NCAA Division I Championships Tempe Regional Bobby Winkles Field at Packard Stadium · Tempe, Ariz.

For Immediate Release June 3, 2005

COASTAL CAROLINA USES SEVEN-RUN FIFTH TO CRUISE PAST UNLV, 12-8 Top-seeded Chanticleers to meet winner of Arizona State-East Carolina game Saturday at 7 p.m.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Coastal Carolina broke open a 3-3 tie with a seven-run fifth inning as the No. 1 seed Chanticleers opened the 2005 NCAA Tournament Tempe Regional with a 12-8 victory over No. 4 seed UNLV Friday afternoon at Winkles Field at Packard Stadium.

Coastal Carolina, the regular season Big South conference champions, improved to 49-14 overall and move on to play the winner of the Arizona State-East Carolina game tomorrow night at 7 p.m.. UNLV, the regular season and conference tournament Mountain West champions, drops to 34-28 on the season. The Rebels will meet the loser of the ASU-ECU game at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon in an elimination game.

CCU ace Ricky Shefka earned the win to improve to 12-2 on the season. The junior right-hander gave up six runs (five earned) and scattered 14 hits while striking out five and walking none.

UNLV starter Matt Luca was saddled with the loss giving up 10 hits and seven runs in four and a third innings of work. The junior right-hander struck out five and walked four to fall to 5-7 on the year.

CCU shortstop Aaron Verrett led the 19- attack by going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and four RBI. He blasted a two-run home run and also added a run-scoring double and single in the contest. Left fielder Jon Foisy (4-for-5), third baseman Chris Todd (3-for-5, 2 RBI), All-American first baseman Mike Costanzo (2-for-6, 2 RBI), second baseman Michael DeJesus (2-for-5, RBI), right fielder Tommy Baldridge (2-for-3, 2 RBI) and catcher Josh Eachues (2-for-5, RBI) also added multi-hit performances.

UNLV nearly equaled Coastal Carolina in the hits column with 18. Shortstop Zeke Parraz (4-for-5, RBI) and first baseman Chris Bonnell (4-for-6, 2 RBI) each had four hits. Left fielder Matt Fry (3-for-5) added three hits as five Rebels recorded multi-hit games.

The Rebels took the early lead in the top of the third inning on a two-run home run from sophomore first baseman Chris Bonnell.

UNLV added another run in the top of the fourth to extend the lead to 3-0. Center fielder JC Sibley led off with a bloop double to right field, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and then scored on a by shortstop Zeke Parraz.

Coastal Carolina tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Verrett hit a two-run home run to left field and third baseman Chris Todd plated the tying run with a single to center field.

The Chanticleers pulled ahead for good with a seven-run fifth inning to take a 10-3 lead. Verrett drove home the go-ahead run in the on a one-out double to the left field gap to score right fielder Tommy Baldridge from first base. CCU als o added a run-scoring double from catcher Josh Eachues and a two-run single from Baldridge as the Chanticleers sent 12 batters to the plate in the inning.

Game Notes: Coastal Carolina starter Ricky Shefka hit only seven batters in 111.1 innings in the regular season, but hit three batters in a row in the third inning… CCU shortstop Aaron Verrett hit a two-run, game-tying home run in the bottom of the fourth inning… it was his fourth home run of the postseason (NCAA/Big South Tournament) after not hitting a homer in 56 regular season games… Coastal Carolina is one of six colleges from the state of South Carolina in the 64-team NCAA Tournament… the two teams combined for 20 runs and 37 hits in the game that lasted 3:15.

Coastal Carolina 12, UNLV 8 (Jun 03, 2005 at Tempe, Ariz.) ------UNLV...... 002 101 202 - 8 18 2 (34-28) Coastal Carolina.... 000 370 11X - 12 19 2 (49-14) ------Pitchers: UNLV - LUCA; BROCK(5); NAVARRO Jr.,(6). Coastal Carolina - SHEFKA, R.; VALTER, M.(7); COSTANZO, M.(9). Win-SHEFKA, R.(12-2) Save-COSTANZO, M.(14) Loss-LUCA(5-7) T-3:15 A-551 HR UNLV - CRUZ (5); BONNELL (8). HR COASTAL - VERRETT, A. (4).

