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Louisville baseball ties mark for best College World Series showing in program history
OMAHA, NE. — With an 11-3 loss to Coastal Carolina at the Men's College World Series on Wednesday, Louisville baseball tied its best postseason showing in program history.
The Cardinals made their sixth trip to Omaha for the CWS this month. In five prior appearances, they had never won more than two games. Losing to Coastal Carolina ended Louisville's MCWS run with two victories, one over Arizona and another over Oregon State.
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In 2013 and 2014, U of L went 0-2 in Omaha — first against Indiana and Oregon State then versus Vanderbilt and Texas. In 2007 and 2017, Louisville went 1-2. The Cards beat Mississippi State but fell to Rice and North Carolina on that first trip. In 2017, Louisville beat Texas A&M but lost to Florida and TCU.
U of L's best showing prior to this season came in 2019 when it secured victories over Auburn and Mississippi State but got eliminated by eventual national champion Vanderbilt.
Parity has been a big storyline in postseason baseball this year. Murray State, with a budget less than one-fourth of the size of its next-closest MCWS competitor, made it to Omaha for the first time in school history. No. 1 overall seed Vanderbilt and No. 2 seed Texas didn't survive the regional round.
At U of L, the only player with previous NCAA Tournament experience was senior pitcher Brennyn Cutts, who transferred into the program this season from Indiana State.
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Louisville missed three of the last four NCAA Tournaments before this year's miraculous MCWS run.
Reach college sports enterprise reporter Payton Titus at ptitus@ and follow her on X @petitus25.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Louisville baseball: Dan McDonnell's club ties mark for best CWS run
