2001 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

The 2001 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Goodwin Field, and played as part of the Big West Conference. The team was coached by George Horton in his fifth season as head coach at Cal State Fullerton.

2001 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
NCAA Fullerton Super Regional champions NCAA Fullerton Regional champions Big West Conference champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	48–18 (14–4 Big West)
Head coach	George Horton (5th year)
Home stadium	Goodwin Field
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Big West Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Cal State Fullerton  ‍†‍‍y	14	–	4		.778			48	–	18		.727
No. 26 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍y	12	–	6		.667			40	–	17		.702
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍y	11	–	7		.611			35	–	23		.603
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500			24	–	22		.522
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍	8	–	10		.444			30	–	26		.536
Pacific  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			25	–	30		.455
Sacramento State  ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			24	–	35		.407
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2001[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Titans reached the College World Series, their eleventh appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for fourth place after winning games against Nebraska and Tulane and losing two games to eventual runner-up Stanford.

Personnel

Roster

2001 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster[2]
	Pitchers 2 - Kirk Saarloos - Senior 9 - Mike Nunez - Senior 17 - Wes Littleton - Freshman 19 - Charlie Zahari - Junior 25 - Darric Merrell - Freshman 30 - Shane Waroff - Junior 31 - Nick Lovato - Sophomore 32 - Chad Cordero - Freshman 34 - Jon Smith - Senior 35 - Chad Robbins - Freshman 39 - Travis Esquibel - Freshman 42 - Travis Ingle - Freshman 48 - Sean Martin - Sophomore		Catchers 15 - Lachlan Thorburn - Junior 20 - Dan Mercadefe - Freshman 24 - Brett Kay - Junior 44 - P. J. Pilittere - Freshman Outfielders 5 - Matt Belfanti - Senior 6 - Chris Stringfellow - Junior 22 - Kyle Boyer - Freshman 26 - Robert Guzman - Junior 33 - Shane Costa - Freshman 40 - Josh Weller - Senior 47 - Adam Cooper - Freshman		Infielders 1 - David Bacani - Senior 3 - Shawn Norris - Junior 4 - Jason Corapci - Sophomore 7 - Mike Rouse - Sophomore 10 - Cole Hilt - Freshman 11 - David Garcia - Freshman 12 - Mike Martinez - Sophomore 21 - Nick Fitzgerald - Freshman 27 - Louie Lamoure - Senior 41 - Sean Alley - Junior 45 - Aaron Rifkin - Senior 46 - Richie Burgos - Freshman

Coaches

2001 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball coaching staff[2]
8 - George Horton - Head Coach - 5th Season 18 - Dave Serrano - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator - 5th Season 28 - Rick Vanderhook - Assistant Coach - 15th Season 36 - Chad Baum - Assistant Coach - 2nd Season