--www.NCAASports.com-- 2005 NCAA Tempe Regional UNLV vs #25 Coastal Carolina Jun 03, 2005 at Tempe, Ariz. (Packard Stadium)

UNLV 8 (34-28) Coastal Carolina 12 (49-14)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg. Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg. ------SIBLEY, JC cf...... 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 .380 TODD, Chris 3b...... 5 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .362 CRUZ, Mike 3b...... 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 .321 DUGGAN, Dom cf...... 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 .337 PARRAZ, Zeke ss...... 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 .347 COSTANZO, Mike 1b/p...... 6 1 2 2 0 3 3 1 2 .387 BONNELL, Chris 1b...... 6 1 4 2 0 0 12 0 0 .330 DeJESUS, Michael 2b...... 5 2 2 1 1 1 3 0 6 .343 BIRD, Ryan rf...... 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .335 RABER, Chris dh...... 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .252 BERANEK, Tyler dh...... 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .343 BURNS, DJ 1b...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .204 TELLAM, Justin c...... 4 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 2 .304 BALDRIDGE, Tommy rf...... 3 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 .364 LANG, CJ 2b...... 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 4 1 .323 ENTSMINGER, Kevin lf.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .306 FRY, Matt lf...... 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 .309 VERRETT, Aaron ss...... 4 2 3 4 1 0 0 2 2 .278 KOWALSKI, Ryan pr...... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 EACHUES, Josh c...... 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 0 3 .247 LUCA, Matt p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - FOISY, Jon lf/rf...... 5 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 .292 BROCK, Eric p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - SHEFKA, Ricky p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - NAVARRO Jr., Efren p.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .255 VALTER, Mike p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Totals...... 41 8 18 8 1 5 24 12 15 Totals...... 41 12 19 12 5 7 27 4 13

Score by Innings R H E ------UNLV...... 002 101 202 - 8 18 2 Coastal Carolina.... 000 370 11X - 12 19 2 ------

E - LANG(18); BROCK(3); BALDRIDGE, T(2); VERRETT, A.(16). DP - Rebels 1. LOB - Rebels 15; Chanticleers 13. 2B - SIBLEY(13); BERANEK(14); FRY(12); COSTANZO, M.(14); VERRETT, A.(13); EACHUES, J.(3). HR - CRUZ(5); BONNELL(8); VERRETT, A.(4). HBP - BIRD; BERANEK; TELLAM. SH - CRUZ(6); DUGGAN, D.(11); RABER, C.(7); ENTSMINGER,(5). SF - SIBLEY 2(3); CRUZ(3); PARRAZ(6). SB - DUGGAN, D.(6); DeJESUS, M.(10).

UNLV IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA Coastal Carolina IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA ------LUCA, Matt...... 4.1 10 7 7 4 5 22 27 97 4.94 SHEFKA, Ricky...... 6.1 14 6 5 0 5 31 36 104 2.75 BROCK, Eric...... 1.1 6 3 1 0 0 11 11 36 6.94 VALTER, Mike...... 2.1 4 2 2 1 0 9 13 48 2.36 NAVARRO Jr., Efren.. 2.1 3 2 2 1 2 8 11 36 5.92 COSTANZO, Mike...... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1.74

Win - SHEFKA, R. (12-2). Loss - LUCA (5-7). Save - COSTANZO, M. (14). WP - LUCA(10). HBP - by SHEFKA, R. (BIRD); by SHEFKA, R. (BERANEK); by SHEFKA, R. (TELLAM). Inherited runners/scored: BROCK 2/2; NAVARRO Jr., 2/0; VALTER, M. 2/1; COSTANZO, M. 2/0. Pitches/strikes: LUCA 97/56; BROCK 36/26; NAVARRO Jr., 36/22; SHEFKA, R. 104/69; VALTER, M. 48/28; COSTANZO, M. 1/1. Umpires - HP: Jim Schaly 1B: Ken Couch 2B: Nelson Graham 3B: John Kleis Start: 2:04 PM Time: 3:15 Attendance: 551 Game notes: Game Time Temp: 90 degrees Game: 05NCAA01

