1999 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

1999 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
NCAA Columbus Super Regional champions NCAA South Bend Regional champions Big West Conference champions
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	50–14 (25–5 Big West)
Head coach	George Horton (3rd year)
Home stadium	Goodwin Field
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Big West Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Cal State Fullerton  ‍†‍‍y	25	–	5		.833			50	–	14		.781
No. 26 Nevada  ‍‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			38	–	20		.655
No. 29 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			35	–	25		.583
Pacific  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			32	–	24		.571
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			27	–	26		.509
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			21	–	34		.382
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			18	–	39		.316
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			18	–	38		.321
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Goodwin Field, and played as part of the Big West Conference. The team was coached by George Horton in his third season as head coach at Cal State Fullerton.

The Titans reached the College World Series, their tenth appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for fifth place after winning a game against Texas A&M and losing to Stanford and eventual runner-up Florida State.

Personnel

Roster

1999 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster [2]
	Pitchers 2 - Kirk Saarloos - Sophomore 12 - Jordan De Jong - Sophomore 19 - George Carralejo - Sophomore 22 - Matt Sorensen - Sophomore 23 - Adam Johnson - Sophomore 27 - Jason Westemeir - RS Freshman 31 - Marco Harlon - Senior 32 - John Skinner - Junior 34 - Jon Smith - Sophomore 38 - Ruben Jurado - Senior 42 - Mike Garner - Junior 47 - Ryan Alvarez - Freshman 48 - Sean Martin - Freshman 49 - Barry Hawkins - Junior		Catchers 15 - Craig Patterson - Junior 24 - Brett Kay - Freshman 36 - Chad Baum - Senior 40 - Russell Vanderhook - Junior 41 - Jeff Gates - Junior 43 - Sean Bischofberger - Freshman Outfielders 5 - Reed Johnson - Junior 6 - Chris Stringfellow - Freshman 17 - Rudy Simpson - Freshman 20 - Chris Beck - Junior 21 - Spencer Oborn - Junior 25 - Rod Perry - Sophomore 26 - Robert Guzman - Freshman 35 - Mike Tomarelli - Sophomore		Infielders 1 - David Bacani - Sophomore 3 - Shawn Norris - Freshman 4 - Ryan Owens - Junior 9 - Ryan Moore - Senior 10 - Donnie Furnald - Freshman 11 - Chad Olszanski - Sophomore 45 - Aaron Rifkin - Sophomore

Coaches

1999 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball coaching staff [2]
8 - George Horton - Head Coach - 3rd Season 18 - Dave Serrano - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator - 3rd Season 28 - Rick Vanderhook - Assistant Coach - 13th Season 39 - Mike Kirby - Assistant Coach - 4th Season

