COACH: Sam Piraro
RECORD: 39-18 overall, 15-7 WAC, regular season champion
VS. UH: Hawai'i won series, 3-1, in Hawai'i.
VS. OTHERS: 4-0 vs. Louisiana Tech;
2-2 vs. Fresno State; 1-1 at Sacramento State (2 canceled); 3-1 at New Mexico State; 4-0 vs. Nevada.
RPI: 76
PLAYERS TO WATCH: OF Jacob Bruns (.412, 14 doubles, 7 HRs, 41 RBIs); SS Kyle Bellows (.382, 14 doubles, 8 HRs, 52 RBIs, 10 steals); OF Jason Martin (.377, 11 doubles, 5 HRs, 64 runs, 42 RBIs); 3B Corey Valine (.373, 11 doubles, 6 HRs, 40 RBIs); INF John Shaffer (.340); 1B Danny Stienstra (.337, 10 doubles); RHP Scott Sobczak (5-1, 2.64); RHP Ryan Shopshire (5-1. 4.12, 63 K, 26 BB in 54· IP).
OUTLOOK: Hottest team entering the tournament, having won 11 of its last 15 with two of those losses against Stanford. The Spartans clearly have the best pitching staff in the conference with a 5.14 ERA, the only one of the seven teams below the league average 7.25 (WAC stats only). Ironically, Hawai'i out-pitched SJSU (2.65 ERA to 5.23) and the Spartans walked a whopping 18 Rainbows in 31 innings.