UNLV vs #25 Coastal Carolina Score by Innings R H E ------Jun 03, 2005 at Tempe, Ariz. (Packard Stadium) UNLV...... 002 101 202 - 8 18 2 Coastal Carolina.... 000 370 11X - 12 19 2 UNLV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ab r h bi 1. 22-SIBLEY cf (2) 4 1 1 2 * * 1 2 2 1 ks fc-4 (3) 2b-9 kl f8 sf f8 sf 2. 1-CRUZ 3b 4 1 1 2 * * 2 1 1 3 2 bu kl 1u 13 sac hr-7 f9 f7 sf 3. 10-PARRAZ ss (4) (4) (4) 5 1 4 1 * 2 1 1b-8 (4) 1b-8 f9 sf 1b-ls 63 1b-ls 4. 11-BONNELL 1b 64 6 1 4 2 * * 3 2 1b-rs hr-7 f9 1b-ls 1b-9 e6f 5. 34-BIRD rf (7) (6) (6) 5 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 f9 hbp f9 ks fc-6 13 bu 6. 18-BERANEK dh (7) (8) 4 1 2 0 1 2 l3 hbp f8-rc (9) 2b-9 1b-ls 7. 36-TELLAM c (9) 4 0 2 0 1 3 1b-ls hbp 1b-rs f7 f7 8. 5-LANG 2b e9f (9) (9) 4 2 1 0 2 2 3 f7 p4 ks (1) 1b-ls (1) bb 9. 2-FRY lf 4u (1) 5 0 3 1 * 12-KOWALSKI pr 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 1b-9 ff5 f7 1b-9 (2) 2b-rc

Coastal Carolina IP H R ER BB SO WP HB BK IBB SH SF CI 2B 3B HR AB BF FO GO NP ------SHEFKA, R. W,12-2 6.1 14 6 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 31 36 11 3 104 VALTER, M. 2.1 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 9 13 5 2 48 COSTANZO, M. S,14 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 Coastal Carolina 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ab r h bi 1. 8-TODD, C. 3b (2) e4f (3) 64 5 1 3 2 * * 1 2 2 43 bb 1b-8 (4) 1b-4 1b-8 l3 2. 5-DUGGAN, D. cf x sb 4 1 1 0 3 1 2 bu 1b-6 14 sac fc-4 p3 fc-6 (3) bb 3. 24-COSTANZO, M. 1b/p (4) 6 1 2 2 * * 2 2 2 3 gdp 643 ks ks (6) 1b-ls kl 2b-lc 4. 21-DeJESUS, M. 2b sb (5) (6) (5) 5 2 2 1 * 3 3 3 bb 43 3u (6) 1b-7 (7) 1b-5 kl 5. 27-RABER, C. dh (6) 4 0 0 0 6-BURNS, D. 1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 bu ks ks kl e1f bu 13 sac 6. 26-BALDRIDGE, T rf 3 2 2 2 * 20-ENTSMINGER, lf 2 * 2 0 0 0 0 bu f7-lc (7) 1b-mi (7) bb 1b-8 53 sac 7. 1-VERRETT, A. ss wp 4 2 3 4 * * * * 3 bb hr-7 (8) 2b-lc 63 1b-ls 8. 33-EACHUES, J. c (9) (9) 5 2 2 1 * 3 1 3 63 (1) 1b-mi (1) 2b-ll f7 13 9. 3-FOISY, J. lf/rf (2) (1) (2) (1) (1) (2) (1) 5 1 4 0 1 1b-7 1b-ll (3) 1b-ls 1b-mi 43

UNLV IP H R ER BB SO WP HB BK IBB SH SF CI 2B 3B HR AB BF FO GO NP ------LUCA L,5-7 4.1 10 7 7 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 22 27 1 6 97 BROCK 1.1 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 2 2 36 NAVARRO Jr., 2.1 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 11 1 4 36

