The junior right-handed pitcher fired a historic no-hitter, the first at the College World Series since 1960. Wood struck out 19 Murray State hitters in the process in a 3-0 win for Arkansas over the Racers in an elimination game from Charles Schwab Field ...

Murray State took a chance on a 33-year-old junior college assistant. Seven years later, Skirka has the Racers on the sport's biggest stage.

The stands at Charles Schwab Field were emptying, and Murray State players wanted to savor their program’s first College World Series as long as they could.

No. 15 national seed UCLA (48-16) advances to face the winner between No. 3 Arkansas and No. 6 LSU on Monday at 6 p.m. Four seed Murray State (44-16) — ostensibly the biggest CWS long shot since Stony Brook 13 years earlier — faces elimination at 1 p.m. Monday against the other heavyweight SEC club.

Murray State baseball, in the College World Series for the first time, is the biggest CWS 2025 in Omaha — and it's not close. How the numbers stack up

The Murray State Racers are about to be embraced as the College World Series’ lovable underdogs by local fans looking to adopt a team for the week.

Coastal Carolina is more aptly defined as dominant than underdogs. Considering the 2016 national champions last lost nearly five weeks -- and 23 games -- ago, the Chanticleers are no surprise at the 2025 College World Series.

Eddie King Jr. is Tuesday's College World Series hero after a walk-off sacrifice fly helped Louisville eliminate Oregon State.