2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

2013 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament

Season	2013
Teams	64
Finals site	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, NE
Champions	UCLA (1st title)
Runner-up	Mississippi State (9th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	John Savage (1st title)
MOP	Adam Plutko (UCLA)
Attendance	27,127
Television	ESPN Networks
← 2012  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 2014 →

The 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 31, 2013, as part of the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2013 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 15 and ended with the final round on June 25. The UCLA Bruins swept the Mississippi State Bulldogs in a best-of-three series to win the NCAA National Championship, the university's first in baseball and the 109th national title in all sports.^[1]

The 64 participating college baseball teams were selected from an eligible pool of 298 NCAA Division I programs.^[2] Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their individual conferences. Additionally, 34 non-automatic qualifying teams were awarded at-large berths by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

The 64 teams were divided into sixteen regionals consisting of four teams each. All four teams, in each regional, competed in a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced one another in a best-of-three games series in their individual Super Regional based upon a predetermined bracketed system. This format determined the final eight participants to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.^[3]

Fourteen of the sixteen original Regional hosts advanced to their respective Super Regional; the exceptions were the #8 national seed Oregon Ducks and the Virginia Tech Hokies.

For the first time in television history, ESPN provided live cut-ins and highlights from all 16 Regionals with the new Bases Loaded platform — similar to ESPN Goal Line and Buzzer Beater for college football and basketball.^[4]

School	Conference	Record (Conf)	Berth	Last NCAA appearance
Binghamton	America East	30–23 (16–13)	Tournament	2009 (Greenville Regional)
North Carolina	ACC	52–8 (21–7)	Tournament	2012 (Chapel Hill Regional)
East Tennessee State	Atlantic Sun	36–22 (17–10)	Tournament	1981 (Atlantic Regional)
Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	41–18 (17–7)	Tournament	2010 (Louisville Regional)
Oklahoma	Big 12	40–19 (13–11)	Tournament	2012 (Columbia Super Regional)
Connecticut	Big East	34–26 (9–15)	Tournament	2011 (Columbia Super Regional)
Liberty	Big South	29–26 (13–11)	Tournament	2000 (Columbia Regional)
Indiana	Big Ten	40–13 (17–7)	Tournament	2009 (Louisville Regional)
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	48–8 (23–4)	Regular season	2012 (Eugene Regional)
Towson	Colonial	29–28 (14–13)	Tournament	1991 (Northeast Regional)
Rice	Conference USA	41-17(15–9)	Tournament	2012 (Houston Regional)
Valparaiso	Horizon	31–26 (13–11)	Tournament	2012 (Gary Regional)
Columbia	Ivy League	26–19 (16–4)	Championship series	2008 (Conway Regional)
Canisius	Metro Atlantic	39–15 (13–9)	Tournament	First appearance
Bowling Green	Mid-American	24–28 (13–14)	Tournament	1999 (Columbus Regional)
Savannah State	Mid-Eastern	30–22 (17–7)	Tournament	First appearance
Wichita State	Missouri Valley	34–25 (15–6)	Tournament	2009 (Norman Regional)
San Diego State	Mountain West	26–28 (15–15)	Tournament	2009 (Irvine Regional)
Bryant	Northeast	40-15-1 (27–5)	Tournament	First appearance
Austin Peay State	Ohio Valley	42–13 (22–7)	Tournament	2012 (Eugene Regional)
Oregon State	Pac-12	45–10 (24–6)	Regular season	2012 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Army	Patriot	29–21 (11–9)	Tournament	2012 (Charlottesville Regional)
LSU	Southeastern	52–9 (23–7)	Tournament	2012 (Baton Rouge Super Regional)
Elon	Southern	28–28 (18–11)	Tournament	2012 (Cary Regional)
Central Arkansas	Southland	34–19 (12–15)	Tournament	First appearance
Jackson State	Southwestern Athletic	34–20 (19–5)	Tournament	2000 (Baton Rouge Regional)
South Dakota State	Summit	31–22 (16–10)	Tournament	First appearance
Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	36–20 (19–11)	Tournament	2010 (Gainesville Regional)
San Diego	West Coast	34–23 (15–9)	Tournament	2012 (Los Angeles Regional)
UTSA	Western Athletic	33–22 (15–11)	Tournament	1994 (Central Regional)

