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Nobody in our regional should be slept on.  UC Irvine has a little bit of a pedigreed history, they tore though the Corvallis regional in 2014 when Oregon State was the #1 overall seed, then went to Oklahoma State for their super-regional on the road and advanced to Omaha.  Nevada has at least one hitter who can mash like a vibe, as Sublime would say.  And even newcomer North Dakota State, their successes in football and men's basketball are indicators of a good overall athletic program.

Of our regional opponents, Irvine plays in easily the best conference (Big West).
BA 0.293, SLG 0.436, ERA 3.83
They won the Big West by 3 games. They are the only team in the regional with an ERA under 4. Hits for decent average but only moderate power.
They went 7-6 against the Pac 12 (3-0 vs UW, 1-2 vs UCLA, 1-3 vs Stanford, 2-1 vs OSU). Baseball America ranks them #15.

Nevada is a big hitting team, but plays at altitude. BA 0.321, SLG 0.535, ERA 5.43
Dillan Shrum hits with BA 0.479, SLG 0.992, 15 HR in 33 games.

North Dakota State has BA 0.277, SLG 0.384, ERA 4.71.
Only big conference team they played was Kansas (RPI #64) and took 2 of 3.

Stanford has team BA 0.276, SLG 0.443, ERA 4.64.

[CTcard]

Nobody in our regional should be slept on.  UC Irvine has a little bit of a pedigreed history, they tore though the Corvallis regional in 2014 when Oregon State was the #1 overall seed, then went to Oklahoma State for their super-regional on the road and advanced to Omaha.  Nevada has at least one hitter who can mash like a vibe, as Sublime would say.  And even newcomer North Dakota State, their successes in football and men's basketball are indicators of a good overall athletic program.

Of our regional opponents, Irvine plays in easily the best conference (Big West).
BA 0.293, SLG 0.436, ERA 3.83
They won the Big West by 3 games. They are the only team in the regional with an ERA under 4. Hits for decent average but only moderate power.
They went 7-6 against the Pac 12 (3-0 vs UW, 1-2 vs UCLA, 1-3 vs Stanford, 2-1 vs OSU). Baseball America ranks them #15.

Nevada is a big hitting team, but plays at altitude. BA 0.321, SLG 0.535, ERA 5.43
Dillan Shrum hits with BA 0.479, SLG 0.992, 15 HR in 33 games.

North Dakota State has BA 0.277, SLG 0.384, ERA 4.71.
Only big conference team they played was Kansas (RPI #64) and took 2 of 3.

Stanford has team BA 0.276, SLG 0.443, ERA 4.64.