Umpires - HP: Jim Schaly 1B: Ken Couch 2B: Nelson Graham 3B: John Kleis Start: 2:04 PM Time: 3:15 Attendance: 551 Game Time Temp: 90 degrees Game: 05NCAA01 2005 NCAA Tempe Regional UNLV vs #25 Coastal Carolina - Play-by-Play Jun 03, 2005 at Tempe, Ariz. (Packard Stadium)

Score by Innings R H E ------UNLV...... 002 101 202 - 8 18 2 Coastal Carolina.... 000 370 11X - 12 19 2 ------

UNLV starters: 22/cf SIBLEY; 1/3b CRUZ; 10/ss PARRAZ; 11/1b BONNELL; 34/rf BIRD; 18/dh BERANEK; 36/c TELLAM; 5/2b LANG; 2/lf FRY; 26/p LUCA; Coastal Carolina starters: 8/3b TODD, C.; 5/cf DUGGAN, D.; 24/1b COSTANZO, M.; 21/2b DeJESUS, M.; 27/dh RABER, C.; 26/rf BALDRIDGE, T; 1/ss VERRETT, A.; 33/c EACHUES, J.; 3/lf FOISY, J.; 29/p SHEFKA, R.;

UNLV 1st - SIBLEY struck out swinging (1-2). CRUZ struck out looking (1-2). PARRAZ singled to center field (0-2). BONNELL singled through the right side (0-0); PARRAZ advanced to second. BIRD flied out to rf (1-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Coastal Carolina 1st - TODD, C. grounded out to 2b (0-1). DUGGAN, D. singled to shortstop (2-0). COSTANZO, M. grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-2); DUGGAN, D. out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

UNLV 2nd - BERANEK lined out to 1b (2-1). TELLAM singled through the left side (0-1). LANG flied out to lf (1-1). FRY singled to right field (0-0); TELLAM advanced to third. SIBLEY reached on a fielder's choice to second base (1-1); FRY out at second 2b unassisted. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Coastal Carolina 2nd - DeJESUS, M. walked (3-2). RABER, C. struck out swinging (1-2). BALDRIDGE, T flied out to lf to left center (1-0). DeJESUS, M. stole second. VERRETT, A. walked (3-2). EACHUES, J. grounded out to ss (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

UNLV 3rd - CRUZ grounded out to p unassisted (1-1). PARRAZ singled to center field (0-0). BONNELL homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); PARRAZ scored. BIRD hit by pitch (1-1). BERANEK hit by pitch (0-0); BIRD advanced to second. TELLAM hit by pitch (1-0); BERANEK advanced to second; BIRD advanced to third. LANG popped up to 2b (0-1). FRY fouled out to 3b (3-1). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Coastal Carolina 3rd - FOISY, J. singled to left field (1-0). TODD, C. walked (3-0); FOISY, J. advanced to second. DUGGAN, D. out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt (0-0); TODD, C. advanced to second; FOISY, J. advanced to third. COSTANZO, M. struck out swinging (2-2). DeJESUS, M. grounded out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

UNLV 4th - SIBLEY doubled to right field (1-1). CRUZ grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (0-1); SIBLEY advanced to third. PARRAZ flied out to rf, SF, RBI (2-2); SIBLEY scored. BONNELL flied out to rf (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Coastal Carolina 4th - RABER, C. struck out swinging (3-2). BALDRIDGE, T singled up the middle (0-0). VERRETT, A. homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); BALDRIDGE, T scored. EACHUES, J. singled up the middle (0-0). FOISY, J. singled down the lf line (1-0); EACHUES, J. advanced to second. TODD, C. singled to center field, RBI (1-1); FOISY, J. advanced to second; EACHUES, J. scored. DUGGAN, D. reached on a fielder's choice to second base (1-0); TODD, C. advanced to second on a fielding error by 2b; FOISY, J. advanced to third. COSTANZO, M. struck out swinging (2-2). DeJESUS, M. grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-2). 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.

