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1 2 Corporate Park, Suite 206 Irvine, CA phone: (949) fax: (949) Big West Baseball Information Director: Mike Villamor Assoc. Info. Director: Julie St.Cyr (bbcontact) Website: Standings Release No Monday, June 30, 2008 Conference Overall W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Hm Rd. Neut. Long Beach State Cal State Fullerton UC Santa Barbara UC Irvine UC Riverside UC Davis Cal State Northridge Cal Poly Pacific Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton Crowned 2008 Co-Champions: Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton entered the final weekend of the regular season battling each other with both the conference title and automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament on the line. The 49ers trailed the Titans by one game but managed to put together a 2-1 series win over CSF to tie for first in the Big West with a 16-8 mark. While both teams shared the conference championship, Long Beach State received the league s AQ due to a head-to-head tiebreaker. This marks LBSU s first conference title since 2003 and eighth conference title since 1989, while CSF claim its 15th Big West title, seventh in the last 10 years. Big West Hands Out Top Honors: The competitiveness of the Big West Conference was shown throughout the season and in this year s annual awards as the league awarded the first-ever tri-pitcher of the year and co-player of the year, among other accolades, as selected by the nine Big West coaches. Headlining the nation s third-best pitching staff earned UC Irvine s Scott Gorgen a share of the 2008 Easton Big West Pitcher of the Year honors. Completing the trio of pitchers is Cal State Fullerton s Jeff Kaplan and Long Beach State s Andrew Liebel. UC Davis Jake Jefferies and Long Beach State s Shane Peterson were named 2008 Easton Big West Co-Player of the Year for their dominance at the plate. UC Santa Barbara s Mario Hollands collected 2008 Easton Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year honors and Ryan Pineda was tabbed Easton Big West Freshman Player of the Year. Guiding Long Beach State to a share of its first conference title since 2003 earned Mike Weathers Easton Big West Coach of the Year. NCAA Awards Four Big West s Postseason Bids: History repeated itself this season as the Big West Conference sent four teams to the 2008 NCAA Baseball Tournament for the second consecutive year, as announced by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. Big West co-champions Long Beach State (automatic qualifier) and Cal State Fullerton, both regional hosts, were joined by 2007 College World Series participant UC Irvine and first-year member UC Davis. Success On The Bump: In 2006, a Titan trio of Wes Roemer, Lauren Gagnier and Dustin Miller spearheaded a pitching staff that produced an NCAA-best team ERA of In 2005 the 49ers dominated on the mound, leading the nation with a 2.53 earned run average. After a year out of the spotlight, the Big West has made its presence felt among the nation s best as Long Beach State (3.20) is ranked second and UC Irvine (3.27) sits third in team ERA. Record Number For Big West With 50 Athletes Selected In MLB Draft: The Big West Conference had 50 players selected in the two-day Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft with Long Beach State s Shane Peterson being the conference s first player taken, 59th pick in the second round by the St. Louis Cardinals. The league opened the first day with 12 players drafted and followed that up with 38 nabbed in the final day of the 2008 MLB draft. Peterson, Big West s Co-Player of the Year, was the first of 11 49ers drafted to pace the league. Cal Poly was second among Big West schools with eight players picked during the 2008 MLB draft. UC Davis seven draftees were paced by 2008 Big West Co-Player of the Year Jake Jefferies. UC Santa Barbara also had seven players drafted, with catcher Chris McMurray (18th-Cincinnati) kick-starting a busy second day for the Gauchos. UC Irvine had six Anteaters selected in this year s draft, including 2008 Big West Tri-Pitcher of the Year Scott Gorgen. The 2008 Big West Co-Champions, Cal State Fullerton, had six selections, while UC Riverside saw four Highlanders selected and Cal State Northridge had one selection. Super Regional Results Baton Rouge Super Regional Saturday, June 7 UC Irvine def. LSU, 11-5 Sunday, June 8 LSU def. UC Irvine, 9-7 Monday, June 9 LSU def. UC Irvine, 21-7 Fullerton Super Regional Friday, June 6 Stanford def. Cal State Fullerton, 4-3 Saturday, June 7 Stanford def. Cal State Fullerton, 8-5 Big West Schools are in bold Fullerton Regional Friday, May 30 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 4 Rider, 11-0 Saturday, May 31 No. 2 UCLA def. No. 1 Cal State Fullerton, 11-4 Sunday, June 1 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 3 Virginia, 4-1 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 2 UCLA, 11-8 Monday, June 2 No. 1 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 2 UCLA, 5-4 Long Beach Regional Friday, May 30 No. 4 Fresno State def. No. 1 Long Beach State, 7-3 Saturday, May 31 No. 1 Long Beach State def. No.3 California, 9-2 Sunday, June 1 No. 2 San Diego def. No. 1 Long Beach State, 5-1 Palo Alto Regional Friday, May 30 No. 4 UC Davis def. No. 1 Stanford, 4-2 Saturday, May 31 No. 2 Pepperdine def. No. 4 UC Davis, 7-4 Sunday, June 1 No.1 Stanford def. No. 4 UC Davis, 8-4 Lincoln Regional Friday, May 30 No. 2 UC Irvine def. No. 3 Oral Roberts, 9-7 Saturday, May 31 No. 2 UC Irvine def. No. 1 Nebraska, 3-2 Sunday, June 1 No. 2 UC Irvine def. No. 3 Oral Roberts, 8-0 Big West Schools are in bold Regional Results Preseason Rankings Baseball America Collegiate Baseball USA Today/ ESPN NCBWA CSF LBSU UCI

