June 1, 2001
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Stanford (46-15) will host South Carolina (48-18) in one of eight NCAA Super Regionals at Sunken Diamond this Friday-Sunday, June 1-3, 2001 (7 pm, 1 pm, 1 pm, if necessary). The Super Regional format is a best two-of-three series with the winner of each of the eight Super Regionals advancing to the 55th College World Series to be played June 8-16, 2001, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
"Hosting a Super Regional is great for both our ballclub and our fans," said Stanford head coach Mark Marquess. "South Carolina is a good team, as is anybody else who is still playing at this time of the year."
Stanford will be looking to make its third consecutive trip to the College World Series after winning Super Regionals each of the last two years. The Cardinal has made 12 trips to the College World Series, coming away with CWS titles in 1987 and 1988 while finishing as runners-up in 2000.
Stanford earned a spot in the Super Regionals with a pair of dramatic one-run wins over Texas (10-9, 4-3) on Sunday, marking the first time the Cardinal had ever won a pair of games on the final day of a Regional to advance in the NCAA Baseball Tournament.South Carolina also won a pair of games over Central Florida (9-7, 5-2) on Sunday to reach the Super Regional.
Stanford and South Carolina have played only once before with the Cardinal winning 15-4 in a first-round game at the 1982 College World Series.
All session passes for the Super Regional at Sunken Diamond can be obtained by visiting the Stanford Ticket Office at Gate 2 of Stanford Stadium or by calling 1-800-STANFORD (Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.). Individual game tickets go on sale day of game.
2001 NCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL SUPER REGIONALFriday-Sunday, June 1-3, 2001 -- at Stanford, CA (Sunken Diamond)
Friday, June 1 (7:00 p.m.) - South Carolina (48-18) vs. *Stanford (46-15)
Saturday, June 2 (1:00 p.m.) - *South Carolina vs. Stanford
Sunday, June 3 (1:00 p.m.) - South Carolina vs. Stanford
*Home team ... If there is a third game played on Sunday, a coin flip will determine the home team
A live audio broadcast of all games of the Stanford-South Carolina NCAA Baseball Super Regional will be available on KZSU (90.1 FM) as well as at www.gostanford.com and realaudio.stanford.edu ... Chad Goldberg and Joey Elger will call the action ... Live stats of the Stanford-South Carolina NCAA Baseball Super Regional will be available at www.gostanford.com.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE 2001 NCAA SUPER REGIONAL
Stanford and South Carolina will meet in one of eight NCAA Super Regionals this Friday-Sunday, June 1-3. The teams have played only once before with the Cardinal winning 15-4 in a first round game College World Series game on June 5, 1982. Stanford is seeded fourth in the NCAA Tournament this year and is attempting to make its third consecutive trip to the College World Series. Both teams reached the Super Regional in dramatic fashion with doubleheader sweeps on the final day of their respective Regionals after losing to the teams they swept on Saturday. Stanford swept a pair of one-run games over Texas (10-9, 4-3), while the Gamecocks beat Central Florida twice (9-7, 5-2). The Cardinal also won a pair of games over Marist (4-3, 6-0) in the Regional, while South Carolina knocked off The Citadel (16-0) and Princeton (11-7). Stanford has won 13 of its last 16 games overall, while South Carolina has won 18 of 23. The matchup will feature two of the nation's top pitching staff with South Carolina ranking sixth and Stanford 10th in the most recent NCAA pitching statistics. Stanford has a significant advantage in batting average with a .314 team mark compared to a .288 showing for the Gamecocks. However, South Carolina has outhomered the Cardinal, 109-61. South Carolina is ranked No. 12 in the latest Baseball America poll and will be the first ranked team Stanford has played since travelling to then No. 8 USC April 20-22.
