1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 29 Game 1 Arizona State 11-10 Florida State
May 29 Game 2 Miami ( FL ) 3-1 Long Beach State
May 30 Game 3 LSU 12-10 Southern California
May 30 Game 4 Mississippi State 14-13 Florida
May 31 Game 5 Arizona State 9-2 Miami ( FL )
May 31 Game 6 Long Beach State 7-4 Florida State Florida State eliminated
June 1 Game 7 LSU 10-8 Mississippi State
June 1 Game 8 Southern California 12 - 10 ( 11 innings ) Florida Florida eliminated
June 2 Game 9 Long Beach State 6-3 Miami ( FL ) Miami ( FL ) eliminated
June 2 Game 10 Southern California 7-1 Mississippi State Mississippi State eliminated
June 3 Game 11 Arizona State 14-4 Long Beach State Long Beach State eliminated
June 4 Game 12 Southern California 5-4 LSU
June 5 Game 13 Southern California 7-3 LSU LSU eliminated
June 6 Final Southern California 21-14 Arizona State Southern California wins CWS
College World Series -- Results
The 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fifty-second year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The fifty-second tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Mike Gillespie. The championship was the Trojans' record 12th, but their first since 1978, the last under coach Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was USC second baseman Wes Rachels.