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.
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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) | |||||||||
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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
editThe 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 |
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| 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
editSources:[2][3] Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only. All times Central.
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Virginia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Florida State | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee | 7 | − | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bracket 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Florida State | 2 | − | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Virginia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Florida State | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Florida State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas A&M | 9 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kentucky | 510 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | NC State | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kentucky | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas A&M | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas A&M | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas A&M | 6 | − | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bracket 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 0 | − | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | NC State | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kentucky | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game results
editSources:[3]
Bracket 1
edit| June 14, 2024 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 |
| WP: Dalton Pence (5–1) | Box Score | LP: Chase Hungate (7–2) |
| June 14, 2024 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 |
| WP: Nate Snead (10–2) | Box Score | LP: Brennen Oxford (2–1) | ||
| HR: Moore (33), Tears (19) | HR: Ferrer (20) |
| June 16, 2024 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 |
| LP: Jay Woolfolk (4–2) | Box Score | WP: Carson Dorsey (8–4) | ||
| HR: Ferrer (21), Ferrer (22), Lodise (8) |
| June 16, 2024 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 |
| LP: Shea Sprague (3–2) | Box Score | WP: Drew Beam (9–2) | ||
| HR: Honeycutt (27) | HR: Tears (20), Chapman (7) |
| June 18, 2024 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 |
| WP: Andrew Armstrong (6–0) Sv: Connor Hults (5) |
Box Score | LP: Aidan Haugh (4–3) | ||
| HR: Williams (14), West (3) | HR: Honeycutt (28) |
| June 19, 2024 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 |
| WP: Zander Sechrist (5–1) | Box Score | LP: John Abraham (5–2) | ||
| HR: Burke (20) | HR: Cantu (9), Lodise (9) |
Bracket 2
edit| June 15, 2024 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 |
| WP: Johnny Hummel (4–0) | Box Score | LP: Derrick Smith (3–2) | ||
| HR: McCarthy (8) | HR: Makarewicz (23) |
| June 15, 2024 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 |
| WP: Chris Cortez (10–3) Sv: Evan Aschenbeck (10) |
Box Score | LP: Liam Peterson (3–5) | ||
| HR: none | HR: none |
| June 17, 2024 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 |
| LP: Fritton (3–7) | Box Score | WP: Cade Fisher (4–3) Sv: Brandon Neely (5) | ||
| HR: Makarewicz (24) | HR: Caglianone (34), Shelnut (16) |
| June 17, 2024 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 |
| LP: Mason Moore (9–4) | Box Score | WP: Ryan Prager (8–2) Sv: Josh Stewart (1) | ||
| HR: Nicholson (23) | HR: none |
| June 19, 2024 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 |
| WP: Pierce Coppola (1–4) | Box Score | LP: Dominic Niman (8–5) | ||
| HR: Caglianone (35), Donay 2 (14) | HR: Pitre (10) |
| June 19, 2024 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 |
| WP: Justin Lamkin (3–2) | Box Score | LP: Liam Peterson (3–6) | ||
| HR: Sorrell (11) |
Finals
editSources:[4]
Game 1
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
editThe following players were members of the Men's College World Series All-Tournament Team.[5]
| Position | Player | School |
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| 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.