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College World Series 2016: Championship Bracket, TV Schedule and More
Published by Timothy Rapp on June 26, 2016
Coastal Carolina and Arizona took a similar path to the finals of the College Baseball World Series.
Coastal Carolina initially lost to TCU and slipped to the loser's bracket before beating the Horned Frogs twice. Arizona suffered the same initial fate against Oklahoma State before beating the Cowboys twice to earn its ticket to the final.
Now, the two teams will face off in the best-of-three series to determine the sport's national championship.
For Coastal Carolina, it's the team's first trip to the CWS. For Arizona, it's the chance to earn a fifth national title. For college baseball, the matchup is a bit of a surprise.
Coastal Carolina, for one, started the season rather slowly, as second baseman Tyler Chadwick noted.
"When we were 7-7 in March, I don't think we expected to be here, either," he told Bleacher Report - College Baseball
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