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The 2008 College World Series was held June 14th through June 25th, 2008 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Rosenblatt Stadium. It was the 62nd College World Series overall, and the 59th to be held in Omaha.

The Series was won by Fresno State, who became the lowest ranked team ever to win an NCAA Baseball Championship (or any NCAA Championship in any sport ever), and the fifth consecutive baseball team to win the title that was not one of the eight national seeds.

Fresno State sophomore third baseman Tommy Mendonca won the Most Outstanding Player Award. Tommy hit four home runs and had 11 RBIs and also made a number of spectacular plays in the field.

1 Changes for 2008
2 Participants
3 Tournament Notes
4 Bracket and standings
- 4.1 2008 College World Series bracket
- 4.2 Final CWS standings
5 Results
6 Championship Series
7 All Tournament Team
8 Notable Players
9 CWS records tied or broken
10 CWS Leaders
- 10.1 Team
- 10.2 Individual
11 Post-Series Notes
12 Television and radio
13 See also
14 External links
15 References

[edit] Changes for 2008

The first day of the 2008 CWS was moved to Saturday (June 14) from the traditional Friday. Also, if all games were needed in the first double-elimination round, it would take eight days to complete rather than seven.

The NCAA cited the need to be more flexible in the super-regional round in case of inclement weather. It also allowed for greater potential ticket revenue, in part because the extra "if-necessary" day would now be ticketed separately if both games are played.[1]

Game 1 of the best-of-three championship series was scheduled for Monday, June 23, game 2 for Tuesday, June 24 and game 3 if necessary for Wednesday, June 25.

[edit] Participants

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Stanford	Pac-10	39 - 22 - 2 (14 - 10)	Mark Marquess	15 (last: 2003)	1st (1987, 1988)	38 - 27
North Carolina	ACC	51 - 12 (22 - 7)	Mike Fox	6 (last: 2007)	2nd (2006, 2007)	10 - 13
Florida State	ACC	54 - 12 (24 - 6)	Mike Martin	18 (last: 2000)	2nd (1970, 1986, 1999)	25 - 36
Georgia	SEC	41 - 23 - 1 (20 - 9 - 1)	David Perno	5 (last: 2006)	1st (1990)	6 - 9
Miami (FL)	ACC	52 - 9 (23 - 5)	Jim Morris	22 (last: 2006)	1st (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)	46 - 36
Rice	C-USA	47 - 13 (21 - 3)	Wayne Graham	6 (last: 2007)	1st (2003)	10 - 11
Louisiana State	SEC	48 - 17 - 1 (18 - 11 - 1)	Paul Mainieri	13 (last: 2004)	1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000)	29 - 17
Fresno State	WAC	42 - 29 (21 - 11)	Mike Batesole	3 (last: 1991)	3rd (1959)	4 - 6

[edit] Tournament Notes

[edit] Bracket and standings

[edit] 2008 College World Series bracket

The teams in the CWS are divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. The winners of the two pools meet in a best-of-three finals.

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Miami	4
8	Georgia	7
			8	Georgia	4

			—	Stanford	3
—	Stanford	16

4	Florida State	5
						8	Georgia	10	--

						—	Stanford	8	--
1	Miami	7

4	Florida State	5
			1	Miami	3

			—	Stanford	8



										8	Georgia	7	10	1

										—	Fresno State	6	19	6
2	North Carolina	8

7	LSU	4
			2	North Carolina	3

			—	Fresno State	5
—	Fresno State	17

6	Rice	5
						—	Fresno State	3	6

						2	North Carolina	4	1
7	LSU	6

6	Rice	5
			7	LSU	3

			2	North Carolina	7

[edit] Final CWS standings

Place	School	CWS Record
1st	Fresno State	5-2
2nd	Georgia	4-2
3rd	North Carolina	3-2
3rd	Stanford	2-2
5th	LSU	1-2
5th	Miami	1-2
7th	Florida State	0-2
7th	Rice	0-2

[edit] Results

All times CDT.

