2011 Chapel Hill Regional

1. North Carolina Tar Heels (3)

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

At-large bid from ACC

2011 record: 20-10, 45-14 (third in Coastal Division)

Head coach: Mike Fox (North Carolina, 1978)

Record at school: 583-244-1, 13 years

Overall record: 1,123-385-5, 28 years

Assistant coaches: Scott Forbes, Scott Jackson, Robert Woodard

Team offense: .285 BA, 406 R, 36 HR, .418 SLG%, .393 OB%, 78-99 SB

Team pitching: 3.36 ERA, 527.1 IP, 487 H, 207 BB, 537 K

Top hitters: Colin Moran (.343/9/68/19 2B), Tommy Coyle (.317/2/33/16 2B/17-23 SB), Levi Michael (.313/5/48/14-15 SB), Jesse Wierzbicki (.297/7/38), Jacob Stallings (.276/3/34/14 2B), Ben Bunting (.270/1/32/16-20 SB)

Top pitchers: Patrick Johnson (11-1, 2.56, 91.1 IP, 71 H, 28 BB, 102 K), Kent Emanuel (6-1, 2.88, 81.1 IP, 80 H, 20 BB, 74 K), Chris Munnelly (6-5, 1 SV, 3.99, 65.1 IP, 61 H, 30 BB, 53 K), Greg Holt (7-1, 2 SV, 3.09, 55.1 IP, 49 H, 29 BB, 63 K), Michael Morin (4-2, 8 SV, 4.97, 58 IP, 60 H, 17 BB, 62 K)

Last NCAA appearance: 2010 (2-2 at Norman Regional)

Notes: North Carolina is in the tourney field for the 10th straight year and the 26th overall. The Tar Heels reached the College World Series for four consecutive years, from 2006 to 2009, becoming the first ACC team to reach Omaha in four straight seasons. UNC is 12 -0 at home in regional action since 2006. Junior shortstop Levi Michael, from Welcome, N.C., is expected to be a high pick in the MLB Draft. Freshman Colin Moran is the nephew of former Tar Heel and major leaguer B.J. Surhoff. Moran’s older brother, Brian, played at UNC and is in the Seattle Mariners’ organization. Freshman right-hander Michael Morin was taken in the 40th round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals.

2. FIU Panthers

Miami, Florida

At-large bid from Sun Belt

2011 record: 20-9-1, 40-18-1 (second in Sun Belt)

Head coach: Turtle Thomas (High Point, 1975)

Record at school: 129-102-1, 4 years

Overall record: same

Assistant coaches: Sean Allen, Frank Damas, Scott Pittenger

Team offense: .319, 427 R, 59 HR, .477 SLG%, .404 OB%, 76-107 SB

Team pitching: 3.58, 528 IP, 503 H, 237 BB, 447 K

Top hitters: Pablo Bermudez (.373/4/35/17-25 SB), Jeremy Patton (371/7/53/15 2B), Garrett Wittels (.348/3/39/11-15 SB), Jose Behar (.337/5/31), Yoandy Barroso (.331/1/30), Rudy Flores (.295/8/51/21 2B), Mike Martinez (.295/14/59/15 2B)

Top pitchers: R.J. Fondon (6-5, 2.76, 91.1 IP, 86 H, 27 BB, 53 K), Kyle Fitzpatrick (7-2, 2.83, 60.1 IP, 53 H, 26 BB, 53 K), Phil Haig (9-3, 3.27, 93.2 IP, 87 H, 30 BB, 69 K), Bryam Garcia (3-0, 4 SV, 3.45, 28.2 IP, 29 H, 16 BB, 38 K), Daniel DeSimone (5-2, 4.24, 70 IP, 81 H, 19 BB, 48 K)

Last NCAA appearance: 2010 (0-2 at Coral Gables Regional)

Notes: After missing the NCAA tournament for eight straight seasons, the Panthers are in for the second consecutive year and the 10th time overall. Head coach Turtle Thomas was a catcher for two years at Campbell before playing his final two seasons at High Point. He has made 14 trips to the College World Series with four different teams (Clemson, Miami, LSU, Arizona State). Junior shortstop Garrett Wittels had a 56-game hit streak to finish the 2010 campaign. The streak was snapped by Southeastern Louisiana in the 2011 season opener. FIU reached the Sun Belt championship game, falling 7-6 to UALR. The Panthers led the Sun Belt in both hitting and pitching.

