The 2007 College World Series was held from June 15-24, 2007 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met at Rosenblatt Stadium after having played their way through a 64-team bracket. This was the 61st College World Series overall, and the 58th to be held in Omaha.
Oregon State went undefeated through the College World Series, posting a 5-0 record. The Beavers, lead by head coach Pat Casey, won all three games in their four-team bracket and then defeated North Carolina in two games in the best-of-three championship series. Oregon State became the fifth team to win consecutive NCAA titles (last done by LSU in 1996-97), and were the first team to win four games in a CWS by six or more runs. Their opener against Cal State Fullerton was a tight 3-2 victory, but OSU's last four games in the CWS were not close, impressive for a team seeded in the lower half of the 64-team tournament.
The Beavers also became the first team to win the CWS after having posted a losing conference record. Oregon State was a disappointing 10-14 (.417) in the Pac-10, placing sixth among the nine baseball-playing schools (Oregon dropped baseball in 1981, but revived it in 2009.)
However, the Beavers' non-conference record during the regular season was an impressive 28-3 (.903), and as defending NCAA champions, just enough to gain a berth in the 64-team tournament. They were placed as a #3 seed in one of the 16 four-team regionals, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Oregon State responded by going 11-1 (.917) in the post season. Oregon State won their final 10 games to finish at 49-18 (.731) overall. The Beavers trailed in only one inning of 2007 CWS: the first inning of the final game. Their only loss in the post season came during the second game of regionals, where they fell in 13 innings to host Virginia.[1]
Oregon State freshman pitcher Jorge Reyes (of Warden, Washington) was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 CWS. Reyes was 2-0 as a starter, defeating Cal State Fullerton in the opener and North Carolina in the first game of the finals.
Participants
| School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | CWS Appearances | CWS Best Finish | CWS Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi State | SEC | 38 - 20 (15 - 13) | Ron Polk | 7 (last: 1998) |
3rd (1985) |
7 - 14 |
| Rice | C-USA | 54 - 12 (22 - 2) | Wayne Graham | 5 (last: 2006) |
1st (2003) |
8 - 9 |
| UC Irvine | Big West | 45 - 15 - 1 (15 - 6) | Dave Serrano | 0 (last: none) |
none | 0 - 0 |
| Louisville | Big East | 46 - 22 (19 - 8) | Dan McDonnell | 0 (last: none) |
none | 0 - 0 |
| Arizona State | Pac-10 | 48 - 13 (19 - 5) | Pat Murphy | 19 (last: 2005) |
1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) |
58 - 32 |
| North Carolina | ACC | 53 - 13 (21 - 9) | 5 (last: 2006) |
2nd (2006) |
6 - 10 | |
| Cal State Fullerton | Big West | 38 - 23 (10 - 11) | George Horton | 14 (last: 2006) |
1st (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004) |
34 - 23 |
| Oregon State | Pac-10 | 44 - 18 (10 - 14) | Pat Casey | 3 (last: 2006) |
1st (2006) |
6 - 6 |
Tournament Notes
- Oregon State is one of only five teams (LSU: 96-97, Texas: 49-50, Southern California: 70-74, Stanford: 87-88) to win consecutive CWS titles
- Oregon State is also the first team to repeat as champion since the CWS switched to the current 3-game championship series.
- Oregon State is the first champion to make it back to the CWS the year after they won title since Texas appeared in the 2003 after winning it in 2002
- The 2007 Oregon State Beavers are the first CWS champions with a conference record of less than .500 (10-14)
- Louisville is the second school whose athletic teams have played in a Final Four, BCS bowl game, and a College World Series within the last three years. Florida is the other school.
- 2007 marks the 15th year in a row that the SEC has had at least one team make it to Omaha.
- 2007 marks the second time the College World Series champions and runners up are the same two consecutive years.
Bracket
The teams were separated into two four-team double elimination tournaments; the winners met for a best-of-three starting June 23. In the bracket below, in each round the match-up in the game in the loser's bracket is determined by the results of the games in "the same round" in the winners' bracket, and therefore was necessarily played after those winners' bracket games.
