Jared Clark (Cal State Fullerton; Castaic, Calif.) went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, and three RBI Saturday night as the USA Baseball National Team defeated the Czech Republic National Team 8-2 in pool-play action of the 2008 FISU World Championships at Ostrava Field. Team USA improved to 2-0 in FISU pool-play action and 18-0 on its 2008 tour with the victory. Clark was not the only Cal State Fullerton player to shine for Team USA. Josh Fellhauer (Cal State Fullerton; Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) went 3-for-3 with a double, an RBI, two walks, and three runs scored. Clark and Fellhauer spear-headed Team USA's 13-hit attack.

Micah Gibbs' one-out, two-run single started a four-run ninth, and Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State, San Diego) notched 13 strikeouts in a no-decision Friday as the USA Baseball National Team defeated Korea, 5-2, in pool-play action of the FISU World Championships at Ostrava Field. It was the first FISU pool-play game for Team USA, which improved to 17-0 on its 2008 tour. Gibbs (LSU; Pflugerville, Texas) took a strike and then fouled off another before slapping Hee Kwan Yoo's 0-2 offering back up the middle for the game-winning hit. Ryan Jackson (Miami (Fla.); Miami Springs, Fla.) followed with a two-run homer to right-center. Kendal Volz (Baylor, Bulverde, Texas) worked around his own fielding error and a walk against the first two batters in the bottom of the ninth. Korea got an unearned run on a one-out sacrifice fly, but Volz escaped without further damage. On the game's final batter, second baseman Christian Colon (Cal State-Fullerton, Corona, Calif.) made a diving stop on a grounder in the right-field grass; Colon then rolled and threw from the seat of his pants. First baseman Jared Clark (Cal State-Fullerton, Castaic, Calif.) scooped Colon's one-hop throw for the game-ending out.

Jared Clark's leadoff home run in the top of the sixth broke a 1-1 tie, and Kendal Volz (Baylor: Bulverde, Texas) notched his fifth save of the tournament as the USA Baseball National Team defeated Cuba 4-1 Sunday afternoon in the championship game of the 24th Haarlem Baseball Week at Pim Mullier Stadium. Team USA improved to 14-0 on the 2008 tour with the win and finished 7-0 in the Haarlem Baseball Week. The team fielded by Cuba for Haarlem Baseball Week was the same roster minus one player from Cuba's 2006 silver-medal World Baseball Classic and 2004 gold-medal Athens Olympic Games teams. It also is the same team that will compete in the Games of the 29th Olympiad next month in Beijing. Sunday's victory marked the first time in recorded history that a United States Collegiate National Team has defeated the Cuba Olympic Team in a tournament title game. Furthermore, it was Team USA's second win over Cuba in an eight-day span after a 1-0 victory last Sunday.

Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton; Corona, Calif.) drew a bases-loaded walk to snap a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning as the USA Baseball National Team rallied to a 3-1 victory over Chinese-Taipei in Friday's pool-play action at the 2008 Haarlem Baseball Week at Pim Mullier Stadium. Team USA improved to 12-0 on the 2008 tour with the win. Friday's victory also concluded pool play for Team USA, which posted a 5-0 record in the round-robin portion of the event. The U.S. squad will be the top seed in the tournament portion of the event and will play either the Netherlands or Chinese-Taipei in a semifinal game Saturday at 1 p.m. EDT.

Left fielder Cal-State Fullerton Josh Fellhauer's RBI fielder's choice in the 10th inning secured a 2-1 for Team USA over the Netherlands on Wednesday. They also got two hits from Georgia Tech DH Derek Dietrich. On the mound, Pepperdine right-hander Brett Hunter threw 6.1 innings of three hit ball with no earned runs and eight strikeouts. However, he did walk four batters. Missouri right-hander Kyle Gibson came on in relief and pitched 2.1 innings of shutout ball with two strikeouts.

Team USA improved to 10-0 with a 11-0 win over Netherlands Antilles on Tuesday. Cal-State Fullerton LF Josh Fellhauer, Cal-State Fullerton INF Christian Colon, LSU C Micah Gibbs, and California RF Blake Smith each had two hits. Fellhauer led the charge with three RBI, as well. Team USA is back in action again on Wednesday against the Netherlands.

Vanderbilt left-handed pitcher Mike Minor went 6.1 innings of four hit, shutout ball as Team USA beat Cuba 1-0. Missouri right-hander Kyle Gibson came on in relief and threw a perfect inning with two strikeouts. Their next game will be on Tuesday, July 8 against the Netherlands' Antilles.