May 30, 2003

Austin Regional Capsules

1. Texas Longhorns

Austin, Texas

Automatic bid from Big 12 Conference

2003 Record: 19-8, 43-17 (third in Big 12)

Coach: Augie Garrido (Fresno State, 1961)

Record at school: 270-159-1, seven years

Overall record: 1,423-683-8, 35 years

Assistant coaches: Frank Anderson, Tommy Harmon

Team offense: .309 BA, 426 R, 50 HR, .472 SLG%, .391 OB%, 104/136 SB

Team pitching: 3.48 ERA, 538.1 IP, 521 H, 161 BB, 413 SO

Top hitters: Dustin Majewski (.392/11/78/15 SB), Omar Quintanilla (.354/5/65/24 2B), Tim Moss (.335/3/31/18 SB), Eric Sultemeier (.330/8/48/19 SB), Joe Ferin (.327/3/27/16 SB), Curtis Thigpen (.311/5/31), Taylor Teagarden (.302/4/33)

Top pitchers: Huston Street (8-0, 10 saves, 1.46, 61.2 IP, 40 H, 11 BB, 62 K), J.P. Howell (7-2, 2.23, 92.2 IP, 76 H, 33 BB, 83 K), Justin Simmons (4-5, 4.70, 69 IP, 66 H, 19 BB, 50 K), Danny Muegge (6-6, 4.89, 77.1 IP, 85 H, 22 BB, 53 K)

Last time in tournament: 2002 (3-0 at Austin Regional, 2-1 at Austin Super Regional, 4-0 at College World Series, National Champion)

Notes: Texas is the defending national champion. The Longhorns won their second consecutive Big 12 Tournament. This will be the 45^th NCAA trip for the Longhorns. Texas has advanced to the College World Series 29 times.

2. Arkansas Razorbacks

Fayetteville, Arkansas

At-large bid from Southeastern Conference

2003 Record - 14-16, 34-20 (sixth in SEC West)

Coach - Dave Van Horn (Arkansas, 1988)

Record at school - 34-20, one year

Overall record - 619-269, 15 years

Assistant coaches - Matt Deggs, Dave Jorn

Team offense - .288 BA, 359 R, 53 HR, .450 SLG%, .377 OB%, 37-54 SB

Team pitching - 4.05 ERA, 485 IP, 526 H, 100 BB, 360 SO

Top hitters – Clay Goodwin (.339/2/30), Andrew Wishy (.323/8/49/23 2B), Brady Toops (.309/4/23), Haas Pratt (.303/10/45), Ryan Fox (.286/19/47), Nick Pitts (.276/5/29)

Top pitchers – Charley Boyce (5-5, 3.26, 85.2 IP, 88 H, 15 BB, 52 K), Clint Brannon (3-1, 3.59, 52.2 IP, 58 H, 21 BB, 34 K), Jay Sawatski (3-2, 2 saves, 3.61, 52.1 IP, 59 H, 11 BB, 38 K), Caton Hall (2-2, 3 saves, 3.72, 29.0 IP, 35 H, 7 BB, 31 K), Scott Roehl (8-3, 1 save, 4.40, 47.0 IP, 43 H, 8 BB, 44 K), Jarrett Gardner (4-5, 1 save, 4.90, 86.1 IP, 101 H, 3 BB, 53 K)

Last NCAA appearance - 2002 (won Wichita Regional, 1-2 at Clemson Super Regional)

Notes - This will be Arkansas’ 16^th trip to the NCAA Regionals. The Razorbacks are 31-30 in NCAA Tournament games. Arkansas has been to the College World Series four times.

