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College World Series Bound: D1 Baseball Super Regional Weekend Recap

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Arkansas Dominates Tennessee in SEC Heavyweight Clash
All eyes were on the Arkansas-Tennessee showdown, which lived up to the hype—if you were a Razorbacks fan. Arkansas swept the series behind dominant pitching and a thunderous lineup.

Game 1 saw Zach Root dazzle with seven innings of two-hit, one-run ball, while Gabe Gaeckle nailed down the final six outs. Despite two solo homers from Tennessee, Ryder Helfrick launched a go-ahead two-run bomb in the fifth—his third straight game with a postseason homer—and Charles Davalan added an insurance RBI in the sixth.

Game 2? Pure Hogs firepower. Davalan homered in the third, and Logan Maxwell blew it wide open with a grand slam in the fourth. He finished 3-for-5 with four RBIs. Cam Kozeal scored on a wild pitch and Brent Iredale added a solo shot to cap the 11-4 win.

Freshman Cole Gibler locked it down, retiring 8 of 10 with four Ks over 2.2 innings. Arkansas closed the year 37-4 at Baum-Walker Stadium and heads to Omaha in peak form.

Odds to Win College Baseball World Series: +200

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Coastal Carolina Wrecks Auburn, Cruises to Omaha
Coastal Carolina didn’t just beat Auburn—they owned the weekend and the headlines. The “Cinderella” label doesn’t cut it anymore. This program has pedigree, pitching, and power—and they showed it all in a statement Super Regional sweep.

In the opener, Cameron Flukey battled through five innings despite lacking his sharpest stuff, surrendering three earned. That didn’t matter. Caden Bodine and Blagen Pado each homered twice—the first time a pair of Chanticleers have done so in a game since 2016. Coastal powered its way to a 7-6 extra-innings win, thanks to Bodine’s heroic 10th-inning solo blast, snapping his homer drought in the biggest moment of the year.

After a lightning delay and a back-and-forth affair, Bodine's bat—and glove—stood out above all.

Game 2? Pure control. Jacob Morrison tossed six innings of one-run ball with six Ks, and Hayden Johnson shut the door with three scoreless innings in relief. Offensively, Walker Mitchell stayed hot, posting a 3-for-5 day and delivering the go-ahead single. Sebastian Alexander led off with two doubles, three hits, two runs, and a walk—setting the tone.

Now riding a 23-game win streak, Coastal Carolina is the hottest team in the nation entering Omaha. Forget underdog. This is a title contender.

Odds to Win College Baseball World Series: +60

Thanks to Just Baseball for the stats, analysis and insights for this slideshow article.
Arizona Roars Back to Eliminate #1 North Carolina
Arizona didn’t just win—they flipped the script in dramatic fashion. The Wildcats went from being humiliated 18-2 in Game 1 to eliminating the top-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels on their own turf.

Game 1 was all UNC. Jake Knapp was dominant—seven innings, two earned, and the Tar Heels blasted four homers in a complete dismantling. But Game 2? Total reversal.

Arizona answered with a gritty 10-8 victory behind six lead changes and relentless offense. Maddox Mihalakis punched the go-ahead two-run single in the seventh. Brendan Summerhill added a vital double, while six Wildcats collected multiple hits. In relief, Tony Pluta tossed 2.1 scoreless innings to notch the win.

Then came the decider. Down 3-1 in the eighth, Andrew Cain led off with a single. Two UNC errors cracked the door, and Mason White kicked it down with a clutch two-run single to take the lead. Julian Tonghini, Casey Hintz, and Pluta shut it down, with Pluta earning save No. 14—a new single-season record for Arizona.

From being on the wrong end of a blowout to dogpiling in Chapel Hill, Chip Hale’s squad is Omaha-bound with serious momentum.

Odds to Win College Baseball World Series: +100

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Louisville Outlasts Miami in an ACC Classic
The Louisville Cardinals and Miami Hurricanes traded blows in a hard-fought Super Regional that needed all three games. It started with dominance and ended in drama.

Game 1 was a Louisville statement. Behind a raucous home crowd, the Cards jumped out early with back-to-back jacks from Garret Pike and Jake Munroe. A Miami throwing error opened the floodgates in the third, leading to a three-run blast—Munroe’s second of the day. He finished 2-for-3 with fiv RBI. On the mound, Patrick Forbes K’d nine in 5.2 innings, navigating through a second-inning jam. The bullpen duo of Brennyn Cutts and Justin West sealed the 8-1 win.

