College World Series

After trailing 3-1 in the fifth inning, David LaManna hit a two-run homer for the Fighting Irish to even the score at 3-3 in the seventh. Junior Jack Brannigan ...

Joe Rexrode Junior Jack Brannigan followed LaManna's at-bat with a homer of his own to give Notre Dame a 4-3 lead. Joe Rexrode

Last year's team set the bar high, leading the country in home runs and winning more than 50 games and the SEC Tournament championship. The stellar year ...

Van Horn noted in a press conference before the Razorbacks faced Alabama to close the regular season that there was anger in the fan base. Anything can happen in the NCAA Tournament, and Van Horn and the Razorbacks kept that in mind. "That was basically the motivation; we're not going to lose this year," Slavens said. By the end of the season, the expectation for this year's team was vastly different. Last year's team set the bar high, leading the country in home runs and winning more than 50 games and the SEC Tournament championship. One of the stories of Arkansas baseball's 2022 season has been changing expectations.

“Like coach Jarrett said, it's the last hour on Sunday,” said third baseman Jack Brannigan. “We came in the dugout in the top of seventh and we were talking ...

In the ninth, the Vols got a base runner on with one out and the Irish defense had one final play in them to close it out. Brannigan was the next batter and after he touched a ball that went just foul, he crushed a fastball over the wall in left center to give the Irish the lead. The Irish turned the game on its head in the seventh inning and it got started with a ground-rule double from Carter Putz. LaManna stepped into the box with two outs and took a fastball the other way that cleared the wall in right to tie the game up. With a runner on in the ninth, the Irish turned a 5-4-3 double play to end the game and punch their ticket to Omaha. The Irish tied it up after they manufactured a run across in the top of the second. The Irish hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning to take their first lead of the game and never looked back.

The Rebels have gone a perfect 5-0 in postseason play this year, sweeping action in the Coral Gables Regional and Hattiesburg Super Regional. The team's two ...

Appropriately, the final out of the ninth inning was a pop up to first baseman and team captain Tim Elko who has become one of the biggest stories in college baseball over the last two seasons. Hunter Elliott threw 7.1 innings of scoreless ball as the Rebels shut out Southern Miss for the second straight day in the Hattiesburg Super Regional. A team that was in last place in the SEC West in May put together one of the most improbable runs imaginable to get to this point, and Ole Miss has reached the College World Series for the second time in Mike Bianco's tenure in Oxford and the first time since 2014. The Rebels have gone a perfect 5-0 in postseason play this year, sweeping action in the Coral Gables Regional and Hattiesburg Super Regional. The team’s two wins over Southern Miss in Hattiesburg marked their first two shutouts of the season in 10-0 and 5-0 final scores.

The College World Series field is almost set as 6 of 8 spots were decided over the weekend in the 2022 NCAA baseball tournament. A pair of winner-take-all ...

Three SEC teams have already punched their tickets to the College World Series, but No. 1 overall seed Tennessee is not one of them. A pair of winner-take-all Super Regional games will be played Monday in the Stanford-UConn and Auburn-Oregon State series — both nationally televised — with berths to Omaha, Nebraska, on the line. Get the fastest scores, stats, news, LIVE videos, and more.

For the 11th time in school history, the Razorbacks are headed to Omaha. Arkansas (43-19) punched its ticket to the College World Series in dramatic fashion ...

Stovall led the way with three hits as the Razorbacks racked up 12 base knocks in the win. Peyton Stovall laced his third hit of the afternoon into the right-center field gap to put Hogs on the corners with no outs. Alvarez’ heroics, however, were immediately put into question when Jalen Battles led off the bottom of the ninth with an infield single to the left side.

The Texas Longhorns will compete in the 2022 CWS. What's Twitter saying about the team?

The Longhorns dropped an 8-1 decision to OU May 29. Prior to entering the NCAA baseball tournament, Texas advanced to the championship game in the Big 12 baseball tournament. The Texas baseball team advanced to the College World Series for a second-consecutive year with a Game 3 11-1 win against East Carolina in the Greenville Super Regional of the 2022 NCAA baseball tournament June 12.

The 2022 College World Series field is nearly set. The Super Regionals wrap up Monday, and there was already one big upset in the bracket.

