2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

2007 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament

Season	2007
Teams	64
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Oregon State (2nd title)
Runner-up	North Carolina (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Pat Casey (2nd title)
MOP	Jorge Reyes (Oregon State)
← 2006  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 2008 →

The 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was held from June 1 to 24, 2007. Sixty-four NCAA Division I college baseball teams advanced to the post season tournament after having played through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.

The 2007 tournament culminated with 8 teams advancing to the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 15. Unseeded Oregon State repeated as national champions, winning all five of its games in the 2007 CWS.

Oregon State went undefeated through the College World Series, posting a 5–0 record. The Beavers, led by head coach Pat Casey, won all three games in their four-team bracket and then, for the second straight season, defeated North Carolina in the best-of-three championship series— this time in two games. Oregon State became the fifth team to win consecutive NCAA titles (last done by LSU in 1996-97), and were the first team to win four games in a CWS by six or more runs. As of 2019, 2007 Oregon State remains the only team to have ever won at least four games by six or more runs in the same College World Series. Their opener against Cal State Fullerton was a tight 3–2 victory, but OSU's last four games in the CWS were not close, impressive for a team seeded in the lower half of the 64-team tournament.

The Beavers also became the first team to win the CWS after having posted a losing conference record. Oregon State was a disappointing 10–14 (.417) in the Pac-10, placing sixth among the nine baseball-playing schools (Oregon dropped baseball in 1981, but revived it in 2009.)

However, the Beavers' non-conference record during the regular season was an impressive 28–3 (.903), and as defending NCAA champions, just enough to gain a berth in the 64-team tournament. They were placed as a No. 3 seed in one of the 16 four-team regionals, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Oregon State responded by going 11–1 (.917) in the post season. Oregon State won their final 10 games to finish at 49–18 (.731) overall. The Beavers trailed in only one inning of 2007 CWS: the first inning of the final game. Their only loss in the post season came during the second game of regionals, where they fell in 13 innings to host Virginia.^[1]

Oregon State freshman pitcher Jorge Reyes (of Warden, Washington) was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 CWS. Reyes was 2–0 as a starter, defeating Cal State Fullerton in the opener and North Carolina in the first game of the finals.

Two elite programs from Louisiana, LSU and Tulane both failed to qualify for the field of 64, marking the first time since 1984 both schools stayed home. LSU reached the College World Series 13 times between 1986 and 2004, winning five national championships (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000), while Tulane made trips to the CWS in 2001 and 2005.

Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.

Conference School Record Berth type America East Albany 29–27 Tournament champion ACC North Carolina 48–12 Tournament champion Atlantic Sun Jacksonville 34–26 Tournament champion A-10 Charlotte 47–10 Tournament champion Big East Rutgers 38–19 Tournament champion Big South Coastal Carolina 48–11 Tournament champion Big Ten Ohio State 37–22 Tournament champion Big 12 Texas A&M 44–16 Tournament champion Big West UC Riverside 37–19 Regular-season champion CAA VCU 37–21 Tournament champion Conference USA Rice 49–12 Tournament champion Horizon League UIC 34–19 Tournament champion Ivy League Brown 27–19 Championship series winner MAAC Le Moyne 34–17 Tournament champion MAC Kent State 33–24 Tournament champion Mid-Con Oral Roberts 40–15 Tournament champion MEAC Bethune-Cookman 33–25 Tournament champion Missouri Valley Creighton 44–14 Tournament champion MWC TCU 46–12 Tournament champion NEC Monmouth 36–22 Tournament champion OVC Austin Peay 39–20 Tournament champion Pac-10 Arizona State 43–13 Regular-season champion Patriot League Lafayette 33–18 Tournament champion SEC Vanderbilt 46–10 Tournament champion SoCon Wofford 30–31 Tournament champion Southland Sam Houston State 38–22 Tournament champion SWAC Prairie View A&M 34–23 Tournament champion Sun Belt New Orleans 37–24 Tournament champion WCC San Diego 43–16 Championship series winner WAC Fresno State 36–27 Tournament champion

