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A look at the matchups for the eight best-of-three super regionals, which will be played this weekend (tournament appearances include this year):

Arizona (41-17) at Miami (50-8)

SITE: Mark Light Stadium; Coral Gables, Fla.

HOW THEY GOT HERE: Arizona won Ann Arbor Regional: beat Eastern Michigan 13-7; beat Michigan 4-3; beat Kentucky 5-3. Miami won Coral Gables Regional: beat Bethune-Cookman 7-4; beat Missouri 6-5; beat Mississippi 11-2.

COACHES: Arizona, Andy Lopez. Miami, Jim Morris.

TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES (last): Arizona, 30th (2007). Miami, 37th (2007).

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Arizona: LHP David Coulon (8-3, 3.54 ERA), RF Jon Gaston (.313, 11 HRs, 43 RBIs), 3B Brad Glenn (.303, 14, 53), RHP Preston Guilmet (6-4, 4.29), CF T.J. Steele (.314, 10, 36, 24 stolen bases), RHP Jason Stoffel (3-2, 3.25, 13 saves), 1B C.J. Ziegler (.350, 19, 58).

Miami: 1B Yonder Alonso (.370, 21, 66), LHP Eric Erickson (8-1, 4.13), RHP Carlos Gutierrez (5-2, 2.70, 12 saves), LHP Chris Hernandez (11-0, 2.55), SS Ryan Jackson (.374, 4, 49), CF Blake Tekotte (.371, 11, 46), 2B Jemile Weeks (.366, 11, 57).

N.C. State (41-20) at Georgia (39-22-1)

SITE: Foley Field; Athens, Ga.

HOW THEY GOT HERE: N.C. State won Raleigh Regional: beat James Madison 6-2; beat South Carolina 5-4; beat South Carolina 2-1. Georgia won Athens Regional: lost to Lipscomb 10-7; beat Louisville 9-8; beat Lipscomb 14-3; beat Georgia Tech 8-0; beat Georgia Tech 18-6.

COACHES: N.C. State, Elliott Avent. Georgia, David Perno.

TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES (last): N.C. State, 22nd (2007). Georgia, eighth (2006).

PLAYERS TO WATCH: N.C. State: 1B Pat Ferguson (.327, 9, 39), LHP Jimmy Gilheeney (2-0, 1.12, 10 saves), CF Marcus Jones (.321, 7, 48), RF-3B Matt Payne (.322, 9, 48), DH Ryan Pond (.329, 8, 45), RHP Clayton Shunick (7-5, 2.16), LHP Eric Surkamp (5-2, 4.28).

Georgia: SS Gordon Beckham (.397, 24, 65), RHP Stephen Dodson (5-4, 4.41), RHP Joshua Fields (2-2, 2.27, 16 saves), RHP Trevor Holder (7-4, 4.60), C Bryce Massanari (.346, 10, 59), 3B Ryan Peisel (.332, 8, 46), 1B Rich Poythress (.364, 15, 64).

Stanford (37-22-2) at Cal State Fullerton (41-20)

SITE: Goodwin Field; Fullerton, Calif.

HOW THEY GOT HERE: Stanford won Stanford Regional: lost to UC Davis 4-2; beat Arkansas 5-1; beat UC Davis 8-4; beat Pepperdine 13-1; beat Pepperdine 9-7. Cal State Fullerton won Fullerton Regional: beat Rider 11-0; lost to UCLA 11-4; beat Virginia 4-1; beat UCLA 11-8; beat UCLA 5-4.

COACHES: Stanford, Mark Marquess. Cal State Fullerton, Dave Serrano.

TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES (last): Stanford, 28th (2006). Cal State Fullerton, 30th (2007).

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Stanford: C Jason Castro (.372, 12, 63), RHP Erik Davis (7-3, 4.59), RHP Jeffrey Inman (7-2, 4.22), 1B Brent Milleville (.307, 10, 51), 2B Cord Phelps (.352, 13, 53), CF Sean Ratliff (.298, 20, 65), RHP-3B Austin Yount (5-3, 3.54; .338, 15 RBIs).

Cal State Fullerton: RHP Cory Arbiso (12-3, 4.21), 1B Jared Clark (.301, 9, 53), SS Christian Colon (.335, 4, 39), CF Josh Fellhauer (.333, 7, 38), RHP Jeff Kaplan (11-2, 4.37), RF Erik Komatsu (.348, 8, 51), RHP Daniel Renken (5-5, 4.11).

Wichita State (47-15) at Florida State (52-11)

SITE: Dick Howser Stadium; Tallahassee, Fla.

HOW THEY GOT HERE: Wichita State won Stillwater Regional: beat TCU 8-5; beat Oklahoma State 5-3; beat Oklahoma State 11-7 in 10 innings. Florida State won Tallahassee Regional: lost to Bucknell 7-0; beat Florida 17-11; beat Bucknell 24-9; beat Tulane 17-8; beat Tulane 16-7.

COACHES: Wichita State, Gene Stephenson. Florida State, Mike Martin.

TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES (last): Wichita State, 26th (2007). Florida State, 46th (2007).

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Wichita State: LHP Anthony Capra (9-0, 2.87), SS Dusty Coleman (.319, 8, 71), CF Andy Dirks (.399, 10, 59, 26 SBs), 3B Conor Gillaspie (.425, 10, 79), RF Ryan Jones (.324, 2, 43), LHP Rob Musgrave (11-1, 2.21), RHP Aaron Shafer (11-3, 2.67).

Florida State: SS Tony Delmonico (.378, 8, 69), LHP Matt Fairel (11-2, 3.67), 1B Dennis Guinn (.328, 17, 72), C Buster Posey (.468, 24, 86), RF Jack Rye (.389, 6, 48), RHP Ryan Strauss (9-1, 4.58, 4 saves), RHP Elih Villanueva (7-2, 3.61).