Conference	Total	Schools
SEC	9	Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
ACC	8	Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Pac-12	4	Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA
Sun Belt	4	Florida Atlantic, Louisiana–Lafayette, South Alabama, Troy
Big 12	3	Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
Big West	3	Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara
Colonial	3	Towson, UNC Wilmington, William & Mary
Atlantic Sun	2	East Tennessee State, Mercer
Big East	2	Connecticut, Louisville
Big South	2	Coastal Carolina, Liberty
Big Ten	2	Illinois, Indiana
Mountain West	2	New Mexico, San Diego State
Southland	2	Central Arkansas, Sam Houston State
West Coast	2	San Diego, San Francisco
America East	1	Binghamton
Atlantic 10	1	Saint Louis
Conference USA	1	Rice
Horizon	1	Valparaiso
Ivy	1	Columbia
MAAC	1	Canisius
Mid-American	1	Bowling Green
MEAC	1	Savannah State
Missouri Valley	1	Wichita State
NEC	1	Bryant
Ohio Valley	1	Austin Peay State
Patriot	1	Army
Southern	1	Elon
SWAC	1	Jackson State
Summit	1	South Dakota State
WAC	1	UTSA

These eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round. Oregon was the only team not to advance to the Super Regional.
Bold indicates CWS participant.

1. North Carolina
2. Vanderbilt
3. Oregon State
4. LSU
5. Cal State Fullerton
6. Virginia
7. Florida State
8. Oregon

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	North Carolina	6
	4	Canisius	3
						1	North Carolina	8
						3	Towson	5
	3	Towson	7
	2	Florida Atlantic	2
											1	North Carolina	2	12*
	Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium
											2	Florida Atlantic	3	11*
	4	Canisius	6
	2	Florida Atlantic	14
						2	Florida Atlantic	6
						3	Towson	5
																	1	North Carolina	6	0	5
																		South Carolina	5	8	4
	1	South Carolina	7
	4	Saint Louis	3
						1	South Carolina	19
						3	Liberty	3
	3	Liberty	8
	2	Clemson	3
											1	South Carolina	6	-
	Columbia Regional – Carolina Stadium
											3	Liberty	4	-
	4	Saint Louis	2
	2	Clemson	10
						2	Clemson	1
						3	Liberty	3

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Oregon	3
	4	South Dakota State	2
						1	Oregon	0
						2	Rice	1
	3	San Francisco	2*
	2	Rice	3*
											2	Rice	0	11
	Eugene Regional – PK Park
											1	Oregon	11	4
	4	South Dakota State	3*
	3	San Francisco	4*
						3	San Francisco	1
						1	Oregon	6
																		Rice	3	4*	-
																		NC State	4	5*	-
	1	NC State	4
	4	Binghamton	1
						1	NC State	1
						3	William & Mary	0
	3	William & Mary	4
	2	Ole Miss	2
											1	NC State	9	-
	Raleigh Regional – Doak Field
											3	William & Mary	2	-
	4	Binghamton	4
	2	Ole Miss	8
						2	Ole Miss	1
						3	William & Mary	4

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Cal State Fullerton	4
	4	Columbia	1
						1	Cal State Fullerton	1
						2	Arizona State	0
	3	New Mexico	3
	2	Arizona State	4
											1	Cal State Fullerton	6	-
	Fullerton Regional – Goodwin Field
											2	Arizona State	1	-
	4	Columbia	6*
	3	New Mexico	5*
						4	Columbia	5
						2	Arizona State	10
																	5	Cal State Fullerton	3*	0	-
																		UCLA	5*	3	-
	1	UCLA	5
	4	San Diego State	3
						1	UCLA	6
						2	Cal Poly	4
	3	San Diego	2
	2	Cal Poly	9
											1	UCLA	6	-
	Los Angeles Regional – Jackie Robinson Stadium
											3	San Diego	0	-
	4	San Diego State	3
	3	San Diego	6
						3	San Diego	8
						2	Cal Poly	5

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	LSU	11
	4	Jackson State	7
						1	LSU	8
						3	Sam Houston State	5
	3	Sam Houston State	4
	2	Louisiana–Lafayette	2
											1	LSU	5	-
	Baton Rouge Regional - Alex Box Stadium
											2	Louisiana–Lafayette	1	-
	4	Jackson State	1
	2	Louisiana–Lafayette	15
						2	Louisiana–Lafayette	7
						3	Sam Houston State	5
																	4	LSU	2	11	-
																		Oklahoma	0	1	-
	1	Virginia Tech	2
	4	Connecticut	5
						4	Connecticut	3*
						2	Oklahoma	5*
	3	Coastal Carolina	3
	2	Oklahoma	7
											2	Oklahoma	10	-
	Blacksburg Regional - English Field
											1	Virginia Tech	4	-
	1	Virginia Tech	9
	3	Coastal Carolina	1
						1	Virginia Tech	3
						4	Connecticut	1