[edit] Saturday, June 14

[edit] Game 1, 1:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Stanford (1-0)	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	11	16	15	1
#4 Florida State (0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	5	11	3

Starting pitchers: Stanford – Jeremy Bleich (3-2) FSU – Matt Fairel (12-2) WP: Drew Storen (4-3) LP: John Gast (0-0)
HRs: Stanford – Gerhart, Milleville FSU – Guinn, Stidham

[edit] Game 2, 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#8 Georgia (1-0)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	7	11	1
#1 Miami (0-1)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	1

Starting pitchers: UGA – Trever Holder (8-4) Miami – Chris Hernandez (11-0) WP: Josh Fields (2-2) LP: Carlos Gutierrez (5-3)
HRs: UGA – Peisel Miami – Weeks, Tekotte, Alonso

[edit] Sunday, June 15

[edit] Game 3, 1:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Fresno State (1-0)	0	4	0	7	0	5	0	1	0	17	13	2
#6 Rice (0-1)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	5	10	1

Starting pitchers: Fresno – Justin Wilson (7-5) Rice – Ryan Berry (8-4) WP: Justin Wilson(7-5) LP: Ryan Berry (8-4)
HRs: Fresno – Berry, Evers, Langwell, Bell Rice – Comerota

[edit] Game 4, 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#7 LSU (0-1)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	8	1
#2 North Carolina (1-0)	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	x	8	17	0

Starting pitchers: LSU – Ryan Verdugo (9-4) UNC – Alex White (11-3) WP: Alex White(11-3) LP: Ryan Verdugo(9-4) SV: Rob Wooten(5)
HRs: LSU – M Hollander,M Clark

[edit] Monday, June 16

[edit] Game 5, 1:00 PM (elimination)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#4 Florida State (0-2)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	5	18	0
#1 Miami (1-1)	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	x	7	11	2

Starting pitchers: FSU – Elih Villanueva (7-3) Miami – David Gutierrez (5-0) WP: Eric Erickson (9-1) LP: Elih Villanueva (7-4)
HRs: Miami – J. Weeks (13, 3rd inning off E. Villanueva 1 on, 1 out); B. Tekotte (13, 8th inning off G. Parker 0 on, 0 out)

[edit] Game 6, 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Stanford (1-1)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
#8 Georgia (2-0)	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	x	4	9	0

Starting pitchers: Stanford – Jeffrey Inman (7-2) UGA – Nick Montgomery (4-2) WP: A. Mcree LP: A. Yount SV: J. Fields
HRs: Stanford – J. Castro (14, 3rd inning off of Nick Montgomery, 1 on, 2 out)

[edit] Tuesday, June 17

[edit] Game 7, 1:00 PM (elimination)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#6 Rice (0-2)	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	10	3
#7 LSU (1-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	11	0

Starting pitchers: Rice – Chris Kelley (5-1) LSU – Jared Bradford (10-4) WP: Louis Coleman (8-0) LP: Cole St. Clair (10-3)
HRs: Rice – A. Luna (10, 6th inning off J. Bradford 0 on, 0 out)

[edit] Game 8, 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#2 North Carolina (1-1)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	1
Fresno State (2-0)	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	x	5	13	1

Starting pitchers: Fresno – Justin Miller (6-3) UNC – Adam Warren (9-1) WP: Jason Breckley (3-2) LP: Adam Warren (9-2) SV: Brandon Burke (13)
HRs: UNC – R. Overland (4, 2nd inning off A. Warren 0 on, 0 out); S. Susdorf (12, 4th inning off A. Warren 0 on, 0 out)

[edit] Wednesday, June 18

[edit] Game 9, 6:00 PM (elimination)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#1 Miami (1-2)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	9	2
Stanford (2-1)	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	x	8	11	0

Starting pitchers: Miami – Enrique Garcia (7-2) Stanford – Danny Sandbrink (2-1) WP: Erik Davis (7-3) LP: Enrique Garcia (7-2)
HRs: Miami – Yasmani Grandal Stanford – Sean Ratliff

[edit] Friday, June 20

[edit] Game 10, 6:00 PM (elimination)

Game initially scheduled on Thursday, June 19, but was postponed due to a rainout

