2024 Men's College World Series
| 2024 College World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | June 14–24 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha | |||||||||
| MOP | Dylan Dreiling, Tennessee | |||||||||
| Umpires | Scott Cline Mike Morris Kellen Levy David Uyl Grady Smith Jake Uhlenhopp Linus Baker Shawn Rakos | |||||||||
| Broadcast | ||||||||||
| Television | ABC ESPN ESPN2 ESPN+ (United States – English) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Karl Ravech (play-by-play) Mike Monaco (play-by-play) Eduardo Pérez (analyst) Ben McDonald (analyst) Kyle Peterson (analyst) Chris Burke (analyst) Dani Wexelman (reporter) Kris Budden (reporter) | |||||||||
| Radio | NRG Media & Westwood One | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | John Bishop (play-by-play) Gary Sharp (analyst) Connor Happer (reporter) | |||||||||
The 2024 NCAA Men's College World Series[a] was the final stage of the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was scheduled from June 14 through 24 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. This marked the 77th edition of the College World Series and 74th time the event was held in Omaha.
The tournament featured eight teams in two double elimination brackets with the two winners meeting in a best-of-three championship series. With the advancement of Texas A&M and Tennessee to the championship series, a school was assured of winning its first ever College World Series championship, making this the first time a College World Series between two teams with no baseball championships since 2014; of the two, only Tennessee appeared in the championship final, doing so in 1951. The championship final saw Tennessee win its first national championship in program history after losing the first game to Texas A&M and then winning the second and third games.
Background
[edit ]The top four national seeds qualified for the 2024 College World Series, with Arkansas being the highest ranked national seed to be eliminated, losing in their Fayetteville regional. Of the 8 teams in Omaha, 4 come from the SEC (three from the conference's East Division, one from the West Division), and 4 from the ACC (two from its Coastal Division, two from the Atlantic Division). It is the first time since the tournament expanded to eight teams in 1950 that only two conferences were represented in the College World Series.[1] The 2024 MCWS became the first time ever that the first two games were capped with a walk-off hit after Tennessee hit a walk off single to defeat Florida State in Game 2. The following day, history continued as Kentucky hit a walk off homerun to become the third walk off hit in as many games.
Participants
[edit ]| School | Conference | Record (Conf) | Head Coach | Super Regional | Previous MCWS Appearances | Previous MCWS Best Finish | Previous MCWS W–L Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | SEC | 55–12 (22–8) | Tony Vitello | Knoxville | 6 (last: 2023) |
2nd (1951) |
9–12 |
| Florida State | ACC | 47–15 (17–12) | Link Jarrett | Tallahassee | 23 (last: 2019) |
2nd (1970, 1986, 1999) |
30–46 |
| North Carolina | 47–14 (22–8) | Scott Forbes | Chapel Hill | 11 (last: 2018) |
2nd (2006, 2007) |
18–23 | |
| Virginia | 46–15 (18–12) | Brian O'Connor | Charlottesville | 6 (last: 2023) |
1st (2015) |
13–12 | |
| Kentucky | SEC | 45–14 (22–8) | Nick Mingione | Lexington | None | 0–0 | |
| NC State | ACC | 38–21 (18–11) | Elliott Avent | Athens | 3 (last: 2021) |
3rd (1968, 2021) |
5–5 |
| Florida | SEC | 34–28 (13–17) | Kevin O'Sullivan | Clemson | 13 (last: 2023) |
1st (2017) |
25–25 |
| Texas A&M | 49–13 (19–11) | Jim Schlossnagle | College Station | 7 (last: 2022) |
3rd (2022) |
4–14 | |
Bracket
[edit ]Sources:[2] [3] Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only. All times Central.