Saturday, June 4 Saturday, June 4 Saturday, June 4 Saturday, June 4 Saturday, June 4 Saturday, June 4 Saturday, June 4 Saturday, June 4 At that point, slates are wiped clean, and it's a best-of-three series to determine the national champion. The super regional, which includes a total of 16 teams, is a best-of-three series format. Here are a few takeaways on that front: Tennessee, the top overall seed, was ousted by unseeded Notre Dame on Sunday. The Fighting Irish are one of six teams to punch their College World Series ticket so far, as they're joined by Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Ole Miss and Texas A&M. The final two spots will be determined Monday night with two win-or-go-home matchups: Stanford vs.

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the Pirates on Sunday. Melendez was a selection of the Marlins in the 2021 MLB Draft, but opted to return to Texas for his junior season. This year marks the 75th overall College World Series and the 72nd time the event will be held in Omaha, Neb. The 2022 College World Series gets underway on Friday, June 17. Who is in the College World Series in 2022? Notre Dame last made the College World Series in 2002, and has yet to win a NCAA championship in baseball. The 2022 College World Series picture is solidifying: Just two teams remain waiting to make it to the eight-team field on Monday, and this year's edition of the

The University of Texas at Omaha. The Texas Longhorns staked their claim to that title once again on Sunday, with an 11-1 victory over East Carolina ...

The Longhorns will await to see when they kick off their Omaha trip with the conclusion of the Super Regionals on Tuesday. Tristan Stevens, already staked to a 4-0 lead, would allow one run in the bottom of the first, in what would a gutsy performance for six innings of one-run baseball and five strikeouts. They would go on to add two more runs on solo home runs from Trey Faltine and Silas Ardoin, eventually securing the 11-1 victory and yet another CWS appearance for Texas. A three-run Skyler Messinger home run and a solo home run from Dylan Campbell saw Texas come all the way back to take a 8-7 lead into the ninth inning and on the verge of a game three. Once again Dylan Campbell would play the hero for Texas, as he would lift a bases loaded walk-off single to the right field wall to force a winner take all game three. The Longhorn offense would pull within one in the eighth inning, as a Silas Ardoin RBI double and Jack O'Dowd RBI groundout made it 8-7 ECU and appeared to completely shift the momentum in Texas' favor.

It'll be a rare appearance in Omaha for the Irish as they'll take on the team who has been there the most all-time...

Literally more than half, incredible. Nobody has appeared in more College World Series than the Texas Longhorns who will be the 75th College World Series and it will be the 38th time Texas has qualified. The stage is officially set for Notre Dame as the Fighting Irish will make their first trip to the College World Series since 2002 and only their third trek to Omaha all-time.

North Carolina's Johnny Castagnozzi (19) reacts as Arkansas celebrates in the background following an NCAA college super regional baseball game in Chapel Hill, ...

The Hogs’ veteran mentor gave him a shot, and McEntire has made the most of it. They play the right way. McEntire, a sophomore, petitioned Van Horn for more playing time late in the season. “I was ready to go. The Razorbacks will be bracketed against the winner of today’s 3 p.m., ESPN2-televised Connecticut-Stanford game in the Hogs’ first game of the College World Series on Saturday. Game times have yet to be announced. They play hard. They keep their mouths shut, and they play how baseball is supposed to be played.” I was excited. “I just knew I needed to do the job to get my team to Omaha,” McEntire said. No doubt coming up short last year was playing on the minds of the Razorbacks when North Carolina took a 3-2 lead in the ninth inning after tying the game 2-2 in the seventh. The Razorbacks (43-19) wrapped the series up in two games after staking a 4-1 victory on Saturday. It’s on to Omaha, Neb. for the Arkansas Razorbacks where the College World Series awaits.

The Longhorns jumped out to an early lead and cruised to an 11-1 over East Carolina.

Travis Sthele pitched two scoreless and hitless innings of relief to keep the lead intact. Murphy Stehly was hit by a pitch and sacrificed to second base before Skyler Messinger drove him in with an RBI single to make the score 4-0. The Pirates got a run back in the bottom of the first but Stevens was able to strand a runner on base. The inning started with three-straight singles from Trey Faltine, Hodo and Kennedy for the first run. Douglas Hodo III started the game with an infield single and stole second base before Eric Kennedy walked. Tristan Stevens made his first start since April 30 and was brilliant, pitching six innings of one-run baseball to keep the Longhorns' season alive.

