2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

August 2023 American college baseball championship 2009 Division I 150px 64 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska LSU 6th Texas 33rd Paul Mainieri 1st Jared Mitchell LSU NCAA Division I Baseball Championship The 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was held from May 29 through June 24, 2009 and is part of the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 25, 2009. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. The 2009 tournament culminated with 8 teams advancing to the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning on June 13. Bids Automatic bids Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees. School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA appearance 2009 Binghamton Bearcats Binghamton America East 29–20 (13–7) Won America East Tourney First appearance Virginia ACC 43–12–1 (16–11–1) Won ACC Tourney 2008 (Fullerton Regional) 2009 Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville A-Sun 35–20 (19–11) Won A-Sun Tourney 2007 (Chapel Hill Regional) 2009 Xavier Musketeers Xavier Atlantic 10 37–19 (18–9) Won A-10 Tourney First appearance 2009 Louisville Cardinals Louisville Big East 44–15 (19–7) Won Big East Tourney 2008 (Athens Regional) 2009 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Coastal Carolina Big South 46–14 (21–5) Won Big South Tourney 2008 (Cary Super Regional) 2009 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana Big Ten 32–25 (16–7) Won Big Ten Tourney 1996 (Midwest Regional) Texas Big 12 41–13–1 (17–9–1) Won Big 12 Tourney 2008 (Houston Regional) UC Irvine Big West 43–13 (22–2) Won Big West 2008 (Baton Rouge Super Regional) 2009 Georgia State Panthers Georgia State Colonial Athletic 39–20 (12–9) Won CAA Tourney First appearance 2009 Rice Owls Rice Conference USA 39–15 (16–8) Won C-USA Tourney 2008 (College World Series) 2009 Wright State Raiders Wright State Horizon 33–28 (14–12) Won Horizon Tourney 2006 (Corvallis Regional) 2009 Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Ivy League 27–16 (16–4) Won Ivy championship series 1987 (Northeast Regional) 2009 Marist Red Foxes Marist Metro Atlantic 31–26 (15–9) Won MAAC Tourney 2005 (Baton Rouge Regional) 2009 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State Mid-American 42–15 (17–9) Won MAC Tourney 2007 (Columbia, Missouri Regional) 2009 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman MEAC 32–26 (16–2) Won MEAC Tourney 2008 (Coral Gables Regional) Wichita State Missouri Valley 30–25 (11–7) Won MVC Tourney 2008 (Stillwater Regional) 2009 Utah Utes Utah Mountain West 26–29 (8–16) Won MWC Tourney 1960 (District 7) 2009 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth Northeast 32–23 (15–11) Won NEC Tourney 2007 (Tempe Regional) 2009 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech Ohio Valley 30–22 (10–11) Won OVC Tourney 2001 (Knoxville Regional) Arizona State Pacific-10 44–12 (21–6) Won Pac-10 2008 (Tempe Super Regional) 2009 Army Black Knights Army Patriot League 31–18 (13–7) Won Patriot Tourney 2005 (Tallahassee Regional) LSU SEC 46–16 (20–10) Won SEC tournament 2008 (College World Series) 2009 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern Southern 42–15 (20–8) Won SoCon Tourney 2002 (Clemson Regional) 2009 Sam Houston State Bearkats Sam Houston State Southland 36–22 (18–14) Won Southland Tourney 2008 (Houston Regional) 2009 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts Summit 31–13 (16–2) Won Summit Tourney 2008 (Baton Rouge Regional) 2009 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 43–16 (21–8) Won SBC Tourney 2003 (Starkville Regional) 2009 Southern Jaguars Southern SWAC 30–15 (17–6) Won SWAC Tourney 2005 (New Orleans Regional) 2009 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State WAC 32–28 (12–12) Won WAC Tourney 2008 (College World Series) 2009 Gonzaga Bulldogs Gonzaga WCC 35–16 (14–7) Won WCC championship series 1981 (West Regional) Bids by conference Conference Total Schools Big 12 8 2009 Baylor Bears Baylor, 2009 Kansas Jayhawks Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, 2009 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma, 2009 Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State, Texas, 2009 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Southeastern 8 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, 2009 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia, LSU, 2009 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss, 2009 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina, 2009 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Atlantic Coast 7 2009 Boston College Eagles Boston College, Clemson, 2009 Florida State Seminoles Florida State, 2009 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech, 2009 Miami Hurricanes Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia Big Ten 3 