1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
American college baseball tournament
Collegiate 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] Cal State Fullerton , coached by Augie Garrido . The Most Outstanding Player was Mark Kotsay of Cal State Fullerton .
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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Bracket Two
5
Tennessee
0
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8
Stanford
8
4
Clemson
3
5
Tennessee
6
8
Stanford
2
Game results
All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
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
References
1994–95 NCAA Division I championships
† Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship