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The 2006 College World Series was held June 16-26 in Omaha, Nebraska; it was the 60th College World Series and the 57th series held in Omaha. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having advanced through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. The official host for the event was nearby Creighton University and Oregon State won the national title.

After winning the regional and super regional rounds of the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, eight teams advanced to Omaha. Clemson, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Cal State Fullerton, Oregon State, Rice, Georgia, and Miami all won their super-regionals and made the trip to the 2006 College World Series. Five national seeds advanced to Omaha: Clemson (1), Rice (2), Cal State Fullerton (5), Georgia (7), and Georgia Tech (8). Third-seeded Texas and sixth-seeded Nebraska both fell in the regionals, while the fourth seed Alabama lost in super regional play.

The first pitch of the 2006 CWS was Friday, June 16, at 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC). The 2006 tournament was only the second time in CWS history in which 16 games were played (the other being the 2003 College World Series).

After losing their tournament opener to Miami, the Oregon State Beavers staved off elimination for four straight games to win their bracket and advance to the championship series. The Rice Owls, who had not lost a three-game series all season, were shut out in consecutive games by the Beavers and failed to score in a CWS-record 23 innings. Oregon State advanced to face North Carolina in the final.

Opening ceremony of game 2 between Oregon State and North Carolina.

The best-of-three championship series featured Oregon State and North Carolina. Oregon State won the deciding game, 3-2, winning the school's first national title in baseball and its second NCAA championship overall. All games were televised on ESPN and ESPN2.

Oregon State set a CWS record by winning six elimination games (four in bracket play, two in the championship series) and also became the first team ever to lose twice in Omaha and still win the title. Oregon State is the only team besides Holy Cross in 1952 to win six games in the College World Series. Oregon State played in half (eight of 16) of the games in the tournament.

OSU pitcher Jonah Nickerson was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

[edit] Participants

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Clemson	ACC	52 - 14 (24 - 6)	Jack Leggett	10 (last: 2002)	3rd (1996, 2002)	9 - 20
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	48 - 13 (18 - 3)	George Horton	13 (last: 2004)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)	32 - 21
Georgia	SEC	47 - 21 (18 - 12)	David Perno	4 (last: 2004)	1st (1990)	6 - 7
Georgia Tech	ACC	50 - 16 (19 - 11)	Danny Hall	2 (last: 2002)	2nd (1994)	4 - 3
Miami (FL)	ACC	41 - 22 (17 - 13)	Jim Morris	21 (last: 2004)	1st (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)	45 - 34
North Carolina	ACC	50 - 13 (22 - 8)	Mike Fox	4 (last: 1989)	3rd (1978)	2 - 8
Oregon State	Pac-10	44 - 14 (16 - 7)	Pat Casey	2 (last: 2005)	7th (1952, 2005)	0 - 4
Rice	C-USA	55 - 11 (22 - 2)	Wayne Graham	4 (last: 2003)	1st (2003)	6 - 7

[edit] Tournament Notes

Four of the eight participants were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference; this tied a record.

[edit] College World Series Bracket

[edit] 2006 College World Series Bracket

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Clemson	8
8	Georgia Tech	4
			1	Clemson	0

				North Carolina	2
	North Carolina	7

5	Cal State-Fullerton	5
							North Carolina	6

						5	Cal State-Fullerton	5
8	Georgia Tech	5

5	Cal State-Fullerton	7
			5	Cal State-Fullerton	7

			1	Clemson	6



											North Carolina	4	7	2

											Oregon State	3	11	3
2	Rice	6

7	Georgia	4
			2	Rice	3

				Miami	2
	Miami	11

	Oregon State	1
						2	Rice	0	0

							Oregon State	5	2
7	Georgia	3

	Oregon State	5
				Oregon State	8

				Miami	1

[edit] Final CWS standings

Place	School	CWS Record
1st	Oregon State	6-2
2nd	North Carolina	4-2
3rd	Rice	2-2
3rd	Cal State-Fullerton	2-2
5th	Clemson	1-2
5th	Miami	1-2
7th	Georgia	0-2
7th	Georgia Tech	0-2

[edit] Schedule

All times are Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Game	Time	Teams
1	Fri., June 16, 2006 1:00 PM (ESPN2)	(1) Clemson vs. (8) Georgia Tech
2	Fri., June 16, 2006 6:00 PM (ESPN2)	(5) Cal St. Fullerton vs. North Carolina
3	Sat., June 17, 2006, 1:00 PM (ESPN)	(2) Rice vs. (7) Georgia
4	Sat., June 17, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN)	Oregon St. vs. Miami (FL)
5	Sun., June 18, 2006, 1:00 PM (ESPN)	(8) Georgia Tech vs. (5) Cal St. Fullerton
6	Sun., June 18, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN2)	(1) Clemson vs. North Carolina
7	Mon., June 19, 2006, 1:00 PM (ESPN)	(7) Georgia vs. Oregon State
8	Mon., June 19, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN2)	(2) Rice vs. Miami (FL)
9	Tue., June 20, 2006, 4:00 PM (ESPN2)	(5) Cal St. Fullerton vs. (1) Clemson
10	Tue., June 20, 2006, 8:00 PM (ESPN2)	Oregon State vs. Miami (FL)
11	Wed., June 21, 2006, 4:00 PM (ESPN2)	North Carolina vs. (5) Cal St. Fullerton
12	Wed., June 22, 2006, 8:00 PM (ESPN2)	(2) Rice vs. Oregon State
13	Thu., June 23, 2006, 4:00 PM (ESPN2)	not needed
14	Thu., June 23, 2006, 8:00 PM (ESPN2)	(2) Rice vs. Oregon State
Champ. 1	Sat., June 24, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN)	North Carolina vs. Oregon State
Champ. 2	Sun., June 25, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN2)	North Carolina vs. Oregon State
Champ. 3	Mon., June 26, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN)	North Carolina vs. Oregon State

