1990 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

1990 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
NCAA Central Regional champions Big West Conference champions
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	36–23 (13–5 Big West)
Head coach	Larry Cochell (3rd year)
Home stadium	Titan Field
Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

1990 Big West Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Cal State Fullerton  ‍†‍‍y	13	–	5		.722			36	–	23		.610
No. 28 Fresno State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	8		.619			38	–	24		.613
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍y	13	–	8		.619			40	–	22		.645
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			36	–	22		.621
UNLV  ‍‍‍	10	–	11		.476			29	–	24		.547
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍	10	–	11		.476			34	–	25		.576
San Jose State  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			43	–	17		.717
Pacific  ‍‍‍	1	–	17		.056			14	–	40		.259
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1990 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Titan Field, and played as part of the Big West Conference. The team was coached by Larry Cochell in his third season as head coach at Cal State Fullerton.

The Titans reached the College World Series, their sixth appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for seventh place after losing games to eventual runner-up Oklahoma State and The Citadel.

Personnel

Roster

1990 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster [2]
	Pitchers 9 - Rich Faulks - Junior 12 - Tony Fetchel - Freshman 18 - James Popoff - Sophomore 19 - Jeff Hawkins - Freshman 20 - Doug Ketchen - Junior 22 - Chris Robinson - Junior 25 - Huck Flener - Junior 27 - Sam Colarusso - Senior 30 - Tim Spencer - Sophomore 31 - Bill Fitzgerald - Freshman 32 - Jack Bailey - Junior 33 - Scott Sachrison - Junior 34 - Matt Watson - Junior		Catchers 8 - John Mele - Junior 24 - Frank Charles - Junior 26 - Eddie Lample - Sophomore 39 - Matt Hattabaugh - Junior Outfielders 2 - David Ayala - Sophomore 5 - Domingo Mota - Junior 7 - Matt McElreath - Freshman 10 - Rich Gonzales - Senior 13 - Tom Manley - Junior 35 - Paul Bunch - Senior		Infielders 3 - Mark Shimamoto - Junior 4 - Mate´ Borgogno - Junior 6 - Steve Sisco - Junior 15 - Bobby Kopenhaver - Sophomore 17 - Kevin Farlow - Junior 21 - Phil Nevin - Freshman 28 - Trevor Rush - Freshman 36 - Jeff Higbee - Senior

Coaches

1990 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball coaching staff [2]
1 - Larry Cochell - Head Coach - 3rd Season 23 - Shane Flores - Assistant Coach - 1st Season 41 - Vern Ruhle - Assistant Coach - 1st Season 43 - Fred Hoover - Assistant Coach - 2nd Season

Schedule and results

Legend
	Cal State Fullerton win
	Cal State Fullerton loss

1990 Cal State Fullerton Titans Baseball Game Log [3]
Regular Season
January/February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Jan 30 Cal Poly Pomona* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–1 1–0 Feb 2 at No. 4 Stanford* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 1–8 1–1 Feb 3 at No. 4 Stanford* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 0–1 1–2 Feb 4 at No. 4 Stanford* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 7–8 1–3 Feb 8 at No. 22 Arizona* Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10–3 2–3 Feb 9 at No. 22 Arizona* Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–1 3–3 Feb 10 at No. 22 Arizona* Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 8–9 3–4 Feb 13 US International* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 10–3 4–4 Feb 14 No. 23 Pepperdine* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 13–3 5–4 Feb 16 Rice* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 7–1 6–4 Feb 20 at No. 14 Loyola Marymount* George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 10–12 6–5 Feb 23 US International* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 12–3 7–5 Feb 24 at US International* San Diego, CA W 10–5 8–5
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Mar 6 at No. 14 UCLA* Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 4–12 8–6 Mar 9 at US International* San Diego, CA L 2–310 8–7 Mar 11 No. 15 Loyola Marymount* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–810 9–7 Mar 13 Wyoming* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 7–8 9–8 Mar 14 at UC Riverside* Riverside Sports Complex • Riverside, CA L 4–5 9–9 Mar 16 US International* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 11–2 10–9 Mar 17 Wisconsin* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 7–2 11–9 Mar 18 Wisconsin* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 4–0 12–9 Mar 19 Wisconsin* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 16–1 13–9 Mar 22 No. 11 Illinois* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 4–10 13–10 Mar 23 California* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–410 14–10 Mar 24 California* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 9–13 14–11 Mar 25 California* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 2–6 14–12 Mar 27 San Diego* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–4 15–12 Mar 30 UC Irvine Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 0–4 15–13 0–1 Mar 31 UC Irvine Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 4–2 16–13 1–1
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Apr 1 UC Irvine Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–1 17–13 2–1 Apr 3 at Chapman* Orange, CA L 1–4 17–14 Apr 5 Cal State Los Angeles* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–6 18–14 Apr 6 at Pepperdine* Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA L 1–6 18–15 Apr 10 No. 4 USC* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 5–6 18–16 Apr 12 No. 18 Fresno State Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–3 19–16 3–1 Apr 13 No. 18 Fresno State Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–2 20–16 4–1 Apr 14 No. 18 Fresno State Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 15–4 21–16 5–1 Apr 17 Chapman* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 4–3 22–16 Apr 20 No. 20 UNLV Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–2 23–16 6–1 Apr 21 No. 20 UNLV Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–1 24–16 7–1 Apr 22 No. 20 UNLV Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–1 25–16 8–1 Apr 24 at No. 6 USC* Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 4–5 25–17 Apr 27 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 3–4 25–18 8–2 Apr 28 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 6–9 25–19 8–3 Apr 29 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 5–1 26–19 9–3
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record May 2 at US International* San Diego, CA W 8–2 27–19 May 4 UC Santa Barbara Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–4 28–19 10–3 May 5 UC Santa Barbara Titan Field • Fullerton, CA L 13–14 28–20 10–4 May 6 UC Santa Barbara Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 15–4 29–20 11–4 May 8 No. 17 UCLA* Titan Field • Fullerton, CA W 10–9 30–20 May 11 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, CA W 10–3 31–20 12–4 May 12 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, CA W 11–5 32–20 13–4 May 13 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, CA L 5–11 32–21 13–5
Postseason
NCAA Central Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record May 25 (4) Old Dominion (3) Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 16–3 33–21 1–0 May 26 No. 23 (5) Creighton (3) Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–3 34–21 2–0 May 27 No. 5 (1) Texas (3) Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–2 35–21 3–0 May 28 No. 5 (1) Texas (3) Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–0 36–21 4–0
College World Series Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 2 No. 3 (3) Oklahoma State (6) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 4–14 36–22 0–1 June 4 No. 20 (7) The Citadel (6) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 7–812 36–23 0–2

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". boydsworld.com. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
2. 1990 Baseball Roster (PDF). Cal State Fullerton Titans. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
3. 2024 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton Titans. pp. A106 –A107. Retrieved June 12, 2024.