1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

The 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its forty ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The forty-ninth tournament's champion was Cal State Fullerton, coached by Augie Garrido. The Most Outstanding Player was Mark Kotsay of Cal State Fullerton.

1995 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament

Season	1995
Teams	48
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Cal State Fullerton (3rd title)
Runner-up	Southern California (18th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Augie Garrido (3rd title)
MOP	Mark Kotsay (Cal State Fullerton)
← 1994  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1996 →

Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

Atlantic I Regional at Tallahassee, FL

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Florida State	18
	6	Troy	2			1	Florida State	7
						3	South Alabama	2
	2	Ole Miss	3								1	Florida State	7
	5	Old Dominion	5								5	Old Dominion	2
						5	Old Dominion	7													1	Florida State	13	–
						4	UCF	6													2	Ole Miss	1	–
	3	South Alabama	5													5	Old Dominion	4
	4	UCF	6								4	UCF	4			2	Ole Miss	5
						6	Troy	5			2	Ole Miss	10
						2	Ole Miss	8

Atlantic II Regional at Coral Gables, FL

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Miami (FL)	3
	6	UMass	1			1	Miami (FL)	11
						4	South Florida	10
	2	Texas A&M	5								1	Miami (FL)	8
	5	FIU	9								3	North Carolina	4
						5	FIU	5													1	Miami (FL)	0	5
						3	North Carolina	6													2	Texas A&M	4	2
	3	North Carolina	6													3	North Carolina	0
	4	South Florida	3								5	FIU	2			2	Texas A&M	7
						6	UMass	11			2	Texas A&M	4
						2	Texas A&M	14

East Region at Clemson, SC

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Clemson	8
	6	Navy	4			1	Clemson	11
						3	Jacksonville	5
	2	Alabama	0								1	Clemson	9
	5	Winthrop	4								5	Winthrop	5
						5	Winthrop	9													1	Clemson	7	–
						4	Richmond	8													2	Alabama	4	–
	3	Jacksonville	2													5	Winthrop	0
	4	Richmond	8								4	Richmond	4			2	Alabama	14
						6	Navy	0			2	Alabama	11
						2	Alabama	7

Mideast Regional at Knoxville, TN

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Tennessee	5
	6	The Citadel	2			1	Tennessee	6
						4	Georgia Tech	4
	2	Oklahoma State	6								1	Tennessee	14
	5	Pittsburgh	3								2	Oklahoma State	10
						2	Oklahoma State	15													1	Tennessee	3*	–
						3	California	4													2	Oklahoma State	1*	–
	3	California	4													2	Oklahoma State	15
	4	Georgia Tech	3								3	California	4			5	Pittsburgh	13
						6	The Citadel	10			5	Pittsburgh	9
						5	Pittsburgh	12

Midwest I Regional at Wichita, KS

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Texas Tech	24
	6	Providence	5			1	Texas Tech	14
						4	Arkansas	10
	2	Wichita State	11								1	Texas Tech	3
	5	Lamar	13								3	Stanford	1
						3	Stanford	8													1	Texas Tech	2	5
						5	Lamar	1													3	Stanford	3	6
	3	Stanford	10													3	Stanford	16
	4	Arkansas	3								5	Lamar	4			5	Lamar	9
						6	Providence	2			2	Wichita State	1
						2	Wichita State	6

Midwest II Regional at Oklahoma City, OK

Hosted at All Sports Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Auburn	2
	6	Penn	1			1	Auburn	8
						4	Ohio State	6
	2	Oklahoma	9								1	Auburn	8
	5	Indiana State	6								2	Oklahoma	9
						2	Oklahoma	13													2	Oklahoma	3	–
						3	Texas	9													1	Auburn	1	–
	3	Texas	10													1	Auburn	4
	4	Ohio State	5								3	Texas	3			3	Texas	2
						6	Penn	5			5	Indiana State	2
						5	Indiana State	6

South Regional at Baton Rouge, LA

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Cal State Fullerton	7
	6	NE Louisiana	6			1	Cal State Fullerton	9
						4	James Madison	1
	2	LSU	5								1	Cal State Fullerton	17
	5	Central Michigan	3								3	Rice	7
						2	LSU	7													1	Cal State Fullerton	8	—
						3	Rice	15													3	Rice	7	—
	3	Rice	8													3	Rice	16
	4	James Madison	7								2	LSU	10			2	LSU	9
						6	NE Louisiana	11			5	Central Michigan	5
						5	Central Michigan	14

West Regional at Fresno, CA

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Southern California	10
	6	Middle Tennessee	4			1	Southern California	22
						3	Fresno State	17
	2	Long Beach State	14								1	Southern California	6
	5	SW Missouri State	11								2	Long Beach State	5
						2	Long Beach State	14													1	Southern California	3	9
						4	Pepperdine	3													2	Long Beach State	4	2
	3	Fresno State	5													2	Long Beach State	9
	4	Pepperdine	9								4	Pepperdine	18*			4	Pepperdine	5
						6	Middle Tennessee	5			6	Middle Tennessee	17
						5	SW Missouri State	3

