2010 UCLA Bruins baseball team

2010 UCLA Bruins baseball
UCLA logo written in blue and gold script
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
Record51-17 (18-9 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rick Vanderhook (2nd season)
  • P.C. Shaw (4th season)
  • Steve Pearse (2nd season)
Home stadiumJackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 20 7   .741 52 10   .839
No. 2 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 18 9   .667 51 16   .761
Washington State  ‍‍‍y 15 12   .556 37 22   .627
Stanford  ‍‍‍y 14 13   .519 31 25   .554
Oregon  ‍‍‍y 13 14   .481 40 24   .625
California  ‍‍‍y 13 14   .481 29 25   .537
Arizona  ‍‍‍y 12 15   .444 34 24   .586
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y 12 15   .444 32 24   .571
Washington  ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 28 28   .500
USC  ‍‍‍ 7 20   .259 28 32   .467
‡ – Pac-10 Conference champion
y – Invited to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of December 16, 2010
Rankings from Coaches' Poll[1]


The 2010 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. UCLA finished the regular season as the #2 team in the Pacific-10 Conference behind the Arizona State Sun Devils. The UCLA Bruins were selected to play in the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament as the #1 seed in the Los Angeles, CA Regional and the #6 national seed. UCLA went 5–1 in the Regionals and beat UC Irvine in the finals to advance to the Super Regionals. The Bruins beat the Cal State Fullerton Titans in three games to win the Los Angeles Super Regional and advance to the 2010 College World Series.

Before the 2010 College World Series, the Bruins had never won a single game in the CWS. The team broke that 0–4 all time CWS record by defeating the #3 ranked Florida Gators in the first round, 11 to 3. The 2010 baseball team improved on their first ever CWS win by beating TCU 6 to 3 in the second round. Due to the double elimination format of the CWS, UCLA played TCU again in the semifinals. After losing the first game 6 to 2, the Bruins advanced to the Championship Series by defeating TCU 10 to 3 in the decisive second game.[2] The South Carolina Gamecocks became the 2010 national champions after beating UCLA in two consecutive games, 7–1 and 2–1.[3][4]