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Big West Baseball Week 19: Final Release Baseball Contact: Julie St.Cyr, Director of Communications - [email protected] www.bigwest.org Mailing Address: 2 Corporate Park, Suite 206, Irvine, CA 92606 @BigWestBaseball Phone: (949) 261-2525 • Fax: (949) 261-2528 Cal Poly • Cal State Fullerton • CSUN • Long Beach State • UC Davis • UC Irvine • UC Riverside • UC Santa Barbara • Hawai’i 2015 Standings Postseason Accolades Conference Overall ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Team W L Pct. W L T Pct. Hm Rd Neut. West Region - First Team Cal State Fullerton 19 5 .792 39 25 0 .609 21-8 17-13 1-4 Thomas Eshelman, RHP, Cal State Fullerton UC Santa Barbara 16 8 .667 40 15 1 .702 26-7-1 14-8 0-2 Davis Olmedo-Barrera, DH, Cal State Fullerton UC Irvine 15 9 .625 33 23 0 .589 18-8 15-15 0-0 Cameron Newell, OF, UC Santa Barbara Cal Poly 14 10 .583 27 27 0 .500 17-11 10-16 0-0 Dillon Tate, RHP, UC Santa Barbara Hawai’i 12 12 .500 21 32 0 .396 13-17 7-12 1-3 West Region - Second Team Long Beach State 11 13 .458 28 26 0 .519 21-10 7-16 0-0 Keston Hiura, OF, UC Irvine UC Davis 9 15 .375 30 26 1 .536 16-9 14-17-1 0-0 Tyler Peitzmeier, LHP, Cal State Fullerton CSUN 8 16 .333 33 24 0 .579 19-10 14-14 0-0 UC Riverside 4 20 .167 15 40 0 .273 10-20 5-20 0-0 ABCA/Rawlings All-America First Team Schedule Thomas Eshelman, RHP, Cal State Fullerton College World Series Results NCAA Regional Results Davis Olmedo-Barrera, DH, Cal State Fullerton Sunday, June 14 Fullerton Regional Third Team Vanderbilt 4 def. Cal State Fullerton, 4-3 Friday, May 29 Dillon Tate, RHP, UC Santa Barbara No. 2 Arizona State def. No. 3 Clemson, 7-4 Tuesday, June 16 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 4 Pepperdine, 9-3 LSU def. Cal State Fullerton, 5-3 Baseball America All-America Saturday, May 30 First Team No. 4 Pepperdine def. No. 3 Clemson, 10-8 Thomas Eshelman, RHP, Cal State Fullerton No. 1 Cal St. Fullerton def. No. 2 Arizona St., 3-2 (14) NCAA Super Regional Results Freshman Team Sunday, May 31 Chris Mathewson, RHP, Long Beach State Louisville Super Regional No. 4 Pepperdine def. No. 2 Arizona State, 7-4 Keston Hiura, OF, UC Irvine Saturday, June 6 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 4 Pepperdine, 10-1 Cal State Fullerton def. Louisville, 3-2 (10) D1Baseball All-America Sunday, June 7 First Team Louisville def. Cal State Fullerton, 9-3 Lake Elsinore Regional Thomas Eshelman, RHP, Cal State Fullerton Friday, May 29 Monday, June 8 (if necessary) No. 3 Virginia def. No. 2 USC, 6-1 Third Team Cal State Fullerton def. Louisville, 4-3 (11) No. 4 San Diego State def. No. 1 UC Santa Barbara, 4-3 Dillon Tate, RHP, UC Santa Barbara Big West teams in bold, All times Pacific Saturday, May 30 Freshman Team No. 2 USC def. No. 1 UC Santa Barbara, 12-3 Keston Hiura, OF, UC Irvine (1st Team) No. 3 Virginia def. No. 4 San Diego State, 3-1 Chris Mathewson, RHP, Long Beach State (2nd Team) Sunday, May 31 No. 2 USC def. No. 4 San Diego State, 12-11 Louisville Slugger Collegiate Baseball All-America No. 3 Virginia def. No. 2 USC, 14-10 Second Team Thomas Eshelman, RHP, Cal State Fullerton Dillon Tate, RHP UC Santa Barbara Third Team Tyler Peitzmeier, LHP, Cal State Fullerton Freshman Team John Gavin, LHP, Cal State Fullerton Chris Mathewson, RHP, Long Beach State Luke Rasmussen, 1B, Long Beach State Keston Hiura, OF, UC Irvine Brock Lundquist, DH, Long Beach State NCBWA All-America Third Team Thomas Eshelman, RHP, Cal State Fullerton Dillon Tate, RHP UC Santa Barbara Freshman Team Keston Hiura, OF, UC Irvine (1st Team) Chris Mathewson, RHP, Long Beach State (2nd Team) Kyle Nelson, RHP, UC Santa Barbara (2nd Team) BIG WEST BASEBALL The Road To Omaha... Big West Conference NCAA Tournament Big West in NCAA Tournament • The Big West sent two teams to the 64- • The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) (1985-2015) team NCAA Baseball Championship for and Southeastern Conference (SEC) led the 11th time in conference history. Big YRS REG CWS ALL all conferences in the number of teams West Champion and at-large selection UC Cal State Fullerton 29 94-35 24-25 115-60 in the tournament field with seven apiece. Santa Barbara, both of which were select- Long Beach State 18 43-30 6-8 49-38 The Pac-12 had six institutions, while the ed to host an NCAA Regional. UC Irvine 8 22-11 3-4 25-15 Big 10 had a league-record five selected. UC Santa Barbara 