NCAA BASEBALL / REGIONAL ROUNDUP

MIDWEST

Cal State Fullerton, the defending College World Series champion, faces a long, difficult road back in the NCAA Midwest Regional today after a 6-1 loss to top-seeded Wichita State at Wichita, Kan. Wichita (53-9) took command as the tournament’s only unbeaten team. Fullerton (45-15) meets Rice (41-22) today at noon (PDT) in a losers’ bracket elimination game. That winner will go against Wichita at 5 p.m., still needing two victories over the Shockers to win the championship.

If Wichita should lose today, the two teams would return Monday at 11 a.m. (PDT) to decide the berth in the College World Series.

The losers’ bracket game originally was scheduled for Saturday night, but the schedule had to be revised because of the four-hour rain delay of the Fullerton-Wichita game.