APPALACHIAN STATE 6, No. 15 VIRGINIA 5
NCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - CHARLOTTESVILLE REGIONAL
JUNE 3, 2012 • CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. • DAVENPORT FIELD
POSTGAME NOTES
Appalachian State
- No. 3-seed Appalachian State (41-16) advances to the Charlottesville
Regional championship round. The Mountaineers play the winner of Sunday
night's losers' bracket contest between top-seeded Virginia (39-18-1)
and No. 2-seed Oklahoma (39-23) on Monday at 4 p.m. If Appalachian loses
Monday's first game, it will play a second game against the same
opponent immediately after. Whoever prevails will advance to the Super
Regional round at No. 8 national seed South Carolina (43-17), the winner
of this weekend's Columbia Regional.
- Appalachian set a new school record with its 41st win of the season, breaking the previous mark of 40 set in 1986 (40-13-1).
- After going 14,252 days between NCAA postseason wins, the Mountaineers have now done won back-to-back NCAA Tournament games.
- Appalachian moved to 4-6 all-time in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
- The Mountaineers moved to 6-2 this season versus opponents from Bowl
Championship Series conferences. Four of the six wins have been against
nationally ranked teams.
- The win over No. 15 Virginia was Appalachian's fourth of the
season over a nationally ranked team. Prior to this season, ASU had only
one win over nationally ranked opponents since 1982.
- Seth
Grant pitched six innings to set a new single-season school record with
100.2 innings pitched. He broke the record of 99.1 IP set less than 24
hours earlier by Ryan Arrowood during the Apps' 5-4 win over Oklahoma.
- Nathan Hyatt extended his school record with his 16th save of the season.
- Appalachian moved to 11-2 in one-run games this season. The
Mountaineers have won eight-straight games decided by just one run.