2009 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana, 2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota, 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Big West 3 2009 Cal Poly Mustangs Cal Poly, UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton Conference USA 3 2009 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina, 2009 Rice Owls Rice, 2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss Mountain West 3 2009 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State, 2009 TCU Horned Frogs TCU, 2009 Utah Utes Utah Pacific 10 3 Arizona State, 2009 Oregon State Beavers Oregon State, 2009 Washington State Cougars Washington State Colonial 2 2009 George Mason Patriots George Mason, 2009 Georgia State Panthers Georgia State Southern 2 2009 Elon Phoenix Elon, 2009 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern Southland 2 2009 Sam Houston State Bearkats Sam Houston State, 2009 Texas State Bobcats Texas State Sun Belt 2 2009 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee, 2009 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky Atlantic Sun 1 2009 Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville Atlantic 10 1 2009 Xavier Musketeers Xavier America East 1 2009 Binghamton Bearcats Binghamton Big East 1 2009 Louisville Cardinals Louisville Big South 1 2009 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Coastal Carolina Horizon 1 2009 Wright State Raiders Wright State Ivy 1 2009 Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Metro Atlantic 1 2009 Marist Red Foxes Marist Mid-American 1 2009 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State Mid-Eastern 1 2009 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman Missouri Valley 1 Wichita State Northeast 1 2009 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth Ohio Valley 1 2009 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech Patriot 1 2009 Army Black Knights Army Southwestern 1 2009 Southern Jaguars Southern Summit 1 2009 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts Western Athletic 1 2009 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State WCC 1 2009 Gonzaga Bulldogs Gonzaga National seeds Bold indicates CWS participant. Texas (41-13-1) Cal State Fullerton (42–14) LSU (46–16) North Carolina (42–16) Arizona State (44–12) UC Irvine (43–13) 2009 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma (41–18) Florida (42-22) Regionals and super regionals Regional schedule Regional rounds were held Friday, May 29 through Monday, June 1. Each regional followed a double elimination format, with 2 games each played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Monday when needed. Day Game TeamsFri. 5/29/09 1 2/3 or 1/4 (host choice) 2 2/3 or 1/4 (host choice) Sat. 5/30/09 3 Loser Games 1 & 2 4 Winner Games 1 & 2Sun. 5/31/09 5 Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4 6 Winner Games 4 & 5Mon. 6/1/09 7 if needed, only if winner of game 5 wins game 6 Super Regional Schedule Best-of-three super regionals were held Friday, June 5 through Monday, June 8. Four series were played Friday-Sunday and four series were played Saturday-Monday with the final day in each grouping if necessary. Brackets Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings. Austin Super Regional Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch–Falk Field 1/1/2/3 Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium 1 Texas 3 4 2009 Army Black Knights Army 1 3 2009 Boston College Eagles Boston College 8 2 2009 Texas State Bobcats Texas State 7 4 Army 7 2 Texas State 4 1 2009 TCU Horned Frogs TCU 6 4 2009 Wright State Raiders Wright State 3 3 2009 Oregon State Beavers Oregon State 9 2 2009 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M 8 4 Wright State 4 2 Texas A&M 611 1 Texas 325The second round game between Texas and 2009 Boston College Eagles Boston College went 25 innings, the longest game in NCAA History. 3 Boston College 2 4 Army 4 3 Boston College 3 1 TCU 13 3 Oregon State 1 2 Texas A&M 6 3 Oregon State 13 1 Texas 14 — 4 Army 10 — 1 TCU 5 — 3 Oregon State 4 — 1 Texas 10 2 5 TCU 4 3 2 Gainesville Super Regional Hosted by Florida at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 1/1/2/3 Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals Gainesville Regional – Alfred A. McKethan Stadium Atlanta Regional – Russ Chandler Stadium 1 Florida 8 4 2009 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman 7 3 2009 Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville 4 2 2009 Miami Hurricanes Miami (FL) 9 4 Bethune–Cookman 7 3 Jacksonville 8 1 2009 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 9 4 2009 Georgia State Panthers Georgia State 3 3 2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss 17 2 2009 Elon Phoenix Elon 15 4 Georgia State 3 2 Elon 4 1 Florida 8 2 Miami (FL) 2 3 Jacksonville 0 2 Miami (FL) 4 1 Georgia Tech 7 3 Southern Miss 10 2 Elon 4 1 