2007 College World Series Bracket
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| — | Oregon State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Cal State Fullerton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Oregon State | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Arizona State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Arizona State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | UC-Irvine | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Oregon State | 7 | -- | ||||||||||||||||||
| — | UC-Irvine | 1 | -- | ||||||||||||||||||
| — | Cal State Fullerton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | UC-Irvine | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Arizona State | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | UC-Irvine | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Oregon State | 11 | 9 | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | North Carolina | 4 | 3 | -- | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rice | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Louisville | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rice | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | North Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Mississippi State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | North Carolina | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rice | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | North Carolina | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| — | Louisville | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Mississippi State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | North Carolina | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Louisville | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Final CWS standings
| Place | School | CWS Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oregon State | 5-0 |
| 2nd | North Carolina | 4-3 |
| 3rd | Rice | 2-2 |
| UC-Irvine | 2-2 | |
| 5th | Arizona State | 1-2 |
| Louisville | 1-2 | |
| 7th | Cal State-Fullerton | 0-2 |
| Mississippi State | 0-2 |
Results
All times are CDT.
Friday 6/15
Game 1: 1:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 4 |
| Rice | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | x | 15 | 19 | 0 |
WP: Bobby Bramhall (7-2) LP: Trystan Magnuson (3-3)
HRs: Lville – Johnson 2, Dominguez Rice – Savery, Luna
Game 2: 6:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi State | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | x | 8 | 12 | 0 |
WP: Adam Warren (11-0) LP: Justin Pigott (7-7) SV: Andrew Carignan (16)
HRs: MSU – Moreland
Saturday 6/16
Game 3: 1:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Arizona State | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 | 9 | 0 |
WP: Jason Jarvis (2-2) LP: Scott Gorgen (12-3)
HRs: ASU – Reatherford, I.Davis, Spencer
Game 4: 6:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
WP: Jorge Reyes (6-3) LP: Wes Roemer (11-7) SV: Eddie Kunz (12)
HRs: OSU – Lissman, Santschi CSF – Mahin
Sunday 6/17
Game 5: 1:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 1 |
| Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
WP: Justin Marks (9-2) LP: Chad Crosswhite (8-5)
HRs: Lville – Johnson, Burton, Dominguez 2 MSU – Turner
Game 6: 6:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
WP: Joe Savery (11-1) LP: Alex White (6-6) SV: Cole St.Clair (9)
HRs: Rice – Luna
Monday 6/18
Game 7: 1:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal State Fullerton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| UC Irvine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 6 |
WP: Dylan Axelrod (6-4) LP: Bryan Harris (2-3)
HRs: CSF – Wallach UCI – Holiday, Cipriano
Game 8: 6:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Oregon State | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | 12 | 18 | 1 |
WP: Mike Stutes (21-4) LP: Brian Flores (11-2)
HRs: OSU – Lissman, Lennerton
Tuesday 6/19
Game 9: 1:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
WP: Luke Putkonen (8-1) LP: Colby Wark (3-4) SV: Andrew Carignan (17)
HRs: Lville – Johnson
Game 10: 6:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| UC Irvine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
WP: Scott Gorgen (13-3) LP: Mike Leake (13-2)
HRs: ASU – Paramore UCI – Cipriano
Wednesday 6/20
Game 11: 1:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
WP: Woodard (11-2) LP: Berry (11-3)
HRs: UNC – Ackley
Game 12: 6:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Oregon State | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 7 | 11 | 0 |
WP: Daniel Turpen (10-1) LP: Christian Bergman (0-4)
HRs: OSU – Canham
Thursday 6/21
Game 13: 6:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 7 | 7 | 0 |
WP: Adam Warren (12-0) LP: Matt Langwell (8-2) SV: Andrew Carignan (18)