2 The Road To Omaha... Big West Conference In 2008, the Big West Conference had five teams with an over-.500 overall winning percentage - Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, UC Davis, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara. The league also had six teams post a winning record during conference play - a first for the Big West Conference. The Big West sent four teams to the 64- team NCAA Baseball Tournament for the second straight season and the third time in conference history being the third. The following is a list of the Big West Conference NCAA teams versus the NCAA Field. Cal State Fullerton Arizona 1-2 Arizona State 1-1 Long Beach State 1-2 Pepperdine 1-1 Rider 1-0 San Diego 2-1 Southern Miss 3-0 Stanford 0-5 TCU 2-1 UC Davis 1-2 UC Irvine 2-1 UCLA 5-1 Virginia 1-0 Total Long Beach State California 1-3 Cal State Fullerton 2-1 Fresno State 1-2 Pepperdine 1-1 Rice 2-1 San Diego 0-3 UC Davis 1-2 UC Irvine 1-2 UCLA 3-0 Wichita State 3-0 Total UC Davis California 1-1 Cal State Fullerton 1-2 Fresno State 2-2 Long Beach State 2-1 Pepperdine 0-1 Stanford 3-1 UC Irvine 1-2 Total UC Irvine Arizona State 0-1 Cal State Fullerton 1-2 Long Beach State 2-1 LSU 1-2 Nebraska 1-0 Oral Roberts 2-0 San Diego 1-1 Tulane 2-1 UC Davis 2-1 UCLA 1-1 Total 12-9 BIG WEST TOTAL Tournament Information The SEC led all conferences in the number of teams in the championship field with nine, followed by the Big 12 and ACC with six apiece. The Pac-10 and Conference USA each earned five bids, while the Big West sent four teams to the postseason. The Big West has enjoyed a tradition of representation at the College World Series, featuring a contender for the coveted crown on an almost annual basis. In fact, a Big West school has reached Omaha in 15 of the past 20 seasons. Fullerton brought home the league s first national title in 1995 and then brought home a second in Cal State Fullerton (Fullerton Regional 4-1) (Fullerton Super Regional 0-2) The Titans have won four National Titles (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004). They are tied for fifth with Miami for the most NCAA College World Series titles. Cal State Fullerton has had five College World Series Outstanding Players marks the 30th year the Titans have competed in the NCAA Regionals - 22nd time as a member of the Big West. This year s bid is the 17th consecutive year CSF has received a post-season berth, marking the third-longest active consecutive streak in the nation behind Miami (36 years) and Florida State (31 years). Clemson missed the postseason for the first time in 21 years. The Titans are now (.707) all-time in the NCAA Regionals and 23-6 (.793) when hosting the regional. The Titans welcomed UCLA, Virginia and Rider to Goodwin Field for the NCAA Regionals. CSF had never met the Cavaliers or Broncos, but defeated both teams, along with picking up two wins against the Bruins to capture the regional. Five Titans earned all-regional accolades - Erik Komatsu, Christian Colon, Dustin Garneau, Cory Arbiso and Brian Wilson (Most Outstanding Player). Cal State Fullerton has advanced to the super regionals the past six seasons - playing host in all six contests. Unfortunately the Titans were unable to get past Stanford this year, going 0-2 in the super regionals for the first time in school history. The Cal State Fullerton baseball program has provided all of its student-athletes spending four year in the program since 1975 at least one trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. Long Beach State (Long Beach Regional 1-2) Long Beach earned its 17th NCAA berth this season. The 49ers also hosted their second straight, fourth overall, regional. The 49ers were unable to make their third trip to the super regionals after going 1-2 this postseason at Blair Field. Long Beach State hosted an all-california regional that includes two top 25 opponents, San Diego and California, along with eventual national champion Fresno State. Jonathan Jones was the lone 49er selected to the all-regional team. In the history of the 49er program, Long Beach State has made four College World Series Appearances ( 89, 91, 93, 98). UC Irvine (Lincoln Regional 3-0) (LSU Super Regional 1-2) The Anteaters made their third consecutive trip, fourth overall, to the postseason after receiving an at-large berth into the NCAA Baseball Tournament. UC Irvine swept the Lincoln Regional before falling to LSU, 2-1, in the Baton Rouge Super Regional. Ben Orloff, Ollie Linton, Sean Madigan, Bryce Stowell and Daniel Bibona were named to the all-regional team, with Stowell earning most outstanding player honors. After going 0-2 in their first two trips to the regionals, the Anteaters swept the regional competition the past two seasons. The 2007 season marked the first time UC Irvine advanced to both the super regionals and College World Series. UC Irvine, who was reinstated as a D I school in 2002, was successful at the D II level; in 1973 and 1974 the Anteaters were crowned Division II National Champions. UC Davis (Palo Alto Regional 1-2) UC Davis earned a bid to the NCAA Baseball Tournament in its first season competing at the Division I level. The Big West Conference welcomed UC Davis as an official member on July 1, 2007, after it completed its four-year reclassification from Division II to Division I. At the D II level, the Aggies posted a NCAA Tournament record of They appeared in the regionals seven times and made two championship appearances. The Aggies traveled to the Palo Alto Regional, where they opened the weekend with a win over Stanford. They dropped the following two contests against Pepperdine and Stanford, to tally a 1-2 record in their first NCAA appearance. Ty Kelly and Eddie Gamboa were named to the all-regional team for their efforts. Big West in NCAA Tournament ( ) YRS REG/SUPER CWS ALL Cal State Fullerton Long Beach State UC Santa Barbara UC Irvine UC Riverside Cal State Northridge UC Davis *Fresno State *Nevada *UNLV *Cal State LA *San Jose State Totals * Reflects NCAA results while a Big West member only. All-Time NCAA Tournament Records (Current Big West members-division I Only) YRS REG CWS ALL Cal State Fullerton Long Beach State Cal State Northridge UC Santa Barbara UC Irvine UC Riverside Totals