STANFORD POST-SEASON HISTORY AND REVIEW
Stanford won its third straight NCAA Regional and the 11th overall on Sunday by sweeping a doubleheader on the final day of a Regional to advance in the NCAA Baseball Tournament for the first time in school history ... Stanford finished second in the 2000 College World Series and is attempting to reach the CWS for the third straight season and the fourth time in five years ... Stanford is making its 22nd appearance in the NCAA Tournament and its third straight showing in an NCAA Super Regional since the new format began in 1999 ... Stanford won CWS titles in 1987 and 1988 ... The Cardinal has advanced to the College World Series 12 times and has an overall record of 28-21 (.571) in the event ... Stanford has won both NCAA Super Regionals it has participated in during the 1999 and 2000 seasons, defeating USC (2-0) and Nebraska (2-1), respectively ... Stanford's updated all-time post-season record is 91-47 (.659), while the Cardinal is 4-1 (.800) all-time in Super Regional and 55-21 (.724) all-time in regional play.
OTHER ESSENTIAL STANFORD BASEBALL NOTES
Stanford's current 46-15 record is identical to the 46-15 record compiled by the 2000 CWS runners-up club through 61 games ... Stanford has won 13 of its last 16 games ... The Cardinal finished second in the Pac-10 standings with a 17-7 record to end a school record string of four consecutive Pac-10 titles (includes co-championships and Southern Division titles) ... The 17-7 mark was identical to the 17-7 Pac-10 record posted by the 2000 tri-champion Stanford team and left the Cardinal one game behind 2001 Pac-10 champion USC (18-6 Pac-10 record) ... Stanford has posted a 28-5 record at Sunken Diamond and an 18-10 road mark during the 2001 regular season ... The Cardinal have yet to play a game at a neutral site ... Stanford's team batting average dropped two points to .314 after hitting .287 in five Regional games ... After putting up 10 or more hits in each of its final eight regular season games, the Cardinal managed 10 or more hits in three of five Regional games ... Ryan Garko, who had the game-winning two-RBI single in the second championship game against Texas and extended his career-high hitting streak to 20 games (4/22 - 5/27), was named the Regional's Co-Most Outstanding Player ... Tim Cunningham, Sam Fuld and Andy Topham all made the Regional's All-Tournament team ... Carlos Quentin was named the Pac-10 Baseball Freshman of the Year, while Chris O'Riordan and Sam Fuld joined Quentin on the All-Pac-10 team ... Stanford remained at No. 6 in the Baseball America poll, No. 4 in the Collegiate Baseball poll and No. 3 in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN poll this week ... The Cardinal sat at the top of the Baseball America poll for six consecutive weeks (3/12 - 4/16) and had been the nation's unanimous No. 1 team for two weeks (4/9 - 4/16) ... Stanford has had five winning streaks of five or more games this season, including a season-best 10-game winning streak from March 7-31 ... Stanford is 11-4 against ranked teams this year (according to Baseball America ... Stanford's team fielding percentage of .977 is currently .004 percentage points ahead of the school record ... Stanford head coach Mark Marquess has an updated record of 1041-513-5 (.668).
2001 NCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL SUPER REGIONAL INFORMATION
The winners of each of the following eight NCAA Division I Baseball Super Regionals will advance to play in the 55th College World Series to be held Friday-Saturday, June 8-16, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska. All Super Regionals are scheduled to be played Friday-Sunday, June 1-3.
