June 6, 2007

CSF, UCLA will begin super regional Saturday
Staff, news-service reports

Cal State Fullerton and UCLA will open their NCAA super regional series with a 4 p.m. start Saturday at Goodwin Field.

Game 2 of the best-of-3 series will be at 7 p.m. Sunday. Cal State Fullerton, which was ranked No. 25 this week by Baseball America, and UCLA, ranked No. 20, will play again at 4 p.m. Monday, if necessary.

UC Irvine's super regional at Wichita State will be televised on ESPN2 starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. Game 2 will be shown on ESPN at 10 a.m. Sunday. If necessary, the Anteaters, who climbed to No. 4 in the Baseball America poll this week, and the Shockers would play either at 9:30 a.m. or 4 p.m. Monday, depending on television scheduling.

Oregon St. 7, Virginia 3

Lonnie Lechelt's solo home run sparked started a three-run second inning and put defending national champion Oregon State ahead to stay Tuesday in a 7-3 victory against Virginia in the Charlottesville regional.

The Beavers (42-18) won for the third time in two days and beat the Cavaliers for the second consecutive time to keep alive their hope of defending their title. Oregon State advanced to the super regional, where it will host Michigan starting Saturday.

Virginia, hosting a regional for the third time in four years, has never made it out of the regional. The Cavaliers were in their seventh trip to the tournament.

Lechelt hit his second home run of the weekend leading off the second inning to tie it at 3. The Beavers then loaded the bases with one out, and Darwin Barney hit a sacrifice fly to the warning track in left that scored Jordan Lennerton, who had doubled. A single to right by Jason Ogata gave the Beavers a 5-3 advantage.