3 2008 BIG WEST CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2008 BIG WEST FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jake Jefferies, UC Davis Ryan Pineda, Cal State Northridge Shane Peterson, Long Beach State 2008 BIG WEST TRI-PITCHER OF THE YEAR 2008 BIG WEST FRESHMAN PITCHER OF THE YEAR Mario Hollands, UC Santa Barbara Jeff Kaplan, Cal State Fullerton Andrew Liebel, Long Beach State FIRST TEAM Player School Ht. B-T Yr. Pos. Hometown Jake Jefferies UC Davis 6-3 L/R Jr. C Merced, Calif. Shane Peterson^ Long Beach State 6-0 L/L Jr. 1B Temecula, Calif. Drew Garcia UC Riverside 6-0 S/R Jr. 2B El Cajon, Calif. Brent Morel Cal Poly 6-2 R/R Jr. 3B Bakersfield, Calif. Ben Orloff UC Irvine 5-11 R/R Jr. SS Simi Valley, Calif. Erik Komatsu Cal State Fullerton 5-10 L/L Jr. OF Camarillo, Calif. Logan Schafer Cal Poly 6-1 L/L Jr. OF Los Gatos, Calif. Mike Zuanich UC Santa Barbara 6-4 R/L Sr. OF Torrance, Calif. Ryan Scoma UC Davis 6-2 L/R Jr. DH San Carlos, Calif. Aaron Wible UC Riverside 6-3 R/R Sr. UTL Riverside, Calif. Scott Gorgen^ UC Irvine 5-10 R/R Jr. SP Concord, Calif. Jeff Kaplan Cal State Fullerton 6-0 R/R Sr. SP Dana Point, Calif. Andrew Liebel Long Beach State 6-0 R/R Sr. SP Pomona, Calif. Christian Bergman UC Irvine 6-1 R/R So. RP Altadena, Calif. Eric Pettis UC Irvine 6-2 R/R So. CP West Hills, Calif. SECOND TEAM Player School Ht. B-T Yr. Pos. Hometown Chris McMurray UC Santa Barbara 6-1 R/R Jr. C Mission Viejo, Calif. Wes Dorrell Cal Poly 6-2 L/R So. 1B Clovis, Calif. Adam Ching Pacific 5-8 S/R Sr. 2B Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Ty Kelly UC Davis 6-0 S/R So. 3B Tracy, Calif. Patrick Rose UC Santa Barbara 5-11 R/R Sr. 3B Laguna Niguel, Calif Shane Carlson UC Santa Barbara 6-0 R/R Jr. SS Stevenson Ranch, Calif. Joey Gonzales UC Riverside 5-10 L/L So. OF Riverside, Calif. Josh Fellhauer Cal State Fullerton 5-11 L/L So. OF Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Ollie Linton UC Irvine 5-8 L/L Jr. OF Winnetka, Calif. Luke Yoder Cal Poly 6-0 R/R So. DH Bakersfield, Calif. Richard Cates Cal State Northridge 5-11 L/R Jr. UTL Yuba City, Calif. Cory Arbiso Cal State Fullerton 6-3 R/R Jr. SP La Mirada, Calif. Mike Ford UC Santa Barbara 6-3 R/R So. SP Scottsdale, Ariz. Eddie Gamboa UC Davis 6-2 R/R Sr. SP Merced, Calif. Michael Martin UC Santa Barbara 6-2 R/R Sr. RP Red Bluff, Calif. Justin Fitzgerald UC Davis 6-4 R/R Jr. CP Cloverdale, Calif. Edwin Quirarte Cal State Northridge 6-2 R/R Jr. CP Oxnard, Calif. HONORABLE MENTION Player School Ht. B-T Yr. Pos. Hometown Joe Oliveira Pacific 6-0 R/R Jr. C San Diego, Calif. Eric Oliver UC Santa Barbara 6-1 R/R Jr. 1B Irvine, Calif. TS Reed Cal State Northridge 5-6 R/R Fr. 2B Murrieta, Calif. Jason Tweedy Long Beach State 5-11 L/R Sr. 2B Newark, Calif. Ryan Pineda Cal State Northridge 6-0 R/R Fr. 3B Las Vegas, Nev.. Christian Colon Cal State Fullerton 6-0 R/R Fr. SS Corona, Calif. Danny Espinosa Long Beach State 6-0 S/R Jr. SS Santa Ana, Calif. Jason Corder Long Beach State 6-2 R/R Sr. OF Mission Viejo, Calif. Jonathan Jones Long Beach State 5-10 R/R Jr. OF Vacaville, Calif. Ryan Lee Cal Poly 6-0 R/R Jr. OF Los Altos, Calif. Nick Longmire Pacific 6-2 R/R Fr. OF San Diego, Calif. Ryan Royster UC Davis 6-1 L/L Sr. OF Sacramento, Calif. Gary Brown Cal State Fullerton 6-0 R/R Fr. UTL Diamond Bar, Calif. John Parham Cal State Northridge 5-9 R/R Jr. UTL Rialto, Calif. Phil Hann Cal State Northridge 6-2 R/R Sr. SP Huntington Beach, Calif. Brad McAtee UC Davis 6-5 R/R Jr. SP Poway, Calif. Bryce Stowell UC Irvine 6-2 R/R So. SP La Habra, Calif. Andy Suiter UC Davis 6-3 L/L So. RP Woodside, Calif. Adam Jorgenson Cal State Fullerton 6-0 R/R Sr. RP Costa Mesa, Calif. ^Two-time All-Big West First selection 2008 BIG WEST COACH OF THE YEAR Mike Weathers, Long Beach State

4 Cal Poly Mustangs Cal Poly finished tied for seventh in the conference with an 8-16 record. The Mustangs record marks the first time they were unable to reach.500 for the first time in five years. Cal Poly collected five series wins during the 2008 season, including a sweep over UNLV. Brent Morel belted his first career grand slam to lift Cal Poly to a win in their final contest of the season. Morel paced the Mustang squad with a.368 batting average and league-leading 60 RBI. Wes Dorrell is tied for first in the conference with 24 doubles. Cal Poly had six players finish with an above-.300 batting average. Steven Fischback ranks sixth in the conference with 79 strikeouts. Cal Poly was forced to play without sophomore southpaw Matt Leonard and junior first baseman Adam Buschini. Leonard had left elbow surgery, while Buschini had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow last summer. UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine (42-18) registered its second consecutive 40-win season and finished in a threeway tie for third place in the conference with a record. Closer Eric Pettis led the conference with 17 saves, placing him in a tie for second in the Big West s all-time season highs. Scott Gorgen, who paced the team with a 2.26 ERA, owns 327 strikeouts to become UC Irvine s all-time career leader. In just three seasons he vaulted himself over Glenn Swanson s four-year total of 298. Ollie Linton surpassed Alan Belasco to become UCI s all-time steal leader with 71 stolen bases. Belasco s 51 steals were tallied from Linton s 40 stolen bases in 2008 a new Anteater single-season record. The Anteaters are 2-2 in extra-inning contests. UC Irvine tossed nine shutouts this season, including four in-a-row (2/29-3/4). The Anteaters opened the season with a 16-1 mark, a school best. Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton (41-22 overall) ended the regular season with their lone Big West series loss of the season, going 1-2 at Long Beach State. The Titans ended up tying the 49ers for first place in the conference with a 16-8 record to collect their 15th Big West title, seventh in the last 10 years. Cal State Fullerton claimed 11 series this year. The Titans are 1-4 in extra-inning contests this season. The Titans recorded 126 stolen bases, more than double last year s mark of 53 steals. Cal State Fullerton ranked fourth in the conference in earned run average (4.58) and batting average (.303). Josh Fellhauer ranks second in the conference with 62 runs scored. Cory Arbiso is tied for first in the Big West Conference with 12 wins, while Jeff Kaplan is second with 11 victories. Kaplan picked up his first save of his career in the 5-4 win over UCLA in the deciding game of the Fullerton Regional. The Titans have never had a losing season in the 34-year history. Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge, posting its seventh straight season with a below-.500 record, finished the year with an overall mark of Winning the conference title back in 2001 with an overall mark of was the last time CSUN concluded the season with an above-.500 record. Sixteen of the Matadors wins were in the familiar confines of Matador Field. The Matadors tallied an 8-16 league mark to finished tied for seventh in the Big West Conference. Cal State Northridge picked up series sweeps against La Salle and Cal Poly. A 4-2 victory over nationally-ranked Cal State Fullerton on April 12, 2008, was Cal State Northridge s first road win since April 5, Richard Cates paced the Matadors with a.350 batting average, 72 hits and 41 RBI. On the mound, Edwin Quirarte (4-4) tossed 56.0 innings, produced a 2.09 earned run average and picked up eight saves. Starting in 14 contests, Phil Hann tallied a team-high 48 strikeouts. Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State, who reached the 30-win plateau for the 19th time in 20 years, tallied an overall record of The 49ers (coaches poll preseason favorite) were crowned Big West Co-Champions after tying for first place in the Big West Conference with a 16-8 record, marking their first league title since They also won the league s automatic qualifier due to the head-to-head tiebreaker. Long Beach State was 4-0 in extra-inning contests. Playing 24 games against nationally-ranked opponents, the 49ers are against the best. Long Beach State won 10 of its 14 weekend series. Andrew Liebel s 2.22 ERA paces a LBSU pitching staff that ranked second in the country with a 3.20 ERA. Offensively, Shane Peterson ranked second in the Big West with a.390 batting average. The 49ers ended the regular season going Senior OF Chris Nelson had season-ending knee surgery at the beginning of May. UC Davis Aggies The league welcomed UC Davis as an official member on July 1, 2007, after it completed its four-year reclassification from Division II to Division I. The Aggies, 35-24, reached the 30-win plateau for the first time since UC Davis finished their first season in the Big West ranked sixth in the conference with a record. During 2008, UC Davis collected six weekend series. The Aggies had a midseason stretch where they went Justin Fitzgerald owns 15 saves, ranking him second in the Big West and tying him for third in the BWC all-time single season records. The Aggies were 3-0 in extra inning contests. A sweep over Santa Clara (March 14-16) propelled head coach Rex Peters to his 400th-career win milestone. UC Davis owned a winning record against the west coast conferences (Pac , WAC 5-3, WCC 6-5, MWC 4-1). The Aggies, 10-9 against top 25 teams, closed out the season playing 14 of their final 21 games against nationally-ranked oppo- UC Riverside Highlanders The 2007 defending champion UC Riverside was unable to recapture the crown again this season, finishing in a three-way tie for third with a Big West record. Concluding the year with an overall mark of 21-33, UC Riverside tallied its lowest win total since joining the Big West Conference in Despite struggling during the nonconference portion of its schedule, UC Riverside came on strong during league play, claiming six of the eight series. The Highlanders proved successful at home, going at the Riverside Sports Complex. The Highlanders, who tallied five series sweeps last season, only swept one team this season (Pacific). UC Riverside was 1-3 in extra-inning contests. Drew Garcia paced the Highlanders with a.344 batting average and 51 RBI. Carl Uhl s 54 runs scored leads UC Riverside and is good enough to rank sixth in the conference. UC Riverside registered a 7-5 mark against top 25 opponents. UC Santa Barbara Gauchos The Gauchos conclude the 2008 season in a three-way tie for third place in the Big West Conference with a record. This marks just the second time UC Santa Barbara tallied 10 or more Big West wins in the past six years ( ). With an overall mark of 35-21, the Gauchos collected their highest win total since 2001 when they went UC Santa Barbara, who picked up eight series wins this season, paces the league batting average (.321), home runs (55) and total bases (958). Individually, the Gauchos are led by Patrick Rose s.357 batting average and Mike Zuanich s 57 RBI and league-high 14 home runs. On the Mound, Mike Ford ranks sixth in the conference with a 2.96 ERA. Michael Martin also made the top 10 with a 3.82 ERA. The Gauchos were 0-2 in extra-inning contests. Home sweet home was the motto of UCSB this season as they were nearly unbeatable at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, going Pacific Tigers Pacific concludes the 2008 season with an overall mark of 14-41, tying the Tigers lowest win total since joining the Big West. The last time they registered 14 wins was back in 1990 when they went overall and 1-17 in conference play. The Tigers finished ninth in the conference with a 5-19 Big West mark. Dating back to last season, the Tigers are now 2-13 in the past 15 Big West weekend series after picking up one series win each year. Pacific won two series this year, defeating Minnesota early in the season and downing Cal State Northridge to close out the conference portion of its schedule. Nick Longmire and Adam Ching led the Pacific Tigers with a.323 batting average. Longmire also paced the squad with 31 RBI, while Ching tied for second with 37 runs scored. Tyler Waldron tossed 91.2 innings to tally a 3-7 record and a 5.20 earned run average. The Tigers entered the 2008 season with 17 letterwinners returning. Selected home baseball games will be available once again on BigWest.TV. The Big West Conference has partnered with CSTV to bring live coverage of Big West sports to your home. Subscribe for just $9.95 per month or $79.95 annually to get exclusive coverage of Big West events (volleyball, men s and women s basketball, softball and baseball) delivered right to your computer. If you can't make it to the field, you can still watch all the action on BigWest.TV.