Mississippi State (39-22) at (1) Cal State Fullerton (44-16) -- 7 pm, 1 pm, 1 pm
Clemson (41-20) at (2) Miami (47-12) -- 7 pm, 7 pm, 1 pm
Florida International (43-19) at (3) USC (42-17) -- 6 pm, 1 pm, 1 pm
South Carolina (48-18) at (4) Stanford (46-15) -- 7 pm, 1 pm, 1 pm
*Louisiana State (43-20-1) at (5) Tulane (53-10) -- 6:30 pm, 2 pm, 1 pm
Florida State (46-17) at (6) Georgia (45-19) -- 7 pm, 2 pm, 2 pm
**Tennessee (44-18) at (7) East Carolina (47-11) -- 7 pm, 7 pm, 2 pm
Rice (47-17) at (8) Nebraska (48-14) -- 1:05 pm, 1:05 pm, 1:05 pm
( ) National seedings for the NCAA Division I Baseball Championships in Parenthesis
*Tulane will host Louisiana State at Zephyr Field in Metairie, Louisiana
**East Carolina will host Tennessee at Grainger Stadium in Kinston, North Carolina
STANFORD REGIONAL RECAP
Stanford earned a trip to the NCAA Super Regional by winning the Regional title in dramatic fashion. The top-seeded Cardinal opened up the Regional with a difficult 4-3 win over fourth-seeded Marist. Stanford then was defeated by Texas, 4-3, in Saturday's regional bracket before rebounded to beat Marist, 6-0, later that evening to stay alive in the Regional. The Cardinal entered Sunday's championship game needing to beat Texas twice to reach the Super Regional. Stanford did sweep the Longhorns in a pair of thrilling one-run games (10-9, 4-3), marking the first time the Cardinal had won two games on the final day of a Regional to advance in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Cardinal played outstanding defense with just one error in five Regional games for a .995 fielding percentage. The pitching staff (3.80 ERA) and hitters (.287) had numbers slightly below their season averages. Ryan Garko (.364, 8-22, 4 RBI) was named a Regional Co-Most Outstanding Player. Tim Cunningham (1-0, 0.00, 8.0 IP, 9 SO), Sam Fuld (.364, 8-22, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI, 2 SB) and Andy Topham (.412, 7-17, 2 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 SB) earned spots on the Regional All-Tournament squad. Below are recaps of each of Stanford's five games in the Regional.
Game 1 - May 25 - Stanford 4, Marist 3
Sam Fuld squeezed home Chris O'Riordan on a 2-2 pitch in the bottom of the seventh to lift Stanford to a 4-3 victory over Marist. Fuld (2-3, 3B, 2 RBI) also had a game-tying triple in bottom of the fifth inning and was the only Cardinal with more than one hit. Jeremy Guthrie (11-4) picked up the victory for Stanford, scaterring nine hits and three runs in 7.1 innings.
Game 2 - May 26 - Texas 4, Stanford 3
Sam Anderson hit a two-run homer to highlight a four-run Texas fifth inning as the Longhorns advanced to the NCAA Regional championship game. The Cardinal scored two in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI double by Jonny Ash to cut the score to 4-3 but left the tying and winning runs on base in the bottom of the ninth.
Game 3 - May 26 - Stanford 6, Marist 0
Tim Cunningham struck out a career-high nine in a career-high 8.0 innings, while Ryan McCally pitched a perfect ninth inning to put the Cardinal in the NCAA Regional Championship game. Sam Fuld (4-5, 2B, 2 RBI) and Jonny Ash (3-5, 2B) both tied career-highs for hits.
Game 4 - May 27 - Stanford 10, Texas 9 (10 Innings)
Carlos Quentin's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning scored Chris O'Riordan to lift Stanford to a 10-9 victory over Texas in the first NCAA Regional Championship Game at Sunken Diamond. Quentin drilled a 1-0 pitch from Gerrit Simpson into right field to send Sunken Diamond into a frenzy. O'Riordan had singled to left field with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to start the rally and moved to second base on a walk to Ken Tirpack.
Texas's Ben King sent the game into extra innings when he hit a three-run homer off Stanford reliever Mike Wodnicki down the right field line to tie the score at 9-9 in the top of the 9th inning.
Andy Topham had his first two-homer game and had four RBI to pace Stanford's offense, which exploded for five runs in the 6th inning to counter a five-run 5th inning by the Longhorns.
Quentin (4-6, 4 RBI) set a career-high with four hits, including his game-winning hit.
Game 5 - May 27 - Stanford 4, Texas 3
Ryan Garko's two-RBI single capped a three-run Stanford rally in the top of the eighth inning to lift the Cardinal to a 4-3 victory over Texas and its third consecutive NCAA Regional title at Sunken Diamond on Sunday night. The victory capped a doubleheader sweep for the Cardinal, marking the first time Stanford has ever won two games on the final day of a regional to advance in the NCAA Baseball Tournament.
Chris O'Riordan's sacrifice fly to center field with the bases loaded scored Andy Topham to cut the Texas lead to 3-2 in the top of the eighth inning, Sam Fuld reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases once again for Garko, who drilled a Ray Clark pitch into center field to score Scott Dragicevich and Arik VanZandt, giving Stanford a 4-3 lead the Cardinal would hold on to. Garko's hit extended his career-high hitting streak to 20 games, the longest by a Cardinal player this season.
