NCAA Baseball

Arizona Downs S. Carolina 4-1, Wins CWS

Monday, 25 June 2012 23:42 | Written by The Associated Press |

NCAA Men's College World Series OMAHA, Neb. -- Andy Lopez finally won his national championship with Arizona.

The Wildcats ended South Carolina's two-year run of dominance at the College World Series with a 4-1 victory on Monday night, rewarding Lopez for persevering through the hard times that came with rebuilding the downtrodden program he took over 11 years ago.

Lopez thought he had a title-caliber team in 2008, but the Wildcats lost a crushing three-game super regional at Miami that he laments to this day.

He was devastated again in 2009 when his team failed to make the national tournament.

A strong recruiting class two years ago formed the core of the team that won Arizona's first national championship since 1986, and fourth overall.

Super Regional Hosts Announced

Tuesday, 05 June 2012 11:19 | Written by The Associated Press |

NCAA Baseball The eight Super Regional hosts were announced Monday by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

A minimum of 45 hours of super-regional television will be provided by ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Consult local listings for specific games shown in each area of the country. As many as 15 national broadcast windows could appear on the three ESPN networks from June 8-11.

The following four super regionals will be played Friday, June 8, Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10 (if necessary). The national seed is indicated before the team name, while updated records through the regionals are in parenthesis.

Record-Setting South Carolina Sweeps Florida, Wins 2nd Straight National Title

Wednesday, 29 June 2011 06:55 | Written by The Associated Press |

NCAA College World Series OMAHA, Neb. -- South Carolina finished the first College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park the same way it did the last one at Rosenblatt Stadium.

The Gamecocks are national champions again.

Michael Roth pitched 7 2/3 innings on three days' rest and the Gamecocks were in control throughout a 5-2 win over Florida on Tuesday night that completed a two-game sweep in the CWS finals.

"Beginning of the year I said we finished at the old one, so let's try to open the new one up," said second baseman Scott Wingo, voted the CWS' Most Outstanding Player. "Coach wasn't sure we would get it, but I'm the type of guy who felt we were going to do it. I was thinking of the Oregon State team the whole year. I had a feeling we would get back and win this thing, and we did."

Late D, Sloppy Florida Propel South Carolina to Game 1 Win in CWS Finals

Monday, 27 June 2011 22:23 | Written by The Associated Press |

NCAA College World Series OMAHA, Neb. -- South Carolina's Christian Walker didn't know until a half-hour before the first pitch whether he would even be able to play in Game 1 of the College World Series finals.

After his adventurous run from first base to home in the 11th inning Monday night, the Gamecocks are one win away from their second straight national championship.

Two throwing errors allowed Walker to score the tie-breaking run in a 2-1 victory over Florida that looked a lot like the Gamecocks' dramatic 13-inning win over Virginia on Friday.

Walker was determined not to miss it.

"I knew it was going to take a lot of pain for me not to play," Walker said. "For the last half of yesterday, I didn't think I was going to be able to."