5 Big West Tid Bits Then There Were Nine The season marked the beginning of a new nineteam field for the Big West Conference, as UC Davis began its first season competing in the league comprised of all California schools. The league welcomed UC Davis as an official member on July 1, 2007, after the Aggies completed their four-year reclassification from Division II to Division I. Coaching Milestones Steve Rousey (CSUN), Doug Smith (UCR) and Ed Sprague (PAC) secured their 100th-career win in mid-march. A fourgame sweep over Santa Clara (March 14-16) propelled UC Davis Head Coach Rex Peters to his 400th career win. UC Santa Barbara s Bob Brontsema also collected his 400th career victory on April 27 against Cal Poly. Also, adding another milestone to their extensive careers are Long Beach State s Mike Weathers and UC Irvine s Mike Gillespie. In the win over Cal Poly on May 16, the 49er skipper collected his 100th conference victory. UC Irvine s win against UC Santa Barbara on May 24 gave Gillespie his 800th Division I win. Best Of The Big West Of the nine current members in the Big West Conference, five of them have won the Big West title - Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara and the most recent addition, UC Riverside, who won its first-ever title in USA National USA Baseball announced the 2008 National (Collegiate) and two Cal State Fullerton players earned spots on the elite 22-man roster - Christian Colon and Josh Fellhauer. The National roster was selected following a two-week trials period, during which time the trials participants played 10 games and had two intrasquad scrimmages. Comprised of the top non-draft-eligible college players in the United States, the National plays six games against the Chinese Taipei National before beginning competition in Europe. Colon (Corona, Calif.), who just finished his rookie season with the Titans, led the trials squad in hits (19) and stolen bases (6) while hitting.380 with a pair of home runs and six RBI at shortstop and second base. Fellhauer (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), who will be a junior in 2009 for Fullerton, posted the team s second-best batting average, hitting.416 (15-for-36) with a home run, five RBI and three stolen bases. He played both centerfield and left field during the trials. Over the years, Cal State Fullerton has been one of USA Baseball s major suppliers of talent, having produced five Olympians, and now its 18th and 19th National representatives in Colon and Fellhauer. The pair are the first Titans to make the National roster since 2006 when both Wes Roemer and Kurt Suzuki donned the Red, White and Blue. Opening Day In the Majors On opening day of the 2008 Major League Baseball season, 22 former Big West players were listed on the MLB 25-man rosters. Long Beach State led the way with eight players in the big league. Cal State Fullerton had seven representatives, while four UCSB Gauchos made the lineups. In all, six Big West Conference schools were represented on opening day rosters. The Last Time In The NCAA Tournament The Big West... Received three NCAA bids Received four NCAA bids Did not host a regional Had more than one team host a regional (LBSU/CSF) Won the CWS (Cal State Fullerton) Went 0-2 in the CWS (Cal State Fullerton) Sent multiple teams to the CWS (UCI/CSF) Had two teams face-off (UCI vs. CSF - CWS) How Many Times In The NCAA Tournament Has The Big West... Received just one NCAA bid - four Received two NCAA bids - eight Received three NCAA bids - 11 Received four NCAA bids - two ( 96, 07) Received five NCAA bids - never Hosted two regionals the same year - three ( 03, 05, 08) Sent a team to the College World Series - 16 Had two teams in the CWS the same year - three Won the championship - twice ( 95, 04) Big West s Power Hitters Hitting Streaks 18 - Shane Carlson, UCSB 17 - Brent Morel, CP 16 - Matt Dempsey, UCD 15 - Jake Jefferies, UCD 14 - Ty Kelly, UCD 14 - Erik Komatsu, CSF 14 - Ben Orloff, UCI 14 - Shane Peterson, LBSU 13 - Evan Hudson, UCD 13 - Jonathan Jones, LBSU 13 - Aaron Wible, UCR 13 - Luke Yoder, CP Multi-Hit Games 30 - Josh Fellhauer, CSF 28 - Brent Morel, CP 28 - Logan Schafer, CP 27 - Jake Jefferies, UCD 26 - Chris Fox, UCSB 26 - Drew Garcia, UCR 26 - Ty Kelly, UCD 26 - Ryan Royster, UCD 25 - Shane Carlson, UCSB 25 - Richard Cates, CSUN 25 - Christian Colon, CSF Big West Player of the Week Date Player Year Feb. 25 Danny Espinosa LBSU Jr. Mar. 3 Shane Peterson LBSU Jr. Mar. 10 Ollie Linton UCI Jr. Mar. 17 Ryan Scoma UCD Jr. Mar. 24 Jonathan Jones LBSU Fr. Mar. 31 Erik Komatsu CSF Jr. Apr. 7 Christian Colon CSF Fr. Apr. 14 Jake Jefferies UCD Jr. Apr. 21 Shane Peterson LBSU Jr. Ryan Goetz UCR So. Apr. 28 Ollie Linton UCI Jr. May 5 Kyle Mihaylo UCD So. May 12 Dillon Bell UCI So. May 19 Mike Zuanich UCSB Sr. May 26 Brandon Godfrey LBSU Sr. Big West Pitcher of the Week Date Player Year Feb. 25 Andrew Liebel LBSU Sr. Mar. 3 Scott Gorgen UCI Jr. Mar. 10 Daniel Renken CSF Fr. Mar. 17 Scott Gorgen UCI Jr. Tyler Waldron PAC Fr. Mar. 24 Adam Jorgenson CSF Sr. Mar. 31 Adam Jorgenson CSF Sr. Apr. 7 Paul Bargas UCR So. Apr. 14 Jeff Kaplan CSF Sr. Apr. 21 Scott Gorgen UCI Jr. Eddie Gamboa UCD Sr. Apr. 28 Brad McAtee UCD Fr. May 5 Andy Suiter UCD So. May 12 Andrew Liebel LBSU Sr. May 19 Brett Lorin LBSU So. May 26 Paul Applebee UCR So. Preseason Coaches Poll Results 1. Long Beach State (5) Cal State Fullerton (4) Cal Poly UC Irvine UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara Pacific 24 T8. Cal State Northridge 20 T8. UC Davis 20 ( ) First-place vote Preseason All-America NCBWA Preseason All-America First - Scott Gorgen, P, UC Irvine Second - Danny Espinosa, SS, Long Beach State Ollie Linton, OF, UC Irvine Third - Joe Kelly, P, UC Riverside Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America First - Scott Gorgen, P, UC Irvine Third - Danny Espinosa, SS, Long Beach State Rivals.com Preseason All-America Second - Scott Gorgen, P, UC Irvine

