June 4, 2007
NCAA Nashville Regional
Final: Michigan 4 Vanderbilt 3 (10)
Vanderbilt
-Ryan Flaherty ended the season with a 35 game hitting streak; 2nd longest streak in SEC history (1 behind Andy Phillips); ends the season with 104 hits (3rd most hits in a season in school history)
-Pedro Alvarez hit his 40th career home run; ends the season with 105 hits (2nd most in school history)
-David Price had his first loss of the season (11-1); recorded his 194 strikeout of the year (school record); gave up his third homerun of the season (2 in the regionals); first relief appearance of the season
-5th national seed to be eliminated
-Mike Minor made his first appearance out of the bullpen since March 24th at Arkansas
-Finish the season with more strikeouts then innings pitched
-Finish the season with the best record in school history
-Finish the season 6-3 in extra inning games
-Last time both SEC regular season divsion winners failed to advance to the Super Regional was in 1999 (SEC East winner South Carolina didn’t make the tournament; SEC West winner Arkansas lost in the Regionals)
Michigan
-Only team to have a winning record against Vanderbilt this season
-First Super Regional appearance in school history
-Last regional win since 1984 at Mt. Pleasant
-Will play the winner of Oregon State vs Virginia in the Super Regionals
-Alan Oaks 2nd home run of the season; both home runs were pinch hit home runs in the last inning; his other home run was @ Northwestern 4/1/07 in the 9th; first game winning RBI
-Nate Recknagel back to back regional all tournament selections; team leading 12 home runs
-Michael Powers recorded his 4th save; he finished the regional with a win against Vanderbilt (6/2/07) and a save against Vanderbilt (6/4/07); made his 28th appearance (3rd most by a Michigan player in school history); recorded his 4th save of the season
