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North Carolina (48-12) - #1 seed (#3 National Seed) - ACC Automatic Bid

• Top Hitters: Dustin Ackley (.437 avg., 7 HR, 63 RBI, 19 2B); Tim Fedroff (.359 avg., 4 HR, 33 RBI); Tim Federowicz (.349 avg., 4 HR, 58 RBI, 17 2B); Josh Horton (.329 avg., 8 HR, 43 RBI, 43 BB, 13 K); Reid Fronk (.322 avg., 11 HR, 50 RBI)

• Top Pitchers: RHP Adam Warren (10-0, 2.09 ERA, 60.1 IP, 50 H, 43 K, 24 BB); RHP Robert Woodard (9-2, 3.29 ERA, 90.1 IP, 91 H, 68 K, 22 BB); RHP Alex White (6-4, 3.35 ERA, 83.1 IP, 73 H, 77 K, 41 BB); RHP Matt Danford (5-0, 2.45 ERA, 44 IP, 35 H, 33 K, 21 BB); RHP Rob Wooten (3-1, 2.72 ERA, 36.1 IP, 31 H, 36 K, 18 BB); RHP Andrew Carignan (1-1, 1.20 ERA, 13 SV, 45 IP, 29 H, 54 K, 19 BB)

• Key Wins: 3/9-11 Miami , 3/18 UVA, 3/30-31 Wake Forest, 4/22 @ FSU, 4/28-29 @ NCSU

• Key Losses: 3/24 @ Virginia Tech, 4/14 Duke, 4/17 Campbell

• Tournament Appearances: 22

 

East Carolina (39-21) - #2 Seed - Conference USA At-Large Bid

• Top Hitters: Ryan Wood (.317 avg., 5 HR, 23 RBI), Stephen Batts (.316 avg., 5 HR, 51 RBI), Harrison Eldridge (.300 avg., 6 HR, 27 RBI), Ryan Tousley (.294 avg., 10 HR, 48 RBI), Kyle Roller (.286 avg., 10 HR, 29 RBI)

• Top Pitchers: RHP Josh Dowdy (5-1, 2.97 ERA, 69.2 IP, 62 H, 34 K, 14 BB, .230 Opp. Batting avg.), LHP Dustin Sasser (5-4, 3.44 ERA, 89 IP, 98 H, 66 K, 45 BB), RHP T.J. Hose (6-5, 3.59 ERA, 92.2 IP, 91 H, 70 K, 44 BB), LHP Jason Neitz (4-2, 2.81 ERA, 51.1 IP, 38 H, 40 K, 21 BB), RHP Shane Mathews (4-3, 4.05 ERA, 13 SV, 46.2 IP, 33 H, 59 K, 26 BB)

• Key Wins: 3/2- Pepperdine, 3/9-11- Cal State Fullerton, 3/17- Michigan (2x), 4/29 & 5/24-Southern Miss

• Key Losses: 2/21- Campbell, 5/8- The Citadel, 5/15- Elon, 5/17-18-@ UAB

• Tournament Appearances: 22

 

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Western Carolina (40-18) - #3 Seed - Southern Conference At-Large Bid

• Top Hitters: Kenny Smith (.396 avg., 18 HR, 79 RBI, 23 2B, .765 SLG%), Blake Murphy (.377 avg., 15 HR, 63 RBI, 50 BB, .696 SLG%), Barrett Shaft (.373 avg.), John Ingram (.330 avg., 11 HR, 61 RBI), Jonathan Greene (.321 avg., 13 HR, 53 RBI), Steven Strausbaugh (.285 avg., 12 HR, 52 RBI)

• Top Pitchers: LHP Drew Saberhagen (8-1, 3.10 ERA, 98.2 IP, 107 H, 37 K, 18 BB), RHP Tyler Sexton (8-3, 4.34 ERA, 91.1 IP, 100 H, 76 K, 33 BB), RHP Greg Holland (4-3, 3.46 ERA, 41.2 IP, 42 H, 51 K, 23 BB)

• Key Wins: 2/27- @ Georgia Tech, 3/2- N.C. State, 3/13 @ Georgia, 3/20- Clemson, 5/8-9-@ Ohio State

• Key Losses: 3/10- Xavier, 3/14- UNC-Asheville, 4/27- @ Furman

• Tournament Appearances: 11

Jacksonville (34-26) - #4 Seed - Atlantic Sun Automatic Bid

• Top Hitters: Pete Clifford (.359 avg., 14 HR, 59 RBI, 43 BB, 28 K), Chuck Opachich (.335 avg., 27 RBI), Ryan McArdle (.326 avg., 6 HR, 51 RBI, 20 2B), Mike McCallister (.293 avg., 5 HR, 46 RBI, 5 3B)

• Top Pitchers: Matt Davis (4-1, 3.12 ERA, 52 IP, 53 H, 49 K, 25 BB), Justin Young (5-5, 3.33 ERA, 92 IP, 91 H, 65 K, 34 BB), Matt Gardner (7-5, 3.82 ERA, 92 IP, 91 H, 48 K, 35 BB)

• Key Wins: 3/6- @ Florida, 3/21- Florida State, 4/20 and 5/24- Stetson

• Key Losses: 2/16-18- USF, 2/23- Auburn, 2/25- Michigan State, 3/2-3- La Salle

• Tournament Appearances: 12

 

 

by Thomas "Bubba" Rosenbaum - CUSA-fans.com Director of Content