May 30, 2003

Long Beach Regional Capsules

1. Long Beach State 49ers

Long Beach, California

Automatic bid from Big West Conference

2003 Record – 16-5, 38-18 (first in Big West)

Coach - Mike Weathers (Chapman, 1971)

Record at school - 77-39, 2 years

Overall record - 356-319, 13 years

Assistant coaches - Troy Buckley, Don Barbara, Steve Pearse

Team offense - .299 BA, 328 R, 33 HR, .424 SLG%, .368 OB%, 48/77 SB

Team pitching - 3.08 ERA, 500.1 IP, 451 H, 144 BB, 418 SO

Top hitters – Adam Heether (.373/5/30), John Bowker (.343/7/32), Tim Hutting (.343/0/24), Brad Davis (.307/3/22), Travis Udvarhelyi (.303/1/17), Chuck Sindlinger (.295/0/21), Josh Buhagiar (.291/0/11), Mike Hofius (.287/4/35), Todd Jennings (.281/4/27), Troy Tulowitzki (.264/5/41)

Top pitchers – Jered Weaver (13-3, 1.99, 117.2 IP, 74 H. 18 BB, 133 K), Abe Alvarez (10-1, 2.48, 108.2 IP, 104 H, 25 BB, 91 K), Neil Jamison (5-2, 1 save, 2.72, 39.2 IP, 37 H, 13 BB, 31 K), Cesar Ramos (5-4, 3.10, 81.1 IP, 74 H, 31 BB, 32 K), Scott Shoemaker (1-1, 1 save, 3.60, 45.0 IP, 42 H, 15 BB, 34 SO)

Last NCAA appearance - 2002 (2-2 at Palo Alto Regional)

Notes – Long Beach State will host a regional for the first time. The 49ers have made it Omaha four times since 1989. Their last trip to the College World Series was in 1998.

2. Minnesota Golden Gophers

Minneapolis, Minn.

At-large bid from Big Ten

2003 Record – 24-6, 39-20 (first in Big Ten)

Coach – John Anderson (Minnesota, 1977)

Record at school – 799-491-3, 22 years

Overall record - same

Assistant coaches – Ron Fornasiere, Todd Oakes

Team offense - .335 BA, 30 HR, .464 SLG%, .401 OB%, 48/70 SB

Team pitching – 4.51 ERA, 478.2 IP, 526 H, 148 BB, 394 K

Top hitters – Luke Appert (.381/4/44/26 2B/15 SB), Sam Steidl (.377/0/32/10 SB), Scott Welch (.356/5/45), Andy Hunter (.354/4/44), David Hrncirik (.333/1/28), Ben Pattee (.316/4/31), David Roach (.314/3/23)

Top pitchers – Jeff Moen (1-1, 9 saves, 2.13, 25.1 IP, 16 H, 7 BB, 21 SO), Glen Perkins (10-1, 2.77, 97.1 IP, 90 H, 20 BB, 112 K), Brian Bull (5-2, 2 saves, 3.70, 41.1 IP, 53 H, 16 BB, 17 K), C.J. Woodrow (8-3, 4.23, 78.2 IP, 87 H, 12 BB, 74 K), Matt Loberg (6-1, 4.86, 66.2 IP, 79 H, 20 BB, 34 K)

Last NCAA appearance – 2001 (0-2 at Baton Rouge Regional)

Notes – Luke Appert was named Big Ten player of the year for the second consecutive year. He is second player to win back-to-back awards, joining Barry Larkin (Michigan 1984-85). Glen Perkins was named freshman of the year in the conference. John Anderson became the first Big Ten coach to be named coach of the year in consecutive seasons. He had won the award in three of the past four seasons and four times overall. The Gophers have won the past two Big Ten regular-season crowns. This will be Minnesota’s 12 NCAA appearance under Anderson.

3. Washington Huskies

Seattle, Wash.

At-large bid from Pacific-10 Conference

2003 Record: 15-9, 40-16 (third in Pac-10)

Coach: Ken Knutson (Washington, 1981)

Record at school: 387-251-1, 11 years

Overall record: same

Assistant coaches: Joe Ross, Travis Jewett, Gregg Swenson

Team offense: .308 BA, 435 R, 93 HR, .518 SLG%, .391 OB%, 53/84 SB

Team pitching: 4.35 ERA, 497 IP, 486 H, 225 BB, 446 K

Top hitters: Brent Lillibridge (.392/12/44), Nick Batkoski (.348/3/17), Aaron Hathaway (.339/4/35), Greg Isaacson (.326/9/37), Mike Wagner (.319/15/48), Tila Reynolds (.302/3/35/12 SB), John Otness (.300/6/35), Chad Boudon (.289/21/55)

Top pitchers: Will Fenton (2-0, 10 saves, 0.00, 30 IP, 14 H, 10 BB, 48 K), Trent Baysinger (4-1, 3 saves, 3.17, 48.1 IP, 44 H, 18 BB, 46 K), Jeff Petersen (6-5, 4.41, 81.2 IP, 87 H, 39 BB, 64 K), Sean White (8-4, 4.89, 84.2 IP, 84 H, 33 BB, 67 K)

Last time in tournament: 2002 (3-2 at Houston Regional)

Notes: Washington has won seven of eight, 18 of 22 and 36 of 46. The Huskies have made the NCAA tourney six times in the past 12 years. Ken Knutson has won two Pac-10 titles. Washington has out-homered the opposition 93-35. Chad Boudon has 21 homers. Freshman Brent Lillibridge was invited to tryout for the USA baseball team this summer.

4. Pepperdine Waves

Malibu, Calif.

At-large bid from West Coast Conference

2003 Record – 23-7, 36-23 (first in Coast Division of WCC)

Coach – Frank Sanchez (UC Riverside, 1974)

Record at school – 257-159, 7 years

Overall record - same

Assistant coaches – Rick Hirtensteiner, Steve Rodriguez, Curtis Scott

Team offense - .294 BA, 322 R, 35 HR, .412 SLG%, .362 OB%, 53/69 SB

Team pitching – 3.97 ERA, 523.1 IP, 575 H, 177 BB, 374 K

Top hitters – Chris Kelly (.338/15/54), David Uribes (.333/2/26), Kevin Estrada (.331/4/30/34 SB), Ty Harper (.320/1/21), Patrick Rooney (.316/1/25), Brandon Daguio (.312/2/31), Cory Brightwell (.270/3/36)

Top pitchers – Stevve Kleen (2-1, 3 saves, 2.70, 36.2 IP, 33 H, 10 BB, 27 K), Brandon Boesch (7-5, 2.83 ERA, 98.2 IP, 105 H, 35 BB, 55 K), Greg Ramirez (9-3, 2.99, 114.1 IP, 110 H, 25 BB, 91 K), Jacob Barrack (9-2, 3.25, 91.1 IP, 102 H, 32 BB, 80 K)

Last NCAA appearance – 2001 (1-2 at Los Angeles Regional)

Notes – Frank Sanchez brings the Waves to the NCAAs for the third time in the past five years. Pepperdine has won at least 30 games for 26 consecutive seasons. This is the 20^th NCAA bid for Pepperdine. The Waves have reached the College World Series twice, finishing third in 1979 and winning the national championship in 1992. Chris Kelly has more than 40% of his team’s home runs (15 of 35). Kevin Estrada has more than 60% of the Waves’ stolen bases (34 of 53).