three games in its weekend series at Florida (31-11, 15-6). The Tigers were swept by Ole Miss last weekend as well.
14…Years (1996) since Florida last swept a series against LSU.
.390…The Gators’ team batting average in their sweep while outscoring the Tigers by a combined 28-14. Matt den Dekker led Florida’s nine starters who all had at least one hit in Sunday’s finale by going 5-for-5 with a home run and 4 RBIs.
4…Strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings pitched, wins this season and RBIs in Sunday’s game by freshman starting pitcher/designated hitter Brian Johnson (4-2), who hit the first grand slam of his young career.
Hunter Morris
2…Home runs hit in an 8-run fifth inning by Auburn’s Hunter Morris in Saturday’s win over Arkansas. Morris started the inning with a homer and later launched a two-run blast to help the Tigers (30-15, 12-9) total four HR and all eight of their runs in the 8-7 victory.
38…Years since Ole Miss last swept a series vs. Mississippi State in Starkville, MS prior to taking three games from the rival Bulldogs over the weekend at Dudy Noble Field. The three wins have the Rebels tied for first place with Arkansas in the SEC West.
20…Straight wins by Texas after Sunday’s 4-1 win over Baylor to cap a 3-game weekend sweep. The 20 consecutive wins are the most at Texas since the 1988 team also rattled-off 20 in a row.
5…Consecutive Big 12 series sweeps by the Longhorns (38-7, 19-2) to help them set a new conference record with 17 straight wins in league play. The previous record was set in 2008 by Texas A&M.
1…Earned run allowed by Texas starting pitchers, who combined to strike out 29 batters in 33.0 innings in the three games.
12…Scoreless innings pitched in the three games by the Longhorn bullpen, highlighted by Hoby Miner’s four perfect innings to pick-up the win in Saturday’s 2-1 win in 14 innings.
3…Games won by #1 Arizona State at #4 UCLA to give the Sun Devils their first sweep at Jackie Robinson Stadium since 1994.
23-4…Combined score by which the Sun Devils (38-5, 14-4) outscored the Bruins (30-10, 7-8) in the three games. 20 of the 23 runs allowed by the UCLA pitching staff, which came into the weekend with the second best ERA in the nation at 2.80, were earned.
Louisville 1B Andrew Clark (Louisville photo)
7…First inning RBIs by Louisville’s Andrew Clark, who hit both a 3-run blast and a grand slam in the 10-run opening frame of Saturday’s 24-6 win over Rutgers. Clark ended the game 4-for-4 with 2 HR, 8 RBIs, 4 runs, and a HBP.
16…Barry Larkin’s jersey number, which was retired in Ann Arbor on Saturday prior to the Wolverine’s 3-2 loss to Ohio State. Larkin played at Michigan from 1983 to 1986.
2…Wins by the Wolverines (27-15, 9-6) over the Buckeyes (24-15, 8-7) to remain tied with Northwestern (18-25, 9-6) atop the Big Ten conference standings. Ohio State was part of a four-way tie first place heading into the weekend.
0…Innings pitched in the series by Ohio State’s Alex Wimmers, who was a scratch after he injured a hamstring just moments before Friday’s 4-1 OSU loss. Wimmers (9-0, 1.61 ERA) entered the weekend tied for the national lead with his nine wins. His ERA ranks sixth nationally.
17…Game winning streak by #6 Coastal Carolina snapped in Tuesday’s 6-3 loss to #3 Virginia.
30…Straight Big South Conference home wins by Coastal Carolina after a weekend 3-game sweep of UNC Asheville in Conway, SC.
22…Game winning streak by # 18 Connecticut snapped in Wednesday’s 7-3 loss to Central Connecticut State. The Huskies (35-9, 14-3) split two home games vs. #34 Pittsburgh (31-11, 13-4) (game three was rained-out) to maintain a narrow lead over Louisville (36-7, 14-4) at the top of the Big East Conference standings.
24…Game hitting streak by UConn’s Mike Nemeth that ended when he went o-for-4 in a 13-4 loss to Pitt in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader. Nemeth had extended the streak to 24 earlier in the day when he hit his 9th home run of the season in UConn’s 11-7 game one victory.