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Oregon State	5
	4	UTSA	4
						1	Oregon State	3
						3	UC Santa Barbara	2
	3	UC Santa Barbara	6
	2	Texas A&M	4
											1	Oregon State	6	-
	Corvallis Regional - Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
											2	Texas A&M	1	-
	4	UTSA	1
	2	Texas A&M	6
						2	Texas A&M	5
						3	UC Santa Barbara	4
																	3	Oregon State	2*	12	4
																		Kansas State	6*	4	3
	1	Kansas State	20
	4	Wichita State	11
						1	Kansas State	7
						3	Bryant	1
	3	Bryant	4
	2	Arkansas	1
											1	Kansas State	4	-
	Manhattan Regional - Tointon Family Stadium
											2	Arkansas	3	-
	4	Wichita State	1
	2	Arkansas	3
						2	Arkansas	12
						3	Bryant	3

	Regional					Regional					Regional Finals						Super Regional
	1	Virginia	2
	4	Army	1
						1	Virginia	2
						3	Elon	0
	3	Elon	10
	2	UNC Wilmington	7
											1	Virginia	11	-
	Charlottesville Regional - Davenport Field
											3	Elon	3	-
	4	Army	5
	2	UNC Wilmington	9
						2	UNC Wilmington	4
						3	Elon	6
																	6	Virginia	6	5	-
																		Mississippi State	11	6	-
	1	Mississippi State	5
	4	Central Arkansas	3
						1	Mississippi State	6
						2	South Alabama	2
	3	Mercer	4
	2	South Alabama	9
											1	Mississippi State	2	6
	Starkville Regional - Dudy Noble Field
											4	Central Arkansas	5	1
	4	Central Arkansas	6*
	3	Mercer	5*
						4	Central Arkansas	3
						2	South Alabama	0

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Florida State	10
	4	Savannah State	0
						1	Florida State	11
						3	Troy	0
	3	Troy	5
	2	Alabama	2
											1	Florida State	11	-
	Tallahassee Regional - Dick Howser Stadium
											3	Troy	4	-
	4	Savannah State	2
	2	Alabama	3
						2	Alabama	8
						3	Troy	9
																	7	Florida State	9	6	-
																		Indiana	10	11	-
	1	Indiana	5
	4	Valparaiso	4
						1	Indiana	15
						2	Austin Peay State	6
	3	Florida	3
	2	Austin Peay State	4
											1	Indiana	6	-
	Bloomington Regional - Bart Kaufman Field
											2	Austin Peay State	1	-
	4	Valparaiso	5
	3	Florida	4
						4	Valparaiso	4
						2	Austin Peay State	5

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Vanderbilt	9
	4	East Tennessee State	1
						1	Vanderbilt	10
						3	Illinois	4
	3	Illinois	6
	2	Georgia Tech	4
											1	Vanderbilt	0	7
	Nashville Regional - Hawkins Field
											2	Georgia Tech	5	1
	4	East Tennessee State	1
	2	Georgia Tech	5
						2	Georgia Tech	6
						3	Illinois	3
																	2	Vanderbilt	3	1	-
																		Louisville	5	2	-
	1	Louisville	8
	4	Bowling Green	3
						1	Louisville	6
						2	Miami (FL)	4
	3	Oklahoma State	0
	2	Miami (FL)	7
											1	Louisville	12	-
	Louisville Regional - Jim Patterson Stadium
											3	Oklahoma State	3	-
	4	Bowling Green	3
	3	Oklahoma State	7
						3	Oklahoma State	7
						2	Miami (FL)	1

The College World Series began on June 15, 2013, and was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.^[5]

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	Previous CWS Appearances	Best CWS Finish	CWS record Not including this year
Indiana	Big Ten	48–14 (17–7)	Tracy Smith	none	none	0–0
Louisville	Big East	51–12 (20–4)	Dan McDonnell	1 (last: 2007)	5th (2007)	1–2
LSU	SEC	57–9 (23–7)	Paul Mainieri	15 (last: 2009)	1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009)	35–20
Mississippi State	SEC	48–18 (16–14)	John Cohen	8 (last: 2007)	3rd (1985)	7–16
North Carolina	ACC	57–10 (21–7)	Mike Fox	9 (last: 2011)	2nd (2006, 2007)	15–19
NC State	ACC	49–14 (19–10)	Elliott Avent	1 (last: 1968)	3rd (1968)	2–2
Oregon State	Pac-12	50–11 (24–6)	Pat Casey	4 (last: 2007)	1st (2006, 2007)	11–6
UCLA	Pac-12	44–17 (21–9)	John Savage	4 (last: 2012)	2nd (2010)	4–9

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.

