One year ago on The Blue Workhorse, the media was abuzz about the Fresno State Bulldogs and their run through the playoffs calling them one of the biggest Cinderellas ever. However, Rosenblogger showed why they weren’t Cinderella.
Fresno State Was No Cinderella [The Blue Workhorse]
We’ve previously previewed the NCAA college baseball Regionals and each of the Super Regionals, and with the College World Series set to begin Saturday, it’s time for us to preview the teams that will be playing at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha for the chance to be crowned national champions.
Today, we preview Bracket Two (yesterday we previewed Bracket One) giving you each teams’ projected starting lineup, projected pitching rotation, “Road to Omaha,” and some keys to success:
Schedule/Results (will be updated daily):
Sunday, June 14
* Game 1: North Carolina vs Arizona State - 2 PM EST (ESPN)
* Game 2: Texas vs Southern Mississippi - 7 PM EST (ESPN)
Tuesday, June 16
* Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2 - 2 PM EST (ESPN2)
* Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2 - 7 PM EST (ESPN2)
Thursday, June 18
* Game 5: Loser Game 4 vs Winner Game 3 - 7 PM EST (ESPN2)
Friday, June 19
* Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs Winner Game 5 - 7 PM EST (ESPN2)
(if necessary) Saturday, June 20
* Game 7: (if necessary) Saturday 2 PM or 7 PM EST (ESPN)
North Carolina Tar Heels (47-16)
Projected Starting Lineup:
1. Ben Bunting - LF
2. Dustin Ackley - 1B
3. Kyle Seager - 3B
4. Mark Fleury - C
5. Ryan Graepel - SS
6. Levi Michael - 2B
7. Garrett Gore - RF
8. Mike Cavasinni - CF
9. Jacob Stallings - DH
Projected Pitching Rotation:
1 - Alex White (R)
2 - Adam Warren (R)
3 - Matt Harvey (R)
4 - Patrick Johnson (R)
CL: Brian Moran (L)
North Carolina’s Road to Omaha:
2009 has been another outstanding season for the UNC Tar Heels. After a solid regular season, which saw them win the ACC Coastal Division Title, the Tar Heels earned the national number four seed in the NCAA Tournament. UNC was able to breeze through the Chapel Hill Regional, knocking off Dartmouth, Coastal Carolina, and Kansas by a combined score of 31-8. The Tar Heels continued to roll through the Super Regionals, sweeping past in-state rival East Carolina by the scores of 10-1 and 9-3 to earn the programs fourth straight College World Series appearance.
The UNC program is no longer satisfied with making it to Omaha, they have their expectations set on coming back to Chapel Hill with the title. Coach Fox’s club is certainly equipped to do so, with a roster that includes 6 players that were selected in the top 6 rounds of the MLB Amateur Draft.
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We’ve previously previewed the NCAA college baseball Regionals and each of the Super Regionals, and with the College World Series set to begin Saturday, it’s time for us to preview the teams that will be playing at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha for the chance to be crowned national champions.
Today, we preview Bracket One (tomorrow we’ll give you Bracket Two) giving you each teams’ projected starting lineup, projected pitching rotation, “Road to Omaha,” and some keys to success:
Schedule/Results (will be updated daily):
Saturday, June 13
* Game 1: Arkansas vs. (2) Cal St. Fullerton - 2 PM EST (ESPN)
* Game 2: Virginia vs. (3) LSU - 7 PM EST (ESPN)
Monday, June 15
* Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2 - 2 PM EST (ESPN2)
* Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2 - 7 PM EST (ESPN2)
Wednesday, June 17
* Game 5: Loser Game 4 vs Winner Game 3 - 7 PM EST (ESPN2)
Friday, June 19
* Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs Winner Game 5 - 2 PM EST (ESPN2)
(if necessary) Saturday, June 20
* Game 7: 2 PM or 7 PM EST (ESPN)
Cal State Fullerton Titans (47-14)
Projected Starting Lineup:
1. Christian Colon - SS
2. Gary Brown - LF/RF
3. Josh Fellhauer - CF
4. Jared Clark - 1B
5. Khris Davis - DH/RF
6. Dustin Garneau - C
7. Jeff Newman - LF
8. Joe Scott - 2B
9. Joey Siddons - 3B
Projected Pitching Rotation:
1 - Noe Ramirez (R)
2 - Daniel Renken (R)
3 - Tyler Pill (R)
4 - Kyle Witten (R)
CL: Nick Ramirez (L)
Fullerton’s Road to Omaha:
With an impressive non-conference schedule that included tournament teams TCU, San Diego State, Southern Miss, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts, and Arizona State, the Titans were awarded the national number two seed after a 42-14 campaign, and the Titans have shown they are no fluke dominating the Fullerton Regional and Fullerton Super Regional to make it to Omaha for the fifth time in seven years!