12 & 487…Games played and batters faced by Notre Dame pitchers without giving-up a home run. The longest such
Michael Choice (UTA photo)
stretch for the Irish pitching staff since 2006 ended Friday when Paul Karmas of St. John’s hit a solo shot in the fifth inning of Notre Dame’s 14-5 win.
13…Strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings by North Carolina State’s Jake Buchanen in Friday’s 6-5 win over #8 Georgia Tech. The effort helped the Wolfpack (28-18, 11-13) take two of three games from the Yellow Jackets (36-9, 17-7) to keep their NCAA hopes alive.
32…Career home runs hit by UT Arlington’s Michael Choice to set a new program record. Choice hit his 14th HR of the season in Saturday’s win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
16…Of Choice’s home runs that have come in “clutch” situations, including seven tie-breaking shots, five game-tying home runs and two that have provided the eventual winning runs for his team.
10…Strikeouts in 8.0 innings by Florida Gulf Coast pitcher Chris Sale (7-0) in Friday’s 4-2 win over #27 Clemson to give the Eagles (28-15) their only win in the weekend’s non-conference 3-game series.
16…Strikeouts by Nicholls State’s Clint Dempster in Friday’s 5-3 complete game win over #44 Southeastern Louisiana.
15…RBIs last week by Wichita State’s Preston Springer, who hit .565 (13-for-23) with 9 runs, five doubles and three home runs last week. Springer helped the Shockers to midweek wins over Big 12 teams Kansas and Oklahoma State. He hit his first career grand slam against the Cowboys on Wednesday.
3…Home runs by Illinois State third baseman Ryan Court in Saturday’s 18-8 win over Wichita State. The win gave the Redbirds their first ever run rule victory over the Shockers.
Day-2 Notebook (2010 Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge)
BIG TEN/BIG EAST CHALLENGE – Day-2 Results
(Feb. 27, 2010 … BIG EAST 7-3 margin for the day, series tied 10-10)
(BIG EAST wins in italics)
GAME 20 – Louisville 17, Michigan State 6 (Jack Russell Stadium)
FINAL STATS | LOU Recap | MSU Recap
GAME 19 – St. John’s 2, Michigan 1 (Al Lang Stadium)
FINAL STATS | SJU Recap | MICH Recap
GAME 18 – South Florida 12, Illinois 3 (Bright House Networks Field)
FINAL STATS | USF Recap | ILL Recap
GAME 17 – Ohio State 10, Notre Dame 2 (Bright House Networks Field)
FINAL STATS | OSU Recap | ND Recap
GAME 16 – Northwestern 7, Rutgers 5 (Naimoli Complex)
FINAL STATS | NU Recap | RU Recap
GAME 15 – Cincinnati 7, Purdue 6 (Jack Russell Stadium)
FINAL STATS | CIN Recap | PUR Recap
GAME 14 – Connecticut 8, Minnesota 2 (Al Lang Stadium)
FINAL STATS | UConn Recap | MINN Recap
GAME 13 – West Virgnia 9, Iowa 5 (Naimoli Complex)
FINAL STATS | WVU Recap | IOWA Recap
GAME 12 – Penn State 3, Seton Hall 2 … 13 inn. (Jack Russell Stadium)
FINAL STATS | PSU Recap | SHU Recap
GAME 11 – Villanova 8, Indiana 1 (Al Lang Stadium)
FINAL STATS | VILL Recap | IU Recap
Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge Day-1 Notebook
Big Ten wins 7-of-10 games on day-1 (note: day-1 notes will be continually added to this post, in blog post format)
2:54 p.m. (2/27/10) – Game-3 highlightes and notes:
Seton Hall 001 200 000 – 3 6 2 Michigan State 000 011 12X – 5 5 0
MSU Notes – Jr. RHP A.J. Achter 5.1IP-3R-5H-2BB-8K … so. LHP Trevor Popp (W-3.2IP-H-BB-3K) … tying run in 7th, 2R in 8th: sr LF Bo Felt/6-hole RBI triple, so. 3B/8-hole Andrew Carpenter (2RBI-R) added RBI single