6 Cal Poly (8-16) Feb. 22 at Alabama L, 1-10 Feb. 23 at Alabama (DH) W, 16-7/W, 6-2 Feb. 28 vs. No. 22 San Diego State% L, 8-9 Feb. 29 at No. 17 San Diego% L, 2-3 March 1 vs. No. 24 Fresno State% W, 2-1 March 2 vs. No. 5 Missouri% L, 3-6 March 4 at UC Santa Barbara L, 8-10 March 7 at Washington W, 6-2 March 8 at Washington L, 4-5 March 9 at Washington W, 12-1 March 11 UC Santa Barbara W, 15-6 March 12 Santa Clara L, 5-8 March 13 No. 11 UCLA W, 9-8 March 14 No. 11 UCLA L, 6-10 March 15 No. 11 UCLA L, 9-12 March 22 Santa Clara (DH) L, 8-11/ W, 13-4 March 25 at Fresno State L, 9-10 March 26 at Fresno State L, March 28 No. 3 UC Irvine* L, 4-12 March 29 No. 3 UC Irvine* W, 4-2 March 30 No. 3 UC Irvine* L, 6-10 April 4 at Cal State Northridge* L, 7-9 April 5 at Cal State Northridge* L, 2-3 (10) April 6 at Cal State Northridge* L, 3-8 April 8 at Pepperdine W, 10-5 April 9 Fresno State W, 8-5 April 11 Pacific* L, 1-3 April 12 Pacific* W, 10-4 April 13 Pacific* W, 8-5 April 15 Fresno State W, 10-7 April 16 Loyola Marymount W, 10-3 April 18 at UC Davis* L, 2-3 April 19 at UC Davis* W, 10-5 April 20 at UC Davis* W, 4-2 April 22 at No. 7 California L, 8-10 April 25 UC Santa Barbara* W, 3-2 April 26 UC Santa Barbara* L, 4-8 April 27 UC Santa Barbara* L, 3-5 April 29 USC L, 3-4 April 30 No. 16 California W, 8-2 May 2 UNLV W, 13-7 May 3 UNLV W, 5-1 May 4 UNLV W, 8-6 May 6 at USC L, 3-9 May 9 at No. 12 Cal State Fullerton* (TV) L, 4-6 May 10 at No. 12 Cal State Fullerton* W, 11-4 May 11 at No. 12 Cal State Fullerton* L, 9-12 May 13 Pepperdine L, 5-8 May 16 No. 25 Long Beach State* L, 3-7 May 17 No. 25 Long Beach State* L, 2-6 May 18 No. 25 Long Beach State* L, 2-3 May 23 at UC Riverside* L, 1-4 May 24 at UC Riverside* L, 2-7 May 25 at UC Riverside* W, 12-7 (10) % University of San Diego Tournament (San Diego, Calif.) Cal State Fullerton (16-8) Feb. 22 at TCU W, 11-5 Feb. 23 at TCU L, 2-4 Feb. 24 at TCU W, 7-4 Feb. 26 Loyola Marymount W, 4-0 Feb. 29 at Stanford L, 5-12 March 1 at Stanford L, 7-11 March 2 at Stanford L, 5-6 March 4 No. 3 UCLA W, 7-1 March 5 at No. 3 UCLA W, 13-2 March 7 Southern Mississippi W, 4-1 March 8 Southern Mississippi W, 8-3 March 9 Southern Mississippi W, 19-6 March 11 No. 21 San Diego L, 2-6 March 14 at No. 1 Arizona L, 3-8 March 15 at No. 1 Arizona L, 2-6 March 16 at No. 1 Arizona W, 10-7 March 18 at Pepperdine L, 2-13 March 20 UNLV W, 6-5 March 21 UNLV W, 11-5 March 22 UNLV W, 4-3 March 25 at No. 14 San Diego W, 6-3 March 28 UC Riverside* W, 7-6 (16) March 29 UC Riverside* L, 4-6 (12) March 30 UC Riverside* W, 12-1 April 1 at Loyola Marymount W, 8-2 April 4 at No. 9 UC Irvine* W, 12-5 April 5 at No. 9 UC Irvine* L, 2-3 (12) April 6 at No. 9 UC Irvine* W, 6-4 April 8 at USC L, 4-5 (11) April 11 Cal State Northridge* W, 12-0 April 12 Cal State Northridge* L, 2-4 April 13 Cal State Northridge* W, April 15 USC L, 4-14 April 18 at Pacific* W, 15-4 April 19 at Pacific* W, 11-1 April 20 at Pacific* W, 2-1 April 22 No. 4 Arizona State W, 10-9 April 23 No. 4 Arizona State L, 8-10 (10) April 25 UC Davis* W, 5-3 April 26 UC Davis* L, 2-3 April 27 UC Davis* W, 8-5 April 29 No. 7 San Diego W, 12-3 May 2 at UC Santa Barbara* W, 7-4 May 3 at UC Santa Barbara* L, 2-10 May 4 at UC Santa Barbara* W, 11-1 May 6 Pepperdine W, 9-1 May 9 Cal Poly* (TV) W, 6-4 May 10 Cal Poly* L, 4-11 May 11 Cal Poly* W, 12-9 May 15 San Diego State W, 4-3 May 16 San Diego State W, 10-3 May 17 San Diego State W, 8-5 May 20 UCLA W, 12-8 May 23 at No. 18 Long Beach State* W, 4-1 May 24 at No. 18 Long Beach State* L, 6-8 May 25 at No. 18 Long Beach State* L, 3-12 May 30 Rider& W, 11-0 May 31 UCLA& L, 4-11 June 1 Virginia& W, 4-1 June 1 UCLA& W, 11-8 June 2 UCLA& W, 5-4 June 6 No. 10 Stanford@ L, 3-4 June 7 No. 10 Stanford@ L, 5-8, $ NCAA Fullerton NCAA Super Regional, Cal State Northridge (8-16) Feb. 22 Northwestern L, 7-13 Feb. 23 Northwestern L, 2-3 Feb. 24 Northwestern W, 17-9 (7) Feb. 26 No. 3 UCLA L, 2-22 Feb. 29 La Salle W, 7-5 March 1 La Salle W, 15-0 March 2 La Salle W, 16-5 March 4 La Salle W, 10-6 March 5 UC Santa Barbara L, 3-9 March 7 St. John s W, 6-5 March 8 St. John s (DH) L, 4-10/W, 9-7 March 9 St. John s L, 6-11 March 14 vs. Liberty& W, 11-7 March 14 at Southern Mississippi L, 2-6 March 15 vs. Liberty& W, 9-2 March 16 at Southern Mississippi L, 2-6 March 18 at Loyola Marymount L, 2-6 March 20 at Loyola Marymount L, 4-5 March 22 Loyola Marymount (DH) W, 10-3/L, 4-9 March 28 at UC Santa Barbara* L, 5-9 March 29 at UC Santa Barbara* L, 7-8 March 30 at UC Santa Barbara* L, 6-10 April 4 Cal Poly* W, 9-7 April 5 Cal Poly* W, 3-2 (10) April 6 Cal Poly* W, 8-3 April 8 UC Santa Barbara L, 5-6 April 11 at No. 15 Cal State Fullerton* L, 0-12 April 12 at No. 15 Cal State Fullerton* W, 4-2 April 13 at No. 15 Cal State Fullerton* L, April 15 at UCLA W, 4-0 April 18 No. 24 Long Beach State* L, 2-16 April 19 No. 24 Long Beach State* L, 2-9 April 20 No. 24 Long Beach State* L, 1-4 April 22 UC Santa Barbara L, 7-0 April 25 at UC Riverside* L, 0-3 April 26 at UC Riverside* W, 14-5 April 27 at UC Riverside* L, 3-4 April 29 UNLV W, 2-1 April 30 UNLV W, 5-3 May 2 No. 10 UC Irvine* L, 1-4 May 3 No. 10 UC Irvine L, 0-1 May 4 No. 10 UC Irvine* W, 4-1 May 6 at UNLV L, 3-10 May 7 at UNLV W, 4-2 May 10 at USC W, 5-4 May 11 at USC L, 2-8 May 12 Portland L, 0-3 May 13 Portland L, 4-9 May 16 at Pacific* L, 5-17 May 17 at Pacific* W, 10-3 May 18 at Pacific* L, 4-8 May 23 UC Davis* L, 3-4 May 24 UC Davis* L, 2-7 May 25 UC Davis* W, 6-5 & Hattiesburg, Miss.

7 Long Beach State (16-8) Feb. 22 No. 3 Rice W, 1-0 (10) Feb. 23 No. 3 Rice W, 3-2 Feb. 24 No. 3 Rice L, 1-3 Feb. 26 No. 17 San Diego L, 3-5 Feb. 29 No. 7 Wichita State W, 3-2 (12) March 1 No. 7 Wichita State W, 8-5 March 2 No. 7 Wichita State W, 8-3 March 4 Loyola Marymount W, 5-2 March 7 at Hawaii W, 4-3 (12) March 8 at Hawaii W, 4-2 March 9 at Hawaii W, 8-4 March 11 Western Illinois L, 0-3 March 14 USC W, 2-1 March 15 at USC W, 9-6 March 16 USC W, 16-9 March 18 San Diego State W, 6-2 March 21 at No. 11 UCLA W, 13-3 March 22 No. 11 UCLA (DH) W, 3-2/W, 10-3 March 24 Harvard W, 15-0 March 25 at Pepperdine L, 5-7 March 28 at No. 11 California L, 1-6 March 29 at No. 11 California L, 6-10 March 30 at No. 11 California L, 3-4 March 31 at No. 13 Stanford L, 3-9 April 1 at Fresno State L, 6-7 April 4 at UC Riverside* W, 6-3 April 5 at UC Riverside* L, 4-6 April 6 at UC Riverside* L, 1-7 April 8 at Loyola Marymount L, 3-7 April 11 No. 6 UC Irvine* L, 5-10 April 12 No. 6 UC