All times Eastern.

	First round					Second round					Semi-finals						Finals
	1	North Carolina	1
		NC State	8
							NC State	1
							UCLA	2
		UCLA	2
	4	LSU	1
												UCLA	4	-
											1	North Carolina	1	-
	1	North Carolina	4
	4	LSU	2
						1	North Carolina	7
							NC State	0
																		UCLA	3	8	-
																		Mississippi State	1	0	-
	3	Oregon State	4
		Mississippi State	5
							Mississippi State	5
							Indiana	4
		Indiana	2
		Louisville	0
												Mississippi State	4	-
											3	Oregon State	1	-
	3	Oregon State	11
		Louisville	4
						3	Oregon State	1
							Indiana	0

Monday, June 24 7:00 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
UCLA	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
Mississippi State	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Starting pitchers: UCLA: Adam Plutko MSU: Trevor Fitts WP: Adam Plutko   LP: Trevor Fitts   Sv: David Berg Home runs: UCLA: None MSU: None Attendance: 25,690 Boxscore

Tuesday, June 25 7:00 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mississippi State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
UCLA	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	X	8	12	1
Starting pitchers: MSU: Luis Pollorena UCLA: Nick Vander Tuig WP: Nick Vander Tuig   LP: Luis Pollorena Home runs: MSU: None UCLA: None Attendance: 27,127 Boxscore

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	School
P	Adam Plutko (MOP)	UCLA
	Nick Vander Tuig	UCLA
C	Brian Holberton	North Carolina
1B	Wes Rea	Mississippi State
2B	Brett Pirtle	Mississippi State
3B	Colin Moran	North Carolina
SS	Pat Valaika	UCLA
OF	Michael Conforto	Oregon State
	Eric Filia	UCLA
	Hunter Renfroe	Mississippi State
DH	Trey Porter	Mississippi State

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

Place	School	Record
1st	UCLA	10–0
2nd	Mississippi State	8–3
3rd	#1 North Carolina	7–4
	#3 Oregon State	7–3
5th	Indiana	6–2
	NC State	6–2
7th	Louisville	5–2
	#4 LSU	5–2
9th	#5 Cal State Fullerton	3–2
	#7 Florida State	3–2
	Kansas State	4–2
	Oklahoma	3–2
	Rice	3–3
	South Carolina	4–2
	#2 Vanderbilt	3–3
	#6 Virginia	3–2
17th	Arizona State	2–2
	Arkansas	2–2
	Austin Peay State	2–2
	Central Arkansas	3–2
	Elon	2–2
	Florida Atlantic	3–2
	Georgia Tech	3–2
	Liberty	2–2
	Louisiana–Lafayette	2–2
	Oklahoma State	2–2
	#8 Oregon	3–2
	San Diego	2–2
	Texas A&M	2–2
	Troy	2–2
	Virginia Tech	2–2
	William & Mary	2–2
33rd	Alabama	1–2
	Bryant	1–2
	Cal Poly	1–2
	Clemson	1–2
	Columbia	1–2
	Connecticut	1–2
	Illinois	1–2
	Miami (FL)	1–2
	Ole Miss	1–2
	Sam Houston State	1–2
	San Francisco	1–2
	South Alabama	1–2
	Towson	1–2
	UC Santa Barbara	1–2
	UNC Wilmington	1–2
	Valparaiso	1–2
49th	Army	0–2
	Binghamton	0–2
	Bowling Green	0–2
	Canisius	0–2
	Coastal Carolina	0–2
	East Tennessee State	0–2
	Florida	0–2
	Jackson State	0–2
	Mercer	0–2
	New Mexico	0–2
	Saint Louis	0–2
	San Diego State	0–2
	Savannah State	0–2
	South Dakota State	0–2
	UTSA	0–2
	Wichita State	0–2

