2006 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

2006 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
NCAA Fullerton Super Regional champions NCAA Fullerton Regional champions Big West Conference champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	50–15 (18–3 Big West)
Head coach	George Horton (10th year)
Home stadium	Goodwin Field
Seasons

2006 Big West Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Cal State Fullerton  ‍†‍‍^y	18	–	3		.857			50	–	15		.769
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			29	–	27		.518
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍^y	11	–	10		.524			36	–	24		.600
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍	10	–	11		.476			29	–	27		.518
Pacific  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			30	–	25		.545
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			29	–	25		.537
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			26	–	28		.481
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍	6	–	15		.286			26	–	30		.464
UC Davis  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			18	–	34		.346
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2006[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2006 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton in the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Goodwin Field, and played as part of the Big West Conference. The team was coached by George Horton in his tenth season as head coach at Cal State Fullerton.

The Titans reached the College World Series, their fourteenth appearance in Omaha, where they finished in fourth place after winning a game each against Georgia Tech and Clemson and losing a pair of games, one in the opening round and one in the semifinal, to eventual runner-up North Carolina.

Personnel

Roster

2006 Cal State Fullerton Titans roster[2]
	Pitchers 10 - Jared Clark - Sophomore 18 - Dave Pherrin - Senior 22 - Jeff Soulages - Sophomore 24 - Wes Roemer - Sophomore 26 - Chris Jones - Sophomore 30 - Cory Arbiso - Freshman 31 - Adam Jorgenson - Sophomore 33 - Nolan Bruyninckx - Junior 34 - Lauren Gagnier - Junior 36 - Justin Klipp - Junior 38 - Dustin Miller - Senior 40 - Mike Anderson - Freshman 45 - Brian Stevens - Sophomore 50 - John Estes - Senior 51 - Ryan Paul - Junior 52 - Sean Urena - Freshman 53 - Vinnie Pestano - Junior		Catchers 5 - Cory Vanderhook - Senior 23 - Dustin Garneau - Freshman 32 - Jon Wilhite - Sophomore 35 - John Curtis - Junior 43 - Eric Echevarria - Senior 46 - Billy Marcoe - Freshman Outfielders 1 - Joe Turgeon - Senior 4 - Clark Hardman - Sophomore 13 - Matthew Fahey - Freshman 20 - Brandon Tripp - Junior 27 - Danny Dorn - Senior 37 - Dennis Gerbasi - Freshman		Infielders 2 - Justin Turner - Senior 3 - Blake Davis - Junior 9 - Brett Pill - Junior 15 - Bryan Harris - Junior 17 - David Cooper - Freshman 19 - Evan McArthur - Junior 25 - Justin McClure - Junior 41 - Joe Scott - Freshman 42 - Billy Pinkerton - Freshman

Coaches

2006 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball coaching staff[2]
8 - George Horton - Head Coach - 10th Season 6 - Jason Gill - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator - 2nd Season 28 - Rick Vanderhook - Assistant Coach - 20th Season 12 - Ted Silva - Assistant Coach - 2nd Season