Stanford reliever J.D. Willcox shut the Longhorns out the final 2.0 innings. Willcox got his way out of a bases loaded eighth inning jam when he snagged a one-out line drive by Texas shortstop Eddie Romprey and doubled Ryan France off first base to end the Longhorns' threat. Willcox allowed a two-out walk to Ryan Hubele in the bottom of the ninth inning before retiring King on a line out to Quentin in right field to end the game
Topham was the lone Stanford player with more than one hit in the final game of the regional, going 2-for-4. All six of Stanford's hits were singles and no Stanford player reached base until Jonny Ash's infield hit with two outs in the fifth inning broke up a perfect game for Texas' Ray Clark.
STANFORD HEAD COACH MARK MARQUESS
One of the nation's premier collegiate coaches, Mark Marquess is now in his 25th season as the Stanford head coach. Marquess has a career record of 1041-513-5 (.669) at Stanford, including impressive records of 83-39 (.680) in the post-season and 428-280 (.605) in the Pacific-10 Conference action, arguably the toughest league in the nation. The 1969 Stanford graduate has led the Cardinal to two NCAA titles (1987, `88), 10 College World Series appearances (1982, `83, `85, `87, `88, `90, `95, `97, `99, `00), 11 NCAA Regional titles (1982, `83, `85, `87, `88, `90, `95, `97, `99, `00, `01), 10 Pac-10 regular season titles (1983, `84, `85, `87, `90, `94, `97, `98, `99, `00) and two NCAA Super Regional championships (2000, `01) as the Cardinal has qualified for the NCAA Tournament 19 times under Marquess. Marquess became the 23rd head coach in the history of NCAA Division I baseball to reach the 1000-career win mark when the Cardinal defeated Florida State earlier this season on February 9, 2001. He began the 2001 season ranked 14th in victories and 19th in winning percentage among active Division I baseball coaches. He has been named NCAA Coach of the Year three times and has received Pacific-10 Coach of the Year honors on eight occasions, including three of the last four seasons. Marquess was named the Pac-10 Southern Division Coach of the Year seven times before being named the first Pac-10 Coach of Year in the newly aligned conference (1999). Last season, Marquess coached the Cardinal to its first trip to the College World Series title game since winning the 1988 CWS championship. His teams have won NCAA Super Regionals each of the last three seasons and won at least a share of a Pac-10 baseball championship (includes Southern Division championships) for a school-record four straight seasons from 1997-2000. Nearly as eye-opening as the number of titles won by the Cardinal is the consistent level of success Marquess has brought to the program. The Cardinal has suffered just one losing season during his tenure and has finished either first or second in the prestigious Pacific-10 (formerly Six-Pac) 19 times in the last 21 seasons. Stanford has had 95 professional baseball draft picks in the past 16 seasons, including 12 first-round selections in the last 14 years. A member of the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Marquess was the head coach of the 1988 United States Olympic baseball team that captured the gold medal. Marquess was an accomplished football and baseball standout on The Farm and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. He is one of only six collegiate head baseball coaches to have both played and coached in the College World Series. Marquess was the starting first baseman on Stanford's 1967 College World Series squad and played five years of minor league baseball with the Chicago White Sox organization.
COMMENTS FROM MARK MARQUESS
STANFORD COACHING STAFF
Dean Stotz is in his 25th campaign with Stanford Baseball. Stotz was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2000 season after 23 years as an assistant. Stotz currently coaches third base while also handling various offensive and defensive aspects of the game. Mark O'Brien (3rd season) and Tom Kunis (2nd season) complete the Cardinal coaching staff. O'Brien assists with all aspects of the game and serves as the Cardinal's first base coach. Kunis is the team's pitching coach.
