Murray State won a regional at Ole Miss and a super regional at Duke to become the fourth No. 4 seed to make it to Omaha. The Racers are led by Dan Skirka, the national coach of the year who had a pit stop at Ouachita Baptist early in his coaching career.

As many teams have relied more on the transfer portal, UCLA baseball is reliant on star sophomores like Roch Cholowsky.

Murray State and No. 15 UCLA saw their first action of the 2025 Men's College World Series on Saturday, where the former’s ongoing Cinderella story hit a bit of a snag in Game 3 after the Bruins’ 6-4 win.

Murray State took a chance on a 33-year-old junior college assistant. Seven years later, Skirka has the Racers on the sport's biggest stage.

Coach Dan Skirka, a former Grand Valley State star from Union City, has the Murray State baseball team in the College World Series for the first time.

Former Homestead High School standout Will Vierling probably didn't have the College World Series blocked off on his June calendar when he transferred from Louisville to Murray State after the 2024 season. But he'll be starting at catcher when the Racers play in the CWS on June 14 in Omaha, Nebraska. Other games begin June 13.