OMAHA — Coastal Carolina Baseball starts its quest for a second NCAA MCWS Championship on Friday, June 13 at 2 p.m. ET inside Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. The No. 13 national seeded Chanticleers (53-11) and Wildcats (44-19) are familiar Omaha foes, facing off in the 2016 MCWS Championship Series. Coastal won two games out of three to claim the 2016 National Championship.
The game will be televised by ESPN, air on the Chanticleer Sports Network and will be available on the Chanticleer Mobile App. Entering the MCWS, the Chants have the most wins in the country (53) and the nation's longest active winning streak (23 games).
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| Friday, June 13 |
2 p.m. ET |
Charles Schwab Field Omaha |
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Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
• Overall: 53-11
• Conference: 26-4
• HC: Kevin Schnall
• REC (YR): 53-11 (1ST)
Arizona Wildcats
• Overall: 44-19
• Conference: 18-12
• HC: Chip Hale
• REC (YR): 152-93 (4TH)
STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS
- Coastal Carolina is back in the MCWS after nine years.
- Coastal Carolina ranks among the national leaders in both pitching and hitting with a team ERA of 3.23 and a slash line of .290 /.410 /.451 and has outscored opponents 482-227.
- HC Kevin Schnall was named Sun Belt Coach of the Year and Perfect Game Coach of the Year.
- Jacob Morrison is 11-0, a First-Team All-Region selection, the NCBWA District 4 Player of the Year and a finalist for the National Pitcher of the Year Award.
- C Caden Bodine (.332, .466 OBP) — finalist for the Buster Posey Award and a PG Second-Team All-American, 1B Colby Thorndyke (.307, 40 RBI) and LF Sebastian Alexander (.320, 10 HR, 27 SB) lead a lineup that has slugged 66 home runs and tallied 433 RBIs.
- Starters Morrison, Riley Eikhoff and Cameron Flukey have combined to go 24-3 with 254 strikeouts and two complete games.
- The Chanticleers' bullpen has plenty of arms — no pitcher that has thrown at least 20 innings has an ERA higher than 3.51, led by closer Ryan Lynch (2-1, 8 SV, 30.2 IP, 0.59 ERA, 34 Ks).
HOW THE MEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES WORKS ...
- The MCWS runs from June 13-22/23 in Omaha ... eight teams play a double-elimination first round in two four-team brackets ... the winners of the two brackets will play a best-of-three MCWS Finals, with the first game set for Saturday, June 21 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
