Wednesday, June 7
Florida State Seminoles
 
 
POSTSEASON RESULTS
Regional:
Beat Bethune-Cookman, 6-3
Lost to Central Florida, 9-8
Beat Evansville, 11-2
Beat Central Florida, 6-1
Beat Central Florida, 8-1
Super Regional:
Beat Miami 9-2
Lost to Miami, 7-5
Beat Miami, 6-1
Record: 51-17
Coach: Mike Martin, 21st season (1,130-381 overall)
Team batting average: .307
Team ERA: 4.36
First opponent: Southern California (43-18), 12:30 p.m. ET Saturday (CBS); USC leads all-time series 5-1 (3-0 in CWS)

Road to Omaha: Beat 1999 College World Series champion Miami 2-1 in best-of-3 super regionals (9-2, 5-7, 6-1).

CWS history: 18th appearance, which ranks third all-time; 22-34 all-time record; 1999 runner-up.

Mike Ziegler
Ziegler
Individual leaders: Sophomore OF John Ford-Griffin leads team with a .410 batting average and .483 OB percentage. Junior IF Brett Groves has stolen a team-high 34 bases (of 39 attempts). Sophomore OF Chris Smith ranks second with .389 batting average and first in home runs (14). Sophomore RHP Chris Whidden (2.14 ERA) has posted five saves. RHP Mike Ziegler has thrown a team-high 144 K while posting a 3.18 ERA.

News and notes: Nine pitchers have seen significant action this season. Mike Ziegler went the distance and struck out nine in the deciding game against archrival Miami. Martin has led the Seminoles to 12 CWS appearances, including eight in the past 10 seasons. Senior Marshall McDougall (second on team with 13 HR's) was name 1999 CWS MVP. Seminoles have committed 115 errors this season.

Roster
NO. PITCHERS            B  T   HT   WT    W-L  ERA
 4  John Bentley        R  R   6-0  180   1-0  3.65
 7  Daniel Hodges       L  L   5-11 180   1-0  2.66
13  Nick Whidden        R  R   6-0  185   2-1  1.62
17  Chris Whidden       R  R   5-11 175   1-2  2.14 (5 saves)
21  Blair Varnes        R  R   6-2  195  11-2  3.50
24  Eric Roman          R  R   6-2  180   0-0  0.00
29  Mike DiBlasi        L  L   6-2  199   2-1  3.50
30  Robby Read          R  R   6-1  185   3-1  3.62
35  Mike Ziegler        R  R   6-3  225   9-4  3.18
37  Chris Ginn          L  L   6-3  215   1-1  4.18
41  Jon McDonald        R  R   6-3  200  11-5  4.04
46  Matt Lynch          L  L   6-1  190   7-0  3.26


NO. CATCHERS            B  T   HT   WT    AVG  HR  RBI      
32  Blair McCaleb       R  R   6-0  210  .273   3   34


NO. INFIELDERS          B  T   HT   WT    AVG  HR  RBI
 1  Brett Groves        R  R   5-11 180  .310   3   45
 2  Bobby Spano         S  R   5-11 175  .170   1    9
18  Pichi Balet         R  R   6-0  205  .342   7   39
26  Scott Boyd          R  R   6-1  210  .316   2   17
27  Ryan Barthelemy     L  R   6-3  225  .306  11   66
31  Marshall McDougall  R  R   6-1  200  .341  13   65
33  John Halliday       L  L   6-5  235  .214   4   19
  
NO. OUTFIELDERS         B  T   HT   WT    AVG  HR  RBI
 8  Michael Futrell (C) R  R   6-0  180  .281   4   40
 9  Karl Jernigan (P)   R  R   6-2  195  .336   6   49
14  Clint Thigpen       R  R   6-1  195  .000   0    1
15  Chris Smith (P)     L  L   6-1  190  .389  14   66
39  John-Ford Griffin   L  L   6-2  190  .410   8   55
 



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