2009 College World Series

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The 2009 College World Series is being played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE. The participating schools qualified by winning their Regional and Super-Regional tournaments. Louisiana State University won the Series, its 6th title. LSU outfielder Jared Mitchell was named the Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Arkansas	Southeastern Conference	40-23 (14-15)	Dave Van Horn	5 (last: 2004)	2nd (1979)	7-10
	California State University, Fullerton	Big West Conference	47-16 (17-7)	Dave Serrano	15 (last: 2007)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)	34-25
	Louisiana State University	Southeastern Conference	53-16 (20-10)	Paul Mainieri	14 (last: 2008)	1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000)	30-19
	University of Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	49-14-1 (16-11-1)	Brian O'Connor	0 (last: None)	none	0-0

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	Arizona State University	Pacific-10 Conference	51-14 (21-6)	Pat Murphy	20 (last: 2007)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)	59-34
	University of North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	47-17 (19-10)	Mike Fox	7 (last: 2008)	2nd (2006, 2007)	13-15
	University of Southern Mississippi	Conference USA	40-25 (12-12)	Corky Palmer	0 (last: None)	none	0-0
	University of Texas	Big 12 Conference	47-14-1 (17-9-1)	Augie Garrido	32 (last: 2005)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005)	78-53

Results

2009 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
	2	Cal State Fullerton	6
	—	Arkansas	10
						—	Arkansas	1
						3	LSU	9
	3	LSU	9
	—	Virginia	5
											3	LSU	14	-
										—	Arkansas	5	-
	2	Cal State Fullerton	5
	—	Virginia	7
						—	Arkansas	4
						—	Virginia	3
																3	LSU	7	1	11
																1	Texas	6	5	4
	4	North Carolina	2
	5	Arizona State	5
						5	Arizona State	6
						1	Texas	10
	1	Texas	7
	—	Southern Miss	6
											1	Texas	4	-
										5	Arizona State	3	-
	4	North Carolina	11
	—	Southern Miss	4
						5	Arizona State	12
						4	North Carolina	5

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	LSU	9-5	Virginia	Sean Ochinko hits a 3-run homer and Ryan Schimpf a 2-run shot to lead LSU to victory
	Game 2	Arkansas	10-6	Cal State Fullerton	#2 seeded Cal State Fullerton drops their opener. Andy Wilkins drives in 5, including a 3-run homer, to pace Arkansas
June 14	Game 3	Arizona State	5-2	North Carolina	Alex White fans 12 and allows one run in 9 innings for UNC, but Josh Spence matches him for 7 innings. In the 10th, Garrett Gore makes a run-scoring error, then Kole Calhoun smacks a 3-run homer to win the game for ASU.
	Game 4	Texas	7-6	Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi fights #1 Texas to the end, but wild pitchers cost them. They walk or hit 7 of the last 11 Texas batters, including 3 bases-loaded walks. Jonathan Johnston walks Brandon Loy on only four pitches to force in the winner.
June 15	Game 5	Virginia	7-5	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated. The #2 seed becomes the first team eliminated, as ace Daniel Renken gives up a season-high 6 runs. Andrew Carraway gets the first CWS win in University of Virginia history.
	Game 6	LSU	9-1	Arkansas	LSU homers three times in an easy win over Arkansas
June 16	Game 7	North Carolina	11-4	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi eliminated. Dustin Ackley goes 5 for 6 to become the all-time CWS record holder for hits with 27.
	Game 8	Texas	10-6	Arizona State	ASU goes ahead 6-0, before ace Mike Leake folds, allowing 6 runs in the 4th inning. Cameron Rupp homers twice to lead Texas.
June 17	Game 9	Arkansas	4-3	Virginia	Virginia eliminated. Virginia leads 3-1 entering the 9th; with two outs, Brett Eibner hits a 2-run homer off Virginia closer Kevin Arico to tie it. From the 9th through the 12th, Virginia puts runners on third base but strands them every time against Dallas Keuchel. In the 12th, Andrew Darr doubles off Andrew Carraway to score Jarrod McKinney with the game-winner.
June 18	Game 10	Arizona State	12-5	North Carolina	North Carolina eliminated. Kole Calhoun hits a grand slam and a RBI double to give him 10 RBI in the Series, leading ASU to a comeback win. North Carolina starter Matt Harvey throws a College World Series record four wild pitches.
June 19	Game 11	LSU	14-5	Arkansas	Arkansas eliminated. Louisiana State continues its homer-happy run by belting four long balls in an easy win. Anthony Ranaudo tossed six shutout innings.
	Game 12	Texas	4-3	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated. Texas continues its penchant for last-minute comebacks. Down 3-2 in the bottom of the 9th, Cameron Rupp ties it with a homer. With two outs, Connor Rowe launches the game-winner to dead center.
June 22	Game 13	LSU	7-6	Texas	LSU ace Louis Coleman serves up five homers in 7 innings, two to Russell Moldenhauer, but LSU rallies. With two outs in the 9th, D.J. LeMahieu doubled to tie the game for LSU. In the 11th, LeMahieu walked, stole second and took third on a throwing error by Texas C Cameron Rupp. Micah Gibbs walked, then Mikie Mahtook singled in LeMahieu for a 7-6 lead. Matty Ott made it stand up by going 1-2-3 as Texas failed to comeback for the first time this Series.
June 23	Game 14	Texas	5-1	LSU	Taylor Jungmann goes the distance to shut down LSU, giving up no earned runs in the win. Russell Moldenhauer ties the College World Series record with his 4th home run, after hitting none in the regular season. Preston Clark gets 3 hits, 2 RBI and a homer to help Moldenhauer lead the Texas attack.
June 24	Game 15	LSU	11-4	Texas	Jared Mitchell hits a 3-run homer and the Tigers scored five runs in the sixth to put it away. Anthony Ranaudo gets the win while Louis Coleman fans the final two batters to end it.

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
P	Anthony Ranaudo	LSU
	Taylor Jungmann	Texas
1B	Dustin Ackley	North Carolina
2B	D.J. LeMahieu	LSU
3B	Kyle Seager	North Carolina
SS	Tyler Cannon	Virginia
C	Cameron Rupp	Texas
OF	Jared Mitchell	LSU
	Ryan Schimpf	LSU
	Kole Calhoun	Arizona State
DH	Russell Moldenhauer	Texas