# 2024 Men's College World Series

The 2024 NCAA Men's College World Series was the final stage of the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was scheduled from June 14 through 24 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. This marked the 77th edition of the College World Series and 74th time the event was held in Omaha.
The tournament featured eight teams in two double elimination brackets with the two winners meeting in a best-of-three championship series. With the advancement of Texas A&M and Tennessee to the championship series, a school was assured of winning its first ever College World Series championship, making this the first time a College World Series between two teams with no baseball championships since 2014; of the two, only Tennessee appeared in the championship final, doing so in 1951. The championship final saw Tennessee win its first national championship in program history after losing the first game to Texas A&M and then winning the second and third games.

## Background

The top four national seeds qualified for the 2024 College World Series, with Arkansas being the highest ranked national seed to be eliminated, losing in their Fayetteville regional. Of the 8 teams in Omaha, 4 come from the SEC (three from the conference's East Division, one from the West Division), and 4 from the ACC (two from its Coastal Division, two from the Atlantic Division). It is the first time since the tournament expanded to eight teams in 1950 that only two conferences were represented in the College World Series. The 2024 MCWS became the first time ever that the first two games were capped with a walk-off hit after Tennessee hit a walk off single to defeat Florida State in Game 2. The following day, history continued as Kentucky hit a walk off homerun to become the third walk off hit in as many games.

### Participants

| School | Conference | Record (Conf) | Head Coach | Super Regional | Previous MCWS Appearances | Previous MCWS Best Finish | Previous MCWS W–L Record |
| Tennessee | SEC | 55–12 (22–8) | Tony Vitello | Knoxville | 6 (last: 2023) | 2nd (1951) | 9–12 |
| Florida State | ACC | 47–15 (17–12) | Link Jarrett | Tallahassee | 23 (last: 2019) | 2nd (1970, 1986, 1999) | 30–46 |
| North Carolina | ACC | 47–14 (22–8) | Scott Forbes | Chapel Hill | 11 (last: 2018) | 2nd (2006, 2007) | 18–23 |
| Virginia | ACC | 46–15 (18–12) | Brian O'Connor | Charlottesville | 6 (last: 2023) | 1st (2015) | 13–12 |
| Kentucky | SEC | 45–14 (22–8) | Nick Mingione | Lexington | None | None | 0–0 |
| NC State | ACC | 38–21 (18–11) | Elliott Avent | Athens | 3 (last: 2021) | 3rd (1968, 2021) | 5–5 |
| Florida | SEC | 34–28 (13–17) | Kevin O'Sullivan | Clemson | 13 (last: 2023) | 1st (2017) | 25–25 |
| Texas A&M | SEC | 49–13 (19–11) | Jim Schlossnagle | College Station | 7 (last: 2022) | 3rd (2022) | 4–14 |

### Bracket

Sources: Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only. All times Central.
| First round | First round | First round | | | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | |
| 4 | North Carolina | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Virginia | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Virginia | 2 | | | 4 | North Carolina | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Tennessee | 12 | | | 1 | Tennessee | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Florida State | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Florida State | 11 | | | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 7 | − | | | | | | | | |
| Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | 1 | Tennessee | 7 | − | | | | | | | | |
| Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | Bracket 1 | 8 | Florida State | 2 | − | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Virginia | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Florida State | 2 | − | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Florida State | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Florida State | 7 | | | 8 | Florida State | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | North Carolina | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Texas A&M | 9 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | Kentucky | 5$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Texas A&M | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | NC State | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | NC State | 4 | | | 2 | Kentucky | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Texas A&M | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Texas A&M | 3 | | | 3 | Texas A&M | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Florida | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Florida | 2 | | | | | | 3 | Texas A&M | 6 | − | | | | | | | | |
| Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | 3 | Texas A&M | 6 | − | | | | | | | | |
| Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | Bracket 2 | | Florida | 0 | − | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | NC State | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | Florida | 0 | − | | | | | | | | |
| | Florida | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Florida | 5 | | | | Florida | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Kentucky | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Game results

Sources:

