Arizona State NCAA Super Regional Media Guide Arizona State University Quick Facts 2003 NCAA Super Regional Location ........................................................................... Tempe, Ariz. Enrollment ................................................................................. 45,693 Arizona State vs. Cal State Fullerton Founded ........................................................................................ 1885 Nickname ............................................................................ Sun Devils June 6-8, 2003 Colors ....................................................................... Maroon and Gold Conference ............................................................................ Pacific-10 Goodwin Field Home Field (Capacity) ................................. Packard Stadium (4,300) Regional Site (Capacity) .................... Tempe Diablo Stadium (9,668) Diablo Dimensions .................................... LF: 340 CF: 420 RF: 360 President ........................................................................ Michael Crow Director of Athletics .......................................................... Gene Smith Baseball Staff Head Coach ....................................................................... Pat Murphy Years at ASU/Record ...................................................Nine/359-176-1 Div. I Career Record ............................................................ 677-292-2 ............................................................................................. 16 seasons Overall Career Record ......................................................... 732-347-4 ............................................................................................. 19 seasons Assistant Coach ................................................... Jay Sferra (8th year) Assistant Coach ..............................................Mike Rooney (5th year) Assistant Coach (Pitching) ...........................Chris Sinacori (2nd year) Director of Baseball Affairs................................ Bob Welch (1st year) Super Regional Schedule Baseball Administration .............................Graham Rossini (4th year) Graduate Manager - Equipment .................. Steve Kirkman (5th year) at Fullerton, Calif. (Goodwin Field) Graduate Manager - Operations ...................... Chris Holick (3rd year) Graduate Manager - Academics ......................... Justin Ross (1st year) Wednesday, June 4 Athletic Trainer ...........................................Kenny McCarty (6th year) Strength Coach ................................................................ Jim Mancuso ASU departs for Fullerton, Calif. Equipment Manager .......................................................... John Bieber Office Assistant ...................................................... Samantha Nakama Thursday, June 5 Baseball Office Number .............................................. (480) 965-3677 Practice - 2:45-4:15 p.m. at Goodwin Field 2003 Team Quick Facts Friday, June 6 2003 Record ..................................................................... 53-12 (.815) Home Record ...................................................................... 31-7 Game 1 - Arizona State vs. Cal State Fullerton, 4:05 p.m. Away/Neutral Record .......................................................... 22-5 2003 Pac-10 Record (Finish) ............................................... 16-8 (2nd) Saturday, June 7 Home Record ........................................................................ 8-4 Game 2 - Arizona State vs. Cal State Fullerton, 2:05 p.m. Away Record ......................................................................... 8-4 National Rankings .................... 4 (CB), 4 (SW), 5 (BA), 3 (NCBWA) Sunday, June 8 (if necessary) Arizona State Postseason History Game 3 - Arizona State vs. Cal State Fullerton, 12:05 p.m. NCAA Tournament Appearances ..................................................... 27 NCAA Tournament Record ............................................ 127-51 (.713) Credits CWS Appearances ............................................................................ 18 National Championships ........................... 5 (1981, ’77, ’69, ’67, ’65) The 2003 Arizona State University NCAA Tournament Media CWS Runner-Up Finishes .................................................................. 5 Guide was compiled, written and edited by Assistant Media Last CWS Appearance ........................................................ 1998 (2nd) Relations Director Jeff Evans to assist the news media in its College World Series Record ........................................... 55-30 (.647) coverage of the Sun Devils in the 2003 NCAA Tournament. It Regional Titles .................................................................................. 