2014 College World Series

College World Series
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The 2014 College World Series was played at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, NE from June 14 to June 24. Eight teams qualified for the tournament by winning their Regional and Super-Regional Tournaments.

The field was broken into two double elimination brackets of four team each.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of California, Irvine	Big West Conference	39-23 (15-9)	Mike Gillespie	1 (last: 2007)	4th (2007)	2-2
	University of Louisville	American Athletic Conference	49-15 (19-5)	Dan McDonnell	2 (last: 2013)	5th (2007)	1-4
	University of Texas	Big 12 Conference	43-19 (13-11)	Augie Garrido	34 (last: 2011)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005)	82-57
	Vanderbilt University	Southeastern Conference	45-19 (17-13)	Tim Corbin	1 (last: 2011)	4th (2011)	2-2

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Mississippi	Southeastern Conference	49-19 (19-11)	Mike Bianco	4 (last: 1972)	4th (1956)	3-8
	Texas Christian University	Big 12 Conference	47-16 (17-7)	Jim Schlossnagle	1 (last: 2010)	4th (2010)	3-2
	Texas Tech University	Big 12 Conference	44-19 (14-10)	Tim Tadlock	0 (last: none)	none	0-0
	University of Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	49-14 (22-8)	Brian O'Connor	2 (last: 2011)	3rd (2011)	3-4

Results

2014 College World Series Bracket

The teams in the CWS are divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. The winners of the two pools meet in a best-of-three finals.

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
		UC Irvine	3
		Texas	1
							UC Irvine	4
							Vanderbilt	6
		Louisville	3
		Vanderbilt	5
												Vanderbilt	0	4
											Texas	4	3
		Texas	4
		Louisville	1
							UC Irvine	0
							Texas	1
																	Vanderbilt	9	2	3
																3	Virginia	8	7	2
		Texas Tech	2
	7	TCU	3
						7	TCU	2
						3	Virginia	315
	3	Virginia	2
		Mississippi	1
											3	Virginia	4	x
											Mississippi	1	x
		Texas Tech	1
		Mississippi	2
						7	TCU	4
							Mississippi	6

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 14	Game 1	UC Irvine	3-1	Texas
	Game 2	Vanderbilt	5-3	Louisville
June 15	Game 3	TCU	3-2	Texas Tech
	Game 4	Virginia	2-1	Mississippi
June 16	Game 5	Texas	4-1	Louisville	Louisville eliminated
	Game 6	Vanderbilt	6-4	UC Irvine
June 17	Game 7	Mississippi	2-1	Texas Tech	Texas Tech eliminated
	Game 8	Virginia	3-2 (15)	TCU
June 18	Game 9	Texas	1-0	UC Irvine	UC Irvine eliminated
June 19	Game 10	Mississippi	6-4	TCU	TCU eliminated
June 20	Game 11	Texas	4-0	Vanderbilt
June 21	Game 12	Virginia	4-1	Mississippi	The game between Virginia and Mississippi on June 20 was halted for 93 minutes before being suspended and resumed the next day. Mississippi eliminated
	Game 13	Vanderbilt	4-3	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 23	Game 1	Vanderbilt	9-8	Virginia
June 24	Game 2	Virginia	7-2	Vanderbilt
June 25	Game 3	Vanderbilt	3-2	Virginia	Vanderbilt wins CWS

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
P	Artie Lewicki	University of Virginia
	Brandon Waddell	University of Virginia
1B	Kevin Cron	Texas Christian University
2B	Dansby Swanson	Vanderbilt University
3B	Tyler Campbell	Vanderbilt University
SS	C.J. Hinojosa	University of Texas
C	Nate Irving	University of Virginia
OF	John Norwood	Vanderbilt University
	Rhett Wiseman	Vanderbilt University
	Brandon Downes	University of Virginia
DH	Branden Cogswell	University of Virginia

Notable Players

• University of Louisville: Kyle Funkhouser, Cole Sturgeon
• Texas Christian University: Kevin Cron, Brandon Finnegan
• Vanderbilt University: Tyler Beede, Walker Buehler, Jason Delay, Tyler Ferguson, Carson Fulmer, Dansby Swanson, Rhett Wiseman
• University of Virginia: Derek Fisher, Nick Howard, Nate Irving, Nathan Kirby, Artie Lewicki, Mike Papi, Josh Sborz, Brandon Waddell