3. James Madison Dukes

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Automatic bid – won Colonial Athletic Association tournament

2011 record: 40-17 (first in CAA)

Head coach: Spanky McFarland (Hillsdale, 1976)

Record at school: 443-347-2, 14 years

Overall record: 619-571-3, 22 years

Assistant coaches: Jay Sullenger, Ted White, Jason Middleton

Team offense: .306 BA, 380 R, 45 HR, .452 SLG%, .392 OB%, 95-126 SB

Team pitching: 5.27 ERA, 467.2 IP, 568 H, 255 BB, 412 K

Top hitters: Jordan Hankins (.361/3/30), Michael Blanchard (.339/1/27/28-33 SB), Reed Harper (.332/4/43), Greg Bachman (.318/7/45), John Hogan (.317/13/62), Rolando Gautier (.295/1/23), Cody Hudson (.293/7/32/18-26 SB)

Top Pitchers: Jeremy Dobbs (9-2, 3.43, 86.2 IP, 84 H, 49 BB, 85 K), Mike Hebert (2-1, 3.63, 2 SV, 39.2 IP, 44 H, 13 BB, 31 K), Jack Snodgrass (.3-6, 3.72, 72.2 IP, 91 H, 24 BB, 64 K), Ryne Harper (6-2, 4.05, 8 SV, 44.1 IP, 52 H, 14 BB, 54 K), Zach Toney (6-2, 4.33, 72.2 IP, 83 H, 46 BB, 67 K)

Last NCAA Appearance: 2008 (1-2 at Raleigh Regional)

Notes: The Dukes return to the Field of 64 for the first time since 2008 and third time in Coach Spanky McFarland's 14 seasons. JMU has won 40 games for the seventh time in school history and first since 2002. JMU brings a nine-game win streak into the tourney. The Dukes hit. And hit. And hit. They lead the country in runs and are second in homers per game, with 1.37 homers a game. David Herbek was a career .331 hitter before batting .374 this year and slugging .701. Catcher Jake Lowery ranks second in the country with 22 homers and is tied for the nation's lead with 83 RBI. The CAA Player of the Year has racked up a whopping 187 total bases and a .796 slugging percentage. As a team, JMU hits up and down the lineup and mixes in plenty of speed (seven players have more than 10 stolen bases, led by Johnny Bladel's 24). Pitching isn't JMU's strong suit, but the Dukes have a 3.22 ERA over their past 15 games. Lefty Sean Tierney is the ace, limiting opponents to a .232 average - he's 10-1 after having an 11.53 ERA last year and missing the year before after injuring his arm in his first appearance of the year vs. UC Irvine. JMU reached the College World Series in 1983.

4. Maine Black Bears

Orono, Maine

Automatic bid – won America East Conference tournament

2011 record: 32-22, 18-6 (second in America East)

Head coach: Steve Trimper (Eastern Connecticut State, 1992)

Record at school: 175-148-2, 6 years

Overall record: 347-322-4, 13 years

Assistant coaches: Jason Spaulding, Billy Cather, Myckie Lugbauer

Team offense: .289 BA, 306 R, 34 HR, .413 SLG%, .363 OB%, 81-98 SB

Team pitching: 4.41 ERA, 450.2 IP, 417 H, 242 BB, 383 K

Top hitters: Justin Leisenheimer (.327/8/25), Joey Martin (.325/4/44/17-21 SB), Michael Fransoso (.317/5/32/17-19 SB), Taylor Lewis (.288/3/27/20-24 SB), Alex Calbick (.286/5/30), Tyler Patzalek (.278/1/28)

Top Pitchers: Shaun Coughlin (3-1, 2.44, 2 SV, 51.2 IP, 38 H, 11 BB, 32 K), Keith Bilodeau (10-2, 2.87, 84.2 IP, 75 H, 34 BB, 77 K), D.J. Voisine (1-1, 3.16, 3 SV, 25.2 IP, 24 H, 9 BB, 16 K), Stephen Perakslis (6-4, 3.63, 67 IP, 57 H, 36 BB, 54 K), Jeffrey Gibbs (7-5, 3.69, 68.1 IP, 53 H, 43 BB, 61 K), A.J. Bazdanes (1-4, 4.66, 67.2 IP, 62 H, 36 BB, 62 K)

Last NCAA Appearance: 2006 (0-2 at Chapel Hill Regional)

Notes: Maine returns to the Field of 64 for the first time since 2006 after rolling through the America East tourney. Coach Steve Trimper has led the Black Bears to their second tourney in his six years. Before Maine, he was the head coach at Manhattan. Trimper is the father of twin girls and coaches twin brothers Justin and Ian Leisenheimer, who both homered in the Black Bears' America East tournament final. Justin Leisenheimer leads Maine in homers and slugging percentage. Michael Fransoso belted 15 doubles and totaled 22 extra-base hits out of his 52 hits. Staff ace Keith Bilodeau owns five of the team's seven complete games and two shutouts. The Black Bears have won 17 of their past 18 games. Their last NCAA tourney game was a 21-19 loss to UNC Wilmington in Chapel Hill. The Black Bears have reached the College World Series seven times, the last in 1986.