- 2006 College World Series
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The 2006 College World Series was held June 16-26 in Omaha, Nebraska; it was the 60th College World Series and the 57th series held in Omaha. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having advanced through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. The official host for the event was nearby Creighton University and Oregon State won the national title.
After winning the regional and super regional rounds of the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, eight teams advanced to Omaha. Clemson, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Cal State Fullerton, Oregon State, Rice, Georgia, and Miami all won their super-regionals and made the trip to the 2006 College World Series. Five national seeds advanced to Omaha: Clemson (1), Rice (2), Cal State Fullerton (5), Georgia (7), and Georgia Tech (8). Third-seeded Texas and sixth-seeded Nebraska both fell in the regionals, while the fourth seed Alabama lost in super regional play.
The first pitch of the 2006 CWS was Friday, June 16, at 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC). The 2006 tournament was only the second time in CWS history in which 16 games were played (the other being the 2003 College World Series).
After losing their tournament opener to Miami, the Oregon State Beavers staved off elimination for four straight games to win their bracket and advance to the championship series. The Rice Owls, who had not lost a three-game series all season, were shut out in consecutive games by the Beavers and failed to score in a CWS-record 23 innings. Oregon State advanced to face North Carolina in the final.
The best-of-three championship series featured Oregon State and North Carolina. Oregon State won the deciding game, 3-2, winning the school's first national title in baseball and its second NCAA championship overall. All games were televised on ESPN and ESPN2.
Oregon State set a CWS record by winning six elimination games (four in bracket play, two in the championship series) and also became the first team ever to lose twice in Omaha and still win the title. Oregon State is the only team besides Holy Cross in 1952 to win six games in the College World Series. Oregon State played in half (eight of 16) of the games in the tournament.
OSU pitcher Jonah Nickerson was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Contents
Participants
School Conference Record (Conference) Head Coach CWS Appearances CWS Best Finish CWS Record Clemson ACC 52 - 14 (24 - 6) Jack Leggett 10
(last: 2002)3rd
(1996, 2002)9 - 20 Cal State Fullerton Big West 48 - 13 (18 - 3) George Horton 13
(last: 2004)1st
(1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)32 - 21 Georgia SEC 47 - 21 (18 - 12) David Perno 4
(last: 2004)1st
(1990)6 - 7 Georgia Tech ACC 50 - 16 (19 - 11) Danny Hall 2
(last: 2002)2nd
(1994)4 - 3 Miami (FL) ACC 41 - 22 (17 - 13) Jim Morris 21
(last: 2004)1st
(1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)45 - 34 North Carolina ACC 50 - 13 (22 - 8) Mike Fox 4
(last: 1989)3rd
(1978)2 - 8 Oregon State Pac-10 44 - 14 (16 - 7) Pat Casey 2
(last: 2005)7th
(1952, 2005)0 - 4 Rice C-USA 55 - 11 (22 - 2) Wayne Graham 4
(last: 2003)1st
(2003)6 - 7 Tournament Notes
- Four of the eight participants were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference; this tied a record.
College World Series Bracket
2006 College World Series Bracket
First round Second round Semifinals Finals 1 Clemson 8 8 Georgia Tech 4 1 Clemson 0 North Carolina 2 North Carolina 7 5 Cal State-Fullerton 5 North Carolina 6 5 Cal State-Fullerton 5 8 Georgia Tech 5 5 Cal State-Fullerton 7 5 Cal State-Fullerton 7 1 Clemson 6 North Carolina 4 7 2 Oregon State 3 11 3 2 Rice 6 7 Georgia 4 2 Rice 3 Miami 2 Miami 11 Oregon State 1 2 Rice 0 0 Oregon State 5 2 7 Georgia 3 Oregon State 5 Oregon State 8 Miami 1 Final CWS standings
Place School CWS Record 1st Oregon State 6-2 2nd North Carolina 4-2 3rd Rice 2-2 Cal State-Fullerton 2-2 5th Clemson 1-2 Miami 1-2 7th Georgia 0-2 Georgia Tech 0-2 Schedule
All times are Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Game Time Teams 1 Fri., June 16, 2006 1:00 PM (ESPN2) (1) Clemson vs. (8) Georgia Tech 2 Fri., June 16, 2006 6:00 PM (ESPN2) (5) Cal St. Fullerton vs. North Carolina 3 Sat., June 17, 2006, 1:00 PM (ESPN) (2) Rice vs. (7) Georgia 4 Sat., June 17, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN) Oregon St. vs. Miami (FL) 5 Sun., June 18, 2006, 1:00 PM (ESPN) (8) Georgia Tech vs. (5) Cal St. Fullerton 6 Sun., June 18, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN2) (1) Clemson vs. North Carolina 7 Mon., June 19, 2006, 1:00 PM (ESPN) (7) Georgia vs. Oregon State 8 Mon., June 19, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN2) (2) Rice vs. Miami (FL) 9 Tue., June 20, 2006, 4:00 PM (ESPN2) (5) Cal St. Fullerton vs. (1) Clemson 10 Tue., June 20, 2006, 8:00 PM (ESPN2) Oregon State vs. Miami (FL) 11 Wed., June 21, 2006, 4:00 PM (ESPN2) North Carolina vs. (5) Cal St. Fullerton 12 Wed., June 22, 2006, 8:00 PM (ESPN2) (2) Rice vs. Oregon State 13 Thu., June 23, 2006, 4:00 PM (ESPN2) not needed 14 Thu., June 23, 2006, 8:00 PM (ESPN2) (2) Rice vs. Oregon State Champ. 1 Sat., June 24, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN) North Carolina vs. Oregon State Champ. 2 Sun., June 25, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN2) North Carolina vs. Oregon State Champ. 3 Mon., June 26, 2006, 6:00 PM (ESPN) North Carolina vs. Oregon State Results
All times are CDT.