College World Series

Participants

Seeding	School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
1	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	53–9 (18–3)	Augie Garrido	8 (last: 1994)	1st (1979, 1984)	18–14
2	Florida State	ACC	52–14 (16–7)	Mike Martin	13 (last: 1994)	2nd (1970, 1986)	17–26
3	Miami (FL)	n/a	46–15 (n/a)	Jim Morris	13 (last: 1994)	1st (1982, 1985)	27–23
4	Clemson	ACC	54–12 (20–4)	Jack Leggett	6 (last: 1991)	5th (1958, 1959, 1976)	4–12
5	Tennessee	SEC	52–14 (22–8)	Rod Delmonico	1 (last: 1951)	2nd (1951)	4–2
6	Southern California	Pac-10	45–19 (21–9)	Mike Gillespie	17 (last: 1978)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978)	63–19
7	Oklahoma	Big 8	42–14 (21–7)	Larry Cochell	8 (last: 1994)	1st (1951, 1994)	14–12
8	Stanford	Pac-10	39–23 (20–10)	Mark Marquess	8 (last: 1990)	1st (1987, 1988)	20–14

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Southern California	0
	3	Miami (FL)	15
						3	Miami (FL)	4
						2	Florida State	2
	7	Oklahoma	2
	2	Florida State	3
											3	Miami (FL)	5	3
	Bracket One
											6	Southern California	7	7
	7	Oklahoma	4
	6	Southern California	9
						2	Florida State	11
						6	Southern California	16
																	6	Southern California	5
																	1	Cal State Fullerton	11
	5	Tennessee	3
	4	Clemson	1
						5	Tennessee	1
						1	Cal State Fullerton	11
	8	Stanford	5
	1	Cal State Fullerton	6
											1	Cal State Fullerton	11	—
	Bracket Two
											5	Tennessee	0	—
	8	Stanford	8
	4	Clemson	3
						5	Tennessee	6
						8	Stanford	2

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 2	Game 1	Florida State	3–2	Oklahoma
	Game 2	Miami (FL)	15–0	Southern California
June 3	Game 3	Cal State Fullerton	6–5	Stanford
	Game 4	Tennessee	3–1	Clemson
June 4	Game 5	Miami (FL)	4–2	Florida State
	Game 6	Southern California	9–4	Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
June 5	Game 7	Cal State Fullerton	11–1	Tennessee
	Game 8	Stanford	8–3	Clemson	Clemson eliminated
June 6	Game 9	Southern California	16–11	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 10	Tennessee	6–2	Stanford	Stanford eliminated
June 7	Game 11	Southern California	7–5	Miami (FL)
June 8	Game 12	Cal State Fullerton	11–0	Tennessee	Tennessee eliminated
June 9	Game 13	Southern California	7–3	Miami (FL)	Miami (FL) eliminated
June 10	Final	Cal State Fullerton	11–5	Southern California	Cal State Fullerton wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Randy Flores	USC
	Ted Silva	Cal State Fullerton
C	Brian Loyd	Cal State Fullerton
1B	Doug Mientkiewicz	Florida State
2B	Wes Rachels	USC
3B	Tony Martinez	Cal State Fullerton
SS	Alex Cora	Miami (FL)
OF	J. D. Drew	Florida State
	Geoff Jenkins	USC
	Mark Kotsay (MOP)	Cal State Fullerton
DH	Scott Schroeffel	Tennessee

Notable players

• Cal State Fullerton: Jeremy Giambi, Mark Kotsay, Mike Lamb
• Clemson: Kris Benson, Billy Koch, Matt LeCroy, Shane Monahan, Ken Vining, Scott Winchester
• Florida State: Randy Choate, J. D. Drew, Jonathan Johnson, Doug Mientkiewicz
• Miami (FL): Alex Cora, Jay Tessmer
• Oklahoma: Steve Connelly, Damon Minor, Ryan Minor, Russ Ortiz, Mark Redman
• Southern California: Gabe Alvarez, Brian Cooper, Morgan Ensberg, Seth Etherton, Randy Flores, Geoff Jenkins, Jacque Jones, Chad Moeller, Ernie Diaz
• Stanford: Dusty Allen, A. J. Hinch, Jason Middlebrook, Kyle Peterson
• Tennessee: R. A. Dickey, Todd Helton

Tournament notes

• With USC's 22–17 win over Fresno State the two teams set a new tournament record for most combined runs (39).

See also

• 1995 NCAA Division I softball tournament
• 1995 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
• 1995 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
• 1995 NAIA World Series

References

1. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved November 5, 2014.