Irvine* W, 5-1 April 13 No. 6 UC Irvine* (TV) L, 1-4 April 15 No. 23 Pepperdine W, 10-0 April 18 at Cal State Northridge* W, 16-2 April 19 at Cal State Northridge* W, 9-2 April 20 at Cal State Northridge* W, 4-1 April 22 at No. 9 San Diego L, 2-4 April 25 Pacific* W, 10-3 April 26 Pacific* W, April 27 Pacific* W, 7-6 (11) May 2 at UC Davis* W, 6-0 May 3 at UC Davis* L, 4-5 May 4 at UC Davis* L, 2-3 May 6 Fresno State W, 2-1 May 9 UC Santa Barbara* W, 3-0 May 10 UC Santa Barbara* W, 10-8 May 11 UC Santa Barbara* L, 3-5 May 13 at San Diego State W, 10-0 May 16 at Cal Poly* W, 7-3 May 17 at Cal Poly* W, 6-2 May 18 at Cal Poly* W, 3-2 May 19 Oregon State W, 10-0 May 23 No. 6 Cal State Fullerton* L, 1-4 May 24 No. 6 Cal State Fullerton* W, 8-6 May 25 No. 6 Cal State Fullerton* W, 12-3 May 30 Fresno State& L, 3-7 May 31 No. 17 California& W, 9-2 June 1 No. 6 San Diego& L, 1-5 $ NCAA Long Beach Regional UC Davis (13-11) Feb. 22 at No. 18 Fresno State W, 4-2 Feb. 23 at No. 18 Fresno State (DH) W, 3-1/L, 0-7 Feb. 24 at No. 18 Fresno State L, 3-6 Feb. 26 Saint Mary s L, 1-4 Feb. 29 Utah W, 12-4 March 1 Utah (DH) W, 13-5/W, 7-5 March 2 Utah W, March 5 San Francisco L, 6-7 March 6 Portland& L, March 7 San Jose State& L, 3-6 March 8 BYU& L, 8-11 March 9 at Sacramento State& W, 12-3 March 12 at Nevada W, 18-8 March 14 Santa Clara W, 3-0 March 15 at Santa Clara (DH) W, 12-5/W, 7-3 March 16 Santa Clara W, 12-7 March 24 Gonzaga W, 8-2 March 25 at Saint Mary s W, 7-6 (10) March 26 at San Francisco L, 5-10 March 28 Pacific* W, 4-1 March 29 Pacific* W, 4-0 March 30 Pacific* W, 3-2 April 1 at Sacramento State W, 10-5 April 4 at Washington State W, 12-5 April 5 at Washington State (DH) L, 4-6/L, 5-7 April 6 at Washington State W, April 9 at No. 10 Stanford W, 9-8 (12) April 11 at UC Santa Barbara* L, 2-9 April 12 at UC Santa Barbara* W, 16-2 April 13 at UC Santa Barbara* W, (11) April 15 Sacramento State W, 8-7 April 18 Cal Poly* W, 3-2 April 19 Cal Poly* L, 5-10 April 20 Cal Poly* L, 2-4 April 25 at No. 15 Cal State Fullerton* L, 3-5 April 26 at No. 15 Cal State Fullerton* W, 3-2 April 27 at No. 15 Cal State Fullerton* L, 5-8 April 30 No. 3 Stanford W, 10-8 May 2 No. 23 Long Beach State* L, 0-6 May 3 No. 23 Long Beach State* W, 5-4 May 4 No. 23 Long Beach State* W, 3-2 May 6 at No. 16 California L, 4-13 May 9 at UC Riverside* L, 6-7 May 10 at UC Riverside* W, 6-5 May 11 at UC Riverside* L, 6-7 May 13 No. 13 California W, 9-5 May 16 No. 9 UC Irvine* W, 3-1 May 17 No. 9 UC Irvine* L, 3-4 May 18 No. 9 UC Irvine* L, 3-5 May 23 at Cal State Northridge* W, 4-3 May 24 at Cal State Northridge* W, 7-2 May 25 at Cal State Northridge* L, 5-6 May 30 at No. 15 Stanford& W, 4-2 May 31 vs. Pepperdine& L, 7-4 June 1 at No. 15 Stanford& L, 4-8 & River City Classic (Davis and Sacramento, Calif.) UC Irvine (14-10) Feb. 22 at Nevada W, 6-0 Feb. 23 at Nevada W, 8-7 Feb. 24 at Nevada Cancelled Feb. 25 Loyola Marymount W, 6-5 Feb. 27 USC W, 7-3 Feb. 29 San Francisco W, 4-0 March 1 San Francisco W, 4-0 March 2 San Francisco W, 6-0 March 4 No. 17 San Diego W, 4-0 March 7 at No. 22 Tulane L, 0-2 March 8 at No. 22 Tulane W, 7-3 March 9 at No. 22 Tulane W, 5-1 March 11 at USC W, 11-3 March 12 Western Illinois Cancelled March 14 Hawaii W, 9-0 March 15 Hawaii (DH) W, 14-3/W, 13-4 March 16 Hawaii Cancelled March 21 vs. Florida International% W, 5-2 March 22 vs. Northern Colorado% W, 9-6 March 23 at No. 1 Arizona State% L, 3-11 March 25 Harvard W, 5-2 March 28 at Cal Poly* W, 12-4 March 29 at Cal Poly* L, 2-4 March 30 at Cal Poly* W, 10-6 April 4 No. 19 Cal State Fullerton* L, 5-12 April 5 No. 19 Cal State Fullerton* W, 3-2 (12) April 6 No. 19 Cal State Fullerton* L, 4-6 April 8 at UCLA W, 6-5 (10) April 11 at No. 16 Long Beach State* W, 10-5 April 12 at No. 16 Long Beach State* L, 1-5 April 13 at No. 16 Long Beach State* (TV) W, 4-1 April 15 at No. 12 San Diego L, 1-7 April 18 UC Riverside* W, 7-2 April 19 UC Riverside* L, 3-5 April 20 UC Riverside* (TV) L, 5-7 April 22 at Kansas State W, 4-3 April 23 at Kansas State L, 7-9 (11) April 25 at New Mexico W, 5-3 April 26 at New Mexico W, 11-6 April 27 at New Mexico W, 12-1 April 29 Loyola Marymount L, 3-11 May 2 at Cal State Northridge* W, 4-1 May 3 at Cal State Northridge* W, 1-0 May 4 at Cal State Northridge* L, 1-4 May 6 at UC Riverside W, 10-4 May 9 Pacific* W, 9-1 May 10 Pacific* L, 9-10 (10) May 11 Pacific* W, 2-1 May 13 UCLA L, 4-6 May 14 at Loyola Marymount W, 18-1 May 16 at UC Davis* L, 1-3 May 17 at UC Davis* W, 4-3 May 18 at UC Davis* W, 5-3 May 23 UC Santa Barbara* L, 2-6 May 24 UC Santa Barbara* W, 14-7 May 25 UC Santa Barbara* W, 2-0 May 30 vs. Oral Roberts$ W, 9-7 May 31 at No. 10 Nebraska$ W, 3-2 June 1 vs. Oral Roberts$ W, 8-0 June 7 at No. 2 LSU@ W, 11-5 June 8 at No. 2 LSU@ L, 7-9 June 9 at No. 2 LSU@ L, 7-21 % Arizona State Tournament (Tempe, Ariz.), * Big West game, $ NCAA Lincoln NCAA LSU Super Regional,,

8 UC Riverside (14-10) Release No Monday, June 30, 2008 UC Santa Barbara (14-10) Pacific (5-19) Feb. 22 Washington W, 3-2 Feb. 23 Washington (DH) W, 6-3/L, 4-19 Feb. 24 Washington Cancelled Feb. 25 Washington L, 2-5 Feb. 26 at Pepperdine L, 4-11 Feb. 29 at Nebraska L, 2-3 March 1 at Nebraska (DH) L, 4-10/L, 2-5 March 2 at Nebraska L, 1-13 (7) March 3 LaSalle W, 6-0 March 4 San Diego State L, 5-6 March 7 at Nevada L, 5-10 March 8 at Nevada W, 6-2 March 9 at Nevada L, 1-3 March 11 at Loyola Marymount L, 3-12 March 21 Harvard W, 9-4 March 24 at Texas Tech L, 4-5 March 25 at Texas Tech W, 8-6 March 28 at No. 21 Cal State Fullerton* L, 6-7 (16) March 29 at No. 21 Cal State Fullerton* W, 6-4 (12) March 30 at No. 21 Cal State Fullerton* L, 1-12 April 1 at USC L, 5-7 April 4 No. 9 Long Beach State* L, 3-6 April 5 No. 9 Long Beach State* W, 6-4 April 6 No. 9 Long Beach State* W, 7-1 April 8 No. 13 San Diego L, 4-11 April 9 at No. 13 San Diego L, 2-7 April 11 at UCLA L, 3-5 April 12 at UCLA L, 7-18 April 13 at UCLA L, 5-9 April 15 San Diego State L, 7-10 April 18 at No. 5 UC Irvine* L, 2-7 April 19 at No. 5 UC Irvine* W, 5-3 April 20 at No. 5 UC Irvine* (TV) W, 7-5 April 22 Loyola Marymount L, 1-7 April 25 Cal State Northridge* W, 3-0 April 26 Cal State Northridge* L, 5-14 April 27 Cal State