It was 29 years ago Monday that Chip Hale won a College World Series title with Arizona as a player. June 9 also happens to be the birthday of his wife, Judi, but she wasn’t able to take the trip to Omaha to support her school and her future husband back in 1986.

Eddie King Jr.'s 2-out double scored Jake Munroe in the seventh inning to put the Cardinals on top. Jake Schweitzer, Justin West and Brennyn Cutts combined for a scoreless final two innings to put Louisville (40-22) among the eight teams going to Omaha.

Vanderbilt and Texas fell out of the NCAA Baseball Tournament last weekend and represented two shocking trends with their early exits. Not only did they make history in setting up a super regional round without the top two national seeds for the first time this century,

Brian O’Connor, who led Virginia to seven College World Series appearances and a national championship, is leaving the Cavaliers to take over at Mississippi State.