Miami wasn’t done. In Game 2, the Hurricanes surged from a 4-1 deficit, scoring four in the fourth behind timely hits from Jake Kulikowski and freshman Michael Torres. Eddie King Jr. and Munroe homered for Louisville, but Carson Fischer and Brian Walters combined for 5.1 innings of lockdown relief.

Game 3 was pure grit. After falling behind 2-0, the Cards rallied with a Zion Rose RBI double and a Bayram Hot groundout. In the seventh, Munroe singled with two outs and scored on King Jr.’s clutch base knock.

Louisville proved its mettle—and Coach Dan McDonnell reminded the country that they were never underdogs, just underestimated.

Odds to Win College Baseball World Series: +100
Oregon State Survives Florida State in Wild Super Regional
You want fireworks? Oregon State and Florida State delivered one of the best matchups of the postseason.

Game 1 was a comeback classic. Down 4-1 in the ninth, Jacob Krieg tied it with a two-run single, and in the 10th, AJ Singer walked it off with a first-pitch single. Dax Whitney was electric—10 strikeouts in 4.2 innings—and the bullpen trio of Nelson Keljo, AJ Hutcheson, and Kellan Oakes (now 4-0) locked it down.

But Florida State responded. Behind ace Jamie Arnold’s 6.2 innings of one-run ball and nine Ks, the Seminoles forced a Game 3 with a 3-1 win. Clutch two-strike hits from Max Williams and Gage Harrelson swung momentum back. Maison Martinez and Peyton Prescott finished it off—Prescott striking out the side in the ninth.

Then came the blastoff. Oregon State hammered five home runs in Game 3, including back-to-back jacks from Canon Reeder and Carson McEntire in a seven-run first. Trent Caraway crushed a grand slam in the third, while Gavin Turley (HR No. 19) and Tyce Peterson capped a record-setting day.

Despite a late FSU push, Keljo fanned Alex Lodise to clinch the win and send OSU to its eighth College World Series. What. A. Series.

Odds to Win College Baseball World Series: +650
Arkansas Dominates Tennessee in SEC Heavyweight Clash
All eyes were on the Arkansas-Tennessee showdown, which lived up to the hype—if you were a Razorbacks fan. Arkansas swept the series behind dominant pitching and a thunderous lineup.

Game 1 saw Zach Root dazzle with seven innings of two-hit, one-run ball, while Gabe Gaeckle nailed down the final six outs. Despite two solo homers from Tennessee, Ryder Helfrick launched a go-ahead two-run bomb in the fifth—his third straight game with a postseason homer—and Charles Davalan added an insurance RBI in the sixth.

Game 2? Pure Hogs firepower. Davalan homered in the third, and Logan Maxwell blew it wide open with a grand slam in the fourth. He finished 3-for-5 with four RBIs. Cam Kozeal scored on a wild pitch and Brent Iredale added a solo shot to cap the 11-4 win.

Freshman Cole Gibler locked it down, retiring 8 of 10 with four Ks over 2.2 innings. Arkansas closed the year 37-4 at Baum-Walker Stadium and heads to Omaha in peak form.

Odds to Win College Baseball World Series: +200

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Coastal Carolina Wrecks Auburn, Cruises to Omaha
Coastal Carolina didn’t just beat Auburn—they owned the weekend and the headlines. The “Cinderella” label doesn’t cut it anymore. This program has pedigree, pitching, and power—and they showed it all in a statement Super Regional sweep.

In the opener, Cameron Flukey battled through five innings despite lacking his sharpest stuff, surrendering three earned. That didn’t matter. Caden Bodine and Blagen Pado each homered twice—the first time a pair of Chanticleers have done so in a game since 2016. Coastal powered its way to a 7-6 extra-innings win, thanks to Bodine’s heroic 10th-inning solo blast, snapping his homer drought in the biggest moment of the year.

After a lightning delay and a back-and-forth affair, Bodine's bat—and glove—stood out above all.

Game 2? Pure control. Jacob Morrison tossed six innings of one-run ball with six Ks, and Hayden Johnson shut the door with three scoreless innings in relief. Offensively, Walker Mitchell stayed hot, posting a 3-for-5 day and delivering the go-ahead single. Sebastian Alexander led off with two doubles, three hits, two runs, and a walk—setting the tone.

Now riding a 23-game win streak, Coastal Carolina is the hottest team in the nation entering Omaha. Forget underdog. This is a title contender.

Odds to Win College Baseball World Series: +60

Thanks to Just Baseball for the stats, analysis and insights for this slideshow article.

College World Series Bound: D1 Baseball Super Regional Weekend Recap

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