#### Bracket 1

| June 14, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 1 | No. 4 North Carolina | 3–2 | No. 12 Virginia | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,990 Umpires: HP:Scott Cline 1B: Mike Morris 2B: Kellen Levy 3B: David Uyl |
| June 14, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 1 | WP: Dalton Pence (5–1) | Box Score | LP: Chase Hungate (7–2) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,990 Umpires: HP:Scott Cline 1B: Mike Morris 2B: Kellen Levy 3B: David Uyl |
| June 14, 2024 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 2 | No. 1 Tennessee | 12–11 | No. 8 Florida State | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,499 Umpires: HP: Grady Smith 1B: Jake Uhlenhopp 2B: Linus Baker 3B: Shawn Rakos |
| June 14, 2024 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 2 | WP: Nate Snead (10–2) | Box Score | LP: Brennen Oxford (2–1) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,499 Umpires: HP: Grady Smith 1B: Jake Uhlenhopp 2B: Linus Baker 3B: Shawn Rakos |
| June 14, 2024 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 2 | HR: Moore (33), Tears (19) | Box Score | HR: Ferrer (20) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,499 Umpires: HP: Grady Smith 1B: Jake Uhlenhopp 2B: Linus Baker 3B: Shawn Rakos |
| June 16, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 5 | No. 12 Virginia | 3–7 | No. 8 Florida State | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 29,989 Umpires: HP: Linus Baker 1B: Shawn Rakos 2B: Grady Smith 3B: Jake Uhlenhopp |
| June 16, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 5 | LP: Jay Woolfolk (4–2) | Box Score | WP: Carson Dorsey (8–4) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 29,989 Umpires: HP: Linus Baker 1B: Shawn Rakos 2B: Grady Smith 3B: Jake Uhlenhopp |
| June 16, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 5 | | Box Score | HR: Ferrer (21), Ferrer (22), Lodise (8) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 29,989 Umpires: HP: Linus Baker 1B: Shawn Rakos 2B: Grady Smith 3B: Jake Uhlenhopp |
| June 16, 2024 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 6 | No. 4 North Carolina | 1–6 | No. 1 Tennessee | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,140 Umpires: HP:Kellen Levy 1B: David Uhl 2B: Scott Cline 3B: Mike Morris |
| June 16, 2024 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 6 | LP: Shea Sprague (3–2) | Box Score | WP: Drew Beam (9–2) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,140 Umpires: HP:Kellen Levy 1B: David Uhl 2B: Scott Cline 3B: Mike Morris |
| June 16, 2024 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 6 | HR: Honeycutt (27) | Box Score | HR: Tears (20), Chapman (7) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,140 Umpires: HP:Kellen Levy 1B: David Uhl 2B: Scott Cline 3B: Mike Morris |
| June 18, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 9 | No. 8 Florida State | 9–5 | No. 4 North Carolina | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,047 Umpires: HP: Mike Morris 1B: Linus Baker 2B: Scott Cline 3B: David Uyl |
| June 18, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 9 | WP: Andrew Armstrong (6–0) Sv: Connor Hults (5) | Box Score | LP: Aidan Haugh (4–3) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,047 Umpires: HP: Mike Morris 1B: Linus Baker 2B: Scott Cline 3B: David Uyl |
| June 18, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 9 | HR: Williams (14), West (3) | Box Score | HR: Honeycutt (28) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,047 Umpires: HP: Mike Morris 1B: Linus Baker 2B: Scott Cline 3B: David Uyl |
| June 19, 2024 2:45 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 11 | No. 1 Tennessee | 7–2 | No. 8 Florida State | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 24,696 Umpires: HP: Jake Uhlenhopp 1B: David Uyl 2B: Scott Cline 3B: Shawn Rakos |
| June 19, 2024 2:45 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 11 | WP: Zander Sechrist (5–1) | Box Score | LP: John Abraham (5–2) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 24,696 Umpires: HP: Jake Uhlenhopp 1B: David Uyl 2B: Scott Cline 3B: Shawn Rakos |
| June 19, 2024 2:45 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 11 | HR: Burke (20) | Box Score | HR: Cantu (9), Lodise (9) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 24,696 Umpires: HP: Jake Uhlenhopp 1B: David Uyl 2B: Scott Cline 3B: Shawn Rakos |

