2017 College World Series

College World Series
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The 2017 College World Series was played at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, NE from June 17 to June 27. Eight teams qualified for the tournament by winning their Regional and Super-Regional Tournaments. University of Florida defeated Louisiana State University in the final game, sweeping the best-of-three finals. Florida P Alex Faedo was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player

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

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	California State University, Fullerton	Big West Conference	39-22 (15-9)	Rick Vanderhook	17 (last: 2015)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)	34-29
	Florida State University	Atlantic Coast Conference	45-21 (14-14)	Mike Martin	21 (last: 2012)	2nd (1970, 1986, 1999)	28-42
	Louisiana State University	Southeastern Conference	48-17 (21-9)	Paul Mainieri	17 (last: 2015)	1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009)	36-24
	Oregon State University	Pacific-12 Conference	54-4 (27-3)	Pat Casey	5 (last: 2013)	1st (2006, 2007)	13-7

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Florida	Southeastern Conference	47-18 (21-9)	Kevin O'Sullivan	10 (last: 2016)	2nd (2005)	14-20
	University of Louisville	Atlantic Coast Conference	52-10 (23-6)	Dan McDonnell	3 (last:2014)	5th (2007)	1-6
	Texas A&M University	Southeastern Conference	41-21 (16-14)	Rob Childress	5 (last:2011)	5th (1993)	2-10
	Texas Christian University	Big 12 Conference	47-16 (16-8)	Jim Schlossnagle	4 (last: 2016)	4th (2010)	8-8

Results

2017 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
	1	Oregon State	6
		CSU Fullerton	5
						1	Oregon State	13
						4	LSU	1
	4	LSU	5
		Florida State	4
											1	Oregon State	1	1
										4	LSU	3	6
		CSU Fullerton	4
		Florida State	6
						4	LSU	7
							Florida State	4
																4	LSU	3	1	x
																3	Florida	4	6	x
	7	Louisville	8
		Texas A&M	4
						7	Louisville	1
						3	Florida	5
	3	Florida	3
	6	TCU	0
											3	Florida	2	3
										6	TCU	9	0
		Texas A&M	1
	6	TCU	4
						7	Louisville	3
						6	TCU	4

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 17	Game 1	Oregon State University	6-5	CSU Fullerton
	Game 2	Louisiana State University	5-4	Florida State University
June 18	Game 3	University of Louisville	8-4	Texas A&M
	Game 4	University of Florida	3-0	Texas Christian University
June 19	Game 5	Florida State University	6-4	CSU Fullerton	CSU Fullerton eliminated
	Game 6	Oregon State University	13-1	Louisiana State University
June 20	Game 7	Texas Christian University	4-1	Texas A&M	Texas A&M eliminated
	Game 8	University of Florida	5-1	University of Louisville
June 21	Game 9	Louisiana State University	7-4	Florida State University	Florida State eliminated
June 22	Game 10	Texas Christian University	4-3	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
June 23	Game 11	Louisiana State University	3-1	Oregon State University
	Game 12	Texas Christian University	9-4	University of Florida
June 24	Game 13	Louisiana State University	6-1	Oregon State University	Oregon State eliminated
	Game 14	University of Florida	3-0	Texas Christian University	Texas Christian eliminated
June 26	Game 1	University of Florida	4-3	Louisiana State University
June 27	Game 2	University of Florida	6-1	Louisiana State University	Florida wins CWS

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team:

Position	Player	School
P	Alex Faedo	University of Florida
	Brady Singer	University of Florida
1B	Drew Mendoza	Florida State University
2B	Nick Madrigal	Oregon State University
3B	Dylan Busby	Florida State University
SS	Timmy Richards	Cal State Fullerton
C	Michael Papierski	Louisiana State University
OF	Antoine Duplantis	Louisiana State University
	Alex Langworthy	University of Florida
	Zach Watson	Louisiana State University
DH	Brendan McKay	University of Louisville

Notable Players

• University of Florida: Alex Faedo, Mark Kolozsvary, Jackson Kowar, Brady Singer
• Florida State University: Drew Carlton, Dalton Guthrie, Tyler Holton, Cole Sands, Taylor Walls
• Louisiana State University: Greg Deichmann, Alex Lange, Michael Papierski, Kramer Robertson, Josh Smith
• University of Louisville: Bryan Hoeing, Brendan McKay, Josh Stowers
• Oregon State University: Brandon Eisert, Cadyn Grenier, Steven Kwan, Trevor Larnach, Nick Madrigal, Drew Rasmussen, Adley Rutschman
• Texas A&M University: Stephen Kolek, Braden Shewmake
• Texas Christian University: Luken Baker, Nick Lodolo