LSU baseball meets old Baton Rouge villian in College World Series final
The Tigers face a program on the rise and an old rival from nearly a decade ago in the best-of-three series. They'll need to enact revenge if they want to win their second national championship in three years.
LSU plays Coastal Carolina in the finals, which begin Saturday at 6 PM CT inside Charles Schwab Stadium in Omaha. The Chanticleers defeated Louisville 11-3 to punch their ticket to their second College World Series final.
Coast Carolina's last appearance came in 2016, when it won the program's first national championship. In that same NCAA Tournament, the Chanticleers defeated LSU in back-to-back games during the Baton Rouge Super Regional.
An unseeded team nationally, Coastal Carolina came into Alex Box Stadium and knocked off an LSU squad ranked inside the top-8 in front of one of the most intimidating crowds in the country. The Tigers suffered an 11-8 loss in game one, then in game two, suffered a defeat in walk-off fashion that ended their season.
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Coastal Carolina defeated Florida, TCU and Arizona en route to hoisting the trophy in 2016. Current LSU head coach Jay Johnson held the same role at Arizona at the time.
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