Ten Western Teams Are Selected, Including USC, Long Beach State
USC and Long Beach State were among 10 Western teams picked for eight six-team, double-elimination NCAA Division I baseball regionals that will determine the field for the 48th College World Series at Omaha, Neb., June 3-11.
Cal State Fullerton, Stanford, Arizona State, Washington, Nevada, Santa Clara, Brigham Young and Fresno State also were selected.
Teams in the West were bracing for the worst. For the first time since the tournament adopted a regional format in 1975, no regionals are in the West.
USC, which has not advanced to Omaha since winning its 11th national title in 1978, will travel to the South Regional at Baton Rouge, La. The second-seeded Trojans (38-18) open Thursday against North Carolina Greensboro (37-16), which is making its first playoff appearance.
Long Beach State travels to the Midwest II Regional at Wichita, Kan., perhaps the deepest regional in the tournament. Second-seeded Long Beach (39-17) opens Friday against Washington (42-16).
Stanford (36-22), the Pac-10 Southern Division champion, is seeded a surprisingly low fourth in the Central Regional at Austin, Tex., and will play Texas in its opener.
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