Omaha. The 2022 College World Series is here, the field is just about set and eight teams will vie for the opportunity to be named best in the nation.

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – No. 9 Texas Baseball defeated No. 8 East Carolina, 11-1, at Clark-LeClair Stadium in the NCAA Greenville Super Regional on Sunday night ...

Travis Sthele pitched two scoreless and hitless innings of relief to keep the lead intact. The Pirates got a run back in the bottom of the first but Stevens was able to strand a runner on base. Murphy Stehly was hit by a pitch and sacrificed to second base before Skyler Messinger drove him in with an RBI single to make the score 4-0. The inning started with three-straight singles from Trey Faltine, Hodo and Kennedy for the first run. Tristan Stevens made his first start since April 30 and was brilliant, pitching six innings of one-run baseball to keep the Longhorns’ season alive. With the delay, Texas completed the win after 12:30 a.m. CT.

Even 57 wins do not necessarily get you a baseball championship, as the Volunteers found out the hard way.

Tennessee is the third straight No. 1 seed not even to make the eight-team World Series, following Arkansas in 2021 and U.C.L.A. in 2019 (the 2020 tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic). The brashness of some of Tennessee’s “maniacs” this year rubbed a few opponents the wrong way. And Tennessee seemed as if it would escape the series when it led, 3-1, in the seventh inning in the decider. But in the opener, Notre Dame hit home runs in each of the first three innings and took a 5-0 lead against the Tennessee ace Blade Tidwell, then hung on to win, 8-6. Blame it on the variance of baseball — or some kind of College World Series curse, if you like. The University of Tennessee was widely heralded as the best college baseball team in a generation.

Notre Dame didn't look the part of a College World Series program when postseason commenced. Irish sure look the part now as one of final eight.

When Jack Brannigan, the next hitter, stepped in and, in Jarrett’s words, “stepped on” a Chase Burns fastball and drove that out as well, it basically drove Notre Dame to Nebraska. Another out to Nebraska. Early Monday morning, earlier than this column was crafted, Notre Dame (40-15) learned of its opening-game opponent in Omaha. Come Friday (time TBD later Monday, but a 1 p.m. start would be sweet), it will be Texas (47-20), which worked through a lengthy weather delay (sound familiar?) to win a super regional at East Carolina in a game that ended just before. Had it backed into a corner and the Volunteers never could scramble out. Notre Dame won now. Forty-nine times this season when Tennessee took the lead into a seventh inning, it left with a win. When Sunday’s score went final, it sent certain shock through the college baseball world. Really, though it shouldn’t have been a surprise. Notre Dame erased a 3-1 deficit late, a time when Tennessee slams shut any door of opportunity on any and all opponents. Get home on a Monday, have just enough time to unpack, do laundry, catch their collective breath on a Tuesday, then leave again on a Wednesday. That last time, Notre Dame set out for Tennessee to play the nation’s No. 1 team, a seemingly unbeatable/untouchable team. Notre Dame didn’t win Sunday’s decisive super-regional game so much as it just took it. Wrestled it away from a team and a fan base that honestly, really didn’t deserve it. One media member mentioned to Jarrett that it sure would be nice if they could do it all again the following week – gather in the Irish lounge, talk baseball, take the next postseason step.

Freshman Jack Findlay threw five shutout innings in relief, and back-to-back home runs in the seventh sparked Notre Dame to a stunning 7-3 victory over No.

Seth Stephenson's RBI single in the bottom of the inning and a run-scoring double in the fifth put Tennessee up 3-1. Notre Dame head coach Link Jarrett touted Tennessee as "the best No. 1 team in any college sport this year" entering the super regional. Luc Lipcius homered in the first to give the Vols a 1-0 lead. Ryan Cole reached first and Coetzee held on a throwing error by Vols third baseman Trey Lipscomb. Kirby Connell replaced Sewell and the runners advanced on a sac bunt by Jared Miller. Putz hit the first pitch he saw for a two-run double and Jack Zyska singled in Putz to cap the scoring. Findlay held the Volunteers in check from there, allowing a single and two walks, while striking out four. Camden Sewell hit Brooks Coetzee with a pitch to open the inning.

