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Tuesday - June 3, 2008

Regionals - Day 4 summary

In the final day of the Regional tournaments, most of the games went the way they were "supposed" to go. If'n you go by the seedings. The Aggies handled Houston quite easily. I watched a bit of the game and felt bad for the Cougars. I was rooting for the Aggies. But, I still felt bad for the Cougars 'cause they just could not find any pitching. At least, not while I was watching. So, the Aggies head to Rice. Again. They did the same thing last year and the Owls won in 2. The games were rather close but, still. Repeat? Ugh.

Florida State beat Tulane late. I'd forgotten that Josh Prince had transfered to Tulane. He went 2-for-5 with a double and 2 runs batted in this evening. For the season (according to GameTracker), he hit .231, had 143 at-bats, scored 22 runs, had 33 hits, with 8 batted in, 1 homerun, 19 stolen bases, 14 walks, 23 strikeouts, and 3 doubles.

Number 1 seeds Stanford and Georgia also won to advance. The final #1 seed still playing is Cal State Fullerton (CSF up 5-3 over UCLA in the 6th as I type).

The most entertaining result of the day: #4 seed Fresno State won the Long Beach Regional. They now get to travel to Tempe to play #3 National Seed Arizona State. I think I kinda have to root for the Bulldogs in the next round.

So, 7 of the 8 National seeds won their tournaments this year...with the result of the #5 National seed Regional still pending. The last time all of the National seeds won their Regionals was in 2005. Interesting. Texas, by the way, beat the #5 National seed (Mississippi) in the Super Regional round and went on to win it all. Of course, the Titans might still lose.

In the bottom-half of the National bracket, #2 seed UC-Irvine, #2 seed Wichita State, and (as mentioned) #4 seed Fresno State played the role of spoiler in their Regional tournaments.

UPDATE: Cal State Fullerton won 5-4. So, the top 8 National seeds all won their tournaments and will now host the 8 best-of-three Super Regional tournaments.

Posted by Joanna at 12:21 AM