2012 College World Series

College World Series
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The 2012 College World Series was played at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, NE from June 15 to June 25. Eight teams qualified for the tournament by winning their Regional and Super-Regional Tournaments. The University of Arizona won its first championship since 1986, defeating University of South Carolina in the finals. Andy Lopez becomes only the second coach (after Augie Garrido) to win national championships with two different schools.

The field was broken into two double elimination brackets of four team each.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Arizona	Pacific-12 Conference	48-17 (20-10)	Andy Lopez	15 (last: 2004)	1st (1976, 1980, 1986)	32-27
	University of California, Los Angeles	Pacific-12 Conference	48-16 (20-10)	John Savage	3 (last: 2010)	2nd (2010)	3-7
	Florida State University	Atlantic Coast Conference	50-17 (24-6)	Mike Martin	20 (last: 2010)	2nd (1970, 1986, 1999)	26-40
	Stony Brook University	America East Conference	52-15 (21-3)	Matt Senk	0 (last: None)	none	0-0

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Arkansas	Southeastern Conference	46-22 (16-14)	Dave Van Horn	6 (last: 2009)	2nd (1979)	9-12
	University of Florida	Southeastern Conference	47-20 (18-12)	Kevin O'Sullivan	7 (last: 2011)	2nd (2005)	11-14
	Kent State University	Mid-American Conference	47-20 (24-3)	Scott Stricklin	0 (last: None)	none	0-0
	University of South Carolina	Southeastern Conference	49-20 (18-11)	Ray Tanner	10 (last: 2011)	1st (2010, 2011)	28-17

Results

2012 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
		Stony Brook	1
	2	UCLA	9
						2	UCLA	0
							Arizona	4
		Arizona	4
	3	Florida State	3
												Arizona	10	x
										3	Florida State	3	x
		Stony Brook	2
	3	Florida State	12
						2	UCLA	1
						3	Florida State	4
																	Arizona	5	4	x
																8	South Carolina	1	1	x
		Kent State	1
		Arkansas	8
							Arkansas	2
						8	South Carolina	1
	8	South Carolina	7
	1	Florida	3
												Arkansas	0	2
										8	South Carolina	2	3
		Kent State	5
	1	Florida	4
						8	South Carolina	4
							Kent State	1

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 15	Game 1	UCLA	9-1	Stony Brook University	Jeff Gelalich hits a bases-loaded single in the first and UCLA trounces Stony Brook ace Tyler Johnson, pounding him for 7 runs in 2 1/3 IP. Johnson, who came in 12-1, was given the nod in Stony Brook's first CWS game ever. Adam Plutko got the win for UCLA.
	Game 2	University of Arizona	4-3	Florida State University	Joey Rickard and Johnny Field hit doubles in the 12th to give Arizona the win, as FSU drops its CWS opener for the 4th straight time.
June 16	Game 3	University of Arkansas	8-1	Kent State University	DJ Baxendale and Brandon Moore team up on a four-hitter as Kent State loses their CWS debut. No MAC team had played in the Series since 1976. Jimmy Rider provides a bright spot with a solo homer in a losing cause.
	Game 4	University of South Carolina	7-3	University of Florida	Erik Payne hits a go-ahead triple with the bases loaded as USC wins for the 22nd time in the CWS tournament, extending their record.
June 17	Game 5	Florida State University	12-2	Stony Brook University	Mike Compton allows two runs in six innings for the win,while FSU takes advantage of an error by Stony Brook SS Cole Peragine in a 6-run third. Stony Brook eliminated
	Game 6	University of Arizona	4-0	UCLA	Konner Wade throws a 5 hit shutout. Arizona gets five straight hits in the 4th.
June 18	Game 7	Kent State University	5-4	University of Florida	National #1 seed Florida bows out in two games thanks to four unearned runs allowed. With the bases loaded in the 9th, Kent State reliever Josh Pierce struck out Casey Turgeon after falling behind 3-0, then retires Justin Shafer on a fly to T.J. Sutton. Ryan Bores got the win, while Florida starter Hudson Randall leaves in the first due to problems with the heat. Florida eliminated
	Game 8	University of Arkansas	2-1	University of South Carolina	South Carolina loses for the first time after a record 22 straight CWS wins as Ryne Stanek and Barrett Astin hold them to four hits.
June 19	Game 9	Florida State University	4-1	UCLA	UCLA eliminated
June 21	Game 10	University of South Carolina	4-1	Kent State University	In a game postponed from June 20 due to weather Michael Roth tosses a two-hitter while L.B. Dantzler contributes a 2-run homer. Kent St. eliminated
	Game 11	University of Arizona	10-3	Florida State University	FSU makes three errors in the first to help Arizona score six runs, while Seminole starter Brandon Leibrandt only retires one batter. Florida State eliminated
	Game 12	University of South Carolina	2-0	University of Arkansas	South Carolina is the first team since 1980 to play two CWS games in the same day and the first to win two in a day since Holy Cross back in 1952. Jordan Montgomery and Matt Price combine on a 3-hit shutout while Tanner English and Chase Vergason drive in the runs.
June 22	Game 13	University of South Carolina	3-2	University of Arkansas	Matt Price gets his record 5th CWS victory as South Carolina reaches its third straight CWS finals. Tyler Webb and Price combine for 7 shutout relief innings after a rough start by Colby Holmes. DJ Baxendale walks in the tying run in the 5th as South Carolina ties it. In the 7th, they win it on another bases-loaded walk, as Adam Matthews drew a walk from Barrett Astin to score Joey Pankake. Arkansas eliminated
June 24	Game 1	University of Arizona	5-1	University of South Carolina
June 25	Game 2	University of Arizona	4-1	University of South Carolina	James Farris and Mathew Troupe combine to hold the two-time defending champs to three hits. In the top of the 9th, Arizona breaks a 1-1 tie on a double by [[Brandon Dixon and Trent Gilbert follows with a 2-run single. In the bottom of the 9th, South Carolina rallied to load the bases against Troupe with one out. Tanner English lined out to 2B Gilbert and Grayson Greiner flew out to RF Robert Refsnyder to end the game. Arizona wins CWS

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
P	Michael Roth	University of South Carolina
	Konner Wade	University of Arizona
1B	Christian Walker	University of South Carolina
2B	Devon Travis	Florida State University
3B	Sherman Johnson	Florida State University
SS	Alex Mejia	University of Arizona
C	Riley Moore	University of Arizona
OF	Evan Marzilli	University of South Carolina
	Joey Rickard	University of Arizona
	Robert Refsnyder	University of Arizona
DH	Bobby Fisher-Brown	University of Arizona

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Brandon Dixon, Alex Mejia, Rob Refsnyder, Joey Rickard, Konner Wade
• University of Arkansas: Barrett Astin, Ryne Stanek
• UCLA: Jeff Gelalich, Adam Plutko
• University of Florida: Jonathon Crawford, Brian Johnson, Justin Shafer, Mike Zunino
• Florida State University: Brandon Leibrandt, Sherman Johnson, James Ramsey, Devon Travis
• University of South Carolina: L.B. Dantzler, Grayson Greiner, Evan Marzilli, Jordan Montgomery, Michael Roth, Christian Walker, Tyler Webb
• Stony Brook University: Travis Jankowski