13 Last Time to Host Regional ................. 2003 (Tempe Diablo Stadium) is intended as a supplement to the 2003 baseball media guide, copies of which can be obtained from Evans. All photographs Baseball History taken by Scott Troyanos, Jason Wise, Scott Wachter and Rick First Year of Baseball ................................... 1907 (7-2); 1959 (28-18) Overall All-Time Record ................................ 2,316-1,127-6 (1907-P) Scuteri during the 2001, 2002 and 2003 baseball seasons. Spe- Early Record ........................................................................ 333-338-5 cial thanks also to all of the media writers whose clips in this Modern Record .................................................. 1,983-789-1 (1959-P) postseason media guide tell the various stories of several team Packard Stadium Record ...................................... 818-235-1 (1972-P) members through features written in the 2003 season. Best Record All-Time ........................................................ 59-8 (1973) School Records Wins in a Season ........................................ 65 (1976) 2003 Final Pac-10 Baseball Standings Media Relations Information Pac-10 Overall Assistant Director (Baseball Contact) ................................. Jeff Evans Stanford 18-6 44-15 Evans’ E-Mail ........................................................ [email protected] Arizona State 16-8 53-12 Evans’ Direct Line ....................................................... (480) 965-6594 Washington 15-9 42-18 Evans’ Cell Phone ........................................................ (602) 502-9053 Arizona 13-11 35-23 Address ....................................................... Carson Center; Room 131 USC 11-13 28-28 ........................................................................ Tempe, AZ 85287-2505 UCLA 11-13 28-31 Media Relations Phone ................................................ (480) 965-6592 Media Relations Fax .................................................... (480) 965-5408 California 10-14 28-27 Press Box Phone .......................................................... (480) 727-7253 Oregon State 7-17 25-28 ASU Athletic Website ................................... www.TheSunDevils.com Washington State 7-17 19-37 2003 National Collegiate Division I Baseball Championship Regionals Super Regionals College World Series College World Series Super Regionals Regionals May 30-June 1 June 6-8 or 7-9 June 13-22/23 June 13-22/23 June 6-8 or 7-9 May 30-June 1 *Campus or Neutral Sites *Campus or Neutral Sites Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska *Campus or Neutral Sites *Campus or Neutral Sites Double Elimination Best-of-Three Games Double Elimination Double Elimination Best-of-Three Games Double Elimination First-Round Pairings First-Round Pairings First-Round Pairings First-Round Pairings Best-of-Three Championship Series 1 * Florida St. (50-10-1) Best-of-Three Championship Series 1 * LSU (40-19-1) vs. vs. 4 Jacksonville (32-28) 4 Northeastern (27-22) 3 Rutgers (36-20) Florida State LSU 3 UNC-Wilmington (38-21) vs. vs. 2 South Ala. (40-17) 2 Tulane (43-17) Super Regional Champion Super Regional Champion 1 * Texas (43-17) 1 Baylor (41-21) vs. vs. 4 Bucknell (27-14) 4 Murray St. (25-29) 3 Lamar (37-16) Texas Baylor 3 Southern U. (43-5) vs. vs. 2 Arkansas (34-20) 2 * Southern Miss. (45-14) 1 * North Carolina St. (42-16) 1 * Arizona St. (50-12) vs. vs. 4 Le Moyne (33-15) 4 Central Conn. St. (31-15-2) 3 Western Caro. (41-19) NC State Arizona State 3 New Mexico St. (42-16) vs. vs. 2 Va. Commonwealth (45-11) 2 UNLV (45-15) Super Regional Champion Super Regional Champion 1 * Miami (Fla.) (39-14-1) 1 * Cal St. Fullerton (43-13) vs. vs. 4 Bethune-Cookman (30-26) 4 San Diego (31-28) 3 Florida (34-19-1) Miami (Fla.) Cal State Fullerton 3 Notre Dame (43-16) vs. vs. 2 Fla. Atlantic (46-14) 2 Arizona (35-21) 1 * Rice (48-10) 1 * Stanford (41-15) vs. vs. 4 McNeese St. (31-28) 4 Ill.-Chicago (39-16) 3 Wichita State (47-25) Rice National Top Eight Seeds Stanford 3 UC Riverside (40-15) vs. vs. 2 Mississippi (34-25) 2 Richmond (46-13) 1. Florida State (50-10-1) 2. LSU (40-19-1) Super Regional Champion 3. Georgia Tech (44-16) Super Regional Champion 1 * Texas A&M (43-17) 1 * Long Beach St. (38-18) vs. 4. Auburn (40-19) vs. 4 Oral Roberts (41-18) 5. Rice (48-10) 4 Pepperdine (36-23) 6. Stanford (41-15) 3 Houston (32-27) Houston Long Beach State 3 Washington (40-16) vs. 7. Cal St. Fullerton (43-13) vs. 2 Alabama (37-22) 8. Miami (Fla.) (39-14-1) 2 Minnesota (39-20) 1 * Nebraska (44-16) 1 * Mississippi St. (40-18-1) vs. vs. 4 Eastern Mich. (32-26) 4 Middle Tenn. St. (33-25) 3 Southwest Mo. St. (35-23) Southwest Missouri St. North Carolina 3 Missouri (35-20)