MCWS
COASTAL CAROLINA BASEBALL 2025
Coastal Carolina had a nation-leading and school record 56 wins, a Sun Belt Conference Championship, Sun Belt Tournament Championship, Conway Regional Championship, Auburn Super Regional Championship and a 3-0 run in Omaha to the Men’s College World Series Championship Final. Over the last quarter of the season, Coastal posted a 26-game winning streak, the fourth-longest winning streak in DI in the last five years.
- School-record and NCAA leading 56 wins.
- Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Champions
- Sun Belt Tournament Champions
- Conway Regional Champions
- Auburn Super Regional Champions
- Men's College World Series Finalist
- National Runner Up
THE 2025 POSTSEASON RUN
CONWAY REGIONAL
Game 1: Coastal Carolina 10, Fairfield 2
Delayed nearly five hours by severe weather, the Chanticleers struck early and never looked back behind seven strong innings from Cameron Flukey (9 K, 3 H). Wells Sykes, Ty Dooley, and Colby Thorndyke each homered.
Started the weekend right #ChantsUp I #Selfless pic.twitter.com/L3H6UWZoML
— Coastal Carolina Baseball (@CoastalBaseball) May 31, 2025
Game 2: Coastal Carolina 18, East Carolina 7
Colby Thorndyke blasted two homers and drove in six runs. Blagen Pado and Sebastian Alexander also went deep. Coastal scored in seven different innings.
What a night #ChantsUp I #Selfless pic.twitter.com/WI3D47EsPH
— Coastal Carolina Baseball (@CoastalBaseball) June 1, 2025
Championship: Coastal Carolina 1, East Carolina 0
Riley Eikhoff tossed 7.1 shutout innings and Dominick Carbone closed a five-hit shutout. Wells Sykes scored the lone run on a sac fly from Alexander.
Not the end of the mission... But we sure did enjoy this one #ChantsUp I #Selfless pic.twitter.com/ontIvsUokZ
— Coastal Carolina Baseball (@CoastalBaseball) June 3, 2025
AUBURN SUPER REGIONAL
Game 1: Coastal Carolina 7, Auburn 6 (10 innings)
Caden Bodine and Blagen Pado each homered twice. Bodine’s 10th-inning blast sealed the win after a late Auburn rally. Ryan Lynch picked up the save.
IT'S BO TIME!!#ChantsUp I #Selfless pic.twitter.com/VUb6cJWOyJ
— Coastal Carolina Baseball (@CoastalBaseball) June 7, 2025
Game 2: Coastal Carolina 4, Auburn 1
Jacob Morrison struck out six in six innings, and Hayden Johnson threw three shutout frames. Walker Mitchell had the go-ahead RBI in the seventh.
THE MOMENT 👏
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 7, 2025
Coastal Carolina is headed back to Omaha for the second time in program history! #RoadToOmaha x 🎥 ESPN2 / @CoastalBaseball pic.twitter.com/9L5cbNCQcR
MEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
It’s more than just a color #ChantsUp I @CoastalBaseball pic.twitter.com/3qBVOhO6fY
— Coastal Carolina Athletics (@GoCCUsports) June 12, 2025
Game 1: Coastal Carolina 7, Arizona 4
Wells Sykes drove in two early runs, and CCU scored three in the eighth to pull away. Flukey earned the win; Carbone picked up the save.
Game 2: Coastal Carolina 6, Oregon State 2
Thorndyke’s 3-run double in the first set the tone. Morrison pitched 7.2 innings of one-run ball. Lynch earned his ninth save.
Game 3: Coastal Carolina 11, Louisville 3
Thorndyke drove in five runs, and Mitchell added two RBIs. Eikhoff picked up the win; the bullpen locked it down for 3.2 shutout frames.
CCU IN OMAHA
Check out our 24-part behind-the-scenes series which covers the Chanticleers run through Omaha from start to finish. Hosted by Sam Weiderhaft and produced by Alex Souza, enjoy a look at the Men's College World Series you won't find anywhere else by GoCCUSports.com.
CCU In Omaha Hub
AWARD WINNERS
- Caden Bodine — Buster Posey Award Winner, Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner, First-Team All-American (D1 Baseball, College Baseball Foundation), Second-Team All-American (Perfect Game), Third-Team All-American (NCBWA), First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference, Sun Belt Tournament Most Outstanding Player and All-Tournament Team, Conway Regional All-Tournament Team.
- Cameron Flukey — Third Team All-American (D1 Baseball), First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference, Sun Belt All-Tournament Team.
- Dean Mihos — NCAA Men's College World Series All-Tournament Team.
- Jacob Morrison — ABCA/Rawlings National Pitcher of the Year, NCBWA District 4 Player of the Year, First-Team All-American (D1 Baseball, ABCA/Rawlings, College Baseball Foundation, NCBWA), Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year, First Team All-Sun Belt Conference.
HEAD COACH KEVIN SCHNALL
In his first year at the helm of the Chanticleers' program, Schnall led Coastal Carolina to a nation-leading and school record 56 wins, a Sun Belt Conference Championship, Sun Belt Tournament Championship, Conway Regional Championship, Auburn Super Regional Championship and a 3-0 run in Omaha to the Men's College World Series Championship Final. Over the last quarter of the season, Coastal posted a 26-game winning streak, the fourth-longest winning streak in DI in the last five years.
Schnall is 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. His 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.
He was named Baseball America's College Coach of the Year, ABCA/ATEC Atlantic Region Coach of the Year, Perfect Game Coach of the Year and Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year.
Postseason Notes
- Colby Thorndyke: 12 RBI in 10 games, hitting .282 with 3 HR
- Dean Mihos: Team-high .429 average in the postseason
- Team batting average: .282 | Team ERA: 3.00
- Pitching staff: 91 strikeouts in 90 innings, 12 double plays turned
- Defensively: .978 fielding percentage, just 8 errors in 10 games
Tournament Snapshot
Record: 8-2
Runs Scored: 61 | Runs Allowed: 31
Team AVG: .282 | ERA: 3.00 | HR: 12
Leaders: Mihos (.429 AVG), Pado (13 H, 3 HR), Thorndyke (15 RBI), Flukey (25 K in 22.0 IP)
