Horned Frogs take on the 3-seed Southern California to open the. Corvallis Regional
NCAA Tournament, Corvallis Regional, Game 1: vs USC TROJANS
MAY 30 | GOSS STADIUM | CORVALLIS, OR | 2:00 PM CT
TV: ESPN U / ESPN+
Online Streaming: WATCHESPN / ESPN APP
Radio: KTCU 88.7 FM/Varsity App
GAME NOTES
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU advanced to the Big 12 Championship game but ultimately lost in extra innings to Arizona
• TCU finished the regular 9-4 in weekend series and 7-3 in Big 12 series. They tallied two series sweeps (Kansas, BYU) and did not get swept.
• TCU, 25-12 in its last 34 games, boasted a No. 17 in the final RPI which was the highest ranking in the Big 12.
• TCU’s strength of schedule was 14th nationally, while its non-conference SOS was 18th.
• TCU is third in the league with a .300 average, first in ERA at 4.24 and sixth with a .975 fielding percentage.
• TCU’s 66 home runs on the season are the most since the 2023 season and tied for the ninth most in school history.
• TCU is tied for second nationally with 29 triples.
• Sawyer Strosnider leads the nation with a school-record 10 triples.
SERIES HISTORY
• TCU and USC will be meeting for the 13th time in program history.
• TCU leads the all-time series 7-5.
• Friday’s meeting will be the fourth at a neutral venue.
• The series began with a USC 8-3 win in Round Rock on March 8, 2002.
• The Horned Frogs went 2-0 (W 9-8 in 11 innings and 9-5) against the Trojans in 2024 at the Kubota College Classic played at Globe Life Field in Arlington.
• TCU and Oregon State have met five times previously with TCU holding a slim 3-2 series lead.
• Three of the five meetings have come in the NCAA Tournament.
• Oregon State and TCU split a doubleheader in Fort Worth in 1993.
• TCU and Saint Mary’s have never met on the diamond.
NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTABLES
• TCU earned its 11th automatic bid in program history, having done so in 2004, 2006, 2007 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021 and 2023.
• TCU is playing in its first-ever NCAA Regional on the West Coast.
• TCU is making its 20th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and ninth since Kirk Saarloos’ arrival on campus.
• TCU is one of 13 programs nationally to have appeared in 18 of the last 21 NCAA Tournaments.
• The Frogs will be a two seed for the sixth time (2005, 2007, 2012, 2022 and 2023).
• TCU has been a one-seed eight times (2009-11, 2014-17 and 2021), a three-seed three times (2004, 2008, 2019) and a four seed once (2006).
• The Frogs have played in a Regional in Tucson, Ariz. (1956), Austin, Texas (2004), Waco, Texas (2005), Norman, Okla. (2006), Houston (Rice), Texas (2007), Stillwater, Okla. (1994, 2008), College Station, Texas (2012, 2022) and Fayetteville, Ark. (2019, 2023).
• The Frogs are 39-24 all-time in the NCAA Regionals.
• In postseason play, TCU is 65-44 (.596) all-time.
• TCU has won eight NCAA Regionals in program history – 2009, ‘10, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16 and ‘17 Fort Worth Regional as well as the 2012 College Station Regional and the 2023 Fayetteville Regional.
• TCU is 4-11 in road NCAA Regional games and 14-8 in neutral NCAA Regional games.
• TCU and USA are meeting in the postseason for the first time.
• TCU is 2-1 against Oregon State in the postseason.
•All three meetings with the Beavers have come in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional (2-0 in 2009; 0-1 in 2021).
• TCU and Saint Mary’s have never met in the postseason.