Schedule and results

Legend
	Cal State Fullerton win
	Cal State Fullerton loss

1999 Cal State Fullerton Titans Baseball Game Log [3]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Feb 5 No. 8 Stanford* No. 11 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 8–0 1–0 Feb 6 No. 8 Stanford* No. 11 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 5–6 1–1 Feb 7 No. 8 Stanford* No. 11 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 7–13 1–2 Feb 10 at No. 30 Pepperdine* No. 14 Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA L 7–8 1–3 Feb 12 Fresno State* No. 14 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 15–7 2–3 Feb 13 Fresno State* No. 14 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 4–3 3–3 Feb 14 Fresno State* No. 14 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 8–4 4–3 Feb 17 at No. 12 USC* No. 14 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 6–5 5–3 Feb 19 at UNLV* No. 14 Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV W 21–14 6–3 Feb 20 at UNLV* No. 14 Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV W 16–6 7–3 Feb 21 at UNLV* No. 14 Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV W 13–2 8–3 Feb 24 USC* No. 10 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 7–5 9–3 Feb 26 at No. 22 Alabama* No. 10 Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 5–2 10–3 Feb 27 at No. 22 Alabama* No. 10 Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama L 4–5 10–4 Feb 28 at No. 22 Alabama* No. 10 Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama L 6–7 10–5
March Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Mar 2 at San Diego State* No. 16 Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA W 15–7 11–5 Mar 5 Houston* No. 16 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 3–2 12–5 Mar 6 Houston* No. 16 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 8–7 13–5 Mar 7 Houston* No. 16 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–3 14–5 Mar 12 New Mexico State No. 15 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 12–4 15–5 1–0 Mar 13 New Mexico State No. 15 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 11–2 16–5 2–0 Mar 14 New Mexico State No. 15 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 10–3 17–5 3–0 Mar 16 No. 20 Arizona State* No. 14 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 7– 18–5 Mar 19 at Sacramento State No. 14 Hornet Field • Sacramento, CA W 21–2 19–5 4–0 Mar 20 at Sacramento State No. 14 Hornet Field • Sacramento, CA W 11–5 20–5 5–0 Mar 21 at Sacramento State No. 14 Hornet Field • Sacramento, CA W 14–7 21–5 6–0 Mar 23 Loyola Marymount* No. 8 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 8–2 22–5 Mar 26 No. 28 Nevada No. 8 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 11–5 23–5 7–0 Mar 27 No. 28 Nevada No. 8 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–4 24–5 8–0 Mar 28 No. 28 Nevada No. 8 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 11–5 25–5 9–0
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Apr 1 at Pacific No. 5 Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, CA W 13–7 26–5 10–0 Apr 2 at Pacific No. 5 Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, CA W 15–2 27–5 11–0 Apr 3 at Pacific No. 5 Billy Hebert Field • Stockton, CA L 3–4 27–6 11–1 Apr 7 San Diego* No. 4 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 15–2 28–6 Apr 9 at Long Beach State No. 4 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 4–11 28–7 11–2 Apr 10 at Long Beach State No. 4 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 5–2 29–7 12–2 Apr 12 at Long Beach State No. 4 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 6–5 30–7 13–2 Apr 14 No. 3 Pepperdine* No. 4 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 3–5 30–8 Apr 16 Cal Poly No. 4 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–1 31–8 14–2 Apr 17 Cal Poly No. 4 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 12–5 32–8 15–2 Apr 18 Cal Poly No. 4 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 11–8 33–8 16–2 Apr 21 at Loyola Marymount* No. 3 George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 5–3 34–8 Apr 23 at UC Santa Barbara No. 3 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA W 5–2 35–8 17–2 Apr 24 at UC Santa Barbara No. 3 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA W 14–4 36–8 18–2 Apr 25 at UC Santa Barbara No. 3 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA W 15–1 37–8 19–2 Apr 27 at UCLA* No. 2 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 11–10 38–8 Apr 30 Sacramento State No. 2 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 4–0 39–8 20–2
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record May 1 Sacramento State No. 2 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 14–7 40–8 21–2 May 2 Sacramento State No. 2 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 10–13 40–9 21–3 May 7 at New Mexico State No. 2 Presley Askew Field • Las Cruces, NM W 13–5 41–9 22–3 May 8 at New Mexico State No. 2 Presley Askew Field • Las Cruces, NM W 19–11 42–9 23–3 May 9 at New Mexico State No. 2 Presley Askew Field • Las Cruces, NM W 21–2 43–9 24–3 May 14 Long Beach State No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 0–4 43–10 24–4 May 15 Long Beach State No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 10–3 44–10 25–4 May 16 Long Beach State No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 3–15 44–11 25–5
Postseason
NCAA South Bend Regional Date Opponent Rank/Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record May 28 (4) Michigan No. 4 (1) Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 6–5 45–11 1–0 May 29 (2) Notre Dame No. 4 (1) Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 6–3 46–11 2–0 May 30 (4) Michigan No. 4 (1) Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 9–4 47–11 3–0
NCAA Columbus Super Regional Date Opponent Rank/Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SR Record June 4 No. 10 Ohio State No. 4 (3) Bill Davis Stadium • Columbus, OH L 7–10 47–12 0–1 June 5 No. 10 Ohio State No. 4 (3) Bill Davis Stadium • Columbus, OH W 11–5 48–12 1–1 June 6 No. 10 Ohio State No. 4 (3) Bill Davis Stadium • Columbus, OH W 13–2 49–12 2–1
College World Series Date Opponent Rank/Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 12 No. 1 (6) Stanford No. 4 (3) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–9 49–13 0–1 June 14 No. 9 (7) Texas A&M No. 4 (3) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 4–2 50–13 1–1 June 16 No. 1 (2) Florida State No. 4 (3) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–7 50–14 1–2

Rankings

See also: 1999 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'		*																		6
Baseball America																				6
Collegiate Baseball^	11	14	14	10	16	15	14	8	5	4	4	3	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	6
NCBWA†

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1999". boydsworld.com. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
2. 1999 Baseball Roster (PDF). Cal State Fullerton Titans. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
3. 2024 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton Titans. p. A106. Retrieved June 12, 2024.