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#2 North Carolina (2-1)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	9	2
#7 LSU (1-2)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	4	0

[edit] Saturday, June 21

[edit] Game 11, 1:00 PM (Bracket final series)

An Elimination game if Georgia wins

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#8 Georgia (3-0)	0	1	3	2	3	0	0	1	0	10	15	2
Stanford (2-2)	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	8	11	0

Starting pitchers: UGA – Nathan Moreau (4-3) Stanford – Jeremy Bleich (3-2) WP: Dean Weaver (5-1) LP: Jeremy Bleich (3-3)
HRs: UGA – Ryan Peisel (12) Stanford – Ben Clowe (3)

[edit] Game 12, 6:00 PM (Bracket final series)

An Elimination game if Fresno State wins

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Fresno State (2-1)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
#2 North Carolina (3-1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	x	4	8	0

[edit] Sunday, June 22 (Bracket final series)

[edit] Game 13, 6:00 PM

Both teams have one loss; therefore, loser eliminated, and winner advance to play Georgia in the Best-of-Three Championship Series

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#2 North Carolina (3-2)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	1
Fresno State (3-1)	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	x	6	10	0

Starting pitchers: Fresno – C Allison UNC – A Warren WP: C Allison LP: A Warren

[edit] Championship Series

Best-of-three series to determine NCAA Division I Champion

[edit] Monday, June 23

[edit] Game 14, 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Fresno State (3-2), (0-1)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	6	7	0
#8 Georgia (4-0), (1-0)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	x	7	10	1

Starting pitchers: Fresno – Sean Bonesteele (2-2) UGA – Trevor Holder (8-4) WP: Brandon Burke (4-5) LP: Will Harvil (1-1) SV: Joshua Fields (18)
HRs: Fresno – Steve Detwiler (10; 2 runs, 0 outs, top of 5th), Tommy Mendonca (18; Solo, 2 out, top of 8th), Jordan Ribera (5; Solo, 0 out, top of 3rd) UGA – Gordan Beckham (27; 2 runs, 0 out, bottom 8th)

[edit] Tuesday, June 24

[edit] Game 15, 6:35 PM

An Elimination game for Fresno State

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#8 Georgia (4-1), (1-1)	3	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	15	0
Fresno State (4-2), (1-1)	0	0	6	5	4	0	3	1	x	19	19	3

[edit] Wednesday, June 25

[edit] Game 16, 6:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Fresno State (5-2), (2-1)	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	6	8	4
#8 Georgia (4-2), (1-2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	2

Starting pitchers: Fresno – Justin Wilson (8-5) UGA – Nathan Moreau (4-3)

[edit] All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	School
Pitcher	Alex White	North Carolina
Pitcher	Justin Wilson	Fresno St.
Catcher	Jason Castro	Stanford
First Base	Dustin Ackley	North Carolina
Second Base	Erik Wetzel	Fresno St.
Third Base	Tommy Mendonca	Fresno St.
Shortstop	Gordon Beckham	Georgia
Outfield	Tim Fedroff	North Carolina
	Steve Susdorf	Fresno St.
	Steve Detwiler	Fresno St.
Designated Hitter	Ryan Peisel	Georgia

[edit] Notable Players

Chicago White Sox third baseman Gordan Beckham who played the following year in the majors

[edit] CWS records tied or broken

Most runs scored in an inning: 11 (tied)(Stanford, 9th inning, Game 1 against Florida State)
Most runners left on base in a nine-inning game: 17 (tied) (Florida State, Game 5 against Miami)
Most doubles hit by a player: 3 (tied) by Rich Poythress Georgia against Stanford, Game 11.
Most losses by a team who won the College World Series: 31 (Fresno State)
Lowest seed to win the College World Series: #4 regional seed, #89 RPI (Fresno State)

[edit] CWS Leaders

[edit] Team

[edit] Individual

[edit] Post-Series Notes

[edit] Television and radio

ESPN and ESPN2 showed every game of the tournament on television, except on Sunday June 22 due to the postponement of game 10 which forced the networks to utilize ESPN Classic. They were also streamed online at ESPN360.com. Westwood One had live radio coverage of the championship series.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

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