#9 |
CALIFORNIA IRVINE
anteaters
(42-18, 14-10)
final 2008 ranking: #13 |
 
UCI has won 89 games over
the past two seasons, but that total was a single game
short of allowing the ‘Eaters to return to the
College World Series for a second straight season. Irvine
has proved that they are a team to be with reckoned
and should once again figure into the national title
race. Scott Gorgen is no longer in school, but the rest
of the pitching staff which had a 3.27 team ERA (good
for third in the nation) and 503 strikeouts in 538 innings
pitched last season remains. Expect to see Eric Pettis
(2.62, 17 SVs) and Daniel Bibona (9-3, 3.08) earn All
American honors on the hill while senior Ben Orloff
(.344, 0, 23) returns to lead a small ball offense that
keeps defenses on their toes from the first pitch to
the bottom of the ninth.
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