2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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2009 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season 2009
Teams64
Finals site
Champions LSU  (6th title)
Runner-up Texas (33rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Paul Mainieri  (1st title)
MOP Jared Mitchell (LSU)

The 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was held from May 29 through June 24, 2009 and is part of the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 25, 2009. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

Contents

The 2009 tournament culminated with 8 teams advancing to the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning on June 13.

Bids

Automatic bids

Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conf)BerthLast NCAA appearance
Binghamton America East29–20 (13–7)Won AmEast Tourney First appearance
Virginia ACC43–12–1 (16–11–1)Won ACC Tourney 2008 (Fullerton Regional)
Jacksonville A-Sun35–20 (19–11)Won A-Sun Tourney 2007 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Xavier Atlantic 1037–19 (18–9)Won A-10 Tourney First appearance
Louisville Big East44–15 (19–7)Won Big East Tourney 2008 (Athens Regional)
Coastal Carolina Big South46–14 (21–5)Won Big South Tourney 2008 (Cary Super Regional)
Indiana Big Ten32–25 (16–7)Won Big Ten Tourney 1996 (Midwest Regional)
Texas Big 1241–13–1 (17–9–1)Won Big 12 Tourney 2008 (Houston Regional)
UC Irvine Big West43–13 (22–2)Won Big West2008 (Baton Rouge Super Regional)
Georgia State Colonial Athletic39–20 (12–9)Won CAA Tourney First appearance
Rice Conference USA39–15 (16–8)Won C-USA Tourney 2008 (College World Series)
Wright State Horizon33–28 (14–12)Won Horizon Tourney 2006 (Corvallis Regional)
Dartmouth Ivy League27–16 (16–4)Won Ivy championship series 1987 (Northeast Regional)
Marist Metro Atlantic31–26 (15–9)Won MAAC Tourney 2005 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Kent State Mid-American42–15 (17–9)Won MAC Tourney 2007 (Columbia, Missouri Regional)
Bethune–Cookman MEAC32–26 (16–2)Won MEAC Tourney 2008 (Coral Gables Regional)
Wichita State Missouri Valley30–25 (11–7)Won MVC Tourney 2008 (Stillwater Regional)
Utah Mountain West26–29 (8–16)Won MWC Tourney 1960 (District 7)
Monmouth Northeast32–23 (15–11)Won NEC Tourney 2007 (Tempe Regional)
Tennessee Tech Ohio Valley30–22 (10–11)Won OVC Tourney 2001 (Knoxville Regional)
Arizona State Pacific-1044–12 (21–6)Won Pac-102008 (Tempe Super Regional)
Army Patriot League31–18 (13–7)Won Patriot Tourney 2005 (Tallahassee Regional)
LSU SEC46–16 (20–10)Won SEC tournament 2008 (College World Series)
Georgia Southern Southern42–15 (20–8)Won SoCon Tourney 2002 (Clemson Regional)
Sam Houston State Southland36–22 (18–14)Won Southland Tourney 2008 (Houston Regional)
Oral Roberts Summit31–13 (16–2)Won Summit Tourney 2008 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Middle Tennessee Sun Belt43–16 (21–8)Won SBC Tourney 2003 (Starkville Regional)
Southern SWAC30–15 (17–6)Won SWAC Tourney 2005 (New Orleans Regional)
Fresno State WAC32–28 (12–12)Won WAC Tourney 2008 (College World Series)
Gonzaga WCC35–16 (14–7)Won WCC championship series 1981 (West Regional)

Bids by conference

ConferenceTotalSchools
Big 128 Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M
Southeastern8 Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
Atlantic Coast7 Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia
Big Ten3 Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio State
Big West3 Cal Poly, UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton
Conference USA3 East Carolina, Rice, Southern Miss
Mountain West3 San Diego State, TCU, Utah
Pacific 103 Arizona State, Oregon State, Washington State
Colonial2 George Mason, Georgia State
Southern2 Elon, Georgia Southern
Southland2 Sam Houston State, Texas State
Sun Belt2 Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky
Atlantic Sun1 Jacksonville
Atlantic 101 Xavier
America East1 Binghamton
Big East1 Louisville
Big South1 Coastal Carolina
Horizon1 Wright State
Ivy1 Dartmouth
Metro Atlantic1 Marist
Mid-American1 Kent State
Mid-Eastern1 Bethune–Cookman
Missouri Valley1 Wichita State
Northeast1 Monmouth
Ohio Valley1 Tennessee Tech
Patriot1 Army
Southwestern1 Southern
Summit1 Oral Roberts
Western Athletic1 Fresno State
WCC1 Gonzaga

National seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

  1. Texas (41-13-1)
  2. Cal State Fullerton (42–14)
  3. LSU (46–16)
  4. North Carolina (42–16)
  5. Arizona State (44–12)
  6. UC Irvine (43–13)
  7. Oklahoma (41–18)
  8. Florida (42-22)

Regionals and super regionals

Regional schedule

Regional rounds were held Friday, May 29 through Monday, June 1. Each regional followed a double elimination format, with 2 games each played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Monday when needed.

DayGameTeams
Fri. 5/29/0912/3 or 1/4 (host choice)
22/3 or 1/4 (host choice)
Sat. 5/30/093Loser Games 1 & 2
4Winner Games 1 & 2
Sun. 5/31/095Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4
6Winner Games 4 & 5
Mon. 6/1/097if needed, only if winner of game 5 wins game 6

Super Regional Schedule

Best-of-three super regionals were held Friday, June 5 through Monday, June 8. Four series were played Friday-Sunday and four series were played Saturday-Monday with the final day in each grouping if necessary.

Brackets

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.


Austin Super Regional

Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch–Falk Field

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Texas 3
4 Army 1
1 Texas325 [a]
3 Boston College 2
3 Boston College 8
2 Texas State 7
1 Texas14—
Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field
4 Army 10 —
4 Army7
2 Texas State 4
4 Army4
3 Boston College 3
1 Texas102 5
TCU 4 32
1 TCU 6
4 Wright State 3
1 TCU13
3 Oregon State 1
3 Oregon State 9
2 Texas A&M 8
1 TCU5—
Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
3 Oregon State 4 —
4 Wright State 4
2 Texas A&M611
2 Texas A&M 6
3 Oregon State13
  1. ↑ The second round game between Texas and Boston College went 25 innings, the longest game in NCAA History.

Gainesville Super Regional

Hosted by Florida at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Florida 8
4 Bethune–Cookman 7
1 Florida8
2 Miami (FL) 2
3 Jacksonville 4
2 Miami (FL) 9
1 Florida16—
Gainesville Regional – Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
2 Miami (FL) 5 —
4 Bethune–Cookman 7
3 Jacksonville8
3 Jacksonville 0
2 Miami (FL)4
8 Florida 7 6 —
Southern Miss97—
1 Georgia Tech 9
4 Georgia State 3
1 Georgia Tech 7
3 Southern Miss10
3 Southern Miss 17
2 Elon 15
3 Southern Miss3 12
Atlanta Regional – Russ Chandler Stadium
1 Georgia Tech 108
4 Georgia State 3
2 Elon4
2 Elon 4
1 Georgia Tech8

Tempe Super Regional

Hosted by Arizona State at Packard Stadium

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Arizona State 17
4 Kent State 6
1 Arizona State4
2 Oral Roberts 1
3 Cal Poly 3
2 Oral Roberts 13
1 Arizona State8—
Tempe Regional – Packard Stadium
2 Oral Roberts 3 —
4 Kent State10
3 Cal Poly 9
4 Kent State 10
2 Oral Roberts15
5 Arizona State78—
Clemson 4 2 —
1 Clemson 5
4 Tennessee Tech 4
1 Clemson 2
3 Oklahoma State3
3 Oklahoma State 10
2 Alabama 6
3 Oklahoma State 1 5
Clemson Regional – Doug Kingsmore Stadium
1 Clemson156
4 Tennessee Tech6
2 Alabama 2
4 Tennessee Tech 0
1 Clemson10

