2007 Chapel Hill Super Regional

(capsules compiled by Jamie Learakos, Stuart Smith, Scott Day, Sean Ryan, Phil Stanton)

3. North Carolina Tar Heels

Chapel Hill, N.C.

Automatic bid from ACC

Won Chapel Hill Regional

2007 record: 21-9, 51-12 (first in ACC-Coastal)

Coach: Mike Fox (North Carolina, 1978)

Record at school: 392-172-1, 9 years

Overall record: 931-313-5 24 years

Assistant coaches: Chad Holbrook, Scott Forbes, Jason Howell

Team offense: .320 BA, 453 R, 64 HR, .484 SLG, .390 OBA, 42/63 SB

Team pitching: 3.17 ERA, 542.0 IP, 485 H, 227 BB, 450 K

Top hitters: Dustin Ackley (.437/7/63), Tim Fedroff (.359/4/33), Tim Federowicz (.349/4/48), Josh Horton (.329/8/43), Reid Fronk (.322/11/50), Kyle Seager (.309/2/25), Seth Williams (.288/8/36)

Top pitchers: Adam Warren (10-0, 2.09, 60.1 IP, 50 H, 24 BB, 43 K), Robert Woodard (9-2, 3.29, 90.1 IP, 91 H, 22 BB, 68 K), Alex White (6-4, 3.35, 83.1 IP, 73 H, 41 BB, 77 K), Luke Putkonen (7-1, 4.23, 66.0 IP, 69 H, 20 BB, 48 K), Andrew Carignan (1-1, 1.20, 45.0 IP, 29 H, 19 BB, 54 K, 13 SV), Matt Danford(5-0, 2.45, 44.0 IP, 35 H, 21 BB, 33 K)

Last time in tournament: 2006 (3-0 Chapel Hill Regional, 2-0 Tuscaloosa Super Regional, 4-2 College World Series)

Notes: After finishing second at the 2006 College World Series, the Tar Heels have continued their winning ways. Finishing the regular season with the second-best record in the league, the Tar Heels entered the ACC Tournament looking to end a drought of ACC Tournament wins. UNC won the tournament with a victory over Wake Forest, 3-2. The Tar Heels have won 16 of their last 19 games, including a sweep of Maryland. UNC went 9-3 against ranked teams during that time. They went into the ACC Tournament ranked fourth in the nation.

South Carolina Gamecocks
Columbia, S.C.

At-large bid from SEC

Won Columbia, S.C. Regional

2007 record: 17-13, 45-18 (second in SEC-East)

Coach: Ray Tanner (N.C. State, 1980)

Record at school: 499-218, 11 years

Overall record: 894-391, 20 years

Assistant coaches: Jim Toman, Mark Calvi, Monte Lee

Team offense - .300 BA, 470 R, 104 HR, .510 SLG%, .391 OB%, 48/62 SB

Team pitching - 3.79 ERA, 544.1 IP, 488 H, 221 BB, 568 SO

Top hitters – James Darnell (.338/18/60), Phil Disher (.335/14/56/15 2B), Travis Jones (.326/18/63/15 HBP), Trent Kline (.311/5/37/18 2B), Justin Smoak (.304/18/65/14 2B), Andrew Crisp (.292/7/24), Harley Lail (.282/4/25/10 SB)

Top pitchers – Curtis Johnson (0-2, 2 saves, 2.86, 34.2 IP, 23 H, 14 BB, 48 K), Arik Hempy (5-3, 2.87, 53.1 IP, 45 H, 25 BB, 55 K), Jeff Jeffords (6-1, 4 saves, 2.96, 45.2 IP, 28 H, 17 BB, 56 K), Harris Honeycutt (7-5, 1 save, 3.78, 83.1 IP, 72 H, 38 BB, 97 K), Mike Cisco (6-2, 3.91, 78.1 IP, 73 H, 15 BB, 68 K), Blake Cooper (7-2, 4.53, 59.2 IP, 65 H, 23 BB, 44 K)

Last NCAA appearance - 2006 (won Charlottesville Regional, 1-2 at Athens Super Regional)

Notes – South Carolina is going to the NCAA Tournament for the eighth straight season and the ninth time under Ray Tanner. The Gamecocks have gone to the College World Series in three of the past five seasons. The Gamecocks have hosted a regional in five of the past eight years and 11 total times. Adam and Andrew Crisp are twin brothers. The Gamecocks have four players with double-figure home runs. USC has hit 104 home runs, compared to 36 by its opponents.