#### Bracket 2

| June 15, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 3 | No. 2 Kentucky | 5–4 (F/10) | No. 10 NC State | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 24,488 Umpires: HP: Mike Morris 1B:Kellen Levy 2B: David Uyl 3B: Scott Cline |
| June 15, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 3 | WP: Johnny Hummel (4–0) | Box Score | LP: Derrick Smith (3–2) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 24,488 Umpires: HP: Mike Morris 1B:Kellen Levy 2B: David Uyl 3B: Scott Cline |
| June 15, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 3 | HR: McCarthy (8) | Box Score | HR: Makarewicz (23) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 24,488 Umpires: HP: Mike Morris 1B:Kellen Levy 2B: David Uyl 3B: Scott Cline |
| June 15, 2024 10:15 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 4 | No. 3 Texas A&M | 3–2 | Florida | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,774 Umpires: HP: Jake Uhlenhopp 1B: Linus Baker 2B: Shawn Rakos 3B: Grady Smith |
| June 15, 2024 10:15 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 4 | WP: Chris Cortez (10–3) Sv: Evan Aschenbeck (10) | Box Score | LP: Liam Peterson (3–5) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,774 Umpires: HP: Jake Uhlenhopp 1B: Linus Baker 2B: Shawn Rakos 3B: Grady Smith |
| June 15, 2024 10:15 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 4 | HR: none | Box Score | HR: none | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,774 Umpires: HP: Jake Uhlenhopp 1B: Linus Baker 2B: Shawn Rakos 3B: Grady Smith |
| June 17, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 7 | No. 10 NC State | 4–5 | Florida | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,578 Umpires: HP: Shawn Rakos 1B: Grady Smith 2B: Jake Uhlenhopp 3B: Linus Baker |
| June 17, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 7 | LP: Fritton (3–7) | Box Score | WP: Cade Fisher (4–3) Sv: Brandon Neely (5) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,578 Umpires: HP: Shawn Rakos 1B: Grady Smith 2B: Jake Uhlenhopp 3B: Linus Baker |
| June 17, 2024 1:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 7 | HR: Makarewicz (24) | Box Score | HR: Caglianone (34), Shelnut (16) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,578 Umpires: HP: Shawn Rakos 1B: Grady Smith 2B: Jake Uhlenhopp 3B: Linus Baker |
| June 17, 2024 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 8 | No. 2 Kentucky | 1–5 | No. 3 Texas A&M | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,327 Umpires: HP: David Uyl 1B: Scott Cline 2B: Mike Morris 3B: Adam Dowdy |
| June 17, 2024 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 8 | LP: Mason Moore (9–4) | Box Score | WP: Ryan Prager (8–2) Sv: Josh Stewart (1) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,327 Umpires: HP: David Uyl 1B: Scott Cline 2B: Mike Morris 3B: Adam Dowdy |
| June 17, 2024 6:00 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 8 | HR: Nicholson (23) | Box Score | HR: none | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,327 Umpires: HP: David Uyl 1B: Scott Cline 2B: Mike Morris 3B: Adam Dowdy |
| June 19, 2024 10:00 am CDT (UTC-5) Game 10 | Florida | 15–4 | No. 2 Kentucky | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,687 Umpires: HP: Grady Smith 1B: Adam Dowdy 2B: Shawn Rakos 3B: Scott Cline |
| June 19, 2024 10:00 am CDT (UTC-5) Game 10 | WP: Pierce Coppola (1–4) | Box Score | LP: Dominic Niman (8–5) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,687 Umpires: HP: Grady Smith 1B: Adam Dowdy 2B: Shawn Rakos 3B: Scott Cline |
| June 19, 2024 10:00 am CDT (UTC-5) Game 10 | HR: Caglianone (35), Donay 2 (14) | Box Score | HR: Pitre (10) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 23,687 Umpires: HP: Grady Smith 1B: Adam Dowdy 2B: Shawn Rakos 3B: Scott Cline |
| June 19, 2024 6:55 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 12 | No. 3 Texas A&M | 6–0 | Florida | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,429 Umpires: HP: Adam Dowdy 1B: Mike Morris 2B: Grady Smith 3B: Linus Baker |
| June 19, 2024 6:55 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 12 | WP: Justin Lamkin (3–2) | Box Score | LP: Liam Peterson (3–6) | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,429 Umpires: HP: Adam Dowdy 1B: Mike Morris 2B: Grady Smith 3B: Linus Baker |
| June 19, 2024 6:55 pm CDT (UTC-5) Game 12 | HR: Sorrell (11) | Box Score | | Charles Schwab Field Omaha Attendance: 25,429 Umpires: HP: Adam Dowdy 1B: Mike Morris 2B: Grady Smith 3B: Linus Baker |

#### Finals

Sources:

##### Game 1

June 22, 2024 6:30 p.m. (CDT) at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| No. 3 Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| No. 1 Tennessee | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| WP: Josh Stewart (2−2) LP: Chris Stamos (3−1) Home runs: TAMU: Grahovac (23), Kent (4) TENN: Dreiling (21), Ensley (12) Attendance: 26,498 Notes: HP: Mike Morris 1B: Linus Baker 2B: Grady Smith 3B: Jake Uhlenhopp Boxscore |||||||||||||

##### Game 2

June 23, 2024 1:00 p.m. (CDT) at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| No. 1 Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| No. 3 Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Aaron Combs (3–1) LP: Kaiden Wilson (0–2) Sv: Nate Snead (6) Home runs: TENN: Dreiling (22), Stark (11) TAMU: LaViolette (29) Attendance: 25,987 Notes: HP: Scott Cline 1B: Shawn Rakos 2B: Jake Uhlenhopp 3B: Mike Morris Boxscore |||||||||||||

##### Game 3

June 24, 2024 6:00 p.m. (CDT) at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| No. 3 Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| No. 1 Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| WP: Zander Sechrist (6–1) LP: Justin Lamkin (3–3) Sv: Aaron Combs (6) Home runs: TAMU: None TENN: Moore (34), Dreiling (23) Attendance: 24,685 Notes: HP: Grady Smith 1B: Jake Uhlenhopp 2B: Scott Cline 3B: David Uyl Boxscore |||||||||||||

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the Men's College World Series All-Tournament Team.
| Position | Player | School |
| P | Evan Aschenbeck | Texas A&M |
| P | Zander Sechrist | Tennessee |
| C | Jaxson West | Florida State |
| 1B | Jac Caglianone | Florida |
| 2B | Christian Moore | Tennessee |
| 3B | Alec Makarewicz | NC State |
| SS | Dean Curley | Tennessee |
| OF | Dylan Dreiling (MOP) | Tennessee |
| OF | Jaime Ferrer | Florida State |
| OF | Vance Honeycutt | North Carolina |
| DH | Kaeden Kent | Texas A&M |