2006 Big West Baseball 2 Corporate Park, Suite 206 Information Director: Mike Villamor Irvine, CA 92606 Asst. Info. Director: Julie St.Cyr (bbcontact) phone: (949) 261-2525 Email: [email protected] fax: (949) 261-2528 Website: www.bigwest.org Release 20 - Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2006 Standings Upcoming Schedule

Conference Overall 2006 College World Series - Left Bracket W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Hm Rd. Neut. Friday, June 16 Cal State Fullerton 18 3 0 .857 48 13 0 .787 29-5 19-8 0-0 GM 1: No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 8 Georgia Tech 1:00 p.m. GM 2: North Carolina vs. No. 5 Cal State Fullerton 6:00 p.m. Long Beach State 12 9 0 .571 29 27 0 .518 15-12 13-14 1-1 UC Irvine 11 10 0 .524 36 24 0 .600 21-11 15-11 0-2 Sunday, June 18 GM 5: Loser GM 1 vs. Loser GM 2 1:00 p.m. Cal Poly 10 11 0 .476 29 27 0 .518 14-13 14-14 1-0 GM 6: Winner GM 1 vs. Winner GM 2 6:00 p.m. Pacific 9 12 0 .429 30 25 0 .545 18-12 11-12 1-1 Tuesday, June 20 UC Riverside 9 12 0 .429 29 25 0 .540 17-11 12-14 0-0 GM 9: Winner GM 5 vs. Loser GM 6 4:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara 9 12 0 .429 26 28 0 .481 16-11 10-17 0-0 Wednesday, June 21 Cal State Northridge 6 15 0 .286 26 30 0 .464 16-13 10-17 0-0 GM 11: Winner GM 6 vs. Winner GM 9 4:00 p.m.

Cal State Fullerton Makes 14th Trip to College World Series Thursday, June 22 GM 13: Winner GM 11 vs. Loser GM 11 (if necessary) 4:00 p.m.

Cal State Fullerton Takes On The ACC: The Cal State Fullerton Titans are up against three Atlantic *** Winner of the left bracket will face the winner of the right Coast Conference teams (Clemson, North Carolina and Georgia Tech) on the their side of bracket (No. 2 Rice, No. 7 Georgia, Oregon State, Miami) in the the College World Series bracket. When the Titans take on North Carolina on Friday, June best-of-three championship series June 24-26. 16 at 6:00 (CST), this will be the first Big West vs. ACC outing of the year. Overall, the Titans are 24-16 against all ACC schools. Against the ACC teams in Omaha, CSF has only faced All times are Central & subject to change, Double-elimination format Georgia Tech, trailing the series 3-2, and Miami (other half of bracket), leading the series 11-6 which includes a 5-1 record in the CWS. Cal State Fullerton must knock-off all three Recent NCAA Results ACC schools to advance to the championship series. Fullerton Super Regional Big West At The World Series: The Big West Conference has had two baseball National Cham- Friday, June 9 pionships, with both of them being won by the Cal State Fullerton Titans (1995, 2004). The Cal State Fullerton def. Missouri, 7-1 other two titles the Titans earned in 1979 and 1984 were when they were competing in Saturday, June 10 the Southern California Baseball Association (SCBA). Over the past 29 years of Big West Cal State Fullerton def. Missouri, 9-1 baseball, the conference has had three different teams advance to the College World Series - Cal State Fullerton, former member Fresno State (1988, 1991) and Long Beach State. The Fullerton Regional 1988 and 1991 season are the only two years that the Big West has had two representatives Friday, June 2 in the College World Series. No. 2 Fresno State def. No. 3 San Diego, 9-8 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 4 Saint Louis, 6-1

Big West Versus “The Big Guys”: The Big West Conference is the lone conference in the Col- Saturday, June 3 lege World Series that doesn’t sponsor Division I-A football. In 2004 the Big West became No. 3 San Diego def. No. 4 Saint Louis, 19-12 the nation’s only Division I-AA or Division I-AAA multi-sport conference to win a national No. 1 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 2 Fresno State, 9-2 championship with Cal State Fullerton’s national title in baseball. Denver (men’s ice hockey), Alaska-Fairbanks (rifle) and Brown (women’s rowing) won titles in sports that a majority of Sunday, June 4 No. 2 Fresno State def. No. 3 San Diego, 9-8 conferences do not sponsor. No. 1 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 2 Fresno State, 10-3

Cal State Fullerton Crowned Big West Champion: With a 2-0 win over Long Beach State on Friday, Pepperdine Regional May 26, Cal State Fullerton (18-3) earned its third straight Big West title and received the Friday, June 2 league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, making it the Titans’ 15 consecutive No. 2 UCLA def. No. 3 UC Irvine, 3-2 No. 1 Pepperdine def. No. 4 Missouri, 3-2 post-season appearance. Long Beach State finished second in the conference with a 12-9 record, followed by UC Irvine at 11-10. Saturday, June 3 No. 4 Missouri def. No. 3 UC Irvine, 5-4 (14) Titan Wes Roemer Earns Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year: The long-time publication No. 1 Pepperdine def. No. 2 UCLA, 6-0 tabbed the right-hander Co-National Player of the Year with outfielder of Sunday, June 4 James Madison. Wes Roemer becomes the second Big West player in the last three seasons No. 4 Missouri def. No. 2 UCLA, 2-1 to earn the prestigious honor from Collegiate Baseball. Pitcher of Long Beach No. 4 Missouri def. No. 1 Pepperdine, 4-1 State landed the honor in 2004. Cal State Fullerton outfielder shared the award with Tennessee’s in 1995. Monday, June 5 No. 4 Missouri def. No. 1 Pepperdine, 8-3 Long Beach State’s Longoria Picked Third In MLB Draft: Evan Longoria became the highest ever Big West teams in bold 49er drafted, when he went third overall to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft on June 6. He also tied for the fourth highest pick for the Big West Poll Watch Conference. Longoria, one of five finalists for the Golden Spikes Award, batted .353 during Baseball Collegiate Sports his junior season with a team-best 11 home runs and 43 RBIs. Team America Baseball Weekly NCBWA CSF No. 2 No. 2 No. 3 No. 3