2004 College World Series

College World Series
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The 2004 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 18 to June 27. The participating schools qualified by winning their Regional and Super-Regional tournaments. The fifty-eighth tournament's champion was California State University, Fullerton coached by George Horton. The Most Outstanding Player was Jason Windsor of California State University, Fullerton.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Arizona	Pacific Ten Conference	35 - 25 - 1 (12 - 12, 4 GB)	Andy Lopez	14 (last: 1986)	1st (1976, 1980, 1986)	31 - 25
	University of Arkansas	Southeastern Conference	45 - 22 (19 - 11, 0 GB)	Dave Van Horn	4 (last: 1989)	2nd (1979)	7 - 8
	University of Georgia	Southeastern Conference	43 - 21 (19 - 11, 0 GB)	David Perno	3 (last: 2001)	1st (1990)	4 - 5
	University of Texas at Austin	Big Twelve Conference	55 - 13 (19 - 7, 0 GB)	Augie Garrido	30 (last: 2003)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002)	70 - 51

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	California State University, Fullerton	Big West Conference	42 - 21 (19 - 2, 0 GB)	George Horton	12 (last: 2003)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995)	27 - 20
	Louisiana State University	Southeastern Conference	46 - 17 (18 - 12, 1 GB)	Smoke Laval	12 (last: 2003)	1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000)	29 - 15
	University of Miami	Division-I Independent	49 - 11 (n/a)	Jim Morris	20 (last: 2003)	1st (1982, 1984, 1999, 2001)	44 - 32
	University of South Carolina	Southeastern Conference	50 - 15 (17 - 13, 2 GB)	Ray Tanner	7 (last: 2003)	2nd (1975, 1977, 1985)	14 - 14

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals						Finals
		Arizona	7
		Georgia	8
							Georgia	3
							Texas	9
		Arkansas	2
		Texas	13
												Texas	7	x
	Bracket One
											Georgia	6	x
		Arizona	7
		Arkansas	2
							Georgia	3
							Arizona	1
																	Texas	4	2	x
																	Cal State Fullerton	6	3	x
		Cal State Fullerton	2
		South Carolina	0
							Cal State Fullerton	6
							Miami	3
		Louisiana State	5
		Miami	9
												Cal State Fullerton	3	4
	Bracket One
											South Carolina	5	0
		South Carolina	15
		Louisiana State	4
							Miami	11
							South Carolina	15

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 18	Game 1	Georgia	8 - 7	Arizona
	Game 2	Texas	13 - 2	Arkansas
June 19	Game 3	Cal State Fullerton	2 - 0	South Carolina
	Game 4	Miami	9 - 5	Louisiana State
June 20	Game 5	Arizona	7 - 2	Arkansas	Arkansas eliminated
	Game 6	Texas	9 - 3	Georgia
June 21	Game 7	South Carolina	15 - 4	Louisiana State	Louisiana State eliminated
	Game 8	Cal State Fullerton	6 - 3	Miami
June 22	Game 9	Georgia	3 - 1	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
	Game 10	South Carolina	15 - 1	Miami	Miami eliminated
June 23	Game 11	Texas	7 - 6	Georgia	Georgia eliminated
	Game 12	South Carolina	5 - 0	Cal State Fullerton
June 24	Game 13	Cal State Fullerton	4 - 0	South Carolina	South Carolina eliminated
June 26	Final 1	Cal State Fullerton	6 - 4	Texas
June 27	Final 2	Cal State Fullerton	3 - 2	Texas	Cal State Fullerton wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Ricardo Romero	Sophomore	Cal State Fullerton
	Jason Windsor	Senior	Cal State Fullerton
Catcher	Landon Powell	Senior	South Carolina
First baseman	Steve Pearce	Junior	South Carolina
Second baseman	Seth Johnston	Junior	Texas
Third baseman	Bryan Triplett	Senior	South Carolina
Shortstop	Roger Thomas	Freshman	Miami
Outfielder	Brian Barton	Junior	Miami
	Trevor Crowe	Sophomore	Arizona
	Jon Jay	Freshman	Miami
Designated hitter	Felipe Garcia	Junior	Cal State Fullerton

Notable Players

• University of Arizona:
• University of Arkansas:
• California State University, Fullerton: Kurt Suzuki, Brandon Tripp
• University of Georgia:
• Louisiana State University:
• University of Miami:
• University of South Carolina:
• University of Texas at Austin: Huston Street

Sources

• Team Standings are from BoydsWorld.com

Related Sites

• BackHomeInOmaha.net