Northridge* W, 4-3 May 2 at Pacific* W, 7-6 May 3 at Pacific* W, 19-9 May 4 at Pacific* W, 6-5 May 6 No. 10 UC Irvine L, 4-10 May 9 UC Davis* W, 7-6 May 10 UC Davis* L, 6-5 May 11 UC Davis* W, 7-6 May 13 UNLV W, 12-5 May 14 USC L, May 16 at UC Santa Barbara* L, 2-13 May 17 at UC Santa Barbara* L, 4-10 May 18 at UC Santa Barbara* L, 8-14 May 20 Pepperdine L, 9-18 May 23 Cal Poly* W, 4-1 May 24 Cal Poly* W, 7-2 May 25 Cal Poly* L, 7-12 (10) Feb. 22 Marist W, 9-0 Feb. 23 Marist (DH) W, 8-4/W, 13-4 Feb. 27 at No. 3 UCLA L, 4-5 (13) Feb. 29 at Loyola Marymount L, 6-7 March 1 at Loyola Marymount (DH) W, 6-2/L, 3-6 March 2 at Loyola Marymount W, 6-3 March 4 Cal Poly W, 10-8 March 5 at Cal State Northridge W, 9-3 March 7 at Houston L, 1-4 March 8 at Houston W, 9-7 March 9 at Houston L, 2-4 March 11 at Cal Poly L, 6-15 March 14 Southern Utah W, 17-1 March 15 Southern Utah (DH) W, 10-7/W, 6-5 (7) March 16 Southern Utah W, 10-1 March 21 Saint Mary s L, 3-9 March 22 Saint Mary s (DH) W, 11-4/W, 6-0 (7) March 25 Westmont W, 6-3 March 28 Cal State Northridge* W, 9-5 March 29 Cal State Northridge* W, 8-7 March 30 Cal State Northridge* W, 10-6 April 1 Pepperdine W, 14-0 April 2 at Pepperdine L, 3-14 April 4 at Pacific* W, 5-4 April 5 at Pacific* L, 3-4 April 6 at Pacific* W, 12-2 April 8 at Cal State Northridge W, 6-5 April 11 UC Davis* W, 9-2 April 12 UC Davis* L, 2-16 April 13 UC Davis* L, (11) April 15 Westmont W, 25-3 April 18 USC W, 6-4 April 19 at USC W, 23-2 April 20 USC W, 6-0 April 22 at Cal State Northridge L, 0-7 April 25 at Cal Poly* L, 2-3 April 26 at Cal Poly* W, 8-4 April 27 at Cal Poly* W, 5-3 April 30 Pepperdine L, 3-7 May 2 No. 12 Cal State Fullerton* L, 4-7 May 3 No. 12 Cal State Fullerton* W, 10-2 May 4 No. 12 Cal State Fullerton* L, 1-11 May 7 at Pepperdine L, 4-5 May 9 at No. 25 Long Beach State* L, 0-3 May 10 at No. 25 Long Beach State* L, 8-10 May 11 at No. 25 Long Beach State* W, 3-5 May 16 UC Riverside* W, 13-2 May 17 UC Riverside* W, 10-4 May 18 UC Riverside* W, 14-8 May 23 at No. 9 UC Irvine* W, 6-2 May 24 at No. 9 UC Irvine* L, 7-14 May 25 at No. 9 UC Irvine* L, 0-2 Feb. 22 at Houston L, 1-3 Feb. 23 at Houston W, 4-3 Feb. 24 at Houston L, 9-10 Feb. 27 Santa Clara L, 6-15 Feb. 29 Washington L, 1-10 March 1 Washington L, 7-9 March 2 Washington W, 7-4 March 4 BYU L, 5-7 March 5 BYU L, 6-11 March 7 Gonzaga L, 4-8 March 8 Gonzaga L, 5-11 March 9 Gonzaga L, 7-16 March 11 at Sacramento State L, 6-14 March 12 at San Francisco L, 1-9 March 14 Minnesota W, 1-0 March 15 Minnesota W, 3-1 March 16 Minnesota L, 5-11 March 18 at Nevada L, 0-10 March 21 at No. 17 Stanford W, 10-6 March 22 No. 17 Stanford L, 3-7 March 24 No. 17 Stanford L, 0-14 March 28 at UC Davis* L, 1-4 March 29 at UC Davis* L, 0-4 March 30 at UC Davis* L, 2-3 April 2 at Santa Clara L, 3-11 April 4 UC Santa Barbara* L, 4-5 April 5 UC Santa Barbara* W, 4-3 April 6 UC Santa Barbara* L, 2-12 April 8 Nevada W, 14-3 April 11 at Cal Poly* L, 3-1 April 12 at Cal Poly* W, 4-10 April 13 at Cal Poly* L, 5-8 April 15 No. 8 California L, 1-14 April 18 No. 15 Cal State Fullerton* L, 4-15 April 19 No. 15 Cal State Fullerton* L, 1-11 April 20 No. 15 Cal State Fullerton* L, 1-2 April 25 at No. 23 Long Beach State* L, 3-10 April 26 at No. 23 Long Beach State* L, April 27 at No. 23 Long Beach State* L, 6-7 (11) April 29 San Francisco W, 10-6 May 2 UC Riverside* L, 6-7 May 3 UC Riverside* L, 9-19 May 4 UC Riverside* L, 5-6 May 5 at No. 6 Stanford L, 2-7 May 7 Santa Clara W, 11-7 May 9 at No. 10 UC Irvine* L, 1-9 May 10 at No. 10 UC Irvine* W, 10-9 (10) May 11 at No. 10 UC Irvine* L, 1-2 May 16 Cal State Northridge* W, 17-5 May 17 Cal State Northridge* L, 3-10 May 18 Cal State Northridge* W, 8-4 May 20 at Santa Clara W, 8-2 May 23 at Oregon State L, 2-15 May 24 at Oregon State L, 6-8 May 25 at Oregon State L, 0-2

9 Baseball America (Week 17 - June 26) 2008 Record 1. Fresno State Georgia North Carolina Miami Stanford LSU Florida State Rice Arizona State Cal State Fullerton UC Irvine Texas A&M Wichita State Arizona N.C. State Coastal Carolina Oklahoma State San Diego Missouri Nerbaska Texas Michigan TCU Kentucky Long Beach State Collegiate Baseball (Week 17 - June 30) 2008 Record 1. Fresno State Georgia North Carolina Stanford Miami LSU Florida State Rice Arizona State Texas A&M Cal State Fullerton Wichita State Arizona UC Irvine N.C. State Coastal Carolina San Diego Oklahoma State Long Beach State Michigan Missouri Nebraska California Georgia Tech Texas TCU Vanderbilt South Carolina St. John s Kentucky Big West Statistical Leaders (as of June 10) Category - Hitting Player, No. Batting Average Ty Kelly, UCD.397 Slugging Percentage Logan Schafer, CP.600 On-base Percentage Shane Peterson, LBSU.506 Runs Scored Ryan Royster, UCD 63 Hits Jake Jefferies, UCD 96 Runs Batted In Brent Morel, CP 60 Doubles Wes Dorrell, CP 24 Jared Clark, CSF 24 Triples Erik Komatsu, CSF 6 Danny Espinosa, LBSU 6 Home Runs Mike Zuanich, UCSB 14 Total Bases Brent Morel, CP 140 Walks Shane Peterson, LBSU 44 Hit By Pitch Dustin Garneau, CSF 13 Christian Colon, CSF 13 Sac Bunts Christian Colon, CSF 21 Sac Flies Wes Dorrell, CP 9 Stolen Bases Ollie Linton, UCI 40 Category - Pitching Player, No. Earned Run Average Christian Bergman, UCI 1.94 Innings Pitched Andrew Liebel, LBSU Strikeouts Scott Gorgen, UCI 123 Wins Cory Arbiso, CSF 12 Scott Gorgen, UCI 12 Saves Eric Pettis, UCI 17 Appearances Eric Pettis, UCI 31 Jason Dovel, CSF 31 Games Started Jeff Kaplan, CSF Big West Statistical Leaders (as of June 10) Category - Hitting No. Batting Average UC Santa Barbara.321 Slugging Percentage UC Santa Barbara.483 On-base Percentage Cal State Fullerton.394 Runs Scored Cal State Fullerton 442 Hits UC Davis 671 Runs Batted In Cal State Fullerton 394 Doubles Cal State Fullerton 126 Triples Cal Poly 24 Home Runs UC Santa Barbara 55 Total Bases Cal State Fullerton 973 Walks Cal State Fullerton 231 Hit By Pitch Cal State Fullerton 114 Sac Bunts UC Irvine 95 Sac Flies Cal State Fullerton 32 Stolen Bases Cal State Fullerton 126 Category - Pitching No. Earned Run Average Long Beach State 3.20 Innings Pitched Cal State Fullerton Strikeouts UC Irvine 503 Wins UC Irvine 42 Saves UC Davis 17 UC Irvine 17 Cal State Fullerton 17