had to do it all in one day. The Tribe won all three, including two extra inning games and a sweep of Georgia Tech, to get back to their sixth WCWS.

GOTTA BE STRONG IN THE LOW POST (SEASON)

Despite the loss to Cal in a winner’s bracket game Friday, senior hurler Leslie Malerich continues to be a dominant force in the NCAA Tournament and her ERA in the postseason is remarkably low. Malerich’s loss to the Golden Bears was her first in NCAA play this year but she still has a sparkling ERA of 0.73 in seven Regional and College World Series games. She has pitched 48 of FSU’s 53 innings and allowed just five earned runs.

BRINGING IT WITH RUNNERS ON

Malerich has had a wonderful postseason and despite givingup 45 hits in 48 innings, there is a good reason she is 5-1 with a miniscule 0.73 ERA. The Merrillville, IN native really bears down when runners get on base against her. Teams are hitting just .191 with runners on base versus the senior hurler. That is 22 points lower than her season average when teams hit .213 against her with runners on.

300 CLUB

With her seven innings of work against Cal Friday, Malerich has now pitched 303.1 innings in 2002. This is the second time in her illustrious career that the Merrillville, IN native has surpassed 300 innings in one season. As a sophomore in 2000, she became just the second player in Florida State history to throw 300 or more innings pitching 323. She is the