College Baseball Regionals 2015: Results, Highlights and Bracket from Sunday
The college baseball regionals didn't disappoint Sunday. Far from it.
There were elimination games, extra-inning games, brilliant diving catches, tournament-saving performances and quite a few teams punching their tickets to the super regionals. Let's break it all down below.
Results
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| Virginia | 14-10 | USC |
| CSU Fullerton | 10-1 | Pepperdine |
| UCLA | 4-2 | Maryland |
| Rice | 3-2 | Houston |
| VCU | 5-1 | Oregon State |
| Florida | 2-1 | Florida Atlantic |
| Louisville | 13-4 | Michigan |
| Radford | 5-3 | Indiana |
| Louisiana-Lafeyette | 2-1 | Houston |
| Illinois | 3-0 | Notre Dame |
| TCU | 8-3 | Stony Brook |
| Iowa | 2-1 | Oregon |
| Dallas Baptist | 8-1 | Texas |
| Texas A&M | 8-1 | Coastal Carolina |
| Columbia | 4-3 | FIU |
| St. John's | 2-1 | Oklahoma State |
| Michigan | 4-3 | Bradley |
| Florida Atlanta | 8-4 | South Florida |
| Charleston | 3-2 | Auburn |
| Rice | 3-1 | Houston Baptist |
| Wright State | 8-3 | Ohio |
| Missouri State | 3-2 | Iowa |
| TCU | 8-2 | NC State |
| Dallas Baptist | 7-1 | Oregon State |
| Wright State | 4-0 | Notre Dame |
| UNC-Wilmington | 8-2 | Tulane |
| Arkansas | 4-3 | St. John's |
| UCLA | 9-1 | UC Bakersfield |
| Pepperdine | 7-4 | Arizona State |
| Columbia | 3-0 | Miami |
| Texas A&M | 4-3 | California |
| USC | 12-11 | San Diego State |
Bracket
For the full updating and interactive bracket, be sure to check out NCAA.com.
Recap
Sunday was another elimination day for a slew of teams at the College World Series, while several schools punched their ticket to the best-of-three super regionals, as Arkansas, Missouri State, Louisville and Florida all advanced Sunday after going perfect in round-robin play.
Arkansas swept the Stillwater Regional with a 4-3 win against St. John's on Sunday. Joe Serrano's RBI in the top of the ninth was the difference.
Jackson Lowery was excellent in just his third start, going five innings while allowing just one run on one hit, while Serrano finished the regional hitting .500 with a double, two runs and two RBI.
Missouri State had a tight game on its hands against Iowa, meanwhile, winning 3-2 to advance. Jordan Knutson went seven innings, giving up two runs on three hits and a walk while striking out five. Bryan Young closed things down for Missouri State, pitching the final 1.2 innings and allowing no hits while walking one and striking out three.
Alex Faedo, Bobby Poyner and Taylor Lewis combined to give up just six hits and a run while striking out 10 in Florida's 2-1 win over Florida Atlantic, and Louisville slugged its way past Michigan, 13-4.
Louisville's coach, Dan McDonnell, spoke about advancing past the regionals after the game, per Eric Crawford of WDRB.com:
Texas A&M and California, meanwhile, just can't seem to get enough of one another, per NCAA Baseball on Twitter:
The highlight of the day came from Oregon State's Jeff Hendrix:
That wasn't enough to keep Oregon State from being eliminated Sunday, however, as it fell to Dallas Baptist, 7-1.
The performance of the day came from Dallas Baptist's Justin Wall one game earlier against Texas when he went 3-for-3 with a home run, a walk, six RBI and a run scored. As Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News noted, Dallas Baptist seemed to have caught fire again on Sunday:
Monday promises to be another thrilling day of action, as the remaining places in the super regionals will be filled and teams like Florida State, LSU, TCU, Illinois, Vanderbilt, Dallas Baptist and Miami, among others, will be looking to punch their tickets.
If Monday's action is anything like Sunday, well, fans might want to buckle up. The regionals have certainly been a wild ride to this point.
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