Georgia Tech 8 1 Florida 16 — 2 Miami (FL) 5 — 3 Southern Miss 3 12 1 Georgia Tech 10 8 8 Florida 7 6 — Southern Miss 9 7 — Tempe Super Regional Hosted by Arizona State at Packard Stadium 1/1/2/3 Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals Tempe Regional – Packard Stadium Clemson Regional – Doug Kingsmore Stadium 1 Arizona State 17 4 2009 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State 6 3 2009 Cal Poly Mustangs Cal Poly 3 2 2009 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts 13 4 Kent State 10 3 Cal Poly 9 1 Clemson 5 4 2009 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech 4 3 2009 Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State 10 2 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama 6 4 Tennessee Tech 6 2 Alabama 2 1 Arizona State 4 2 Oral Roberts 1 4 Kent State 10 2 Oral Roberts 15 1 Clemson 2 3 Oklahoma State 3 4 Tennessee Tech 0 1 Clemson 10 1 Arizona State 8 — 2 Oral Roberts 3 — 3 Oklahoma State 1 5 1 Clemson 15 6 5 Arizona State 7 8 — Clemson 4 2 — Chapel Hill Super Regional Hosted by North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium 1/1/2/3 Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium Greenville Regional – Clark-LeClair Stadium 1 North Carolina 5 4 2009 Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth 2 3 2009 Kansas Jayhawks Kansas 3 2 2009 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Coastal Carolina 11 4 Dartmouth 0 3 Kansas 16 1 2009 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina 11 4 2009 Binghamton Bearcats Binghamton 7 3 2009 George Mason Patriots George Mason 3 2 2009 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina 11 4 Binghamton 11 3 George Mason 6 1 North Carolina 14 2 Coastal Carolina 5 3 Kansas 5 2 Coastal Carolina 1 1 East Carolina 2 2 South Carolina 12 4 Binghamton 9 1 East Carolina 16 1 North Carolina 12 — 3 Kansas 1 — 2 South Carolina 6 9 1 East Carolina 8 1010 4 North Carolina 10 9 — East Carolina 1 3 — Fullerton Super Regional Hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field 1/1/2/3 Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals Fullerton Regional – Goodwin Field Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium 1 Cal State Fullerton 18 4 2009 Utah Utes Utah 2 3 2009 Gonzaga Bulldogs Gonzaga 19 2 2009 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern 10 4 Utah 11 2 Georgia Southern 10 1 2009 Louisville Cardinals Louisville 8 4 2009 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 2 3 2009 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt 4 2 2009 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee 5 4 Indiana 0 3 Vanderbilt 10 1 Cal State Fullerton 7 3 Gonzaga 4 4 Utah 9 3 Gonzaga 7 1 Louisville 3 2 Middle Tennessee 2 3 Vanderbilt 6 2 Middle Tennessee 0 1 Cal State Fullerton 16 — 4 Utah 3 — 1 Louisville 4 5 3 Vanderbilt 8 3 2 Cal State Fullerton 12 11 — Louisville 0 2 — Tallahassee Super Regional Hosted by Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium 1/1/2/3 Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals Norman Regional – L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park Tallahassee Regional – Dick Howser Stadium 1 2009 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 5 4 Wichita State 4 3 2009 Washington State Cougars Washington State 3 2 Arkansas 10 4 Wichita State 2 3 Washington State 3 1 2009 Florida State Seminoles Florida State 16 4 2009 Marist Red Foxes Marist 4 3 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 8 2 2009 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 24 4 Marist 4 3 Ohio State 6 1 Oklahoma 6 2 Arkansas 17 3 Washington State 2 1 Oklahoma 7 1 Florida State 8 2 Georgia 2 3 Ohio State 13 2 Georgia 6 2 Arkansas 11 — 1 Oklahoma 0 — 1 Florida State 37The 37 runs scored by Florida State in the Tallahassee Regional championship were the most scored by a team in NCAA tournament history. — 3 Ohio State 6 — Arkansas 7 9 — Florida State 2 8 — Oxford Super Regional Hosted by Ole Miss at Swayze Field 1/1/2/3 Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals Irvine Regional – Anteater Ballpark Oxford Regional – Swayze Field 1 UC Irvine 4 4 2009 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 2 3 2009 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 1 2 Virginia 5 4 Fresno State 1 3 San Diego State 4 1 2009 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss 8 4 2009 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth 1 3 2009 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky 11 2 Missouri 5 4 Monmouth 0 2 Missouri 9 1 UC Irvine 0 2 Virginia 5 3 San Diego State 3 1 UC Irvine 14 1 Ole Miss 7 3 Western Kentucky 4 2 Missouri 6 3 Western Kentucky 11 2 Virginia 4 — 1 UC Irvine 1 — 1 Ole Miss 9 4 3 Western Kentucky 10 1 Virginia 3 4 5 Ole Miss 4 3 1 Baton Rouge Super Regional Hosted by LSU at Alex Box Stadium 1/1/2/3 Regional Regional Regional finals Super regionals Baton Rouge