The LSU Tigers are the 2025 Men’s College World Series champions after defeating Coastal Carolina in two games over the weekend.
The Tigers swept their way through the College World Series, taking game one of the finals 1-0 and beating the Chanticleers in game two 5-3, capturing their second title in the last three years and eighth overall.
A single run in the bottom of the first inning paired with an outstanding performance from LSU sophomore ace pitcher Kade Anderson was the difference in game one, ultimately giving the Tigers the victory. An RBI single off the bat of Steven Milam scored Derek Curiel from second base, giving the Tigers the only run of the night. Anderson’s 10 strike outs and nine-inning shutout performance also helped lift the Tigers to victory Saturday night.
Sparks flew in the first inning of game two on Sunday as umpire Angel Campos ejected Coastal Carolina head coach Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling for continuing to argue balls and strikes after a warning. However, the difference ended up being an explosive four-run inning from the Tigers in the top of the fourth.
With the bases loaded, Chris Stanfield ripped a two-RBI single into left field to break a 1-1 tie. Curiel followed with another two-RBI single, this time up the middle with two outs, giving the Tigers a 5-1 lead and ultimately the win.
LSU transfer third basemen Michael Braswell said that it’s a great feeling winning the championship with this team after dreaming of it since he was a young child.
“Since I was about 6, 7 years old,” Braswell told Hurrdat Sports. “I always grew up watching ESPN, watching College World Series. Doing it with this team and this program, I couldn’t have dreamt it up any better.”
Tigers head coach Jay Johnson said he credits the players ability to stay together for helping them get the victory.
“I’ve never seen a team handle a 12-month, calendar year college baseball season as good as these guys did,” Johnson said. “We had one hiccup at Auburn against a great team. Other than that, they dominated everything, and I couldn’t be more proud of them for that.”
One aspect that both the players and coaches said have meant a lot to them is the support from their fan base.
“Start off with the fan base,” Braswell said. “Best fan base in college baseball easily, not even a question.”
After a season full of hard work, early practices and dedication, the Tigers’ determination and constant grind paid off. Stanfield, a transfer centerfielder from Auburn, said that it means a lot seeing their efforts pay off.
“It’s so gratifying,” Stanfield said. “This is what we’ve worked for all year, literally. We played a great SEC schedule, competed against the best. All the hard work, and just practice, day in day out grinding paid off. So it means the world.”
Louisiana native and right fielder Jake Brown said that it means a lot winning the title for his home state.
“It means the world,” Brown said. “This is the big leagues of college baseball at LSU, so you know that there’s going to be people looking up to you when you’re playing here. That’s the reason why we play the way that we play. Our team’s super tough, we leave it all out there. There was never a doubt that we were going to get this done here.”
The Tigers finished 53-15 overall this season. They didn’t win the SEC regular season or tournament titles, but they only dropped one game in the NCAA Tournament on the path to Omaha and went undefeated at Charles Schwab Field to hoist the trophy on Sunday night.
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