USD Baseball 2003

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2003 University of San Diego Baseball

Championship Season of 2002

USO Wins West Coast Conference Tille With their backs firmly against the wall , facing season ending elim ination against perenn ial conference power Pepperdine, the 2002 Torero baseball prog ram seized the moment, and the ir first conference ti tle by scoring four eighth inning runs en route ro a dramatic 5-3 come from beh ind victory in the W es t Coast Confer– ence Championships . T he comeback high lighted one of the mos t successfu l and excit ing seasons in recent memory at USD with the Toreros rewri ting the record books , advancing into the NCAA Tournament fo r t he first time in the school's 23-year Divis ion I history. P icked as the preseason conference favorite USD exp loded out of the gate, begin–

JANUARY 25-FRI

@ UC Irvine @ UC Irvine @ UC Irvine

W 8-5 W 4-1 W 10-6

26-SAT 27-SUN

FEBRUARY 1-FRI

@ Cal Poly SLO @ Cal Poly SLO @ Cal Poly SLO OREGON STATE OREGON STATE OREGON STATE POINT LOMA UC RIVERSIDE

W 7-6 W 6-1

2-SAT 3-SUN 8-FRI 9-SAT

W 20-12 W6-2 W 4-2 WB-2 L 2-3 L 5-9 L 3-4 W 12-8

10-SUN 13-WED 15-FRI 16-SAT 17-SUN

UC Riverside

UC RIVERSIDE

ning the season with a school record ten straig h t wins after lopsided seri es sweeps over UC Irvine, Cal Po ly SLO and Oregon State. San Diego continued their early season success by claiming a Tournament Ti tle amongst accomplished competition in the Louis iana Collegiate Classic and earning nat ional recognition in the pro– cess. T he 15th ranked Toreros had es tab lished them– selves as one of t he best reams in the nation, and enter– ing conference p lay The San Diego Union Tribune ran a head line that read: '(USD) Building a Mag ical Sea- son.

22-24

Louisiana C. Classic

Delaware

W 6-2

FRI

#22 Oklahoma St. Cal State Northridge

SAT SUN

W 13-9

W 5-2

MARCH 1-FRI

MICHIGAN MICHIGAN MICHIGAN

W 12-9 W 9-4 W 21-2 W 18-6 W 14-1 L 4-5 L 5-15 W 16-3 W 21-5 W8-4 W 2- 1 L 2-7 W 7-6 W 4-0 W 12-2

2-SAT 3-SUN 8-FRI 9-SAT

@ San Francisco @ San Francisco @ San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO @ CS Northridge USC

10-SUN 13-WED 15-FRI 16-SAT 17-SUN 19-TUE 22-FRI 23-SAT 24-SUN 28-THU 30-SAT 5-FRI 6-SAT 7-SUN 9-TUE 12-FRI 13-SAT 14-SUN 16-TUE 19-FRI 20-SAT 21-SUN 24-WED 26-FRI 27-SAT 28-SUN 30-TUE 3-FRI 4-SAT 5-SUN 10-FRI 11-SAT 12-SUN 24-FRI 25-SAT 26-SUN 31-FRI

2002 WCC Pitcher of the Year Ricky Barrett

Four-years ago the foundation for success was set by

@ Portland @ Portland @ Portland

USD Head Coach Rich Hill , a success realized after the 2002 Toreros gave the school its first-ever WCC Title in over twenty years. Hill , the 2002 WCC Coach of the Year, amassed a cast of talent chat was led by a hard t hrowing All -Ameri – can p itcher named Ricky Barrett and a seeming ly end less supply of unique and talented pos it ion players placed behind him.

L. MARYMOUNT

L. MARYMOUNT (DH)

L 1-5, L 2-5

APRIL-MAY-JUNE 2-TUE

@ San Diego St. @ Pepperdine @ Pepperdine @ Pepperdine CS NORTHRIDGE SANTA CLARA SANTA CLARA SANTA CLARA

W 4-3 (10)

L 3-4

"All the cred it goes to these players," sa id Hil l. "(As– sistants) Sean Kenny, Brian Green, Chris Cannizarro and myse lf put together a b lueprint for success and we sa id 'In fo ur or five years, hopefu lly we can get it done , and hopefu ll y compete fo r a conference cham– p ion shi p. ' Once yo u get to that point anything can happen. But it could not be done without the kind of individuals we had on chi ream. They had what it rakes to be champions. " Those student-ath letes were compri sed of l 7 local San Diego p laye rs. Among chem Mike McCoy, a sli ck

W 16-5

L 1-7 L 3-5

W 13-5

W 6-5 (10)

L 2-7

#15 LONG BEACH ST. L 9-10 (10)

@ Saint Mary's @ Saint Mary's @ Saint Mary's

L 3-6

W 6-5 L 9-13 L 3-21 W 11-5 W7-3 W3-2 L 5-8 L 5- 14 W 14-4 W 14-7 L 5-8 W 7-3 L 4-15 W 5-3 L 3-6 W2- 1 L 3-4 W 13-4

#15 Long Beach St.

GONZAGA GONZAGA GONZAGA

Two time All-WCC player Tom Caple

SAN DIEGO ST.

@ Loyola Marymount @ Loyola Marymount @ Loyola Marymount

fi elding and speed y second baseman, Joe Lima a fifth- yea r senior and ream leader tha t owns USD all-time batting reco rd s in RBI's and doubl es, and a power hit– ting des ig nated h itter named David Bagley. All three sig ned with Major Leag ue reams just five clays after a season ending loss at the NCAA Reg ionals in Mesa, Arizona. Desp ite San Diego's ta lented lineup and the preseason expec tat ion s of a confer– ence crown , the road to the Regiona ls would be filled with potholes. J use seve n games into a g rueling 30-game conference schedu le, USD 's shortstop Ben Quinto shattered his jaw in a co ll ision with teammate Joey Prast. T he near .400 hi tter

PORTLAND PORTLAND PORTLAND

@ Pepperdine* @ Pepperdine* @ Pepperdine* Arizona State#

1-SAT 1-SAT

New Mexico State#

Arizona State# L 1-1 1 *WCC Championship Series (Malibu, Calif.) #NCAA Regionals (Mesa , Arizona)