2019 College World Series

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The 2019 College World Series was played at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, NE from June 15 to June 26. 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 teams each.

Vanderbilt University defeated University of Michigan in the final game of the best-of-three finals. Kumar Rocker was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Arkansas	Southeastern Conference	46-18 (20-10)	Dave Van Horn	8 (last: 2018)	2nd (1979, 2018)	13-16
	Florida State University	Atlantic Coast Conference	41-21 (17-13)	Mike Martin	22 (last: 2017)	2nd (1970, 1986, 1999)	29-44
	University of Michigan	Big Ten Conference	45-19 (16-7)	Erik Bakich	7 (last: 1984)	1st (1953)	12 – 11
	Texas Tech University	Big 12 Conference	44-18 (16-8)	Tim Tadlock	3 (last: 2018)	5th (2016, 2018)	2-6

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	Auburn University	Southeastern Conference	38-26 (14-16)	Butch Thompson	4 (last: 1997)	4th (1967)	3-8
	University of Louisville	Atlantic Coast Conference	49-16 (21-9)	Dan McDonnell	4 (last:2017)	5th (2007, 2017)	2-8
	Mississippi State University	Southeastern Conference	51-13 (20-10)	Gary Henderson	10 (last: 2018)	2nd (2013)	12-20
	Vanderbilt University	Southeastern Conference	54-11 (23-7)	Tim Corbin	3 (last: 2015)	1st (2014)	11-5

Results

2019 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
	8	Texas Tech	3
		Michigan	5
							Michigan	2
							Florida State	0
	5	Arkansas	0
		Florida State	1
												Michigan	15	x
										8	Texas Tech	3	x
	8	Texas Tech	5
	5	Arkansas	4
							Florida State	1
						8	Texas Tech	4
																	Michigan	7	1	2
																2	Vanderbilt	4	4	8
	2	Vanderbilt	3
	7	Louisville	1
						2	Vanderbilt	6
						6	Mississippi State	3
	6	Mississippi State	5
		Auburn	4
											2	Vanderbilt	3	x
										7	Louisville	2	x
	7	Louisville	5
		Auburn	3
						6	Mississippi State	3
						7	Louisville	4

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 15	Game 1	University of Michigan	5-3	Texas Tech University
	Game 2	Florida State University	1-0	University of Arkansas	Drew Parrish outduels Isaiah Campbell.
June 16	Game 3	Vanderbilt University	3-1	University of Louisville
	Game 4	Mississippi State University	5-4	Auburn University
June 17	Game 5	Texas Tech University	5-4	University of Arkansas	Arkansas eliminated
	Game 6	University of Michigan	2-0	Florida State University
June 19	Game 7	University of Louisville	5-3	Auburn University	Auburn eliminated
	Game 8	Vanderbilt University	6-3	Mississippi State University
	Game 9	Texas Tech University	4-1	Florida State University	Florida State eliminated
June 20	Game 10	University of Louisville	4-3	Mississippi State University	Mississippi State eliminated
June 21	Game 11	University of Michigan	15-3	Texas Tech University	Texas Tech eliminated
	Game 12	Vanderbilt University	3-2	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
June 24	Game 1	University of Michigan	7-4	Vanderbilt University
June 25	Game 2	Vanderbilt University	4-1	University of Michigan
June 26	Game 3	Vanderbilt University	8-2	University of Michigan	Vanderbilt wins CWS

All Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
P	Tommy Henry	Michigan
	Kumar Rocker	Vanderbilt
1B	Jimmy Kerr	Michigan
2B	Ako Thomas	Michigan
3B	Austin Martin	Vanderbilt
SS	Jack Blomgren	Michigan
C	Philip Clarke	Vanderbilt
OF	JJ Bleday	Vanderbilt
	Drew Campbell	Louisville
	Jesse Franklin	Michigan
DH	Cameron Warren	Texas Tech

Notable Players

• University of Arkansas: Isaiah Campbell, Heston Kjerstad
• Auburn University: Ryan Bliss, Tanner Burns, Richard Fitts, Bailey Horn
• Florida State University: Shane Drohan, Mat Nelson
• University of Louisville: Henry Davis, Reid Detmers, Bryan Hoeing, Bobby Miller
• University of Michigan: Jeff Criswell, Tommy Henry, Karl Kauffmann
• Mississippi State University: Justin Foscue, J.T. Ginn, Ethan Small, Jordan Westburg
• Texas Tech University: Clayton Beeter, Josh Jung, Caleb Kilian, John McMillon, Mason Montgomery
• Vanderbilt University: Jake Eder, JJ Bleday, Justyn-Henry Malloy, Austin Martin, Kumar Rocker

Further Reading

• Manny Randhawa: "Vanderbilt seals CWS title with resounding win: Commodores end Michigan's Cinderella run behind righty Hickman's 10-K performance", mlb.com, June 26, 2019. [1]