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Posted on: Monday, June 5, 2006

Stanford wins Austin regional

Associated Press

College of Charleston's Phillip Coker is welcomed home by teammates after hitting a grand slam in the first inning at Lexington, Ky. Charleston won its first NCAA Regional, defeating Kentucky, 7-4.

ED REINKE | Associated Press

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Chris Minaker had five hits, two RBIs and scored six runs, and Michael Taylor added a two-run homer to lead Stanford to a 17-7 victory over North Carolina State in the Austin (Texas) Regional and advance to the Super Regionals for the sixth time.

Earlier yesterday, the Wolfpack eliminated defending champion Texas, 6-3.

Stanford will meet Pac-10 foe Oregon State in the best-of-three Super Regionals this week.

Stanford (33-25) led 11-7 before a six-run ninth inning sealed its victory. The Cardinal had a season-high 24 hits and 17 runs.

Jonathan Diaz had an RBI double and Matt Camp doubled in the eighth inning to help North Carolina State (41-22) defeat Texas (41-21).

LEXINGTON, KY.

College of Charleston 7, Kentucky 4: Phillip Coker had a grand slam in College of Charleston's six-run first inning en route to a victory over Kentucky (44-17) to win its first NCAA regional.

The Southern Conference tournament champs swept the regional by beating Notre Dame, Ball State and Kentucky. The Cougars (46-15), seeded second, will face Georgia Tech in the Super Regionals.

ATLANTA

Georgia Tech 8, Vanderbilt 4: Matt Wieters homered twice to finish off an amazing weekend, Ryan Turner had the longest outing of his career and Georgia Tech (48-16) completed its unbeaten run through the Atlanta (38-27) regional.

The Yellow Jackets advanced to the Super Regionals for the third year in a row.

ATHENS, GA.

Georgia 7, Florida State 1: Josh Morris' three-run homer in the top of the seventh inning, his school record-tying 23rd of the season, led Georgia (44-20) past Florida State (44-20), setting up a title game tonight between the same teams.

LINCOLN, NEB.

Miami 10, Manhattan 4: Scott Maine pitched a complete game and Jon Jay hit a two-run homer in a five-run seventh inning that helped carry Miami (39-21) over Manhattan (34-23) and the Lincoln regional championship.

Miami, in the NCAA tournament for a record 34th straight year, won its 13th consecutive regional title. The Hurricanes play Mississippi in the Super Regionals.

OXFORD, MISS.

Mississippi 12, Tulane 4: Mark Wright homered and drove in four runs, and Mississippi (43-20) beat Tulane (43-21) to win the Oxford Regional and claim a second straight berth in the Super Regionals.

Regional MVP Justin Brashear also had four RBIs for Ole Miss.

TUSCALOOSA, ALA.

Alabama 14, Troy 5: Matt Downs drove in four runs and Kody Valverde went 5 for 6 with two RBIs, leading Alabama (44-19) to a victory over Troy (47-16).

Alabama will host North Carolina in a Super Regional.

Troy reached the regional final with a 6-5 victory over Southern Miss (39-23) earlier yesterday.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

North Carolina 14, Winthrop 2: Tim Federowicz hit a two-run homer and Chad Flack had a two-run double to highlight a six-run fourth inning that keyed North Carolina's win over Winthrop (46-18) and put the Tar Heels (48-13) in the Super Regionals.

HOUSTON

Baylor 7, Arizona St. 2: Beamer Weems hit a three-run home run in the third inning to help rally Baylor (37-25) past Arizona State (37-21).

The Bears will meet Rice in the championship game today.

Rice 7, Baylor 2: Senior Eddie Degerman struck out a season-high 14 to pace Rice.

The Owls (52-10) jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on RBI singles by Greg Buchanan and Joe Savery and an RBI double by Josh Rodriguez.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

Evansville 15, South Carolina 5: Robbie Minor drove in four runs, Kern Watts scored three times and Evansville (43-21) used a 12-run third inning to beat South Carolina (39-23).

The teams meet again tonight for the regional title.

Earlier yesterday, Evansville eliminated Virginia, 15-4.

CLEMSON, S.C.

Clemson 8, Mississippi State 6: Taylor Harbin drove in three runs and Clemson (50-14) rallied to reach the Super Regionals, where it will play Oral Roberts.

The Bulldogs (37-23) used a four-run sixth to take a 5-4 lead. Clemson answered with three runs in the seventh.

Mississippi State advanced to the final with a 12-3 victory over Elon (45-18) yesterday.

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.

Oral Roberts 9, Oklahoma State 2: Chad Rothford hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, and Oral Roberts (41-14) beat Oklahoma State (41-20) for its first regional championship.

Earlier, the Cowboys defeated Arkansas, 6-5, to advance to the final. Arkansas finished 39-21.

NORMAN, OKLA.

Oklahoma 12, Wichita State 7: Ryan Rohlinger had a season-high four hits, including a home run to start a four-run seventh inning as Oklahoma (43-20) beat Wichita State (46-21). The teams will play again today for the regional title.

The Sooners eliminated Texas Christian (39-23), 15-6, earlier yesterday to advance.

FULLERTON, CALIF.

Cal State Fulleron 10, Fresno State 3: Blake Davis went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and Brandon Tripp had three hits and scored three runs to lift the Titans (46-13) past the Bulldogs (45-18) for the regional title.

Cal State Fullerton plays the Malibu Regional champion in the Super Regionals.

Fresno State defeated San Diego, 9-8, to advance to the final. San Diego finished 33-25.

MALIBU, CALIF.

Missouri 4, Pepperdine 1: Missouri's Aaron Crow allowed one run on six hits as the Tigers (34-26) avoided elimination with a victory over top-seeded Pepperdine (42-20), setting up a rematch for the regional title today.

Missouri eliminated UCLA, 2-1, yesterday. The Bruins finished 33-25.

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