UNLV 5th - BIRD flied out to rf (1-0). BERANEK flied out to cf to right center (1-0). TELLAM singled through the right side (2-2). LANG struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Coastal Carolina 5th - RABER, C. struck out looking (0-2). BALDRIDGE, T walked (3-2). VERRETT, A. doubled to left center, RBI (1-2); BALDRIDGE, T scored. VERRETT, A. advanced to third on a wild pitch. EACHUES, J. doubled down the lf line, RBI (3-2); VERRETT, A. scored. FOISY, J. singled through the left side (2-1); EACHUES, J. advanced to third. BROCK to p for LUCA. TODD, C. singled to second base, RBI (2-2); FOISY, J. advanced to third; EACHUES, J. scored. DUGGAN, D. popped up to 1b (0-0). COSTANZO, M. singled through the left side, RBI (1-2); TODD, C. advanced to second; FOISY, J. scored. DeJESUS, M. singled to left field, RBI (0-1); COSTANZO, M. advanced to third; TODD, C. scored. RABER, C. reached on a fielding error by p, bunt (1-1); DeJESUS, M. advanced to second. BALDRIDGE, T singled to center field, 2 RBI (0-0); RABER, C. advanced to third; DeJESUS, M. scored, unearned; COSTANZO, M. scored, unearned. VERRETT, A. grounded out to ss (3-2). 7 runs, 7 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

UNLV 6th - FRY flied out to lf (1-2). SIBLEY struck out looking (2-2). CRUZ homered to left field, RBI (0-0). PARRAZ singled through the left side (0-0). BONNELL singled through the left side (0-0); PARRAZ advanced to second. BIRD struck out swinging (3-2). 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Coastal Carolina 6th - EACHUES, J. flied out to lf (1-1). FOISY, J. singled up the middle (1-1). TODD, C. singled to center field (1-2); FOISY, J. advanced to second. DUGGAN, D. reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (0-1); TODD, C. out at second ss to 2b; FOISY, J. advanced to third. NAVARRO Jr., to p for BROCK. COSTANZO, M. struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

UNLV 7th - BERANEK doubled to right field (2-1). TELLAM flied out to lf (0-0). LANG singled through the left side (1-0); BERANEK advanced to third. FRY singled to right field, RBI (0-0); LANG advanced to second, advanced to third on a fielding error by rf; BERANEK scored. VALTER, M. to p for SHEFKA, R.. ENTSMINGER, to lf for BALDRIDGE, T. FOISY, J. to rf. SIBLEY flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-0); LANG scored, unearned. CRUZ flied out to rf (3-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. 2005 NCAA Tempe Regional UNLV vs #25 Coastal Carolina - Play-by-Play Jun 03, 2005 at Tempe, Ariz. (Packard Stadium)

Coastal Carolina 7th - DeJESUS, M. singled to third base (2-2). RABER, C. grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (0-0); DeJESUS, M. advanced to second. ENTSMINGER, grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt (0-0); DeJESUS, M. advanced to third. VERRETT, A. singled through the left side, RBI (2-0); DeJESUS, M. scored. EACHUES, J. grounded out to p (0-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

UNLV 8th - PARRAZ grounded out to ss (1-1). BONNELL singled to right field (0-0). BIRD reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (2-0); BONNELL out at second ss to 2b. BERANEK singled through the left side (0-1); BIRD advanced to second. TELLAM flied out to lf (0-0). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Coastal Carolina 8th - FOISY, J. grounded out to 2b (1-2). TODD, C. lined out to 1b (0-2). DUGGAN, D. walked (3-0). DUGGAN, D. stole second. COSTANZO, M. doubled to left center, RBI (0-1); DUGGAN, D. scored. DeJESUS, M. struck out looking (3-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

UNLV 9th - LANG walked (3-2). FRY doubled to right center (3-2); LANG advanced to third. KOWALSKI pinch ran for FRY. SIBLEY flied out to cf, SF, RBI (2-2); KOWALSKI advanced to third; LANG scored. CRUZ flied out to lf, SF, RBI (2-1); KOWALSKI scored. PARRAZ singled through the left side (1-1). BONNELL reached on a fielding error by ss (1-1); PARRAZ advanced to second. / for VALTER, M.. COSTANZO, M. to p. BURNS, D. to 1b for RABER, C.. BIRD grounded out to p, bunt (0-0). 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.