Down by two runs with nine outs to go, Notre Dame scored three runs in the seventh and three more in the eighth. David LaManna and Jack Brannigan homered in ...

The overly-adventurous Miller continued on to third and Vols leftfielder Seth Stephenson fired to third for the first out of the inning. When Zyska was up at the plate, (LaManna) came up to me and said, ‘Just take a deep breath. “We knew the last three innings were going to be ours. The Irish tied the game at 1-1 in the second inning on the ultimate in manufactured runs. If they want to talk to you guys and explain what they think, I want them to. Coetzee remained out after the replay was reviewed and nine-hole hitter Spencer Myers lined out to center field on the next pitch to squash the uprising. The Vols went up 2-1 when Jarrett had a quick hook with Simon after his third walk through an inning and a third. Six of Notre Dame’s eight hits came in the last three innings. “On Sunday, we talked about the last hour, whether it’s practice or the last three innings of the game. “I cannot express how tough they are in the last hour of these games. That guy never asked to start, didn’t care, it was just, ‘Coach, let me pitch.’ That’s the philosophy of that staff.” Findlay entered the game in the fifth inning with no outs.

For the majority of game three of the Knoxville Super Regional, it looked like the Irish would be ending their season once again on the brink of making the ...

The season that looked like it was over, will continue with the Irish having a chance to play for a National Championship. More two-out magic for the Irish would continue in the top of the eighth. Jarrett would ride the hot left-handed arm of Findlay through the end of the game, as he continued to put up zero’s against the Volunteer offense.

The Irish came from behind to book only their ticket for only the third time in program history.

Omaha, Nebraska and the College World Series. Notre Dame is in the final eight, and the process from the Regionals and Super Regionals now repeats. Tennessee struck early, scoring on a solo home run in the bottom half of the first inning off of Notre Dame started Liam Simon. Simon was able to hold the Volunteers to only one run though and allow Notre Dame to tie the game in the top half of the second. The score stayed 2-1 until the fifth inning, when Tennessee added one more run off of Rao. Freshman Jack Findlay came into the game for Notre Dame and was able to induce a double play ball to end the inning, again limiting Tennessee to just one run. Jack Zyska followed with a single to bring home Putz and put the Irish up by four runs. After an error allowed Notre Dame to put two runners on base, Carter Putz doubled again to bring them both home and extend the lead to 6-3. Jack Brannigan followed LaManna and crushed a ball to left field for back-to-back home runs and Notre Dame’s first lead of the day.

Sunday's loss was only the Vols fifth at home for the season as the curse of the top seed continues in college baseball.

They went 4-0 to win the SEC tournament and then went 3-0 in their Knoxville regional, outscoring opponents 31-13 in those three games. Notre Dame tacked on three insurance runs in the eighth with a two-RBI double from Carter Putz being the big blow. Notre Dame punches its ticket to the College World Series at Omaha after taking two of three from the Volunteers at the Knoxville Super Regional.

- Both were No. 2 seeds in their NCAA Regionals. - Both were sent to the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament field for Super Regionals. - Both had a two- ...

Join the Irish Breakdown community! - A freshman pitcher also figured prominently in the deciding game three for both teams. Freshman All-American Jack Findlay held the Vols at bay in his second appearance of the weekend. Brian Stavisky did it in 2002 and Carter Putz did it Friday night for this year’s squad. It was just the catcher’s second home run of the season. Notre Dame needed three pitchers to take down the nation’s No. 1 overall seed.

299 Division I baseball teams started the season. The last eight head to Omaha to compete for the national championship.

Game 3 Saturday June 18 TBD The College World series will feature two double elimination tournaments where the last two teams standings will compete in a best-of-three championship series. The 2022 College World Series is set to get started this weekend as eight teams will descend upon Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, NE, with the hopes of hoisting the national championship.

Notre Dame will play the winner of East Carolina and Texas, another Super Regional do-or-die game, in the opening round of the College World Series later this ...

Tennessee is one of five No. 1 overall seeds to lose before Omaha over the past decade. Miami is the last No. 1 overall seed to win the College World Series, doing so in 1999. Get the fastest scores, stats, news, LIVE videos, and more.

The Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels Sunday afternoon, punching their ticket to the College World Series.

After never before meeting on a baseball field, Texas and East Carolina split the first two games in this super regional.

This marks the seventh time that UT has reached the third game of a super regional. Stevens has pitched in 24 games this season, but the sixth-year senior last started on April 30. After never meeting on a baseball field before this weekend, Texas and East Carolina split the first two games in this super regional. Texas then took a 4-0 lead when Skyler Messinger drove in Stehly with a single off of Trey Yesavage. Beal recorded two quick outs and issued a walk on Saturday. The home run was the 32nd of Melendez's season.

One batter later third baseman Jack Brannigan launched a no doubter one batter later to chase Burns from the game and take a 4-3 lead. The Irish then ...

Tennessee’s bats were cooled by a trio of Notre Dame pitchers as Liam Simon allowed two runs in 1.2 innings, and Alex Rao allowed just one run in 2.1 frames. Freshman sensation Chase Burns was cruising through six, allowing just one run but with Carter Putz on base, catcher David Lamanna sent a line drive over the right field wall to even the score and soon after Notre Dame was headed to Omaha. The Irish then capitalized on a Tennessee error in the eighth inning to start another three-run frame that saw two runs score on a Putz double before he was singled in by Jack Zyska.

For the second day in a row, the Hogs got a big-time effort from their starting pitcher. Sophomore Will McEntire was outstanding in the first NCAA Tournament ...

Smith returned in the ninth and allowed a leadoff double to the UNC catcher, Tomas Frick. Smith retired the next two Tar Heels before Patrick Alvarez delivered an RBI single to put UNC in front. Things turned around quickly in the bottom half as Jalen Battles and Peyton Stovall singled to start the inning. The Razorbacks jumped in front with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning. A walk to Chris Lanzilli moved him up to second, but another outstanding defensive play ended the inning as Serretti robbed Robert Moore of a hit and turned it into a 6-3 double play. After a Zack Gregory bunt moved him to scoring position, it appeared Slavens was going to drive him in with a single before Honeycutt made a diving catch in center to end the inning. The Tar Heels put a runner in scoring position for the first time in the sixth inning after a leadoff single by Colby Wilkerson and a walk to Honeycutt. With two outs, McEntire gave way to RHP Kole Ramage, who quickly induced a popup to end the frame and leave two UNC runners stranded. McEntire kept it rolling in the top of the fourth as he worked around a two-out single to keep the score at 0-0. This delay lasted for just under an hour before resuming with one out in the frame. Braydon Webb extended the Arkansas lead with his 15th home run of the season, a solo shot to right-center field to make it 2-0. Alberto Osuna recorded the first hit of the afternoon as he singled to start the second, but McEntire retired the next three Tar Heels in order and collected his first strikeout. But both McEntire and Schaeffer stayed in the game for their respective teams. UNC starter Brandon Schaeffer needed just nine pitches to retire the Hogs in order in the bottom half.

Oklahoma got a two-homer game from Tanner Tredaway and eight Sooners recorded RBIs to dominate No. 4 Virginia Tech, advance to CWS.

After the two-run third, Horton allowed just two base runners the rest of the way before coming out of the game in the seventh. Horton wouldn’t give up much for the rest of his day. Cade Horton, who has pitched well for Oklahoma in the NCAA tournament put together another quality outing and gave the Sooners a shutdown inning after Oklahoma’s three-run fourth.

Thanks to the work of Cade Horton on the mound and Tanner Tredaway at the plate, he Oklahoma Sooners are back in Omaha for the first time in more than a ...

Closer Trevin Michael came in with nobody out in the eighth and mowed the Hokies down. "It's just part of the game. "I just try to do whatever I can do (to help)," Pettis said. "We've all just worked our tail off." "We just wanted to be resilient today," Tredaway said. For us to go back out and score the next inning was really big." "I try to do whatever I can do on defense. And so my plan going in was just to attack and get ahead. "Just hitting good pitches," Tredaway on what worked so well for OU offensively. The Norman native worked six-plus rock solid innings, allowing just two hits and two earned runs while striking out eight. Pettis' contributions went well beyond the home run. And honestly just focus on hitting the target."