STANFORD HOLDS SPOTS IN ALL THREE NATIONAL BASEBALL POLLS
Stanford held its spot in all three national baseball polls this week. The Cardinal remains No. 6 in Baseball America, No. 3 in Baseball Weekly/ESPN (last regular season poll, May 20) and No. 4 in Collegiate Baseball. Stanford spent two weeks (4/9 - 4/16) as the nation's unanimous No. 1 team before losing five-of-seven games from April 17-28. Stanford has since returned to its winning form with 13 victories in its last 16 contests. The Cardinal spent six weeks as Baseball America's top team (3/12 - 4/16). Stanford has been ranked No. 1 at one point during each of the past five years. Stanford opened the 2001 season ranked No. 9 by Baseball Weekly/ESPN, No. 11 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 14 by Baseball America. USC is No. 2 in all polls and the only other Pac-10 team to reach the Super Regionals. Arizona State (No. 22 Baseball America, No. 23 Collegiate Baseball, No. 18 Baseball Weekly/ESPN) has finished its season with a pair of losses in an NCAA Regional at Cal State Fullerton last weekend. The Cardinal finished the 2000 campaign ranked No. 2 in all three polls after opening the season at No. 1 before dropping out of the top spot on February 14, 2000. Stanford's poll history includes a run as "king of the polls" in 1998 when the team held the top spot in the Baseball America poll for the entire regular season (a record 14 consecutive weeks).
STANFORD BASEBALL HISTORY
Stanford's storied baseball program has had many highlights as the program is currently in its 108th season and has an all-time record of 2274-1445-32 (.611). Last year's trip to the College World Series championship game and last weekend's 11th NCAA Regional title were only the latest chapters in the success story of Stanford Baseball. The program has secured its 36th winning season over the last 37 campaigns (also 53 of last 55) in 2001 and has reached the 40-win mark for the seventh consecutive campaign. Stanford needs just four more wins to reach the 50-win mark for the third straight year. Just a few of the highlights have included back-to-back NCAA titles (1987, 1988), 12 College World Series appearances, 18 conference titles and 22 NCAA Tournament berths. Stanford has boasted a total of 40 All-Americans who have earned a total of 47 All-American honors. Stanford has also garnered three NCAA Player of the Year choices in Jeff Austin (1998), David McCarty (1991) and Steve Dunning (1970). Other numbers for the Cardinal Baseball program include 96 all-conference players earning a total of 121 honors, 55 major league players (including eight that have played Major League Baseball in 2001) and 12 first round draft picks in the last 14 years. Eight members of the 2000 Stanford Baseball team signed professional contracts following the 2000 collegiate season, including first-round draft picks Justin Wayne and Joe Borchard.
CHRIS O'RIORDAN STAYS AT THE TOP OF CAREER BATTING AVERAGE LIST
Chris O'Riordan remained at the top of Stanford's career batting average list despite hitting just .211 in five NCAA Regional games. O'Riordan has a current career average of .366 (166-453). O'Riordan came into the Regional on an incredible hot stretch. During an eight-game hitting streak to end the regular season, O'Riordan hit .618 (21-34) to raise his career average to .373. O'Riordan had originally threatened to enter the list ahead of Shepard before a midseason slump but dropped to as far as 10th at one point before solidifying himself on the top by hitting safely in 23 of his last 26 regular season games, going 51-for-111 (.459) with seven doubles, two triples, five homers, 28 RBI and five stolen bases during the stretch.
MORE RECORD BOOK UPDATES
Stanford has a few other players making noise in the Cardinal record books. The team is making its biggest run for a school record in team fielding percentage (.977), currently .005 better than the record set three times in the last 11 years (1990, 1995, 2000). The club has a tied a school-record with 19 saves, while its 61 double plays rank third all-time and its .314 batting average is fourth. The club's nine shutouts ranks tied for fifth. The team is also tied for fifth in double plays (57). Individually, Mike Wodnicki (.923, 12-1) is tied for first on the school's all-time won-loss percentage list. Mike Gosling (10.15) is second on the strikeouts per nine innings list and Jeff Bruksch (13) is tied for the fifth on the all-time save list. Carlos Quentin's 12 hit-by-pitches is tied for ninth in a single season.