Conference	Total	Schools
Atlantic Coast	7	Clemson, Florida State, Miami (FL), North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest
Big 12	6	Baylor, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M
Southeastern	5	Arkansas, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
Big West	4	UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State
Conference USA	4	East Carolina, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss
Pacific-10	4	Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon State, UCLA
Big East	3	Louisville, Rutgers, St. John's
Big Ten	3	Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State
Sun Belt	3	Louisiana–Lafayette, New Orleans, Troy
Atlantic Sun	2	Jacksonville, Stetson
Missouri Valley	2	Creighton, Wichita State
Southern	2	Western Carolina, Wofford
WCC	2	Pepperdine, San Diego
Atlantic 10	1	Charlotte
America East	1	Albany
Big South	1	Coastal Carolina
Colonial	1	VCU
Horizon	1	UIC
Ivy	1	Brown
Metro Atlantic	1	Le Moyne
Mid-American	1	Kent State
Mid-Con	1	Oral Roberts
Mid-Eastern	1	Bethune-Cookman
Mountain West	1	TCU
Northeast	1	Monmouth
Ohio Valley	1	Austin Peay
Patriot	1	Lafayette
Southland	1	Sam Houston State
Southwestern	1	Prairie View
Western Athletic	1	Fresno State

Bold indicates CWS participant.

1. Vanderbilt
2. Rice
3. North Carolina
4. Texas
5. Arizona State
6. Florida State
7. Arkansas
8. San Diego

Regional rounds were held Friday, June 1, through Monday, June 4. Each regional followed a similar format, with two games played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Monday if needed (many regionals in the southern U.S. had their schedules adversely affected by rain)

Day	Game	Teams
Fri. 6/1/07	1	2/3 or 1/4 (host choice)
	2	2/3 or 1/4 (host choice)
Sat. 6/2/07	3	Loser Games 1 & 2
	4	Winner Games 1 & 2
Sun. 6/3/07	5	Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4
	6	Winner Games 4 & 5
Mon. 6/4/07	7	if needed, only if winner of game 5 wins game 6

Best-of-three super regionals were held Friday, June 8 through Monday, June 11. Four series were played Friday-Sunday and four series were played Saturday-Monday.

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

Hosted by Oregon State at Goss Stadium

Hosted by Rice at Reckling Park

Hosted by North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium

Hosted by Wichita State at Eck Stadium

Hosted by Arizona State at Packard Stadium

Hosted by Mississippi State at Dudy Noble Field

Hosted by Louisville at Jim Patterson Stadium

Hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field

• Albany, Brown, and Wofford were making their first NCAA tournament appearance.^[2]
• Oregon State is one of only six teams (South Carolina: 2010–2011, LSU: 1996–1997, Stanford: 1987–1988, Southern California: 1970–1974, Texas: 1949–1950) to win consecutive CWS titles.
• Oregon State is also the first team to repeat as champion since the CWS switched to the current 3-game championship series.
• Oregon State is the first champion to make it back to the CWS the year after they won title since Texas appeared in the 2003 after winning it in 2002
• The 2007 Oregon State Beavers are the first CWS champions with a conference record of less than .500 (10–14)
• Louisville is the second school whose athletic teams have played in a Final Four, BCS bowl game, and a College World Series within the last three years. Florida is the other school.
• 2007 marks the 15th year in a row that the SEC has had at least one team make it to Omaha.
• 2007 marks the second time the College World Series champions and runners-up are the same two consecutive years.

• Oregon State became the first team to win four games by six or more runs in the CWS. As of 2021, 2007 Oregon State remains the final team to win four games by six or more runs in the CWS.
• Oregon State became the first team to win the CWS while having a losing record in regular season conference play.
• North Carolina's Rob Wooten pitched in a record 6 games in a single CWS.
• North Carolina tied a CWS record by turning five double plays in game one of the final series against Oregon State.^[3]
• North Carolina used a CWS record eight pitchers in its Game 6 loss to Rice.
• Game 7 between UC-Irvine and Cal State-Fullerton went 13 innings and lasted 5 hours and 40 minutes. It was the longest game in terms of time in College World Series history.^[4] The game also had the most hit-by-pitches (eight) and reportedly used and lost 96 balls, the most ever.^[5] The previous record was 84 balls lost.
• Louisville's Logan Johnson tied the CWS record with four home runs.
• By beating Arizona State, UC-Irvine became the first team in CWS history to win two extra-inning games back to back.
• A CWS record number of batters were hit by pitches during the series.^[6]

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	Best CWS finish	CWS record Not including this year
Arizona State	Pac-10	48–13 (19–5)	Pat Murphy	19 (last: 2005)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)	58–32
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	38–23 (10–11)	George Horton	14 (last: 2006)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)	34–23
Louisville	Big East	46–22 (19–8)	Dan McDonnell	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Mississippi State	SEC	38–20 (15–13)	Ron Polk	7 (last: 1998)	3rd (1985)	7–14
North Carolina	ACC	53–13 (21–9)	Mike Fox	5 (last: 2006)	2nd (2006)	6–10
Oregon State	Pac-10	44–18 (10–14)	Pat Casey	3 (last: 2006)	1st (2006)	6–6
Rice	C-USA	54–12 (22–2)	Wayne Graham	5 (last: 2006)	1st (2003)	8–9
UC Irvine	Big West	45–15–1 (15–6)	Dave Serrano	0 (last: none)	none	0–0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
North Carolina	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	12	2
Oregon State	0	2	1	0	1	2	4	1	X	11	12	2
WP: Jorge Reyes (2–0)   LP: Alex White (6–7) Home runs: UNC: Johnson OSU: Lennerton

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oregon State	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	9	13	0
North Carolina	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	9	2
WP: Mike Stutes (12–4)   LP: Luke Putkonen (8–2) Home runs: OSU: Barney, Lennerton UNC: Ackley

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.^[7]

Position	Player	School
P	Jorge Reyes (MOP)	Oregon State
	Andrew Carignan	North Carolina
C	Mitch Canham	Oregon State
1B	Dustin Ackley	North Carolina
2B	Joey Wong	Oregon State
3B	Diego Seastrunk	Rice
SS	Darwin Barney	Oregon State
OF	Bryan Petersen	UC Irvine
	Tim Fedroff	North Carolina
	Scott Santschi	Oregon State
DH	Mike Lissman	Oregon State

Conference	Tournament record	Percentage	Schools to super regionals	Schools to CWS
Pacific-10	21–6	0.778	Arizona St, Oregon St, UCLA	Arizona St, Oregon St
Big West	14–7	0.667	UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton	UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton
SEC	17–10	0.630	Ole Miss, Mississippi St, South Carolina	Mississippi St
Big East	10–8	0.556	Louisville	Louisville
ACC	19–16	0.543	Clemson, North Carolina	North Carolina
Big 12	15–13	0.536	Oklahoma St, Texas A&M
Conference USA	9–8	0.529	Rice	Rice
Missouri Valley	5–5	0.500	Wichita State
Atlantic 10	2–2	0.500
Big South	2–2	0.500
Mountain West	2–2	0.500
Southland	2–2	0.500
Western Athletic	2–2	0.500
Big 10	5–7	0.417	Michigan
Sun Belt	3–6	0.333
Southern	2–4	0.333
Horizon	1–2	0.333
Ohio Valley	1–2	0.333
Atlantic Sun	1–4	0.200
America East	0–2	0.000
Colonial	0–2	0.000
Ivy	0–2	0.000
Metro Atlantic	0–2	0.000
Mid-American	0–2	0.000
Mid-Con	0–2	0.000
Mid-Eastern	0–2	0.000
Northeast	0–2	0.000
Patriot	0–2	0.000
Southwestern Athletic	0–2	0.000
WCC	0–4	0.000

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