NCAA All-Regional Team - Tallahassee
C Jason Jaramillo Oklahoma State (tie)
Drew Butera UCF
1B Ryne Malone Florida State
2B Bryan Zech Florida State
3B Marshall Berhard UCF
SS Stephen Drew Florida State
OF Dee Brown UCF
OF Matt Sauls Florida State
OF Keanon Simon Oklahoma State
P Rhett James Florida State
P Matt Fox UCF
DH Kevin Richmond UCF
MVP Bryan Zech Florida State(tie)
Stephen Drew Florida State
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Post-game quotes
June 6, 2004
Florida State Head Coach Mike Martin
"Playing three games in 24 hours, the second game obviously just got out of control where they were with their pitching staff and everybody else would have been in that situation, we were able to take advantage of it with some very good hitting. I felt that (Brian) Schultz did an outstanding job today. The freshman certainly didn't pitch like a freshman. We're all so excited about tomorrow for these guys. We know that our goal has not yet been accomplished, but this is one of the most satisfying moments of my 25 years."
"The challenge that the young men took on when we lost a very key member of our team the first day of class (No. 1 Pitcher - Marc LaMacchia) and we lost another key member during the month of May when we lost Hunter (Jones) and we loss this guy (Stephen Drew) for three weeks during the season and just to see the group play like we have the last six weeks is a credit to these guys, but it is also a credit to the other 22 guys and Jamie Shouppe, Mike Martin Jr. and Mike Futrell. That's always the challenge when adversity strikes, being able to overcome it and these young men did a great job of it."
Florida State SS Stephen Drew:
"Obviously our mindset was to win the game. Me, Zech and Sauls have been here at least two years now and the other teammates on the team and we've got new guys and as the leaders on the team we're trying to pull
everyone together and play as hard as we can, just like in the ACC and you have to give credit to our entire team and the pitching staff and our coaches for the way we've been playing. Hopefully we can go off to the Super Regional and pull off a few more victories. I've been here three years now and not once have we been to Omaha so hopefully the third time is the charm."
Florida State 2B Bryan Zech
"Everyone was pretty ticked off that we lost that first game and we put it behind us. A loss is a loss. We put it behind us right away and went on from there."
On Gibbs Chapman's catch in the bottom of the third:
"That was really big for us, that's what we needed. Diving catches and great plays will pick your team up all the time. We came up that next inning got on top and rolled from there."