HITTING REPORT
Stanford's team batting average currently sits at .314, fourth in the Pac-10. Stanford's team batting average has been at .300 or better for the last 25 games (since 4/13). The club finished the regular season on a tear, posting double-digit hits in each of its final eight regular season games and adding double-digit hits in three out of five Regional games. The Cardinal hit .377 during its last eight regular season games and .395 in its final regular season series at Washington State, before cooling off to .287 in five Regional games. Stanford has double-digit hits in 35 of its 61 games overall. Stanford picked up a season-high 22 runs versus Oregon State (4/14) and a season-high 24 hits at Washington State (5/19). Stanford hit .334 in 24 Pac-10 games. Chris O'Riordan currently leads or co-leads the Cardinal in 13 offensive categories, including batting average (.367), home runs (11), RBI (65), stolen bases (16), hits (92), doubles (15), total bases (144), at bats (251), runs scored (58), slugging percentage (.574), bases on balls (30), on base percentage (.441), sacrifice flies (8). Carlos Quentin co-leads the club with 11 homers and has been hit by a team-high 10 pitches, while ranking second in RBI (50) and slugging percentage (.554). Ryan Garko and Andy Topham co-lead the team along with O'Riordan with 15 doubles. Jason VanMeetren paces the team with three triples. Garko (.358), Fuld (.348), Quentin (.347), Scott Dragicevich (.325), VanMeetren (.318) and Jonny Ash (.310) join O'Riordan with batting averages at .316 or better. Stanford has totaled a Pac-10 high 61 home runs to go with 399 RBI and 79 stolen bases for the season. Stanford's opponents have managed just 40 home runs, 211 RBI and 26 stolen bases.
PITCHING REPORT
Stanford leads the Pac-10 with a team ERA of 3.40 (10th nationally) and was even better in 24 Pac-10 games with a 3.06 ERA. The last time the Cardinal finished a season with a lower ERA was when the 1973 club posted a final ERA of 2.64. Opponents are hitting only .237 off Cardinal pitching. The top four starting pitchers -- Jeremy Guthrie (11-4, 2.78), Jeff Bruksch (9-3, 3.24), Mike Gosling (7-1, 3.38) and Tim Cunningham (6-0, 3.53) -- have combined for a 33-8 record and a 3.18 ERA. Gosling was the team's hottest pitcher in Pac-10 play with seven consecutive conference victories, including six consecutive league starts. He tossed his first two career complete games at USC (4/22) and at California (4/29), shutting out the Golden Bears for his first career shutout. Guthrie has won his last three starts and picked up seven straight victories earlier in the year. Bruksch also won five straight at one point. Guthrie (NCBWA Pitcher of the Week, 2/13) and Bruksch (Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week, 2/26) have both earned one national honor this year. In addition, both have been named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week twice (Bruksch - 2/27, 4/9, Guthrie - 3/6, 3/13). Bruksch has had separate scoreless inning streaks of 19.0 and 15.0 during the period. Gosling had a streak of 16.0 consecutive scoreless innings. Mike Wodnicki (5-1, 4.81, 6 SV) leads the team in saves, while J.D. Willcox (4-0, 1.80, 5 SV) and Ryan McCally (2-1, 2.61, 3 SV) have been effective out of the bullpen. Wodnicki has a team-high 25 appearances (three starts). John Hudgins (1-5, 4.54, 4 SV) has added four saves. Guthrie leads the club in strikeouts (115), while Guthire and Bruksch co-lead the club in innings pitched (116.2 IP). The Cardinal staff has eight shutouts (one shy of fifth place on the all-time list) and seven complete games. Bruksch has three complete games, while Guthrie and Gosling have two each. All three pitchers have one shutout.
FIELDING REPORT
Stanford's defense is currently fielding at a .977 clip that would rank as the best fielding percentage in school history by a full .005 percentage points above the school record of .972 reached three times between 1990-2000. Stanford has been errorless in 29 of its 61 games and made just one error in five NCAA Regional games. Stanford has perfect defensively for four consecutive games twice (3/25 - 3/31, 5/25 - 5/27). Chris O'Riordan leads the Pac-10 in assists (196). First baseman Arik VanZandt has committed just two errors in 573 chances for a .997 fielding percentage, while backup catcher Ken Tirpack (148 chances) remains flawless. The starting infield of O'Riordan, Dragicevich, VanZandt, and third baseman Andy Topham has made just 30 errors between them for a fielding percentage of .977. O'Riordan went without an error for 29 games (2/2 - 4/7) and has a current streak of 17 errorless games (4/28 - 5/27). Topham had a 16-game errorless streak (3/3 - 4/8) and Dragicevich played flawlessly in 12 consecutive games (1/26 - 2/18).
