Texas Baseball: No. 2 Horns set to open CWS vs. Mississippi State

On the night of June 13, head coach David Pierce and No. 2 ranked Texas baseball delivered a huge win over the South Florida Bulls to advance past the Austin Super Regional to their first appearance in the College World Series since 2018. Texas downed USF in two straight games in the Austin Super Regional at Disch-Falk Field last weekend in order to advance to their second College World Series under Pierce.

Texas actually got through the Austin Regional and Super Regional at the Disch unscathed in five games. They worked through the quad of teams that included the Fairfield Stags, Southern Jaguars, Arizona State Sun Devils, and USF. The most impressive showing did not come in the Austin Super Regional, which goes to show just how dominant the Longhorns were in the postseason thus far.

There aren’t many hotter teams heading into the College World Series in Omaha this week as the Longhorns. Texas now carries a record of 47-15 heading into the College World Series, following their convincing 12-4 win over USF at the Disch on June 13. They quickly turned it around following a somewhat early exit from the Big 12 Tournament a few weeks back.

Texas baseball has serious momentum heading into Omaha

The first game for Texas on the diamond in the College World Series is set to come on the evening of June 20, against the No. 7 ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs out of the SEC West. Mississippi State comes into the College World Series with a sparkling record also at 45-16.

It took three games in the Starkville Super Regional for Mississippi State to topple the No. 10 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish last weekend. Mississippi State got the best of Notre Dame to round out the Starkville Super Regional on June 14 by the final score of 11-7.

Mississippi State also worked through its regional unscathed, taking down the Campbell Fighting Camels, VCU Rams, and Samford Bulldogs, without issue.

The first day of games in Omaha at the College World Series begins at 1 p.m. CT on June 19 with the NC State Wolfpack taking on the Stanford Cardinal. NC State had a massive rally in the Fayetteville Super Regional to knock off the No. 1 ranked Arkansas Razorbacks and make it through to Omaha.

Then, in the second game on June 19 in Omaha, the Vanderbilt Commodores will duke it out with the Arizona Wildcats at 6 p.m. CT.

The first game on June 20 will involve the Virginia Cavaliers and Tennessee Volunteers, with first pitch set for 2 p.m. CT. Then, the Texas-Mississippi State game will round out the first set of matchups in the College World Series on June 20, with first pitch set for 6 p.m. CT.

This is the 37th time that Texas is heading to the College World Series, which is tops in college baseball history. Texas also owns the record for most College World Series wins, at 85, and is tied with the LSU Tigers for second in college baseball history with six National Championships. That slots only behind the USC Trojans, who have a dozen.