1979 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1979 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 1 to June 8. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight regional tournaments. The thirty-third tournament's champion was California State University, Fullerton coached by Augie Garrido. The Most Outstanding Player was Tony Hudson of California State University, Fullerton.

Participating Teams

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Arizona	Pacific Ten Conference	42 - 23 (17 - 13, 4 GB)	Jerry Kindall	10 (last: 1976)	1st (1976)	21 - 19
	University of Arkansas	Southwest Conference	46 - 13 (19 - 5, 3 GB)	Norm DeBriyn	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
	University of Connecticut	Yankee Conference	31 - 11 (6 - 4)	Larry Panciera	4 (last: 1972)	5th (1957, 1972)	3 - 8
	California State University, Fullerton	Southern California Baseball Association	55 - 13 (23 - 4, 0 GB)	Augie Garrido	1 (last: 1975)	7th (1975)	0 - 2
	University of Miami	Division-I Independent	55 - 9 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	2 (last: 1978)	2nd (1974)	5 - 4
	Mississippi State University	Southeastern Conference	47 - 10 (17 - 2, 0 GB)	Ron Polk	1 (last: 1971)	8th (1971)	0 - 2
	Pepperdine University	Southern California Baseball Association	50 - 16 (19 - 9, 4.5 GB)	Dave Gorrie	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	53 - 6 (22 - 2, 0 GB)	Cliff Gustafson	17 (last: 1975)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975)	36 - 30

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Arkansas	5
		Pepperdine	4
							Arkansas	10
							Arizona	3
		Arizona	5
		Miami	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	3				Mississippi State	4
												Pepperdine	5
							Connecticut	3
							Cal State Fullerton	8				Arizona	3
												Cal State Fullerton	16

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Arkansas	10									Arkansas	1
		Cal State Fullerton	13									Cal State Fullerton	2
							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
	Game 2	Arizona	5 - 1	Miami
June 2	Game 3	Texas	11 - 5	Connecticut
	Game 4	Mississippi State	6 - 1	Cal State Fullerton
	Game 5	Pepperdine	9 - 3	Miami	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
	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
	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
	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
Left fielder	Marc Brumble	Senior	Arkansas
	Kevin McReynolds	Freshman	Arkansas
	Matt Vejar	Junior	Cal State Fullerton
Designated hitter	Keith Walker	Junior	Texas

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Terry Francona, Craig Lefferts, Brad Mills, John Moses, Jim Scranton, Dwight Taylor
• University of Arkansas: Kevin McReynolds, Johnny Ray, Ronn Reynolds
• California State University, Fullerton: John Christensen, Andre David, Tim Wallach
• University of Connecticut:
• University of Miami: Tony Brewer, Neal Heaton, Ross Jones, Mike Pagliarulo
• Mississippi State University:
• Pepperdine University: Mike Gates, Bob Helsom
• University of Texas at Austin: Jim Acker, Tony Arnold, Keith Creel, Ron Gardenhire, Jerry Don Gleaton, Andre Robertson, Ricky Wright

Related Sites

• BackHomeInOmaha.net: for more info on the College World Series
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