1979 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

1979 NCAA Division I
Baseball Tournament

Season

1979

Teams

College World
Series Site

Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Omaha, NE

Champions

Cal State Fullerton (1st title)

Runner-Up

Arkansas (1st CWS Appearance)

Winning coach

Augie Garrido (1st title)

MOP

Tony Hudson (Cal State Fullerton)

NCAA Baseball Tournaments

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The 1979 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1979 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 thirty third year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Seven regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while one region included six teams, resulting in 34 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The thirty-third tournament's champion was Cal State Fullerton, coached by Augie Garrido. The Most Outstanding Player was Tony Hudson of Cal State Fullerton.

Regionals

Seven of the eight regionals were played as 4-team double-elimination tournaments. One regional was played as a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The winner of each regional moved on to the College World Series.

Northeast Regional

Games played at Annapolis, Maryland.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Connecticut	5
	Navy	4
				St. John's	6

				Connecticut	3
	St. John's	5

	Nebraska	0
							St. John's	4	0

							Connecticut	14	4
	Navy	4

	Nebraska	13
				Connecticut	15

				Nebraska	0

Atlantic Regional

Games played at Coral Gables, Florida.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Clemson	8
	Georgia Southern	4
				Clemson	1

				Miami (FL)	2
	Miami (FL)	3*

	The Citadel	1*
							Miami (FL)	4	—

							Clemson	1	—
	Georgia Southern	5

	The Citadel	3
				Clemson	2

				Georgia Southern	0

Mideast Regional

Games played at East Lansing, Michigan.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	San Diego State	11
	Miami (OH)	6
				San Diego State	9

				Pepperdine	15
	Pepperdine	15

	Michigan State	0
							Pepperdine	13	—

							San Diego State	2	—
	Miami (OH)	4

	Michigan State	6
				San Diego State	5

				Michigan State	4

East Regional

Games played at Tallahassee, Florida

First Round			Second Round			Third Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Delaware	10
	Seton Hall	1		Delaware	7
				Florida State	6
	Arkansas	12					Delaware	6
	George Washington	11					Arkansas	8
				Arkansas	9								Arkansas	4	—
				Florida	1								Delaware	3	—
	Florida	9								Delaware	5
	Florida State	5					Florida	12		Florida	5
				Seton Hall	2		George Washington	7
				George Washington	5

Midwest Regional

Games played at Tucson, Arizona.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Hawaii	4
	Indiana State	3
				Hawaii	2

				Arizona	10
	Arizona	8

	Oklahoma	1
							Arizona	5	—

							Hawaii	3	—
	Indiana State	2

	Oklahoma	9
				Hawaii	12

				Oklahoma	8

Central Regional

Games played at Austin, Texas.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Texas	4
	Texas–Pan American	2
				Texas	6

				Lamar	4
	Lamar	3

	BYU	2
							Texas	6	—

							BYU	2	—
	Texas–Pan American	5

	BYU	11
				Lamar	4

				BYU	7

South Regional

Games played at Starkville, Mississippi.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	Murray State	5
	Tulane	3
				Murray State	16

				New Orleans	15
	New Orleans	13

	Mississippi State	11
							Murray State	6	8

							Mississippi State	8	18
	Tulane	4

	Mississippi State	12
				New Orleans	10

				Mississippi State	13

West Regional

Games played at Fresno, California.

First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals

	UCLA	5
	Cal State Fullerton	4
				UCLA	5

				Fresno State	4
	Fresno State	10*

	Portland	8*
							UCLA	2	5

							Cal State Fullerton	9	9
	Cal State Fullerton	20

	Portland	3
				Fresno State	3

				Cal State Fullerton	12

College World Series

Connecticut, Miami (FL), Pepperdine, Arkansas, Arizona, Texas, Mississippi St., and Cal St. Fullerton won their regionals and moved on to the College World Series.

Participants

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Arizona	Pac-10	42–23 (17–13)	Jerry Kindall	10 (last: 1976)	1st (1976)	21–19
Arkansas	SWC	46–13 (19–5)	Norm DeBriyn	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Cal State Fullerton	SCBA	55–13 (23–4)	Augie Garrido	1 (last: 1975)	7th (1975)	0–2
Connecticut	Eastern Collegiate	31–11 (n/a)	Larry Panciera	4 (last: 1972)	5th (1957, 1972)	3–8
Miami (FL)	n/a	55–9 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	2 (last: 1978)	2nd (1974)	5–4
Mississippi State	SEC	47–10 (17–2)	Ron Polk	1 (last: 1971)	7th (1971)	0–2
Pepperdine	SCBA	50–16 (19–9)	Dave Gorrie	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Texas	SWC	53–6 (22–2)	Cliff Gustafson	17 (last: 1975)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975)	36–30

Results

Bracket

First Round			Second Round			Third Round

Winner's Bracket
	Arkansas	5
	Pepperdine	4
				Arkansas	10
				Arizona	3
	Arizona	5
	Miami (FL)	1
							Arkansas	9
							Texas	4
	Texas	11
	Connecticut	5
				Texas	8
				Mississippi State	2
	Mississippi State	6
	Cal State Fullerton	1
			Loser's Bracket
				Pepperdine	9
				Miami (FL)	3		Mississippi State	4
							Pepperdine	5¹⁰
				Connecticut	3
				Cal State Fullerton	8		Arizona	3
							Cal State Fullerton	16

Semifinals			Finals			if needed

Re-ordered Semi-finals
	Arkansas	10					Cal State Fullerton	2
	Cal State Fullerton	13					Arkansas	1
				Cal State Fullerton	8
				Pepperdine	5
	Texas	4
	Pepperdine	6

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 1	Game 1	Arkansas	5–4	Pepperdine
June 1	Game 2	Arizona	5–1	Miami (FL)
June 2	Game 3	Texas	11–5	Connecticut
	Game 4	Mississippi State	6–1	Cal State Fullerton
	Game 5	Pepperdine	9–3	Miami (FL)	Miami eliminated
June 3	Game 6	Cal State Fullerton	8–3	Connecticut	Connecticut eliminated
	Game 7	Arkansas	10–3	Arizona
	Game 8	Texas	8–2	Mississippi State
June 4	Game 9	Cal State Fullerton	16–3	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
June 4	Game 10	Pepperdine	5–4 (10 innings)	Mississippi State	Mississippi State eliminated
June 5	Game 11	Arkansas	9–4	Texas
June 6	Game 12	Pepperdine	6–4	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 6	Game 13	Cal State Fullerton	13–10	Arkansas
June 7	Game 14	Cal State Fullerton	8–5	Pepperdine	Pepperdine eliminated
June 8	Final	Cal State Fullerton	2–1	Arkansas	Cal State Fullerton wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Tony Hudson	Sophomore	Cal State Fullerton
Pitcher	Steve Krueger	Junior	Arkansas
Catcher	Kurt Kingsolver	Junior	Cal State Fullerton
First baseman	Tim Wallach	Senior	Cal State Fullerton
Second baseman	Mike Gates	Senior	Pepperdine
Third baseman	Dan Hanggie	Sophomore	Cal State Fullerton
Shortstop	Larry Wallace	Senior	Arkansas
Outfielder	Marc Brumble	Senior	Arkansas
	Kevin McReynolds	Freshman	Arkansas
	Joseph Bruno	Senior	Texas
Designated hitter	Keith Walker	Junior	Texas

Notable players

References

↑ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved August 24, 2014.

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