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Schedule/Results:
* Game 1: Saturday 3 PM EST (ESPNU)
* Game 2: Sunday 7 PM EST (ESPN2)
* Game 3: (if necessary) Monday 1 PM or 7 PM EST (ESPN/ESPN2)
Gainesville Super Regional
Southern Miss (38-24) vs. Florida (42-20)
Florida Gators
Road to the Super Regional: The Gators of Florida were the SEC East champions after a 19-11 conference record, but fell twice to Arkansas in the SEC Tournament. Florida nearly let the losses carry over to their performance in the Gainesville Regional when they needed five runs in the final two innings to rally to beat Bethune-Cookman in the opener. It took a two-run single by Teddy Foster to dig Florida out of what had been a 7-5 deficit entering the bottom of the ninth inning. The #8 national seed then breezed by in-state rival Miami twice (8-2, 16-5) to advance to the Super Regionals.
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Schedule/Results:
* Game 1: Saturday noon EST (ESPNU)
* Game 2: Sunday noon EST (ESPN)
* Game 3: (if necessary) Monday 1 PM or 7 PM EST (ESPN/ESPN2)
Chapel Hill Super Regional
North Carolina (45-16) vs. East Carolina (45-16)
North Carolina Tar Heels -
Road to the Super Regional: The Tar Heels have put together another solid campaign currently owning a 45-16 record, including a split of two games against East Carolina. North Carolina finished 19-10 in the ACC winning the Coastal Division but didn’t fare well at the end of the season or in the ACC tournament finishing just 5-5 over their final 10 games. They didn’t let that deter them in the Chapel Hill Regional as they swept through barely breaking a sweat winning over Dartmouth (5-2), Coastal Carolina (14-5), and Kansas (12-1).
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Schedule/Results:
* Game 1: Saturday 9 PM EST (ESPNU)
* Game 2: Sunday 10 PM EST (ESPN2)
* Game 3: (if necessary) Monday 7 PM EST (ESPN2)
Tempe Super Regional
Clemson (44-20) vs. Arizona State (47-12)
Arizona State Sun Devils -
Road to the Super Regional: Arizona State earned the number five national seed following a stellar regular season, which saw the Sun Devils capture their third straight Pac 10 title. ASU rolled through the Tempe Regional, opening up with a 17-6 beatdown of number four seeded Kent State. The Sun Devils then got by Oral Roberts by a score of 4-1 to advance to the championship game. Once again, ASU defeated Oral Roberts (8-3) to earn a trip back to the Super Regionals.
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Schedule/Results:
* Game 1: Friday 2 PM EST (ESPN2)
* Game 2: Saturday noon EST (ESPN2)
* Game 3: (if necessary) Sunday 3 PM EST (ESPN)
Oxford Super Regional
Ole Miss (43-18) vs. Virginia (46-12-1)
Mississippi Rebels
Road to the Super Regional: Beginning the season ranked in the Top 10 and finishing likewise, along with a 20-10 SEC record, the Rebels were named regular season Co-Champions with LSU. However, as the SEC Tournament’s #3 seed they were sent home early after being ousted in two games. Ole Miss made sure the same did not happen when they hosted the Oxford Regional winning easily over Monmouth (8-1) and Western Kentucky (7-4) in their first two games. After leading 9-3 in the Regional finals, the Rebels watched as Western Kentucky took a dramatic victory hitting 3 home runs and scoring 7 runs in the final two innings, inlcuding 6 runs off closer Jake Morgan before he was pulled without recording an out. But in Monday’s elimination game, Drew Pomeranz was nearly unhittable throwing a complete game two-hitter on only two days rest! He struck out 16 to tie an Ole Miss record and send the Rebelsto the Supers.
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Schedule/Results:
* Game 1: Friday 7 PM EST (ESPN)
* Game 2: Saturday 5 PM EST (ESPN)
* Game 3: (if necessary) Sunday 7 PM EST (ESPN2)
Baton Rouge Super Regional
LSU (49-16) vs. Rice (43-16)
Louisiana State Tigers -
Road to the Super Regional: The LSU Tigers earned the number 3 national seed following a stellar season, which included capturing the SEC regular season and tournament titles. In the conference tournament, the Bayou Bengals fought back from an opening round loss to Vanderbilt to win the SEC tourney. LSU was able to make it to the Super Regionals on ESPN due to a sweep through the hosted Baton Rouge Regional over the likes of Southern, Baylor and Minnesota with their only real test coming when the Tigers needed a 10th inning Austin Nola RBI single to beat Baylor 3-2.
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