Thursday, June 8
Texas Longhorns
 
 
POSTSEASON RESULTS
Regional:
Beat Creighton, 5-4
Lost to Arizona St3-1
Beat Miami Ohio, 11-1
Beat Arizona St, 6-4
Beat Arizona St, 9-7
Super Regional:
Beat Penn St, 7-3
Beat Penn St, 10-0
Record: 46-19
Coach: Augie Garrido, fourth season (32nd overall, 1,286-623 all-time)
Team batting average: .306
Team ERA: 3.12
First opponent: LSU (48-17), 7 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN2); Texas leads all-time series 22-7-1

Road to Omaha: Beat Penn State 2-0 in best-of-3 series to win program's first super-regional title.

CWS history: NCAA-leading 28th appearance (first since 1993); four national championships (1949, '50, '75, '83); 64-47 all-time; .577 winning percentage ranks eighth in CWS history.

Individual leaders: Junior RHP Beau Hale (139.2 IP, 125 K, 2.77 ERA) and senior LHP D.J. Jones (137 IP, 96 K) are each 12-5. Junior LHP Phil Seibel (5-1) has a team-best 1.91 ERA, followed by junior RHP Charlie Thames (19 saves, 2.10 ERA). Senior CF Ben Emond leads the team with a .378 average and is riding an eight-game hit streak while batting .390 in the postseason with a team-best 11 runs scored. Junior 2B Tommy Nicholson is batting .363 with 37 runs scored; has hit safely in 37 of last 39 games. Sophomore 1B Jeff Ontiveros leads team in eight offensive categories, including home runs (14) and RBI (67).

TO DYE FOR
Texas alum Greg Swindell promised the school's baseball team that if the Longhorns reached the College World Series, he would die his hair burnt orange -- or as close to it as he could. On Tuesday, Swindell's hair was sort of a blonde/orange mix. "He looks WWF-ish," a Diamondbacks official said.

News and notes: Senior 3B Chris Houser leads the Longhorns with nine game-winning RBI, including both super-regional game-winners. Hale struck out 12 in 10-0 shutout victory over Penn State that clinched CWS berth. Hale became the school's first first-round pick (14th overall pick, Baltimore) since 1996 in the June 5 amateur draft as six Longhorns were taken in the first 20 rounds. Coach Garrido, the winningest active D-I coach, won three national titles with Cal State Fullerton (1979, '84, '95), and is 20-10 all-time in the CWS.

Roster
NO. PITCHERS               B  T   HT   WT    W-L   ERA      
 5  Ryan France (OF)       S  R   6-2  195   3-5  3.56
10  Ray Clark              R  R   6-2  170   4-1  3.93
17  Beau Hale              R  R   6-2  200  12-5  2.77
19  D.J. Jones             L  L   6-1  205  12-5  2.89
24  Eric Tomlinson (OF)    S  L   6-2  195   2-0  2.38
32  Phil Seibel            L  L   6-1  190   5-1  1.91
33  Charlie Thames         R  R   6-1  185   4-2  2.10 (19 saves)
34  Kevin Frizzell         R  R   6-3  200   4-0  3.76


NO. CATCHERS               B  T   HT   WT    AVG  HR  RBI
 7  Sam Anderson           R  R   6-0  185  .284   0   27
15  Clark Todd             R  R   6-0  195 1.000   1    1
39  Ryan Hubele (OF)       R  R   5-11 180  .326   4   29


NO. INFIELDERS             B  T   HT   WT    AVG  HR  RBI
 1  Tommy Nicholson        L  R   5-9  160  .363   3   41
 2  Todd West              R  R   5-11 170  .320   1   26
11  Chris Houser           L  R   5-11 180  .268   1   45
13  Ryan Brooks            R  R   6-1  200  .333   0    0
40  Jeff Ontiveros         R  R   6-0  220  .293  14   67


NO. OUTFIELDERS            B  T   HT   WT    AVG  HR  RBI
 3  Ben Emond              L  R   6-0  180  .378   0   41
 8  Matt Rosenberg         L  L   6-0  185  .291   1   33
12  Mike Pumo              R  R   6-1  195  .262   3   17
31  Chris Carmichael       L  L   5-9  175  .273   1   11
 



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