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Article: ZOT: IRVINE OFF TO A FAST START.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- May 15, 2002
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Byline: CHRIS COCOLES College Baseball
UC Irvine is competing in its first baseball season since the program was cut 10 years ago. But don't look for the Anteaters at the bottom of the Big West standings.
UC Irvine is not only contending for the title in one of the nation's top conferences but also a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
``I'm not surprised,'' USC coach Mike Gillespie said. ``They've done a great job recruiting and teaching. And they're young. You'll have to see these guys over the next two, three, four years.''
Forget about the future, though John Savage was thinking tomorrow rather than today when he left a comfortable ...