Chapel Hill Super Regional

Hosted by North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 North Carolina 5
4 Dartmouth 2
1 North Carolina14
2 Coastal Carolina 5
3 Kansas 3
2 Coastal Carolina 11
1 North Carolina12—
Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium
3 Kansas 1 —
4 Dartmouth 0
3 Kansas16
3 Kansas5
2 Coastal Carolina 1
4 North Carolina109—
East Carolina 1 3 —
1 East Carolina 11
4 Binghamton 7
1 East Carolina 2
2 South Carolina12
3 George Mason 3
2 South Carolina 11
2 South Carolina 6 9
Greenville Regional – Clark-LeClair Stadium
1 East Carolina81010
4 Binghamton11
3 George Mason 6
4 Binghamton 9
1 East Carolina16

Fullerton Super Regional

Hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Cal State Fullerton 18
4 Utah 2
1 Cal State Fullerton7
3 Gonzaga 4
3 Gonzaga 19
2 Georgia Southern 10
1 Cal State Fullerton16—
Fullerton Regional – Goodwin Field
4 Utah 3 —
4 Utah11
2 Georgia Southern 10
4 Utah9
3 Gonzaga 7
2 Cal State Fullerton1211—
Louisville 0 2 —
1 Louisville 8
4 Indiana 2
1 Louisville3
2 Middle Tennessee 2
3 Vanderbilt 4
2 Middle Tennessee 5
1 Louisville4 5
Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium
3 Vanderbilt 83
4 Indiana 0
3 Vanderbilt10
3 Vanderbilt6
2 Middle Tennessee 0

Tallahassee Super Regional

Hosted by Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Oklahoma 5
4 Wichita State 4
1 Oklahoma 6
2 Arkansas17
3 Washington State 3
2 Arkansas 10
2 Arkansas11—
Norman Regional – L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park
1 Oklahoma 0 —
4 Wichita State 2
3 Washington State3
3 Washington State 2
1 Oklahoma7
Arkansas79—
Florida State 2 8 —
1 Florida State 16
4 Marist 4
1 Florida State8
2 Georgia 2
3 Ohio State 8
2 Georgia 24
1 Florida State37 [a] —
Tallahassee Regional – Dick Howser Stadium
3 Ohio State 6 —
4 Marist 4
3 Ohio State6
3 Ohio State13
2 Georgia 6
  1. ↑ The 37 runs scored by Florida State in the Tallahassee Regional championship were the most scored by a team in NCAA tournament history.

Oxford Super Regional

Hosted by Ole Miss at Swayze Field

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 UC Irvine 4
4 Fresno State 2
1 UC Irvine 0
2 Virginia5
3 San Diego State 1
2 Virginia 5
2 Virginia4—
Irvine Regional – Anteater Ballpark
1 UC Irvine 1 —
4 Fresno State 1
3 San Diego State4
3 San Diego State 3
1 UC Irvine14
Virginia3 45
Ole Miss 43 1
1 Ole Miss 8
4 Monmouth 1
1 Ole Miss7
3 Western Kentucky 4
3 Western Kentucky 11
2 Missouri 5
1 Ole Miss9 4
Oxford Regional – Swayze Field
3 Western Kentucky 101
4 Monmouth 0
2 Missouri9
2 Missouri 6
3 Western Kentucky11

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Hosted by LSU at Alex Box Stadium

Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 LSU 10
4 Southern 2
1 LSU3
3 Baylor 2
3 Baylor 5
2 Minnesota 0
1 LSU10—
Baton Rouge Regional – Alex Box Stadium
2 Minnesota 3 —
4 Southern 8
2 Minnesota11
2 Minnesota15
3 Baylor 12
3 LSU125—
Rice 9 3 —
1 Rice 5
4 Sam Houston State 2
1 Rice 6
2 Kansas State7
3 Xavier 8
2 Kansas State 16
2 Kansas State 0 4
Houston Regional – Reckling Park
1 Rice813
4 Sam Houston State 6
3 Xavier9
3 Xavier 7
1 Rice12