[edit] Results

All times are CDT.

[edit] Friday 6/16

[edit] Game #1: 1:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Georgia Tech	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	1
Clemson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	x	8	9	0

WP: Ryan Hinson (4-0) LP: Ryan Turner (4-4)
HRs: GT – Kindel CLEM – D'Alessio

[edit] Game #2: 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
North Carolina	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	15	2
Cal. State Fullerton	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	0

WP: Matt Danford (7-1) LP: Lauren "Luscious" Gagnier (21-5) SV: Andrew Carignan (14)
HRs: CSF – Clark, McArthur UNC – Fronk, Johnson

[edit] Saturday 6/17

[edit] Game #3: 1:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	5	1
Rice	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	x	6	10	1

WP: Bryce Cox (5-1) LP: Rip Warren (8-3)

[edit] Game #4: 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Miami	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	11	11	0
Oregon State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1

WP: Scott Maine (12-3) LP: Dallas Buck (12-3)
HRs: MIA – Raben

[edit] Sunday 6/18

[edit] Game #5: 1:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cal State Fullerton	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	7	15	1
Georgia Tech	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	9	0

WP: Ryan Paul (3-1) LP: Matt Wieters (1-3)
HRs: GT – Wieters

[edit] Game #6: 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Clemson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
North Carolina	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	x	2	7	2

WP: Robert Woodard (7-1) LP: Stephen Faris (9-3)

[edit] Monday 6/19

[edit] Game #7: 1:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oregon State	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	12	2
Georgia	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	6	1

WP: Jonah Nickerson (12-4) LP: Mickey Westphal (7-3) SV: Kevin Gunderson (18)
HRs: UGA – Wyatt

[edit] Game #8: 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rice	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3
Miami	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	2

WP: Cole St.Clair (7-2) LP: Danny Gil (4-3) SV: Bryce Cox (4)
HRs: RICE – Henley

[edit] Tuesday 6/20

[edit] Game #9: 4:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cal State Fullerton	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	7	15	1
Clemson	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	0

WP: Adam Jorgenson (2-0) LP: David Kopp (6-2) SV: Wes Roemer (1)
HRs: CSF – Cooper

[edit] Game #10: 8:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oregon State	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	8	13	0
Miami	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	1

WP: Mike Stutes (8-2) LP: Carlos Gutierrez (9-7)
HRs: OSU – McFeely MIA – Raben

[edit] Wednesday 6/21

[edit] Game #11: 4:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
North Carolina	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	13	1
Cal State Fullerton	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	14	2

WP: Daniel Bard (9-3) LP: Wes Roemer (13-2) SV: Andrew Miller (1)
HRs: UNC – Cox (2), Federowicz

[edit] Game #12: 8:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Oregon State	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	x	5	7	0

WP: Daniel Turpen (3-0) LP: Craig Crow (8-2)
HRs: OSU – McFeely (2)

[edit] Thursday 6/22

[edit] Game #14: 8:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oregon State	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
Rice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

WP: Jonah Nickerson (13-4) LP: Eddie Degerman (13-2) SV: Kevin Gunderson (19)

[edit] Saturday 6/24

[edit] Championship Game #1: 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oregon State	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	9	0
North Carolina	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	x	4	10	1

WP: Jonathon Hovis (8-2) LP: Joe Paterson (1-1) SV: Andrew Carignan (15)
HRs: OSU – Gillespie

Note: 77 minute rain delay in top of 6th inning

[edit] Sunday 6/25

[edit] Championship Game #2: 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
North Carolina	0	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	13	0
Oregon State	0	0	0	7	0	4	0	0	x	11	14	0

WP: Kevin Gunderson (3-2) LP: Matt Danford (7-2)
HRs: UNC – Federowicz (2) OSU – Rowe

[edit] Monday 6/26

[edit] Championship Game #3: 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
North Carolina	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	4
Oregon State	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	x	3	6	1

WP: Dallas Buck (13-3) LP: Daniel Bard (9-4) SV: Kevin Gunderson (20)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

College World Series (Official Site)
Official Schedule
Official Bracket
History and results from every CWS
ESPN Coverage
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! (Oregon State Athletics)

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