Brett Conine locks down the save in dramatic fashion. (Shotgun Spratling)

Titans Best Rivals to Return to Omaha

LONG BEACH, Calif. — As Cal State Fullerton closer Brett Conine leaned in to get the sign, his twirled Guy Fawkes mustache glistened in the sun. Fawkes had plotted to blow up the House of Lords in London. Conine was plotting to blow up Long Beach State’s College World Series dreams at Blair Field.

Drama.

With Big West rivals Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State squaring off, you knew there was going to be plenty especially in a theatre like the super regionals where a berth to Omaha was on the line. The teams play a similar brand[…]