HRs: UNC – Ackley, Fedroff, Williams, Horton
Saturday 6/23
Game 14: 6:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| Oregon State | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | X | 11 | 12 | 2 |
WP: Jorge Reyes (2-0) LP: Alex White (6-7)
HRs: UNC – Johnson OSU – Lennerton
Sunday 6/24
Game 15: 6:00 PM
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon State | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
WP: Mike Stutes (2-4) LP: Luke Putkonen (8-2)
HRs: OSU – Barney, Lennerton UNC – Ackley
All Tournament Team
The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| P | Jorge Reyes | Oregon State |
| Andrew Carignan | North Carolina | |
| 1B | Dustin Ackley | North Carolina |
| 2B | Joey Wong | Oregon State |
| 3B | Diego Seastrunk | Rice |
| SS | Darwin Barney | Oregon State |
| C | Mitch Canham | Oregon State |
| OF | Bryan Petersen | UC Irvine |
| Tim Fedroff | North Carolina | |
| Scott Santschi | Oregon State | |
| DH | Mike Lissman | Oregon State |
Notable players
- Mississippi State: Edward Easley
- Rice: Joe Savery, Danny Lehmann, Aaron Luna, Diego Seastrunk, Cole St.Clair
- North Carolina: Adam Warren, Josh Horton, Andrew Carignan, Dustin Ackley, Chad Flack
- UC-Irvine: Scott Gorgen, Dylan Axelrod, Bryan Peterson, Cody Cipriano
- Cal State-Fullerton: Wesley Roemer, Nick Mahin
- Arizona State: Brett Wallace
- Louisville: Trystan Magnuson, Logan Johnson, Chris Dominguez, Chris Cates
- Oregon State: Edward Kunz, Mitchell Canham, Chris Hopkins, Mike Lissman, Darwin Barney, Jorge Reyes
CWS records tied or broken
- Oregon State became the first team to win four games by six or more runs in the CWS.
- Oregon State became the first team to win the CWS while having a losing record in regular season conference play.
- North Carolina's Rob Wooten pitched in a record 6 games in a single CWS.
- North Carolina tied a CWS record by turning five double plays in game one of the final series against Oregon State.[2]
- North Carolina used a CWS record eight pitchers in its Game 6 loss to Rice.
- Game 7 between UC-Irvine and Cal State-Fullerton went 13 innings and lasted 5 hours and 40 minutes. It was the longest game in terms of time in College World Series history.[3] The game also had the most hit-by-pitches (eight) and reportedly used and lost 96 balls, the most ever.[4] The previous record was 84 balls lost.
- Louisville's Logan Johnson tied the CWS record with four home runs.
- By beating Arizona State, UC-Irvine became the first team in CWS history to win two extra-inning games back to back.
- A CWS record number of batters were hit by pitches during the series.[5]
CWS Leaders
Team
Individual
Post-Series Notes
- The championship series featured a rematch of 2006's final, with Oregon State once again defeating North Carolina. The only other time a rematch in the CWS finals occurred was in 1972 and 1973, when USC and Arizona State faced each other; Southern California won both times.
- Following Oregon State's second consecutive national title, the rival University of Oregon announced that it was reviving its intercollegiate baseball program, beginning with the 2009 season. The Duck baseball program was discontinued after the 1981 season due to Title IX considerations. Oregon was the only member of the Pac-10 not to field a baseball team, although an unofficial club team did compete against other club teams. Oregon will drop wrestling and add women's competitive cheerleading [2]
See also
References
- ^ "OSU in first and last Division I games of season". OregonLive.com. 2007-06-25. http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/118275274140910.xml&coll=7. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
- ^ "Oregon State One Win From a Second Title". New York Times. 2007-06-24. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/sports/baseball/24cws.html?ex=1340337600&en=0ac3a8808a77938c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ "Student eliminates coaching mentor in Irvine's victory". ESPNU. 2007-06-19. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/baseball/recap?gameId=2716903001. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ "Irvine uses a little luck, a lot of baseballs to knock out Cal State Fullerton". ESPNU. 2007-06-18. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2908680. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ "COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: Getting beaned has fast become big hit". Salt Lake Tribue. 2007-06-21. http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_6192373. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
External links
- NCAA baseball - official site - CWS results
- The Seattle Times - Oregon State champs again - AP - 25-June-2007
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