2007 Fullerton Super Regional

(capsules compiled by Jamie Learakos, Stuart Smith, Scott Day, Sean Ryan, Phil Stanton)

Cal State Fullerton Titans

Fullerton, Calif.

At-large bid from Big West

Won San Diego Regional

2007 record: 10-11, 36-23 (fifth in Big West)

Coach: George Horton (Cal State Fullerton, 1978)

Record at school: 488-210-1, 11 years

Overall record: same

Assistant coaches: Rick Vanderhook, Jason Gill, Bill Kernen

Team offense: .279 BA, 379 R, 36 HR, .400 SLG, .366 OBA, 52/84 SB

Team pitching: 3.85 ERA, 523.1 IP, 514 H, 165 BB, 429 K

Top hitters: Clark Hardman (.389 BA, 51 R, 4 HR, .524 SLG, 9 SB), Josh Fellhauer (.326 BA, 32 R, 3 HR, .454 SLG, 6 SB), Nick Mahin (.288 BA, 37 R, 9 HR, .529 SLG, 5 SB), John Curtis (.275 BA, 38 R, 5 HR, .444 SLG, 1 SB), Matt Wallach (.254 BA, 29 R, 4 HR, .408 SLG, 1 SB), Joe Scott (.247 BA, 33 R, .321 SLG, 8 SB).

Top pitchers: Wes Roemer (3.33 ERA, 127 IP, 128 H, 22 BB, 136 K), Jeff Kaplan (3.35 BA, 110 IP, 100 H, 40 BB, 74 K), Adam Jorgenson (4.45 ERA, 60.2 IP, 63 H, 18 BB, 57 K).

Last NCAA appearance: 2006 (won Fullerton Regional, won Fullerton Super Regional, 2-2 at College World Series)

Notes: Catcher Matt Wallach’s father, Tim Wallach, was the 1979 Golden Spikes Award winner for the Titans and a former Major League All-Star for the Montreal Expos.  Pitcher Brad Barragar was drafted in the eighth round in 2005 by the Texas Rangers before joining the Titans.  Cal State Fullerton's Goodwin Field has been chosen by the NCAA Selection Committee to host one of eight Super Regionals featuring the Titans and the winner of the Long Beach Regional, the UCLA Bruins in a best of three series for a trip to the College World Series.

UCLA Bruins

Los Angeles, Calif.

At-large bid from Pac-10

Won Long Beach Regional

2007 record: 14-10, 33-26 (third in Pac-10)
Coach: John Savage (Nevada, 1991)
Record at school: 71-92, three years
Overall record: 168-174-1, six years

Assistant coaches: Brian Green, Matt Jones, P.C. Shaw
Team offense: .297 BA, 363 R, 51 HR, .431 SLG, .382 OBA, 52 SB
Team pitching: 4.93 ERA, 516.2 IP, 532 H, 198 BB, 446 K
Top hitters: Alden Carrithers (.351 BA, 53 R, 2 HR, .440 SLG, 8 SB), Gabe Cohen (.348 BA, 34 R, 10 HR, .556 SLG, 4 SB), Brandon Crawford (.338 BA, 50 R, 7 HR, .513 SLG, 11 SB), Jermaine Curtis (.333 BA, 30 R, 4 HR, .469 SLG, 5 SB), Cody Decker (.314 BA, 33 R, 14 HR, .600 SLG 1 SB), Will Penniall (.307 BA, 26 R, 2 HR, .407 SLG, 7 SB).

Top pitchers: Garett Claypool (3.54 ERA, 53.1 IP, 44 H, 18 BB, 35 K), Tyson Brummett (3.57 ERA, 133.2 IP, 138 H, 29 BB, 109 K), Gavin Brooks (4.65 ERA, 102.2 IP, 104 H, 30 BB, 86 K), Tim Murphy (5.68 ERA, 76 IP, 84 H, 33 BB, 96 K).

Last NCAA appearance: 2006 (1-2 at Malibu Regional)

Notes: UCLA swept through the Long Beach Regional to reach the Super Regionals for the first time since 2000. The Bruins will meet Cal State Fullerton, which took two of three from UCLA earlier this season. Gavin Brooks and Tim Murphy threw back-to-back complete games to help the Bruins beat stingy Illinois-Chicago then host Long Beach State in the final two games of the Regional. Jermaine Curtis was named the MVP of the Long Beach Regional. Freshman Jeff Rapoport’s brother, Jim, played for Stanford and now plays in the St. Louis Cardinals' organization. Will Penniall’s father played baseball at UCLA in 1975-76 and went on to play in the St. Louis Cardinals' organization.  Gavin Brooks was ranked No. 1 in the 2006 So Cal Top 50 Player Rankings with Gabe Cohen being ranked No. 8 in the same year.  UCLA was undefeated in the Long Beach Regional. Coach John Savage started UC Irvine's program in 2002 and took the Anteaters to the NCAA tourney in 2004 - he was named one of three finalists for national coach of the year by CollegeBaseballInsider.com in 2006.