Schedule and results

Legend
	Cal State Fullerton win
	Cal State Fullerton loss

2001 Cal State Fullerton Titans Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
January/February Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Jan 30 at Pepperdine* No. 12 Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA L 2–5 0–1 Feb 2 No. 11 Stanford* No. 12 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–4 1–1 Feb 3 No. 11 Stanford* No. 12 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 8–9 1–2 Feb 4 No. 11 Stanford* No. 12 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 0–3 1–3 Feb 6 at No. 2 USC* No. 15 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 5–613 1–4 Feb 9 at No. 18 Baylor* No. 15 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX W 2–1 2–4 Feb 10 at No. 18 Baylor* No. 15 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX L 0–5 2–5 Feb 11 at No. 18 Baylor* No. 15 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX W 5–0 3–5 Feb 14 Loyola Marymount* No. 17 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–3 4–5 Feb 15 BYU* No. 17 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 2–1 5–5 Feb 16 BYU* No. 17 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 2–8 5–6 Feb 17 BYU* No. 17 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–0 6–6 Feb 23 No. 6 Arizona State* No. 17 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 3–5 6–7
March Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Mar 2 No. 22 Tennessee* No. 28 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA (Kia Baseball Bash) W 10–6 7–7 Mar 3 Wichita State* No. 28 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA (Kia Baseball Bash) W 3–1 8–7 Mar 4 No. 26 Long Beach State* No. 28 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA (Kia Baseball Bash) L 11–13 8–8 Mar 9 at Houston* Schroeder Park • Houston, TX W 5–2 9–8 Mar 10 at Houston* Schroeder Park • Houston, TX W 8–2 10–8 Mar 11 at Houston* Schroeder Park • Houston, TX W 9–28 11–8 Mar 16 Cal Poly* No. 28 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 3–1 12–8 Mar 17 Cal Poly* No. 28 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 1–2 12–9 Mar 18 Cal Poly* No. 28 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 12–0 13–9 Mar 23 at Long Beach State* No. 29 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 5–3 14–9 Mar 24 at Long Beach State* No. 29 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 2–316 14–10 Mar 25 at Long Beach State* No. 29 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 5–3 15–10 Mar 27 No. 12 USC* No. 29 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 12–11 16–10 Mar 30 at No. 5 Miami (FL)* No. 29 Mark Light Field • Miami, FL W 8–2 17–10 Mar 31 at No. 5 Miami (FL)* No. 29 Mark Light Field • Miami, FL W 8–5 18–10
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Apr 1 at No. 5 Miami (FL)* No. 29 Mark Light Field • Miami, FL W 9–2 19–10 Apr 6 Pacific No. 14 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–1 20–10 1–0 Apr 7 Pacific No. 14 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 3–1 21–10 2–0 Apr 8 Pacific No. 14 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 28–0 22–10 3–0 Apr 9 No. 16 Arizona State* No. 9 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 13–6 23–10 Apr 12 at Sacramento State No. 9 Hornet Field • Sacramento, CA W 20–2 24–10 4–0 Apr 13 at Sacramento State No. 9 Hornet Field • Sacramento, CA W 9–5 25–10 5–0 Apr 14 at Sacramento State No. 9 Hornet Field • Sacramento, CA W 8–2 26–10 6–0 Apr 17 at Loyola Marymount* No. 6 George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 9–5 27–10 Apr 18 UCLA* No. 6 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 11–1014 28–10 Apr 20 at Cal State Northridge No. 6 Matador Field • Northridge, CA L 1–15 28–11 6–1 Apr 21 at Cal State Northridge No. 6 Matador Field • Northridge, CA W 4–3 29–11 7–1 Apr 22 at Cal State Northridge No. 6 Matador Field • Northridge, CA W 5–2 30–11 8–1 Apr 27 UC Riverside No. 5 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 8–4 31–11 Apr 28 UC Riverside No. 5 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 4–1 32–11 Apr 29 UC Riverside No. 5 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 15–2 33–11
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record May 1 No. 17 Pepperdine* No. 3 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 14–7 34–11 May 2 Biola* No. 3 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 7–6 35–11 May 4 at Cal Poly No. 3 Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA W 7–3 36–11 9–1 May 5 at Cal Poly No. 3 Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA W 13–1 37–11 10–1 May 6 at Cal Poly No. 3 Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA W 10–4 38–11 11–1 May 9 at UCLA* No. 1 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 3–9 38–12 May 11 No. 23 UC Santa Barbara No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 1–9 38–13 11–2 May 12 No. 23 UC Santa Barbara No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 6–710 38–14 11–3 May 13 No. 23 UC Santa Barbara No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–4 39–14 12–3 May 18 Long Beach State No. 5 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 16–6 40–14 13–3 May 19 Long Beach State No. 5 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 6–17 40–15 13–4 May 20 Long Beach State No. 5 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 10–5 41–15 14–4
Postseason
NCAA Fullerton Regional Date Opponent Rank/Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record May 25 (4) Temple No. 5 (1) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 17–3 42–15 1–0 May 26 No. 16 (2) Arizona State No. 5 (1) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 13–3 43–15 2–0 May 27 No. 22 (3) Texas Tech No. 5 (1) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 5–11 43–16 2–1 May 27 No. 22 (3) Texas Tech No. 5 (1) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–2 44–16 3–1
NCAA Fullerton Super Regional Date Opponent Rank/Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SR Record June 1 No. 14 Mississippi State No. 5 (1) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 13–2 45–16 1–0 June 2 No. 14 Mississippi State No. 5 (1) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–3 46–16 2–0
College World Series Date Opponent Rank/Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 8 No. 3 (8) Nebraska No. 5 (1) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–4 47–16 1–0 June 10 No. 4 (4) Stanford No. 5 (1) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–510 47–17 1–1 June 14 No. 6 (5) Tulane No. 5 (1) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 11–2 48–17 2–1 June 16 No. 4 (4) Stanford No. 5 (1) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–4 48–18 2–2

Rankings

See also: 2001 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
Coaches'		*																			3
Baseball America																					3
Collegiate Baseball^	12	15	17	17	28	—	28	29	29	14	9	6	5	3	1	6	5	5	5	5	3
NCBWA†																					3

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.