June 2, 2001
South Carolina's 4-3 victory over Stanford on Saturday evened the NCAA Super Regional at one game apiece with the winner of Sunday series finale advancing to the College World Series.Stanford is attempting to advance to its third straight College World Series for the first in school history on Sunday ... The Cardinal is also looking for its 11th trip to the CWS overall.South Carolina is looking to go the CWS for the sixth time and for the first time since 1985.Stanford has a perfect 6-0 record in elimination games in NCAA Regional or Super Regional contests over the past two seasons ... Those six games are listed below (Note: Stanford did lose the 2000 CWS Championship Game, 6-5, to Louisiana State on June 17, 2000).
*May 28, 2000 (NCAA Regional) - at Stanford 16, Alabama 6
*June 3, 2000 (NCAA Super Regional) - at Stanford 7, Nebraska 1
*June 4, 2000 (NCAA Super Regional) - at Stanford 5, Nebraska 3
*May 26, 2001 (NCAA Super Regional) - at Stanford 6, Marist 0
*May 27, 2001 (NCAA Super Regional) - at Stanford 10, Texas 9 (10)
*May 28, 2001 (NCAA Super Regional) - at Stanford 4, Texas 3
Five of Stanford's seven post-season games in 2001 have been decided by one run with the Cardinal sporting a 3-2 record in those games.Stanford's Ryan Garko had his career-high 21-game hitting streak (4/22 - 6/1) snapped, going 0-for-3 with a base on balls.Mike Gosling suffered his second consecutive post-season loss after going a perfect 7-0 in the regular season ... Gosling had a no-hitter going until the fifth inning before he allowed hits to the first four batters of the inning and was removed from the game ... Gosling's final line: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 SOSouth Carolina won its first game ever against Stanford ... The Cardinal had won the three previous meetings listed below.
*March 21, 1972 (UC Riverside) - Stanford 8, South Carolina 2
*June 5, 1982 (College World Series First Round) - Stanford 15, South Carolina 4
*June 1, 2001 (NCAA Super Regional) - at Stanford 11, South Carolina 0
South Carolina (4-0) and Stanford (3-0) have combined for a perfect 7-0 record in elimination games during the 2001 post-season.South Carolina has won 19 of its last 25 games, while Stanford has won 12 of its last 15 games.Stanford's updated post-season records are 92-48 (overall) and 5-2 (Super Regional).