Schedule and results

Legend
	Cal State Fullerton win
	Cal State Fullerton loss

2006 Cal State Fullerton Titans Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Feb 3 at Stanford* No. 5 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 1–2 0–1 Feb 4 at Stanford* No. 5 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 5–6^10 0–2 Feb 5 at Stanford* No. 5 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–6 0–3 Feb 10 UNLV* No. 9 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–1 1–3 Feb 11 UNLV* No. 9 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 13–4 2–3 Feb 12 UNLV* No. 9 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 3–1 3–3 Feb 17 at UC Irvine* No. 9 Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA W 13–7 4–3 Feb 18 UC Irvine* No. 9 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–2 5–3 Feb 19 UC Irvine* No. 9 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 4–7 5–4 Feb 24 at UCLA* No. 9 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 7–2 6–4 Feb 25 UCLA* No. 9 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 3–1 7–4 Feb 26 UCLA* No. 9 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 12–6 8–4 Feb 28 at No. 12 Pepperdine* No. 7 Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA W 5–0 9–4
March Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Mar 3 at No. 4 Rice* No. 7 Reckling Park • Houston, TX L 2–3^10 9–5 Mar 4 at No. 4 Rice* No. 7 Reckling Park • Houston, TX L 2–6 9–6 Mar 5 at No. 4 Rice* No. 7 Reckling Park • Houston, TX W 15–4 10–6 Mar 7 San Diego State* No. 7 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 10–5 11–6 Mar 10 East Carolina* No. 7 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 5–0 12–6 Mar 11 East Carolina* No. 7 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 8–0 13–6 Mar 12 East Carolina* No. 7 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 8–1 14–6 Mar 17 at Arizona* No. 7 Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6–4 15–6 Mar 18 at Arizona* No. 7 Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–3 16–6 Mar 19 at Arizona* No. 7 Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5–3 17–6 Mar 21 No. 21 Pepperdine* No. 4 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 4–7 17–7 Mar 24 Long Beach State* No. 4 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 2–1^11 18–7 Mar 25 Long Beach State* No. 4 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 7–4 19–7 Mar 26 Long Beach State* No. 4 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–2 20–7 Mar 28 at Loyola Marymount* No. 2 George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 8–4 21–7 Mar 31 Cal State Northridge No. 2 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 2–1 22–7 1–0
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record Apr 1 Cal State Northridge No. 2 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–1 23–7 2–0 Apr 2 Cal State Northridge No. 2 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 14–2 24–7 3–0 Apr 7 at UC Irvine No. 1 Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA W 7–0 25–7 4–0 Apr 8 at UC Irvine No. 1 Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA L 0–2 25–8 4–1 Apr 9 at UC Irvine No. 1 Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA W 8–4 26–8 5–1 Apr 13 UC Davis* No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 1–2 26–9 Apr 14 UC Davis* No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 11–2 27–9 Apr 15 UC Davis* No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 8–1 28–9 Apr 18 Loyola Marymount* No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 4–8 28–10 Apr 21 at Pacific No. 1 Klein Family Field • Stockton, CA W 8–1 29–10 6–1 Apr 22 at Pacific No. 1 Klein Family Field • Stockton, CA W 11–1 30–10 7–1 Apr 23 at Pacific No. 1 Klein Family Field • Stockton, CA W 8–4 31–10 8–1 Apr 28 UC Riverside No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA L 7–9^11 31–11 8–2 Apr 29 UC Riverside No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 11–3 32–11 9–2 Apr 30 UC Riverside No. 1 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 11–3 33–11 10–2
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big West Record May 5 at UC Santa Barbara No. 4 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA W 5–3 34–11 11–2 May 6 at UC Santa Barbara No. 4 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA L 2–8 34–12 11–3 May 7 at UC Santa Barbara No. 4 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA W 7–5 35–12 12–3 May 10 USC No. 3 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 7–6 36–12 May 16 at San Diego State* No. 2 Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA L 8–9 36–13 May 19 Cal Poly No. 2 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–4 37–13 13–3 May 20 Cal Poly No. 2 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 3–1 38–13 14–3 May 21 Cal Poly No. 2 Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 1–0 39–13 15–3 May 23 at USC* No. 2 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 7–6 40–13 May 26 at Long Beach State No. 2 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 2–0 41–13 16–3 May 27 at Long Beach State No. 2 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 10–2 42–13 17–3 May 28 at Long Beach State No. 2 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 13–3 43–13 18–3
Postseason
NCAA Fullerton Regional Date Opponent Rank/Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record June 2 (4) Saint Louis No. 2 (1) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–1 44–13 1–0 June 3 No. 22 (2) Fresno State No. 2 (1) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–2 45–13 2–0 June 4 No. 22 (2) Fresno State No. 2 (1) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 10–3 46–13 3–0
NCAA Fullerton Super Regional Date Opponent Rank/Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SR Record June 9 No. 18 Missouri No. 2 (5) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 7–1 47–13 1–0 June 10 No. 18 Missouri No. 2 (5) Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–1 48–13 2–0
College World Series Date Opponent Rank/Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 16 No. 5 North Carolina No. 2 (5) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–7 48–14 0–1 June 18 No. 7 (8) Georgia Tech No. 2 (5) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 7–5 49–14 1–1 June 20 No. 3 (1) Clemson No. 2 (5) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 7–6 50–14 2–1 June 21 No. 5 North Carolina No. 2 (5) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–6 50–15 2–2

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
Coaches'		*																			4
Baseball America	5	9	9	9	7	7	7	4	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
Collegiate Baseball^	9	15	12	14	13	14	13	8	6	2	1	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	4
NCBWA†	8	15	12	13	13	16	16	9	8	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2006". boydsworld.com. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
2. 2006 Baseball Roster (PDF). Cal State Fullerton Titans. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
3. 2025 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Cal State Fullerton Titans. p. A113. Retrieved June 2, 2025.