Louisville trailed for 7 innings, but exploded for 6 runs in the 8th inning and stunned Arizona in the first elimination game of the CWS.

The Wildcats lost the opener of the College World Series in a game full of quirks — a balk, fan interference, hits batsmen, and what Arizona coach Chip Hale called

In 2023, 8-year-old Rylan Koch was drafted to the Arizona Baseball team through Team IMPACT. The non-profit pairs kids facing serious illness and disability to college sports teams across the country.

Arizona made it to Omaha all but one year from 1954-60 and won its three titles in the 1970s and 1980s across five CWS appearances. After missing it 17 consecutive times between 1987 and 2003, the Wildcats returned to the CWS in 2004, marking their first of five appearances this century. Four of those trips have come since 2012.

After winning the 1980 CWS, Crist was drafted by the Seattle Mariners and played four seasons in the minor Leagues. He then became a coach, and then a major league scout, where he signed some legendary players like U of A’s Kenny Lofton, Chip Hale, along with other great players like Albert Pujols.

The CWS often boils down to manufactured runs. Arizona will have to hammer out four games worth of them just to make the championship series. Step one: Winning the 1

The Arizona junior right-hander has been named NCBWA Stopper of the Year, receiving the award in a ceremony at Charles Schwab Field Omaha on Friday ahead of the Wildcats' College World Series opener against Coastal Carolina.

Things looked grim for Arizona when it dropped the opening game of the Chapel Hill Super Regional 18-2 to host North Carolina, but head coach Chip Hale‘s team, however, regrouped and won the next two games to punch its ticket to Omaha.