6 3-14 0-0 3-12 • With Cal State Fullerton advancing to the Cal Poly 3 3-5 0-0 3-6 Super Regionals this year, the Big West • Each of the 16 regionals featured four UC Riverside 2 2-4 0-0 2-4 has now sent at least one team to the Su- teams who played a double-elimination UC Davis 1 1-2 0-0 1-2 per Regionals 12 out of the last 13 years. format. The regionals were scheduled from Cal State Northridge 1 1-2 0-0 1-2 The 2012 season was the lone year where Friday, May 29, to Monday, June 1 (if neces- *Fresno State 6 14-10 1-4 15-14 the Big West was not represented at the sary). Selection of the eight super regional *Nevada 4 5-8 0-0 5-8 Super Regionals. hosts were announced on www.ncaasports. *UNLV 3 2-6 0-0 2-6 com, Monday, June 1. *Cal State LA 2 1-4 0-0 1-4 • Seven teams posted a .500-or-better *San Jose State 1 1-2 0-0 1-2 overall winning percentage this year for the • There are 31 Division I conferences which Totals 192-134 34-41 223-171 first time since 1990 - Cal Poly, Cal State received an automatic berth in the field of * Reflects NCAA results while a Big West member only. Fullerton, CSUN, Long Beach State, UC 64, along with 33 at-large selections. The Davis, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara. 69th Men’s College World Series began All-Time NCAA Tournament Records play Saturday, June 13, at TD Ameritrade (Current Big West members-Division I Only) • The Big West posted a 151-114-2 (.569) Park Omaha in Omaha, Neb. record versus nonconference opponents YRS REG CWS ALL during the regular season. • The Big West has enjoyed a tradition of Cal State Fullerton 37 117-52 34-29 151-81 representation at the College World Se- Long Beach State 20 44-33 6-8 50-41 • Since 2000 the Big West Conference has ries. In fact, at least one Big West school Hawai’i 13 21-24 3-2 24-26 posted a 123-89 (.580) record in the NCAA has reached Omaha 19 times. Fullerton Tournament, which includes 17 Super Re- UC Irvine 8 22-11 3-4 25-15 brought home the Big West’s first national gional appearances, nine College World Cal State Northridge 5 10-10 0-0 10-10 title in 1995 and then brought home a sec- Series participants and one national cham- UC Santa Barbara 9 7-21 0-0 7-19 ond in 2004. pion (Cal State Fullerton, 2004). Cal Poly 3 3-5 0-0 3-6 1975 - Cal State Fullerton UC Riverside 2 2-4 0-0 2-4 • The Big West Conference has had two 1988 - Cal State Fullerton, Fresno State UC Davis 1 1-2 0-0 1-2 baseball National Championships, with 1989 - Long Beach State Totals 227-162 46-43 273-204 both of them claimed by the Cal State 1990 - Cal State Fullerton Fullerton Titans (1995, 2004). The other 1991 - Long Beach State, Fresno State UC Santa Barbara How Many Times In NCAA two titles the Titans earned in 1979 and 1992 - Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton 1-2 1984 were when they were competing in 1993 - Long Beach State CSU Bakersfield 1-1 Tournament Has Big West... the Southern California Baseball Asso- 1994 - Cal State Fullerton Oregon 1-2 Received just one NCAA bid - five ciation (SCBA). In all, the conference has 1995 - Cal State Fullerton (NCAA champ) Pepperdine 2-0 Received two NCAA bids - 11 sent four different teams to the College 1998 - Long Beach State San Diego State 0-1 Received three NCAA bids - 13 World Series - Cal State Fullerton, former 1999 - Cal State Fullerton USC 2-1 Received four NCAA bids - four member Fresno State (1988, 1991), Long 2001 - Cal State Fullerton Total 7-7 Received five NCAA bids - never Beach State and UC Irvine. 2003 - Cal State Fullerton Hosted two regionals the same year - five BIG WEST TOTAL 19-16 2004 - Cal State Fullerton (NCAA champ) Sent team to College World Series - 19 years • Cal State Fullerton was the lone school in 2006 - Cal State Fullerton Had two teams in CWS the same year - three the 2015 College World Series from a con- 2007 - Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine The Last Time In NCAA Won the championship - twice (‘95, ‘04) ference that doesn’t sponsor Division I-A 2009 - Cal State Fullerton Tournament The Big West... football. In 2004 the Big West Conference 2014 - UC Irvine Received three NCAA bids - 2013 became the nation’s only Division I-AA or 2015 - Cal State Fullerton Division I-AAA multi-sport conference to Received four NCAA bids - 2014 win a national championship in baseball • Below is a list of the Big West Conference Did not host a regional - 2012 with Cal State Fullerton’s national title.