RYAN GARKO LEADS FIVE STANFORD PLAYERS ON ALL-REGIONAL TEAM
Ryan Garko was named the Co-Most Outstanding Player on the All-Regional team, while Jonny Ash, Tim Cunningham, Sam Fuld and Andy Topham also made the squad.
CARLOS QUENTIN EARNS PAC-10 BASEBALL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR HONORS AND IS JOINED ON ALL-PAC-10 TEAM BY CHRIS O'RIORDAN AND SAM FULD
Carlos Quentin headed Stanford's selections on the 2001 All-Pac-10 team by being named the 2001 Pac-10 Baseball Freshman of the Year. Chris O'Riordan and Sam Fuld were also All-Pac-10 selections for the Cardinal. The All-Pac-10 selections were the first for Quentin, O'Riordan and Fuld. Five other Stanford players -- Jeff Bruksch, Scott Dragicevich, Ryan Garko, Mike Gosling and Jeremy Guthrie -- earned honorable mention honors.
CHRIS O'RIORDAN AND CARLOS QUENTIN LEAD CARDINAL IN PAC-10
Chris O'Riordan hit a team-high .436 and drove in a team-best 29 RBI in 24 Pac-10 games. Carlos Quentin hit a team-hit six homers.
STANFORD'S 2000 SUPER REGIONAL RECAP
Stanford won two-of-three games over Nebraska in last year's Super Regional. Below is a brief recap of each game.
Game 1 - Nebraska 7, Stanford 3 (June 2, 2000)
Nebraska won the Super Regional opener with a 7-3 victory over the Cardinal. The Cornhuskers took advantage of three Stanford errors in the top of the third inning to take a 2-1 lead they would never relinquish. Stanford's Jason Young (8-1) lost his first game of the season and had his 14-game win streak snapped two shy of the Pac-10 record.
Game 2 - Stanford 7, Nebraska 1 (June 3, 2000)
Justin Wayne tossed his second complete game of the post-season and his sixth of the year to lead Stanford to a 7-1 victory over Nebraska in the second game of the Super Regional. Wayne tied a Stanford school record by picking up his 14th victory of the season as he improved to 14-3.
Game 3 - Stanford 5, Nebraska 3 (June 4, 2000)
Stanford earned a trip to the 2000 College World Series with a hard-fought 5-3 victory over Nebraska in the rubber game of a best two-of-three series between the teams. Brian Sager pitched a season-high 7.0 innings, giving up just five hits and two runs (one earned). Stanford jumped out to a 3-0 lead but was holding on to a slim 3-2 advantage when Edmund Muth hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth to send the Sunken Diamond crowd into a frenzy.
STANFORD'S RETURNING 2000 POST-SEASON STANDOUTS
Stanford's top returning 2000 post-season standouts include Jeff Bruksch (3 saves), Chris O'Riordan (.378, 8 RBI, 3 SB), Andy Topham (grandslam homer in 16-6 CWS win over Louisiana-Lafayette and nine post-season RBI), Arik VanZandt (.302, 1 HR, 7 RBI) and Mike Wodnicki (1-0, 3.27 ERA).
BEATING THE BEST
Stanford's 46-15 record includes an 11-4 mark against teams ranked among the nation's Top 25 in the Baseball America poll at the time the Cardinal faced them. No. 12 South Carolina will be the first ranked team the Cardinal has played since traveling to then No. 8 USC April 20-22.
CARDINAL REACH 40-GAME WIN MARK, LOOKING FOR 50
Stanford has extend its school-record 40-win season streak to seven consecutive years. The Cardinal began its current streak with a 40-25 record in 1995. The team has recorded back-to-back 50-win seasons (50-15, 50-16) in the last two years for the first time in school history and is four wins from a third straight 50-win campaign.