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachCWS appearancesBest CWS finishCWS record
Not including this year
Arizona State Pac-10 49–12 (21–6) Pat Murphy 20
(last: 2007)		1st
(1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)		59–34
Arkansas SEC 39–22 (14–15) Dave van Horn 5
(last: 2004)		2nd
(1979)		7–10
Cal State Fullerton Big West 47–14 (17–7) Dave Serrano 15
(last: 2007)		1st
(1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)		34–25
LSU SEC 51–16 (20–10) Paul Mainieri 14
(last: 2008)		1st
(1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000)		30–19
North Carolina ACC 47–16 (19–10) Mike Fox 7
(last: 2008)		2nd
(2006, 2007)		13–15
Southern Miss C-USA 40–24 (12–12) Corky Palmer 0
(last: none)		none0–0
Texas Big 12 46–14–1 (17–9–1) Augie Garrido 32
(last: 2005)		1st
(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005)		78–53
Virginia ACC 48–13–1 (16–11–1) Brian O'Connor 0
(last: none)		none0–0

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
2 Cal State Fullerton 6
Arkansas 10
Arkansas 1
3 LSU 9
Virginia 5
3 LSU 9
3 LSU 14-
Arkansas 5 -
2 Cal State Fullerton 5
Virginia 7
Virginia 3*
Arkansas 4*
3 LSU 7111 11
1 Texas 6 54
1 Texas 7
Southern Miss 6
1 Texas 10
5 Arizona State 6
5 Arizona State 5*
4 North Carolina 2*
1 Texas 4-
5 Arizona State 3 -
Southern Miss 4
4 North Carolina 11
4 North Carolina 5
5 Arizona State 12

Championship series

Game 1

Monday, June 22 6:00 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN
Team1234567891011 R H E
LSU100002102017110
Texas00030210000691
WP: Matty Ott   LP: Brandon Workman
Attendance: 23,019
Notes: First time since 2003 that a MCWS Final Series game went into extra innings.

Game 2

Tuesday, June 23 6:00 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN
Team123456789 R H E
Texas1130000005123
LSU010000000152
WP: Taylor Jungmann   LP: Austin Ross
Attendance: 21,871

Game 3

Wednesday, June 24 6:00 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN
Team123456789 R H E
LSU31000501111120
Texas002020000491
WP: Anthony Ranaudo   LP: Brandon Workman
Attendance: 19,986
Notes: LSU wins its 6th College World Series. LSU coach Paul Mainieri wins the first national championship of his career.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

P Taylor Jungmann Texas
Anthony Ranaudo LSU
C Cameron Rupp Texas
1B Dustin Ackley North Carolina
2B DJ LeMahieu LSU
3B Kyle Seager North Carolina
SSTyler CannonVirginia
OF Jared Mitchell (MOP)LSU
Ryan Schimpf LSU
Kole Calhoun Arizona State
DHRussell MoldenhauerTexas

Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %RFSRWSNSCSNC
Southeastern 830–16.652642211
Big 12 820–17.54151111–
Pac-10 310–6.6252111––
Atlantic Coast 725–16.610642–––
Conference USA 313–9.591331–––
Big West 37–6.538211–––
Mountain West 37–6.53821––––
Big East 13–3.50011––––
Big Ten 34–6.4002–––––
Sun Belt 24–4.5001–––––
Southern 21–4.200––––––
Colonial 20–4.000––––––
Southland 20–4.000––––––
Other1711–34.2442–––––

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the regional finals, super regionals, College World Series, national semifinals, championship series, and national champion.

Tournament notes

Round 1

Round 2

Regional finals

Super regionals

College World Series

CWS records broken

  • All-time hits by a player: 28 by Dustin Ackley of UNC, broken against Southern Miss in game 7 [1]
  • Pitchers used in a single game by one team (tied): 8 by Arkansas in game 11 [2]
  • Pitchers used in a single game by both teams (tied): 13 by LSU and Arkansas in game 11 [2]
  • Career games played: 21 by Garrett Gore of North Carolina, broken against Arizona St. in game 10
  • Most wild pitches in a single-game: 4 by Matt Harvey of North Carolina, broken against Arizona St. in game 10
  • Home runs in a College World Series: 4 by Russell Moldenhauer of Texas, tied the record against LSU in game 2 of the finals.
  • Attendance Record: 336,076, previous record set in 2008 of 330,099
  • Combined home runs in the Championship Finals: 12, previous record of 9 set in 2008.

Television/radio/online coverage

Regionals

Super regionals

College World Series

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tar Heels Fall Short Versus Sun Devils". Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Hogs' post-season run ends at Omaha - University of Arkansas Athletics". Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
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