Friday 6/16
Game #1: 1:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Georgia Tech 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 1 Clemson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 x 8 9 0 WP: Ryan Hinson (4-0) LP: Ryan Turner (4-4)
Home runs:
GT: Kindel
CLEM: D'AlessioGame #2: 6:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E North Carolina 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 15 2 Cal. State Fullerton 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 0 WP: Matt Danford (7-1) LP: Lauren "Luscious" Gagnier (21-5) Sv: Andrew Carignan (14)
Home runs:
CSF: Clark, McArthur
UNC: Fronk, JohnsonSaturday 6/17
Game #3: 1:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 5 1 Rice 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 x 6 10 1 WP: Bryce Cox (5-1) LP: Rip Warren (8-3) Game #4: 6:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Miami 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 11 11 0 Oregon State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 WP: Scott Maine (12-3) LP: Dallas Buck (12-3)
Home runs:
MIA: Raben
OSU: NoneSunday 6/18
Game #5: 1:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cal State Fullerton 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 7 15 1 Georgia Tech 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 9 0 WP: Ryan Paul (3-1) LP: Matt Wieters (1-3)
Home runs:
CSF: None
GT: WietersGame #6: 6:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Clemson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 North Carolina 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 7 2 WP: Robert Woodard (7-1) LP: Stephen Faris (9-3) Monday 6/19
Game #7: 1:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Oregon State 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 12 2 Georgia 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 6 1 WP: Jonah Nickerson (12-4) LP: Mickey Westphal (7-3) Sv: Kevin Gunderson (18)
Home runs:
ORST: None
UGA: WyattGame #8: 6:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Rice 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 3 Miami 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 2 WP: Cole St.Clair (7-2) LP: Danny Gil (4-3) Sv: Bryce Cox (4)
Home runs:
RICE: Henley
MIA: NoneTuesday 6/20
Game #9: 4:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cal State Fullerton 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 15 1 Clemson 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 0 WP: Adam Jorgenson (2-0) LP: David Kopp (6-2) Sv: Wes Roemer (1)
Home runs:
CSF: Cooper
CLEM: NoneGame #10: 8:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Oregon State 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 13 0 Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 WP: Mike Stutes (8-2) LP: Carlos Gutierrez (9-7)
Home runs:
OSU: McFeely
MIA: RabenWednesday 6/21
Game #11: 4:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E North Carolina 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 13 1 Cal State Fullerton 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 14 2 WP: Daniel Bard (9-3) LP: Wes Roemer (13-2) Sv: Andrew Miller (1)
Home runs:
UNC: Cox (2), Federowicz
CSF: NoneGame #12: 8:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Rice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Oregon State 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 x 5 7 0 WP: Daniel Turpen (3-0) LP: Craig Crow (8-2)
Home runs:
RICE: None
OSU: McFeely (2)Thursday 6/22
Game #14: 8:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Oregon State 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Rice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP: Jonah Nickerson (13-4) LP: Eddie Degerman (13-2) Sv: Kevin Gunderson (19) Saturday 6/24
Championship Game #1: 6:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Oregon State 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 9 0 North Carolina 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 x 4 10 1 WP: Jonathon Hovis (8-2) LP: Joe Paterson (1-1) Sv: Andrew Carignan (15)
Home runs:
OSU: Gillespie
UNC: NoneNote: 77 minute rain delay in top of 6th inning
Sunday 6/25
Championship Game #2: 6:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E North Carolina 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 0 Oregon State 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 0 x 11 14 0 WP: Kevin Gunderson (3-2) LP: Matt Danford (7-2)
Home runs:
UNC: Federowicz (2)
OSU: RoweMonday 6/26
Championship Game #3: 6:00 PM
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E North Carolina 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 4 Oregon State 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 x 3 6 1 WP: Dallas Buck (13-3) LP: Daniel Bard (9-4) Sv: Kevin Gunderson (20) See also
External links
- College World Series (Official Site)
- Official Schedule
- Official Bracket
- History and results from every CWS
- ESPN Coverage
- NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! (Oregon State Athletics)
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