Overview

• Coastal Carolina improved to 56-11 and extended its winning streak to 26 games, the longest active run in Division I baseball this season.
• The victory marks the Chanticleers’ second College World Series finals appearance since their 2016 national title.
• Sophomore first baseman Colby Thorndyke went 3-for-4 with a bases-clearing double and finished with five RBIs.
• Starter Riley Eikhoff earned the win by holding Louisville scoreless into the sixth inning and striking out four over 5⅔ frames.
• Coastal Carolina will face the LSU Tigers in a best-of-three championship series beginning Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.