Game results
[edit ]Sources:[3]
Bracket 1
[edit ]1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 1 No. 4 North Carolina 3–2 No. 12 Virginia Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 23,990
Umpires: HP:Scott Cline
1B: Mike Morris
2B: Kellen Levy
3B: David Uyl
6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 2 No. 1 Tennessee 12–11 No. 8 Florida State Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 25,499
Umpires: HP: Grady Smith
1B: Jake Uhlenhopp
2B: Linus Baker
3B: Shawn Rakos
1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 5 No. 12 Virginia 3–7 No. 8 Florida State Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 29,989
Umpires: HP: Linus Baker
1B: Shawn Rakos
2B: Grady Smith
3B: Jake Uhlenhopp
6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 6 No. 4 North Carolina 1–6 No. 1 Tennessee Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 25,140
Umpires: HP:Kellen Levy
1B: David Uhl
2B: Scott Cline
3B: Mike Morris
1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 9 No. 8 Florida State 9–5 No. 4 North Carolina Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 23,047
Umpires: HP: Mike Morris
1B: Linus Baker
2B: Scott Cline
3B: David Uyl
2:45 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 11 No. 1 Tennessee 7–2 No. 8 Florida State Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 24,696
Umpires: HP: Jake Uhlenhopp
1B: David Uyl
2B: Scott Cline
3B: Shawn Rakos
Bracket 2
[edit ]1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 3 No. 2 Kentucky 5–4 (F/10) No. 10 NC State Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 24,488
Umpires: HP: Mike Morris
1B:Kellen Levy
2B: David Uyl
3B: Scott Cline
10:15 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 4 No. 3 Texas A&M 3–2 Florida Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 25,774
Umpires: HP: Jake Uhlenhopp
1B: Linus Baker
2B: Shawn Rakos
3B: Grady Smith
1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 7 No. 10 NC State 4–5 Florida Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 23,578
Umpires: HP: Shawn Rakos
1B: Grady Smith
2B: Jake Uhlenhopp
3B: Linus Baker
6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 8 No. 2 Kentucky 1–5 No. 3 Texas A&M Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 25,327
Umpires: HP: David Uyl
1B: Scott Cline
2B: Mike Morris
3B: Adam Dowdy
10:00 am CDT (UTC-5)
Game 10 Florida 15–4 No. 2 Kentucky Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 23,687
Umpires: HP: Grady Smith
1B: Adam Dowdy
2B: Shawn Rakos
3B: Scott Cline
6:55 pm CDT (UTC-5)
Game 12 No. 3 Texas A&M 6–0 Florida Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Attendance: 25,429
Umpires: HP: Adam Dowdy
1B: Mike Morris
2B: Grady Smith
3B: Linus Baker
Finals
[edit ]Sources:[4]
Game 1
[edit ]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 3 Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Tennessee | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Josh Stewart (2−2) LP: Chris Stamos (3−1) Home runs: TAMU: Grahovac (23), Kent (4) TENN: Dreiling (21), Ensley (12) Attendance: 26,498 Notes: HP: Mike Morris 1B: Linus Baker 2B: Grady Smith 3B: Jake Uhlenhopp Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
[edit ]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Aaron Combs (3–1) LP: Kaiden Wilson (0–2) Sv: Nate Snead (6) Home runs: TENN: Dreiling (22), Stark (11) TAMU: LaViolette (29) Attendance: 25,987 Notes: HP: Scott Cline 1B: Shawn Rakos 2B: Jake Uhlenhopp 3B: Mike Morris Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
[edit ]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 3 Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Zander Sechrist (6–1) LP: Justin Lamkin (3–3) Sv: Aaron Combs (6) Home runs: TAMU: None TENN: Moore (34), Dreiling (23) Attendance: 24,685 Notes: HP: Grady Smith 1B: Jake Uhlenhopp 2B: Scott Cline 3B: David Uyl Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit ]The following players were members of the Men's College World Series All-Tournament Team.[5]
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| P | Evan Aschenbeck | Texas A&M |
| Zander Sechrist | Tennessee | |
| C | Jaxson West | Florida State |
| 1B | Jac Caglianone | Florida |
| 2B | Christian Moore | Tennessee |
| 3B | Alec Makarewicz | NC State |
| SS | Dean Curley | Tennessee |
| OF | Dylan Dreiling (MOP) | Tennessee |
| Jaime Ferrer | Florida State | |
| Vance Honeycutt | North Carolina | |
| DH | Kaeden Kent | Texas A&M |
Notes
[edit ]- ^ While the event's official name has been "NCAA Men's College World Series" since no later than 2008, the 2022 edition was the first in which the NCAA consistently included the word "Men's" in the event branding.
References
[edit ]- ^ Olson, Eric (June 11, 2024). "College World Series might offer glimpse of future with only SEC and ACC teams in the field". Associated Press.
- ^ "2024 NCAA baseball bracket: Men's College World Series scores, schedule". ncaa.com. NCAA. June 10, 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Baseball Schedule".
- ^ "2024 DI Baseball Championship and Men's College World Series Official Bracket".
- ^ "College World Series Most Outstanding Player award history, winners". June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.