Coastal Carolina (50-12) at North Carolina (49-12)

SITE: USA Baseball National Training Complex; Cary, N.C.

HOW THEY GOT HERE: Coastal Carolina won Conway Regional: beat Columbia 10-2; beat Alabama 13-10; beat East Carolina 24-11. North Carolina won Cary Regional: beat Mount St. Mary’s, Md. 16-8; beat North Carolina-Wilmington 5-1; beat North Carolina-Wilmington 7-3.

COACHES: Coastal Carolina, Gary Gilmore. North Carolina, Mike Fox.

TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES (last): Coastal Carolina, eighth (2007). North Carolina, 23rd (2007).

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Coastal Carolina: DH-RHP David Anderson (.346, 20, 59; 6-2, 4.47, 1 save), C Dock Doyle (.366, 16, 72), RHP Bobby Gagg (6-2, 3.33), RHP Joey Haug (7-0, 2.09, 4 saves), RHP Nick McCully (10-2, 3.09, 3 saves), CF David Sappelt (.355, 18, 67), 3B Scott Woodward (.368, 7, 45, 42 SBs).

North Carolina: 1B Dustin Ackley (.405, 7, 47), C Tim Federowicz (.304, 4, 39), Tim Fedroff (.402, 12, 67), 2B Kyle Seager (.357, 9, 70), RHP Adam Warren (8-1, 4.42), RHP Alex White (9-3, 2.66), CF Seth Williams (.309, 7, 38).

UC Irvine (41-16) at LSU (46-16-1)

SITE: Alex Box Stadium; Baton Rouge

HOW THEY GOT HERE: UC Irvine won Lincoln Regional: beat Oral Roberts 9-7; beat Nebraska 3-2; beat Oral Roberts 8-0. LSU won Baton Rouge Regional: beat Texas Southern 12-1; beat Southern Mississippi 13-4; beat Southern Mississippi 11- 4.

COACHES: UC Irvine, Mike Gillespie. LSU, Paul Mainieri.

TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES (last): UC Irvine, fourth (2007). LSU, 22nd (2005).

PLAYERS TO WATCH: UC Irvine: 1B Jeff Cusick (.347, 0, 26), RHP Scott Gorgen (11-3, 2.31), C Francis Larson (.320, 7, 40), CF Ollie Linton (.323, 4, 35), SS Ben Orloff (.344, 0, 21), RHP Eric Pettis (4-2, 1.65, 17 saves), RHP Bryce Stowell (8-2, 2.77).

LSU: RHP Jared Bradford (10-4, 4.05, 5 saves), 1B Matt Clark (.340, 25, 58), DH Blake Dean (.351, 19, 66), SS D.J. LeMahieu (.336, 5, 38), LHP Blake Martin (5-3, 4.88), 2B Ryan Schimpf (.304, 10, 48), LHP Ryan Verdugo (9-2, 3.81).

Texas A&M (46-17) at Rice (45-13)

SITE: Reckling Park; Houston.

HOW THEY GOT HERE: Texas A&M won College Station Regional: beat Illinois-Chicago 15-1; beat Houston 22-4; lost to Houston 4-3; beat Houston 13-5. Rice won Houston Regional: beat Sam Houston St. 3-2; beat St. John’s 11-2; beat Texas 7-4.

COACHES: Texas A&M, Rob Childress. Rice, Wayne Graham.

TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES (last): Texas A&M, 24th (2007). Rice, 14th (2007).

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Texas A&M: 1B Luke Anders (.344, 16, 56), DH Darby Brown (.338, 12, 68), CF Kyle Colligan (.318, 14, 38), SS Jose Duran (.382, 6, 67), RHP Clayton Ehlert (6-2, 3.41), RHP Barret Loux (6-2, 4.27), RHP Travis Starling (8-1, 3.55, 9 saves).

Rice: RHP Ryan Berry (8-4, 3.00), SS Rick Hague (.346, 8, 48), RHP Chris Kelley (5-1, 3.28), LF Aaron Luna (.319, 9, 52), LHP Cole St. Clair (9-2, 2.65, 5 saves), 3B Diego Seastrunk (.363, 5, 56), C Adam Zornes (.306, 11, 52).

Fresno State (40-28) at Arizona State (48-11)

SITE: Packard Stadium; Tempe, Ariz.

HOW THEY GOT HERE: Fresno State won Long Beach Regional: beat Long Beach St. 7-3; beat San Diego 6-0; lost to San Diego 15-1; beat San Diego 5-1. Arizona State won Tempe Regional: beat Stony Brook 9-7; beat Oklahoma 15-3; beat Oklahoma 12-0.

COACHES: Fresno State, Mike Batesole. Arizona State, Pat Murphy.

TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES (last): Fresno State, 30th (2007). Arizona State, 32nd (2007).

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Fresno State: 1B Alan Ahmady (.382, 12, 81), RHP Brandon Burke (4-5, 3.08, 11 saves), 3B Tommy Mendonca (.278, 14, 55), RHP Tanner Scheppers (8-2, 2.93, 1 save), LF Steve Susdorf (.342, 10, 77), 2B Erik Wetzel (.361, 6, 33), LHP Justin Wilson (7-4, 4.17).

Arizona State: 1B-LHP Ike Davis (.394, 16, 73; 4-1, 2.53, 4 saves), OF Jason Kipnis (.363, 14, 69), RHP Mike Leake (10-2, 3-12, 1 save), C Petey Paramore (.361, 7, 49), DH Kiel Roling (.344, 8, 50), LHP Josh Satow (9-3, 4.58), 3B Brett Wallace (.414, 21, 81).

 

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