OMAHA — Coastal Carolina Baseball returns to the field at the MCWS, taking on Louisville at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday inside Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
The game will be televised by ESPN, air on the Chanticleer Sports Network and will be available on the Chanticleer Mobile App. The teams have met seven times previously, most recently in the 2002 NCAA Tournament, a 9-1 Chants win in Atlanta. The other six meetings came in Conway where CCU holds a 5-1 edge.
Entering the game, the Chants have the most wins in the country (55) and the nation's longest active winning streak (25 games). A Coastal Carolina win advances the Chants to the MCWS Championship Series..
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| Wednesday, June 18 |
2 p.m. ET |
Charles Schwab Field Omaha |
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Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
• Overall: 55-11
• Conference: 26-4
• HC: Kevin Schnall
• REC (YR): 55-11 (1st)
Louisville Cardinals
• Overall: 42-34
• Conference: 15-15
• HC: Dan McDonnell
• REC (YR): 792-358-1 (19th)
STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS
- Coastal Carolina is 45-44 all-time in 21 NCAA Tournament appearances, including an 8-2 mark in the MCWS and a 7-0 mark under HC Kevin Schnall.
- Coastal Carolina leads all teams at the 2025 MCWS with 13 runs scored and is second with a 2.00 ERA.
- Schnall was named Sun Belt Coach of the Year and Perfect Game Coach of the Year.
- Jacob Morrison is 12-0, a First-Team All-American, the NCBWA District 4 Player of the Year and was a finalist for the National Pitcher of the Year Award.
- C Caden Bodine (.325, .460 OBP) — finalist for the Buster Posey Award and a PG Second-Team All-American, OF Dean Mihos (.326, .427 SLG%) and LF Sebastian Alexander (.316, 10 HR, 27 SB) lead a lineup that has slugged 66 home runs and tallied 444 RBIs.
- Starters Morrison, Riley Eikhoff and Cameron Flukey have combined to go 26-3 with 278 strikeouts and two complete games.
- Coastal's bullpen has plenty of arms — no pitcher that has thrown at least 20 innings has an ERA higher than 3.51, led by Ryan Lynch (9 SV, 0.58 ERA, 35 Ks) and Domenick Carbone (6 SV, 2.54 ERA, 49 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.
