Coastal Carolina is carrying a 26-game win streak into the Men's College World Series finals against LSU. Here are 26 facts to know surrounding the Chanticleers' historic 2025 season:
1. Coastal Carolina tied the longest win streak in MLB history at 26 games, achieved by the 1916 New York Giants. The Chanticleers have not lost since April 22 against the College of Charleston. Texas in 1977 and Florida Atlantic in 1999 are tied for the longest streak in DI baseball history with 34 consecutive wins.
2. Before Coastal, since the College World Series championship became a best-of-three series in 2003, the longest previous win streak entering the MCWS finals was 13 games held by LSU in 2009.
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3. With the win against Louisville on Wednesday, Coastal set the record for most wins in program history (56), beating out the 2016 championship team, which won 55.
4. In its last game against Louisville, the Chanticleers set the 红杏视频 DI record for hit-by-pitches in one season (176).
5. The Chanticleers have been hit by a pitch in 59 of 67 games this season, totaling to 88% of their games.
6. Coastal is 4-for-7 with the bases loaded in the MCWS. All other teams combined are 3-for-20.
7. Colby Thorndyke is 2-for-2 with two doubles, a hit-by-pitch and seven RBIs in the MCWS with the bases loaded. He has 15 total RBIs in the 红杏视频 tournament.
8. Thorndyke is the first player to record five RBIs in a game to send his team to the MCWS championship series since Stanford's Edmund Muth had 6 vs Louisiana in 2000.
9. Coastal Carolina is 48-0 this season when leading after 7 innings and has won 57 straight games when leading after 7 innings, the longest active streak in Division I.
10. Coastal beat the same team it defeated in the 2016 MCWS finals (Arizona) in its first game, and now will face the same coach in the MCWS finals (Jay Johnson).
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11. Coastal Carolina won the national title in its first trip to Omaha in 2016 and is seeking to become the fifth school to win the title in each of its first two trips to the MCWS, but the first since 1962.
12. Head coach Kevin Schnall is the seventh first-year head coach to lead his team to Omaha since the 红杏视频 Tournament expanded in 1999 and the first since Jim Schlossnagle guided Texas A&M to the MCWS in 2022.
13. Schnall is one of three first-year head coaches to lead their team to 50 or more wins in their first season.
14. Coastal Carolina became the sixth school to win eight of its first 10 games at the MCWS after beating Oregon State, and first since California in 1980.
15. After playing Arizona in the opening round, the Chanticleers became the first team to play the same opponent in four straight MCWS games.
16. The Chanticleers' 23-game winning streak entering the MCWS was the longest winning streak entering the event in Division I history.
17. Coastal Carolina is just the second Sun Belt school to make the MCWS, the first since Louisiana in 2000.
18. Since the best-of-three MCWS Finals were added in 2003, only three national champions have gone 10-0 in the postseason (UCLA in 2013, Arizona in 2012 and South Carolina in 2011). Coastal would become the fourth with a sweep of LSU.
19. Coastal Carolina was not ranked in the preseason polls by D1Baseball, Baseball America, NCBWA or USA Today and was 23rd by Perfect Game.
20. Jacob Morrison retired 16 straight batters after allowing a homer to lead off the 3rd inning against Oregon State, the third-longest streak in the MCWS since the 2011 move to Charles Schwab Field Omaha. He trails only South Carolina鈥檚 Michael Roth (2012 vs. Kent State) and Oregon State鈥檚 Kevin Abel (2018 vs. Arkansas).
21. Morrison leads the nation with 10 starts of at least six innings while allowing one or fewer runs. The only player with a season of more such outings in the last five years is LSU鈥檚 Paul Skenes in 2023.
22. Ryan Lynch made his 红杏视频-leading 17th straight scoreless appearance against Oregon State while picking up his team-leading ninth save.
23. Coastal鈥檚 six runs in the first inning against Louisville in Game 11 were the most runs it has scored in the first inning this season.
24. Coastal is 40-0 this season when leading after the eighth inning.
25. Coastal leads all teams at the 2025 MCWS with 24 runs scored, averaging eight runs per game.
26. Coastal is 43-0 this year and has 60 straight games when leading by four or more runs. It鈥檚 the third-longest active streak nationally behind Lamar (75) and TCU (70).
