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News Nuggets, 06.07.04
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Texas is heading to the super regionals in an
enviable position: as the No. 1 national seed with home-field advantage.
The Longhorns (53-13), making their third straight
super regional appearance, will host Vanderbilt (45-17) on Friday in one of
eight best-of-3 super regionals.
The host sites all on campus fields were
announced late Sunday night by the NCAA's Division I baseball committee.
Texas is looking to reach the College World Series
for the 31st time to extend its NCAA record. Meanwhile, Vanderbilt is going
for its first appearance in Omaha.
The Commodores, a No. 2 seed in their regional,
advanced with a victory over Virginia, the host and top seed.
The other sites and pairings are:
- Florida State (45-21) at Arkansas (43-22)
starting Friday.
- Arizona (33-24-1) at Long Beach State (39-19)
starting Friday.
- Georgia (41-21) at Georgia Tech (44-19),
starting Friday.
- Tulane (41-19) at Cal State Fullerton (40-21),
starting Saturday.
- Texas A&M (42-20) at Louisiana State (44-17),
starting Saturday.
- Florida (43-20) at Miami (47-11), starting
Saturday.
Also starting Saturday, South Carolina (48-15) will
host the winner of Monday's regional final between East Carolina (50-11) and
UNC-Wilmington. The Seahawks need to win twice to advance.
The eight winners of the super regionals will play
in the College World Series, which begins June 18 in Omaha, Neb.
Charlie Carr, the chairman of the Division I college
baseball committee, said the remaining national seeds Texas, South
Carolina, Miami, Georgia Tech and Arkansas were given preference to host.
The national seeds that were eliminated were No. 5
Stanford, No. 6 Rice and No. 7 Arizona State.
The defending national champion Owls were ousted
Sunday by Texas A&M on Justin Ruggiano's grand slam in the eighth inning of
a 7-5 victory.
"There wasn't a minute the entire weekend that was
boring," Carr said. "We were all very pleased to have a good blend of great
baseball teams and Cinderella teams, as well."
Two teams seeded No. 3 in their regionals Arizona
and Tulane advanced.
Arizona has played in the College World Series 14
times, but hasn't made it since 1986.
Five of last year's College World Series
participants Cal State Fullerton, LSU, Miami, South Carolina and Texas
are two wins away from return trips.
Dixie
State takes junior college title
GRAND JUNCTION, CO Dixie State College of Utah won
its first national junior college baseball title Saturday night, beating San
Jacinto North College of Texas 4-3.
Trevor Heid drove in two runs for the Rebels, and
Chad Barden hit a home run. James Platt pitched five innings in relief for
the victory, striking out five.
Sean Ferguson homered for the five-time champion
Gators.
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