MCWS Championship Finals Game 2 Notes: Coastal Carolina vs. LSU
6/22/2025 8:45:00 PM | Baseball
ALSU 5, Coastal Carolina 3 – Time of Game 2:55
Attendance 24,734– 2025 MCWS Attendance Total: 342,676 – Average Attendance: 24,477
Coastal Carolina (56-13, 3-2 MCWS, 0-2 MCWS Championship Finals):
Attendance 24,734– 2025 MCWS Attendance Total: 342,676 – Average Attendance: 24,477
Coastal Carolina (56-13, 3-2 MCWS, 0-2 MCWS Championship Finals):
- Coastal Carolina finished two wins shy of their second MCWS title in as many trips, ending their season with a 56-13 overall record after going 3-2 in the 2025 MCWS and finishing as the MCWS Runner-up.
- Coastal Carolina was making its second appearance in the MCWS Championship Finals and its first since 2016. The Chanticleers are now 2-3 in games in the MCWS Championships Finals, including taking two-of-three from Arizona on the way to the national championship in 2016.
- Making its second appearance (2016, 2025), Coastal Carolina is now 9-4 all-time in the MCWS.
- Coastal Carolina was the ninth team to reach the championship round in each of its first two trips to the MCWS and the first since South Carolina in 1975 and 1977.
- Coastal Carolina was attempting to become the fifth team to win national titles in each of its first two MCWS appearances, but the first in more than six decades. Texas (1949 & 1950), California (1947 & 1957), Minnesota (1956 & 1960) and Michigan (1953 & 1962) all won national championships in their first two MCWS appearances.
- Coastal Carolina was just the second Sun Belt school to make the MCWS, joining Louisiana in 2000 (the Ragin' Cajuns went 2-2). The Chanticleers were members of the Big South Conference when they won the title in 2016; they joined the Sun Belt less than eight hours after hoisting the trophy.
- Coastal Carolina was seeking to become the second Sun Belt school to win a national championship in any sport, and first since Old Dominion's women's basketball team won the national championship in 1985.
- Coastal Carolina lost back-to-back game to end the season after winning 26 straight games from April 25-June 18. It was just the second time this season losing back-to-back games vs. the same opponent (March 22 & 23 at Troy).
- Coastal Carolina was the only remaining team unbeaten in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, before suffering its first loss since April 22, snapping a 26-game win streak on Saturday night. The Chanticleers were seeking to become the first team to finish 10-0 in the NCAA Tournament since UCLA went 10-0 en route to the title in 2013.
- Coastal Carolina moved to 46-46 all-time in 21 NCAA Tournament appearances, including an 8-2 mark under head coach Kevin Schnall.
- Coastal Carolina had its national-leading 26-game win streak snapped on Saturday in a 1-0 loss to LSU. The loss marked the Chanticleers first loss since dropping a 4-2 decision to College of Charleston on April 22. Coastal Carolina's 26-game winning streak was the fourth-longest winning streak in DI in the last five years.
- Coastal Carolina's 26-game winning streak was easily the longest winning streak entering the championship round of the MCWS, surpassing the 18-game win streak USC carried into the MCWS Championship Finals in 1948.
- The Chanticleers 23-game winning streak entering the MCWS was the longest winning streak entering the event in Division I history. Both teams to enter the MCWS on 20-game winning streak failed to win the national championship (Oregon State entered the 2017 MCWS on a 21-game win streak, before being eliminated after losing twice to LSU).
- The Chanticleers are now 9-6 all-time inside Charles Schwab Field Omaha including two non-conference regular-season games at Creighton in 2024.
- Coastal Carolina dropped to 2-2 all-time against LSU, with both wins coming in a two-game sweep of the Tigers in Baton Rouge in the 2016 Super Regionals while on the way to the program's first national championship.
- Coastal Carolina fell to 2-3 against LSU head coach Jay Johnson, who coached Arizona during the MCWS Championship Series in 2016.
- Despite tonight's loss, Coastal Carolina owned a nation-leading 56 wins this season. The Chanticleers 56 wins were its most in in a single season in program history. The Chanticleers previous record was 55 wins, set in 2010 and matched during their national championship run in 2016.
- Head coach Kevin Schnall was the seventh head coach to lead his first team at a school to Omaha since the NCAA Tournament expanded in 1999 and the first since Jim Schlossnagle guided Texas A&M to the MCWS in 2022.
- Kevin Schnall was believed to be the fourth head coach to lead his team to the MCWS in his first year as a college head coach, joining Louisville's Dan McDonnell (2007), Florida State's Mike Martin (1980) and Texas' Cliff Gustafson (1968), and last Friday's victory over Louisville made him the only one of those four to win his Omaha debut. That would make Schnall the only first-year head coach to ever win his first eight NCAA Tournament games.
- Kevin Schnall was the sixth head coach to reach the MCWS Championship Finals in his first season with a school and the first since Jay Johnson brought Arizona to Omaha in 2016. None of the previous five coaches won the national championship.