Regional – Alex Box Stadium Houston Regional – Reckling Park 1 LSU 10 4 2009 Southern Jaguars Southern 2 3 2009 Baylor Bears Baylor 5 2 2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 0 4 Southern 8 2 Minnesota 11 1 2009 Rice Owls Rice 5 4 2009 Sam Houston State Bearkats Sam Houston State 2 3 2009 Xavier Musketeers Xavier 8 2 Kansas State 16 4 Sam Houston State 6 3 Xavier 9 1 LSU 3 3 Baylor 2 2 Minnesota 15 3 Baylor 12 1 Rice 6 2 Kansas State 7 3 Xavier 7 1 Rice 12 1 LSU 10 — 2 Minnesota 3 — 2 Kansas State 0 4 1 Rice 8 13 3 LSU 12 5 — Rice 9 3 — College World Series Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances Best CWS finish CWS recordNot including this year Arizona State Pac-10 49–12 (21–6) Pat Murphy 20 (last: 2007) 1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) 59–34 Arkansas SEC 39–22 (14–15) Dave van Horn 5(last: 2004) 2nd(1979) 7–10 Cal State Fullerton Big West 47–14 (17–7) Dave Serrano 15(last: 2007) 1st(1979, 1984, 1995, 2004) 34–25 LSU SEC 51–16 (20–10) Paul Mainieri 14(last: 2008) 1st(1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000) 30–19 North Carolina ACC 47–16 (19–10) Mike Fox 7(last: 2008) 2nd(2006, 2007) 13–15 2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss C-USA 40–24 (12–12) Corky Palmer 0(last: none) none 0–0 Texas Big 12 46–14–1 (17–9–1) Augie Garrido 32(last: 2005) 1st(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005) 78–53 Virginia ACC 48–13–1 (16–11–1) Brian O'Connor 0(last: none) none 0–0 Bracket 1/1/2/3 2 Cal State Fullerton 6 Arkansas 10 Virginia 5 3 LSU 9 2 Cal State Fullerton 5 Virginia 7 1 Texas 7 2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss 6 5 Arizona State 5* 4 North Carolina 2* 2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss 4 4 North Carolina 11 Arkansas 1 3 LSU 9 Virginia 3* Arkansas 4* 1 Texas 10 5 Arizona State 6 4 North Carolina 5 5 Arizona State 12 3 LSU 14 - Arkansas 5 - 1 Texas 4 - 5 Arizona State 3 - 3 LSU 711 1 11 1 Texas 6 5 4 Championship series Game 1 no Monday, June 22 6:00 pm Omaha, Nebraska ESPN LSU LSU 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 7 11 0 Texas Texas 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 9 1 Matty Ott Brandon Workman 23,019 First time since 2003 that a MCWS Final Series game went into extra innings. Game 2 no Tuesday, June 23 6:00 pm Omaha, Nebraska ESPN Texas Texas 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 3 LSU LSU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 Taylor Jungmann Austin Ross 21,871 Game 3 no Wednesday, June 24 6:00 pm Omaha, Nebraska ESPN LSU LSU 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 11 12 0 Texas Texas 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 9 1 Anthony Ranaudo Brandon Workman 19,986 LSU wins its 6th College World Series. LSU coach Paul Mainieri wins the first national championship of his career. All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. P Taylor Jungmann Texas Anthony Ranaudo LSU C Cameron Rupp Texas 1B Dustin Ackley white North Carolina 2B DJ LeMahieu LSU 3B Kyle Seager white North Carolina SS Tyler Cannon Virginia OF Jared Mitchell (MOP) LSU Ryan Schimpf LSU Kole Calhoun Arizona State DH Russell Moldenhauer Texas Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %RFSRWSNSCSNC Southeastern 8 30–16 30 16 6 4 2 2 1 1 Big 12 8 20–17 20 17 5 1 1 1 1 0 –Pac-10 3 10–6 10 6 2 1 1 1 0 – 0 – Atlantic Coast 7 25–16 25 16 6 4 2 0 – 0 – 0 – Conference USA 3 13–9 13 9 3 3 1 0 – 0 – 0 – Big West 3 7–6 7 6 2 1 1 0 – 0 – 0 – Mountain West 3 7–6 7 6 2 1 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – Big East 1 3–3 3 3 1 1 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 –Big Ten 3 4–6 4 6 2 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – Sun Belt 2 4–4 4 4 1 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – Southern 2 1–4 1 4 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 –Colonial 2 0–4 0 4 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 –Southland 2 0–4 0 4 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 –zz Other 0 17 11–34 11 34 0 2 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 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. Tournament notes Round 1 All 16 No. 1 seeds won their first-round games for the second time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1999; thus no No. 4 was able to win their first-round game. Seven No. 3 seeds won their first-round games in upsets. Round 2 Fresno State, the champions of the 2008 NCAA College World Series, was eliminated in the Irvine Regional after losing to UC Irvine and San Diego State. Texas defeated Boston College 3–2 in 25 innings, which broke the record of the longest game in NCAA baseball history lasting more than seven hours. Two National-seeds lost in round two: #6 UC Irvine and #7 Oklahoma. Four No. 2 seeds advanced to the Regional finals with a 2–0 record. Three No. 2 seeds (Alabama, Georgia Southern