3. Lamar Cardinals
Beaumont, Texas
At-large bid from the Southland Conference
2003 record - 20-6, 37-16 (first in the Southland)
Coach - Jim Gilligan (Lamar, 1968)
Record at school - 909-582, 27 years
Overall record - Same
Assistant coaches - Jim Ricklefsen, Scott Hatten
Batting - .323 BA, 399 R, 31 HR, 453 SLG%, 407 OBA%, 64-94 SB
Pitching - 3.57 ERA, 459 IP, 473 H, 127 BB, 342 K
Top players - Jordan Foster (.441/7/68), Wade Pirkle (.352/3/40), Blake Justice (.341/0/22/25 SB), John Allen (.320/3/34), Jeremy Gray (.319/3/45), Ryan Finan (.319/6/39), Shaun Stanton (.300/4/40), Matt Goman (.296/2/20).
Top pitchers - Jesse Flyod (8-1, 3.54, 76.1 IP, 78 H, 12 BB, 57 K), Josh Gray (7-6, 3.61, 84.2 IP, 101 H, 16 BB, 54 K), Kevin Smiley (2-0, 2.17, 29 IP, 18 H, 10 BB, 39 K), Mark Ion (4-1, 2.48, 29 IP, 17 H, 15 BB, 22 K), David Jalamantez (5-0, 2.53, 42.2 IP, 39 H, 7 BB, 21 K), William Delage (5-0, 2.79 ERA, 48.1 IP, 49 H, 13 BB, 32 K), Christopher Coy (3-0, 2.98, 42.1 IP, 45 H, 10 BB, 19 K)
Last NCAA appearance - 2002 (1-2 at Austin Regional)
Notes - The Cardinals got in despite an early exit from the Southland Conference tournament, going 0-2 with losses to McNeese State and Southwest Texas. Lamar can point to two wins over Rice, including snapping the Owls’ 30-game winning streak and the fact that they won the regular-season league title. Jesse Floyd was named the conference player of the year, and coach Jim Gilligan was named the league coach of the year. The Cardinals boast a very deep pitching staff, with nine pitchers totaling more than 29 innings. Jordan Foster is their big stick with 28 doubles and a .688 slugging percentage.

4. Bucknell Bison
Lewisburg, Pa.
Automatic bid - won Patriot League Tournament
2003 record - 15-5, 27-14 (first)
Coach:  Gene Depew  (Bucknell, 1971)
Record at school: 392-436-4, 22 years
Overall record: Same
Assistant coaches: Brian Hoyt, Rick Ciccione
Team offense: .280 BA, 221 R, 16 HR, .397 SLG%, .365 OBA%, 50/62 SB
Team pitching: 4.23 ERA, 308.1 IP, 331 H, 125 BB, 218 K
Top hitters: Ben Stoll (.376/0/15/15 SB), Sam Moss (.333/2/13), Kyle Walter (.323/3/24), Austin Barrett (.302/0/4), Brian Hirschberg (.288/5/26), Pete Wolf (.277/3/20), Brian Day (.271/3/20).
Top pitchers: Matt Daley (1-1, 5 saves, 1.78, 25.1 IP, 24 H, 3 BB, 19 K), Allen Zachery (6-2, 2.45, 47.2 IP, 37 H, 15 BB, 39 K), Phil Futrick (0-1, 11 saves, 2.51, 14.1 IP, 9 H, 2 BB, 15 K), Kevin Miller (8-1, 3.18, 56.2 IP, 58 H, 15 BB, 47 K), Kevin Burns (5-1, 3.48, 44 IP, 56 H, 9 BB, 16 K), R.J. Grant (5-3, 4.75, 53 IP, 52 H, 28 BB, 32 K).
Last NCAA appearance: 2001 (0-2 at Miami Regional)
Notes: The Bison return to the NCAA for the second time in three years after rallying to beat 2002 participant Navy in the Patriot League championship. Bucknell trailed 4-2 in the eighth inning of an elimination game but used a Navy error to rally and win that game before taking the championship 20-9. The last time the Bison made the field, it lost to Miami (Fla.) 14-6 and Stetson 7-0. Bucknell’s first 10 games were cancelled because of bad weather, leaving it to play 41 games in just more than two months. Kevin Miller was named the Patriot League’s pitcher of the year, and Phil Futrick was the league’s rookie of the year. Coach Gene Depew was the league’s coach of the year for the third time in 10 seasons. He served as an assistant football coach from 1972-92 at Bucknell, and his teams have won an average of 22 games since 1993. This year’s squad is four wins shy of the school record.