- Kevin Schnall's 56 wins this season were the most in Division I history by a rookie head coach. Only CSUN's Mike Batesole (52 wins in 1996) and Florida State's Mike Martin (51 wins in 1980) also won 50 or more.
- Coastal Carolina was not ranked in the preseason polls by D1Baseball, Baseball America, NCBWA or USA Today and were 23rd by Perfect Game.
- Head Coach Kevin Schnall was ejected in the bottom of the first inning, becoming the first head coach to be ejected from a MCWS game since Louisville's Dan McDonnell in 2017 vs. TCU.
- Coastal Carolina's first base coach Matt Schilling was also ejected in the first inning, following the ejection of head coach Kevin Schnall.
- Coastal Carolina outscored teams 67-30 in 10 games during the NCAA Tournament.
- Coastal Carolina led the country with a program record 179 hit-by-pitches this season, including one on Sunday. The Chanticleers 179 hit-by-pitches were the most in a single season in NCAA history, surpassing UC Irvine's 175 hit-by-pitches in 2024.
- Caden Bodine is one of five catchers to bat leadoff in the MCWS since aluminum bats were introduced in 1974, joining Texas A&M's Jackson Appel (2024), Louisville's Kyle Gibson (2014), The Citadel's Larry Hutto (1990) and Minnesota's Tom Jagiela (1977).
- Caden Bodine was named the 2025 NCAA Division I Catcher Rawlings Gold Glove winner this past Wednesday afternoon.
- Caden Bodine threw out his 19th base runner of the season in the top of the eighth inning, collecting his 46th runner caught stealing of his career. Bodine's 46 runners caught stealing matches Natt Beaird (2015-18) for the most runners caught stealing in a career in program history.
- Sebastian Alexander singled in the bottom of the first inning, recording the Chanticleers first hit of the game for the second game in a row. His first inning single extended his team-leading hit streak to nine consecutive games. During the 9-game hit steak, Alexander is hitting .432 (16-of-37) with four doubles, one home run and six RBI.
- Sebastian went 2-for-4 on Sunday, recording his 17th multi-hit game of the season and his fourth of the NCAA Tournament.
- Sebastian Alexander stole second in the top of the first inning, recording his team-leading 28th stolen base of the season. His 28 stolen bases this year are the most by a Chanticleer since Austin White has 34 stolen bases in 2022.
- Coastal Carolina ranked last in the field in home runs this season, entering Omaha with just 66 total home runs. The Chanticleers, however, hit its only two home runs of the MCWS on Sunday. The Chanticleers were the fifth team to reach the MCWS Finals without hitting a home run and the first since 2014 when both Vanderbilt and Virgina did it.
- Today was the first multi-home run game for the Chanticleers in 13 Men's College World Series games.
- Dean Mihos put the Chanticleers on the scoreboard first, blasting his third home run of the season 339-feet into the left field bullpen. He is just the third Coastal Carolina player to homer in a MCWS games, joining Tyler Chadwick vs. TCU in 2016 and G.K. Young vs. Arizona in the 2016 MCWS Finals.
- Dean Mihos went 3-for-4 on Sunday, collecting his fifth three-hit game of the season, his 18th multi-hit game of the year and third multi-hit game of the MCWS. Mihos led the way offensively for the Chanticleers' in Omaha, finishing the series hitting .450 (9-of-20) with a double, triple, home runs and five RBI.
- Coastal Carolina fell to 37-3 when scoring first, which included wins in each of their last 29 games when scoring first, prior to today's loss. The Chanticleers' 37-2 (.949) record when scoring first was the best record in the NCAA this season entering the day.
- Blagen Pado singled in the bottom of the sixth inning, extending his on-base streak to a team-best 19 straight games.
- Wells Sykes launched a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, his fourth home run of the season, 383 feet out to left to cut the Tigers lead down to 5-3.
- Jacob Morrison suffered his first loss of the season, falling to 12-1 this season after allowing a season-high five runs on six hits with two strikeouts in 3.2 innings of work.
- Jacob Morrison's 3.2 innings pitched today marked his shortest start of the season. His previous shortest start was 4.2 innings against Georgia State on April 17.
- Jacob Morrison's five runs allowed on Sunday were a season-high, marking just the fifth time this season Morrison's has allowed three or more runs in a game.
- Jacob Morrison finished the season ranked tied for third in the NCAA with 12 wins.
- Coastal Carolina's three runs in two games were tied for the fourth-fewest by any teams in the MCWS (Mississippi State had 1 run in 2013, South Carolina had 2 runs in 2012, UCLA had 2 runs in 2010 and Florida had 3 runs in 2011).
- Coastal Carolina went 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position in the MCWS Finals after hitting .279 with RISP in its first three games of the MCWS. The Chanticleers' 12 consecutive hitless at-bats with RISP are the most in the NCAA Tournament this season.
- Ryan Lynch threw a scoreless ninth inning. It was his nation-leading 18th straight scoreless appearance and lowered his season ERA to 0.55.
- Designated hitter Dean Mihos was recognized on the MCWS All-Tournament Team.
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