SHU Notes – Jr RHP Joe DiRocco 5.1 IP-2R/1 ER-2H-3BB-4K … jr. 3B/7-hole Sean Gusrang solo HR … sr. 1B/5-hole Chris Spagnuolo 2-run 2B
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1:02 p.m. (2/27/10) – Game-2 highlightes and notes:
Connecticut 000 040 100 0 – 5 10 4 Northwestern 001 004 000 1 – 6 12 3
NU NOTES – So. DH/RHP Paul Snieder (5-hole) scored winning run in 10th (2-for-4/2R-BB; middle relief 2.2IP-2H-3BB-K) … winning sequence in 10th: Snieder leadoff 1B to CF, Colby Everett SAC, so. IF/9-hole Zach Morton 2-out 1B to RF (2-for-3, 2 RBI-R-BB-SAC) … sr. LHP starter Jack Muraski 6.1IP-5R-7H-2BB … game had 8 combined errors
UCONN NOTES – So. CF/3-hole George Springer 3RBI-R-BB-2B-SF … jr. LHP Elliot Glynn 5IP-R-5H-BB-5K … 4R in 5th (4-1 lead) … both teams 10 LOB (UConn left man on 2nd in 8th-9th-10th) … so. RHP Ryan Thompson (L) 0.2IP-R-2H-BB
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11:32 a.m. (2/27/10) – Game-1 highlightes and notes:
Rutgers 010 010 001 – 3 7 0 Iowa 101 010 03X – 6 11 0
TOP IOWA PLAYERS: so. LHP Jarrod Hippen 8.2IP-3R-6H-BB-8K … jr. SS/9-hole Kurt Lee 2-3/2RBI-R-2B-SAC-SB … jr. LF/9-hole Kurt McCool 2-3/2R-3B-SAC
RUTGERS NOTES: sr. RHP Casey Gaynor (L) 6.1IP-3R-8H-BB-5K … jr. 1B/cleanup Jared Matthews 3B/R…jr. RF/leadoff Michael Lang RBI 2B … sr. catcher/7-hole Jayson Hernandez 2-out RBI single in 9th, brought tying run to plate (Iowa jr. RHP Kevin Lee rolle up game-ending 6-4 groundout from pinch-hitter Ryan Kapp)
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10:29 p.m. (2/26/10) – Day-1 scores and links
The first day of competition in the second Big Ten/BIG EAST Baseball Challenge is complete, with the Big Ten winning 7-of-10 games to take a four-game cushion into Saturday’s series of 10 more games (followed by 10 more on Sunday, the tournament’s final day).
The Big Ten outscored the BIG EAST by only 10 runs (56-46), with the day’s action featuring three 1-run games (two of them in extra innings and four others decided by 2-run margins (plus one 3-run game). The BIG EAST had one blowout win (Villanova 13, Purdue 5), while the Big Ten posted the day’s biggest margin when Illinois defeated Notre Dame, 11-1.
BIG TEN/BIG EAST CHALLENGE – Day-1 Results
(Feb. 26, 2010 … Big Ten won 7-of-10)
(BIG EAST wins in italics)
GAME 10 – Louisville 2, Michigan 0 (Dunedin Staduim)
FINAL STATS | LOU Recap | MICH Recap
GAME 9 – Illinois 11, Notre Dame 1 (Jack Russell Stadium)
FINAL STATS | ILL Recap | ND Recap
GAME 8 – Ohio State 4, South Florida 2 (Al Lang Stadium)
FINAL STATS | OSU Recap | USF Recap
GAME 7 – St. John’s 5, Minnesota 4 (Dunedin Stadium)
FINAL STATS | SJU Recap | MINN Recap
GAME 6 – Villanova 13, Purdue 5 (Naimoli Complex)
FINAL STATS | VILL Recap | PUR Recap
GAME 5 – Indiana 10, West Virginia 8 (Jack Russell Stadium)
FINAL STATS | IU Recap | WVU Recap
GAME 4 – Penn State 5, Cincinnati 4 … 12 innings (Al Lang Stadium)
FINAL STATS | PSU Recap | CIN Recap
GAME 3 – Michigan State 5, Seton Hall 3 (Naimoli Complex)
FINAL STATS | MSU Recap | SHU Recap
GAME 2 – Northwestern 6, Connecticut 5 … 10 inn. (Jack Russell Stadium)
FINAL STATS | NU Recap | UConn Recap
GAME 1 – Iowa 6, Rutgers 3 (Al Lang Stadium
FINAL STATS | Iowa Recap | RU Recap
