2023 College World Series

College World Series
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The 2023 College World Series was played at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, NE from June 16 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.

Louisiana State University defeated University of Florida in the finals. Paul Skenes 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
	Louisiana State University	Southeastern Conference	48-15 (19-10)	Jay Johnson	18 (last:2017 )	1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009)	39-26
	Stanford University	Pacific-12 Conference	44-18 (23-7)	David Esquer	18 (last:2022 )	1st (1987, 1988)	41-33
	University of Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	43-20 (16-14)	Tony Vitello	5 (last:2021 )	2nd (1951)	8-10
	Wake Forest University	Atlantic Coast Conference	52-10 (22-7)	Tom Walter	2 (last:1955 )	1st (1955)	7-3

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Florida	Southeastern Conference	50-15 (20-10)	Kevin O'Sullivan	12 (last:2018 )	1st (2017)	21-23
	Oral Roberts University	Summit League	51-12 (23-1)	Ryan Folmar	1 (last:1978 )	5th (1978)	1-2
	Texas Christian University	Big 12 Conference	42-22 (13-11)	Kirk Saarloos	5 (last:2017 )	3rd (2017)	11-10
	University of Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	50-13 (19-11)	Brian O'Connor	5 (last:2021 )	1st (2015)	13-9

Results

2023 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	Wake Forest	3
	8	Stanford	2
						1	Wake Forest	3
						5	LSU	2
	5	LSU	6
		Tennessee	3
											1	Wake Forest	2	0
										5	LSU	5	211
	8	Stanford	4
		Tennessee	6
						5	LSU	5
							Tennessee	0
																5	LSU	4	4	18
																2	Florida	3	24	4
	2	Florida	6
	7	Virginia	5
						2	Florida	5
							Oral Roberts	4
		Oral Roberts	6
		TCU	5
											2	Florida	3	x
											TCU	2	x
	7	Virginia	3
		TCU	4
							Oral Roberts	1
							TCU	6

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 16	Game 1	Oral Roberts University	6-5	Texas Christian University
	Game 2	University of Florida	6-5	University of Virginia
June 17	Game 3	Wake Forest University	3-2	Stanford University
	Game 4	Louisiana State University	6-3	University of Tennessee
June 18	Game 5	Texas Christian University	4-3	University of Virginia	Virginia eliminated
	Game 6	University of Florida	5-4	Oral Roberts University
June 19	Game 7	University of Tennessee	6-4	Stanford University	Chase Burns fans nine in six innings of relief as Tennessee rallies from a 4-0 deficit. Stanford eliminated
	Game 8	Wake Forest University	3-2	Louisiana State University	In another late rally, Wake Forest wins when Bennett Lee singles in Danny Corona in the 8th.
June 20	Game 9	Texas Christian University	6-1	Oral Roberts University	Oral Roberts eliminated
	Game 10	Louisiana State University	5-0	University of Tennessee	Tennessee eliminated
June 21	Game 11	University of Florida	3-2	Texas Christian University	TCU eliminated
	Game 12	Louisiana State University	5-2	Wake Forest University
June 22	Game 13	Louisiana State University	2-0 (11)	Wake Forest University	Wake Forest eliminated
June 24	Game 1	Louisiana State University	4-3	University of Florida
June 25	Game 2	University of Florida	24-4	Louisiana State University	Florida sets a record for runs in a CWS game.
June 26	Game 3	Louisiana State University	18-4	University of Florida	LSU comes back to win by the most lopsided margin in a finale, also collecting a CWS-record 24 hits. Thatcher Hurd gets the win. Ty Evans hits his fifth homer of the Series, a record. LSU wins CWS

All Tournament Team

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

Position		Player	School
	P	Paul Skenes	Louisiana State University
	P	Ty Floyd	Louisiana State University
	C	BT Riopelle	University of Florida
	1B	Tre' Morgan	Louisiana State University
	2B	Gavin Dugas	Louisiana State University
	3B	Tommy White	Louisiana State University
	OF	Dylan Crews	Louisiana State University
	OF	Ty Evans	University of Florida
	OF	Wyatt Langford	University of Florida
	DH	Cade Beloso	Louisiana State University

Notable Players

• University of Florida: Wyatt Langford, Hurston Waldrep
• Louisiana State University: Dylan Crews, Ty Floyd, Paul Skenes, Tommy White
• Oral Roberts University:
• Stanford University: Quinn Mathews, Tommy Troy
• University of Tennessee: Chase Burns, Chase Dollander, Seth Halvorsen, Zach Joyce
• Texas Christian University: Brayden Taylor
• University of Virginia: Kyle Teel
• Wake Forest University: Rhett Lowder, Brock Wilken

Tournament Notes

• LSU's Dylan Crews becomes the third player to win the Golden Spikes Award and National Championship in the same year, joining Terry Francona and Mark Kotsay.

• In LSU's last five games, they beat national #1 seed Wake Forest twice in a row, and national #2 seed Florida two out of three.

Further Reading

• Brendan Samson: "Wild MCWS ends with Skenes as MOP, LSU as champs", mlb.com, June 27, 2023. [1]