Notre Dame won its first College World Series game in 20 years as its last appearance in Omaha was in 2002 under coach Paul Mainieri. “I’m very proud of them to come into this atmosphere and perform for the the first time that well rounded of a game against clearly a phenomenal program.” “I couldn’t be happier with the guys,” Notre Dame coach Link Jarrett said.
Carter Putz added a solo home run in the ninth. Findlay picked up his fourth save after two and one-third innings. Relievers Alex Rao and Jack Findlay no-hit Texas over the final three and two-thirds innings. “I’m not sure if that really matters to us.”īertrand (10-3) allowed six hits and three runs over five and one-third innings for the win with four strikeouts and one walk. “It doesn’t really matter to us if we’re underdogs or projected to win,” Notre Dame starting pither John Michael Bertrand said. “I think a lot of the underdog story is we don’t really feel that internally on the team,” said Notre Dame second baseman Jared Miller, who went 2-for-3 and put his team up 1-0 in the top of the first with a home run as his team outhit Texas, 11-6, and led 6-1 in the fifth. Ole Miss should be considered more of a Cinderella than Notre Dame after receiving the last at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. 2 overall seed Stanford (47-16) at 2 p.m. The double-elimination opening rounds of the CWS continue Saturday with three more SEC West teams in action. Texas and Oklahoma are expected to leave the Big 12 for the SEC in 2025.ĪUBURN RELIEVED TO BE IN OMAHA IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE Texas A&M (42-19) will meet its future SEC opponent Texas (47-21) at 2 p.m. 5 seed and SEC West champion Texas A&M, 13-8, in the CWS opener on Friday afternoon. The Irish will play Oklahoma (43-22) at 7 p.m. Maybe Notre Dame (41-15) should be called Favorite. 1 overall seed Tennessee last week in the Super Regional in Knoxville. 9 overall seed Texas, 7-3, Friday night at the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, after eliminating No.