and Texas State) were eliminated from the tournament after going 0–2. Two No. 3 seeds (Southern Miss and Oklahoma State) advanced to the Regional finals with a 2–0 record. Five No. 4 seeds registered a win in their opening game in the losers bracket. Regional finals Florida State sets NCAA postseason records with 37 runs, 38 hits and 66 total bases in a blowout win over Ohio State, 37–6. Two No. 4 seeds advanced to the Regional finals: Army and Utah. Two National-seeds failed to advance to the Super regionals: #6 UC Irvine and #7 Oklahoma. The only non-No. 1 seeds to advance to the Super regionals were Arkansas, Southern Miss, and Virginia. No team which lost its opening round game was able to come back and win its Regional. Vanderbilt, the No. 3 seed in the Louisville Regional, was the only team to lose its opener and come back to force a decisive second game in the regional final. The Commodores lost to No. 2 seed Middle Tennessee in the opening round before winning three consecutive elimination games against No. 4 seed Indiana, a rematch with MT and host Louisville before falling to the Cardinals the next night. Super regionals No. 2 seed Arkansas, No. 2 seed Virginia, and No. 3 seed Southern Miss became the ninth, tenth, and eleventh teams respectively in NCAA history to advance to the College World Series without playing a game at their home park. Arkansas became the third team since the tournament expanded in 1999 to reach the CWS by going undefeated (5–0) on the road in both Regionals and Super regionals, joining Southern California in 2000 and UC Irvine in 2007. No. 2 seed Virginia advanced to the first College World Series in school history by winning the Oxford Super Regional 2–1. No. 3 seed Southern Miss advanced to the first College World Series in school history by winning the Gainesville Super Regional 2–0. Three of the 8 national seeds failed to make it to the CWS. College World Series 2009 was the 17th consecutive year the SEC fielded a team in the CWS. Both Virginia and Southern Miss played in their first College World Series in school history. Only two teams from the 2008 CWS, LSU and North Carolina, returned for 2009. 2009 marked the first time in six seasons that a top-eight national seed won the title. LSU played for the championship for the first time since 2000, and it was the first time LSU has appeared in the best of 3 championship series. CWS records broken All-time hits by a player: 28 by Dustin Ackley of UNC, broken against Southern Miss in game 7Tar Heels Fall Short Versus Sun Devils http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/061909aaa.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090623054847/http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/061909aaa.html 2009-06-23 live 2009-06-20 Pitchers used in a single game by one team (tied): 8 by Arkansas in game 11http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=3753626 Hogs' post-season run ends at Omaha - University of Arkansas Athletics 2012-05-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120403002433/http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=3753626 2012-04-03 dead Pitchers used in a single game by both teams (tied): 13 by LSU and Arkansas in game 11 Career games played: 21 by Garrett Gore of North Carolina, broken against Arizona St. in game 10 Most wild pitches in a single-game: 4 by Matt Harvey of North Carolina, broken against Arizona St. in game 10 Home runs in a College World Series: 4 by Russell Moldenhauer of Texas, tied the record against LSU in game 2 of the finals. Attendance Record: 336,076, previous record set in 2008 of 330,099 Combined home runs in the Championship Finals: 12, previous record of 9 set in 2008. Television/radio/online coverage Regionals ESPNU broadcast every game from both the Tallahassee and Irvine Regionals. Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast broadcast every game from the Clemson Regional. Cox Sports (Louisiana) broadcast every game from the Baton Rouge Regional. Sun Sports broadcast selected games from the Gainesville Regional. Super regionals All super-regional games were shown on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU on television and ESPN360 through online streaming video. College World Series All College World Series games were shown on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU on television and ESPN360 through online streaming video. See also 2009 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 2009 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 2009 NAIA World Series References External links Schedule, results, and game times at ESPN autocollapse Category:NCAA Division I baseball tournament Category:Baseball competitions in Omaha, Nebraska Category:College baseball tournaments in Nebraska Category:2000s in Omaha, Nebraska Category:2009 in sports in Nebraska Category:June 2009 sports events in the United States