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	RF	SR	WS	NS	CS	NC
Pac-12	4	22–7	.759	4	2	2	2	1	1
Southeastern	9	26–20	.565	6	4	2	1	1	–
Atlantic Coast	8	26–18	.591	6	4	2	1	–	–
Big Ten	2	7–4	.636	1	1	1	–	–	–
Big East	2	6–4	.600	1	1	1	–	–	–
Big 12	3	9–6	.600	3	2	–	–	–	–
Big West	3	5–6	.455	1	1	–	–	–	–
Conf USA	1	3–3	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	4	8–8	.500	3	–	–	–	–	–
Colonial	3	4–6	.400	1	–	–	–	–	–
Southland	2	4–4	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
West Coast	2	3–4	.429	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big South	2	2–4	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic Sun	2	0–4	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mountain West	2	0–4	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Other	15	7–30	.189	2	–	–	–	–	–

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

• Virginia Tech was the only #1 seed to be upset by a #4 seed (Connecticut) in its opening game.
• Cal Poly and William & Mary recorded their first-ever NCAA tournament wins.
• #3 seeds went 9–7 against #2 seeds in their opening games.

• After 2 rounds, 14 of the 16 #1 seeds were 2–0 (Virginia Tech & Oregon were 1–1 and knocked into the losers bracket).
• Three #4 seeds won elimination games on the 2nd day of the tournament: Central Arkansas, Columbia and Valparaiso.

• Virginia Tech & Oregon were the only #1 seeds not advancing to the Super Regionals.
• Central Arkansas was the only #4 seed to reach a regional final (Starkville).
• All 4 teams which came from the losers' bracket and won to force an extra game, lost the 2nd game and failed to advance.

• Game 2 between NC State and Rice went 17 innings, making it the fourth longest game in NCAA tournament history and the longest ever in the Super Regional round, which dates to 1999.

• Indiana is the first Big Ten team to participate in the College World Series since 1984 (Michigan).^[6]
• With Mississippi State's win over Oregon State in the semifinals, it marks the sixth consecutive College World Series in which the Southeastern Conference has fielded a conference member in the finals.
• No top 8 national seed reached the CWS Finals for the first time since 2006. In the last four years, UCLA has made two appearances in the Finals and a Pac-12 Conference team has played in the Championship series three times.
• The Finals featured an SEC team against a Pac-10/12 team for the third time in four years. South Carolina defeated UCLA in 2010, and Arizona defeated South Carolina in 2012. Before 2010, teams from those conferences had met in the finals just once (2000).
• David Berg of UCLA set a new NCAA single-season record with his 24th save on June 24, 2013.^[7][8] and made his 51st appearance of the season, becoming the first pitcher in NCAA history to record 50 or more appearances in multiple seasons.^[8]
• UCLA won its first NCAA baseball Championship, becoming the third team to win the Championship with a perfect 10–0 record, the first team to allow no more than one run in each game of the series, and the fourth straight team to sweep the CWS Finals.^[9]
• All-Tournament Team: Brian Holberton (C), NC; Wes Rea (1B), MSU.; Brett Pirtle (2B), MSU; Colin Moran (3B) NC; Pat Valaika (SS), UCLA; Michael Conforto (OF), OSU; Eric Filia (OF), UCLA; Hunter Renfroe (OF), MSU; Trey Porter (DH), MSU; Adam Plutko (P), UCLA (also the Most Outstanding Player); Nick Vander Tuig (P), UCLA.^[10]
• With the 8–0 shutout loss in game two of the finals, Mississippi State becomes the first team in twenty years to be held scoreless in the CWS finals, (Wichita State lost 8–0 to LSU in 1993), and only the sixth team in CWS history to be held scoreless in the finals.
• UCLA tied the Santa Clara CWS record for number of sacrifice bunts at 12, set in 1962.
• New attendance record was set on June 25 at 27,127.^[11]

NRG Media, in conjunction with Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network, provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series, which was streamed online at dialglobalsports.com and broadcast across radio stations throughout the US. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series. The championship series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Ted Emrich acting as field reporter for the first time.^[12]

For the first time ever ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3). ESPN also provided Bases Loaded coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Dari Nowkhah and Anish Shroff with Kyle Peterson on hand as analysts. Bases Loaded aired the entire time on ESPN3 with select coverage on ESPN2 and ESPNU.^[13]

• 2013 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
• 2013 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
• 2013 NAIA World Series