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June 1, 2008

Recap |  Box Score

UC Irvine Game Notes
* UC Irvine improved to 41-16 this season with the win. The Anteaters are 10-6 all-time in NCAA Tournament play and have won NCAA Regionals in back-to-back seasons. UC Irvine, which was making its third straight regional appearance, has now won six consecutive NCAA Regional games after posting a 3-0 record at the 2007 Austin Regional.
* Overall, UC Irvine has won five games in a row and seven of its last eight.
* UC Irvine also improved to 35-0 this season when leading after seven innings and 38-0 when leading after eight innings.
* Starting pitcher Bryce Stowell struck out the side in the fourth and sixth innings as part of his career-high 13-strikeout performance. As a staff, UC Irvine finished with 14 punch-outs, marking its 22nd double-digit strikeout performance of the season. In two games against Oral Roberts, Irvine posted 27 strikeouts, as the Golden Eagles struck out a then-season high 13 times on Friday and a season-high 14 times on Sunday.
* The shutout was UC Irvine's ninth of the season, which matches its total from last season and is tied for the most shutouts in a single-season since the program was re-instated in 2002.
* On the weekend, UC Irvine totaled 34 strikeouts, an average of 11.33 strikeouts per game.
* Casey Stevenson finished 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs and a career-high three runs scored. The championship game performance capped a terrific NCAA Lincoln Regional for Stevenson, who went 7-for-9 in the Anteaters' three victories.
* UC Irvine's eight-run margin of victory marked its fourth-largest victory of the season and its largest since an 18-1 victory at Loyola Marymount on May 14.
* Ben Orloff, Ollie Linton, Sean Madigan, Daniel Bibona and Bryce Stowell were all named to the NCAA Lincoln Regional all-tournament team. Stowell was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Oral Roberts Game Notes
* Oral Roberts ended its season with a 48-14 record. ORU lost in the NCAA Regional final for the second straight year and for the fourth time in the past five seasons. The lone exception came in 2006, when the Golden Eagles won the NCAA Fayetteville Regional before falling in a Super Regional.
* The Golden Eagles were shut out for the first time this season and for the first time in 90 games dating back to a 7-0 loss to Long Beach State on April 5, 2007.
* Starting pitcher Carlos Luna, who entered the game tied for the national lead in wins, suffered the first loss of his Division I career. Luna had been 16-0, including a 13-0 mark this season (Luna was 7-4 at Bakersfield Community College in 2006). Luna was charged with a season-high six runs (five earned) in 6.1 innings. Luna was making his second appearance in two days, as he threw 4.1 innings in earning the victory over Eastern Illinois on Saturday.
* Oral Roberts batters struck out a season-high 14 times on Sunday after striking out a then-season high 13 times against UC Irvine on Friday night.
* ORU failed to score at least seven runs for the first time in nine games. The Golden Eagles had scored 23 runs through their first three games of the NCAA Lincoln Regional, including eight in Sunday's first game. ORU managed seven runs in Friday's tilt against UC Irvine, but could not muster a run against the Anteaters on Sunday.
* Oral Roberts recorded only seven hits on Sunday after recording 11 hits against UC Irvine on Friday, 14 on Saturday against Eastern Illinois and 15 in Sunday's earlier game against Nebraska. The Golden Eagles had recorded at least 10 hits in 11 of their last 12 games before being limited to seven by UC Irvine.
* ORU's four errors matched a season high, marking the fourth time this season the Golden Eagles committed four errors in a game.
* Ben Petralli, Michael Notaro, David Genao and Kelly Minissale were each named to the NCAA Lincoln Regional all-tournament team.

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