Murray State becomes 10th regional No. 4 seed to make NCAA baseball super regionals
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UNC baseball's Gavin Gallaher, Tar Heels talk winning Chapel Hill Regional
Following UNC baseball's win vs. Oklahoma in the finale of the Chapel Hill Regional, Gavin Gallaher and the Tar Heels broke down the clincher.
Murray State became the latest regional No. 4 seed in the NCAA baseball tournament to join the super regionals party on Monday.
The Racers, who emerged out of the winner's bracket of the Oxford Regional, fell to No. 10 Ole Miss on Sunday night to force the winner-take-all, if-necessary game for a spot in the super regionals. But it was Murray State who prevailed Monday, becoming only the 10th 4-seed ever to win a regional, according to the ESPN broadcast.
Murray State defeated Ole Miss 12-11 in a barnburner on Monday, holding on despite blowing a 12-3 lead in the seventh inning. The Rebels, runners-up of the SEC tournament, scored eight unanswered runs across the seventh and eighth inning before Murray State threw up a zero in the top of the ninth inning to take the win.
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Murray State joins Evansville (2024), Oral Roberts (2023), South Florida (2021), Davidson (2017), VCU (2015), Charleston (2014), Stony Brook (2012), Fresno State (2008) and Missouri (2006) as No. 4 seeds to win a regional. Of those teams, three made the College World Series: Fresno State, which won the 2008 national championship, Stony Brook and Oral Roberts.
One of the best offenses in college baseball this season, Murray State's bats were hot all weekend in Oxford, Mississippi. The Racers, who rank 16th nationally averaging 8.7 runs per game, scored 42 runs in four regional games.
The win was Murray State's first-ever regional victory, with 2025 marking its fourth-ever NCAA tournament appearance and first since 2003.
NCAA baseball 4 seeds to win regional
Here's the full list of No. 4 seeds to win a regional in the NCAA baseball tournament, according to the ESPN broadcast:
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