OMAHA, Neb. — It's down to two in Omaha for the National Championship. Coastal Carolina Baseball faces LSU Saturday in the opening game of the best-of-three Men's College World Series Championship Final at 7 p.m. ET Saturday 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 once previously — in the 2016 NCAA Super Regional — when Coastal swept a two-game series over LSU in Alex Box Stadium.
Entering the series, the Chants have the most wins in the country (56) and the nation's longest active winning streak (26 games).
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| Saturday, June 21 |
7 p.m. ET |
Charles Schwab Field Omaha |
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13 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
• Overall: 56-11
• Conference: 26-4
• HC: Kevin Schnall
• REC (YR): 56-11 (1st)
6 LSU Tigers
• Overall: 51-15
• Conference: 19-11
• HC: Jay Johnson
• REC (YR): 505-249 (13th)
STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS
- Coastal Carolina is 46-44 all-time in 21 NCAA Tournament appearances, including an 8-0 mark under head coach Kevin Schnall.
- Coastal Carolina leads all teams at the 2025 MCWS with 24 runs scored and is second with a 3.00 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 (.326, .459 OBP) — finalist for the Buster Posey Award, Gold Glover and PG Second-Team All-American, OF Dean Mihos (.324, .434 SLG) and LF Sebastian Alexander (.314, 10 HR, 27 SB) lead a lineup that has slugged 66 home runs and tallied 455 RBIs.
- Starters Morrison, Riley Eikhoff and Cameron Flukey have combined to go 27-3 with 282 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, 2.47 ERA, 50 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.
