2021 College World Series
The 2021 College World Series was the final stage of the 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament held from June 19–30 at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. This marked the 74th edition of the College World Series and 71st time the event is being held in Omaha, Nebraska after the 2020 tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
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| Dates | June 19–30 | ||||||||||||
| MOP | Will Bednar (Mississippi State) | ||||||||||||
| Broadcast | |||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN (United States – English) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Karl Ravech (play by play), Eduardo Pérez, Kyle Peterson (color), Kris Budden (field reporter) | ||||||||||||
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The tournament featured eight teams in two double-elimination brackets with the two winners meeting in a best-of-three championship series.[1]
Background
The 2021 tournament ends the one-year hiatus left by the cancellation of the 2020 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Originally, the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced that attendance at championship events would be restricted for all spring sports, including this year's CWS at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, to 50% due to the ongoing pandemic, meaning just 12,000 spectators per game.[2] However, on May 19, the NCAA announced that public health authorities would be in charge of placing restrictions on the baseball and softball championships. College World Series officials stated that crowds would return to full capacity.[3]
Participants
| School | Conference | Record (Conf) | Head Coach | Super Regional | Previous CWS Appearances | CWS Best Finish | CWS W-L Record |
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| NC State | ACC | 35–18 (19–14) | Elliott Avent | Fayetteville | 2 (last: 2013) |
3rd (1968) |
3–4 |
| Stanford | Pac–12 | 38–15 (17–10) | David Esquer | Lubbock | 16 (last: 2008) |
1st (1987, 1988) |
40–29 |
| Arizona | Pac–12 | 45–16 (21–9) | Jay Johnson | Tucson | 17 (last: 2016) |
1st (1976, 1980, 1986, 2012) |
43–30 |
| Vanderbilt | SEC | 45–15 (19–10) | Tim Corbin | Nashville | 4 (last: 2019) |
1st (2014, 2019) |
16–7 |
| Tennessee | SEC | 50–16 (20–10) | Tony Vitello | Knoxville | 4 (last: 2005) |
2nd (1951) |
8–8 |
| Virginia | ACC | 35–25 (18–18) | Brian O'Connor | Columbia | 5 (last: 2015) |
1st (2015) |
12–8 |
| Mississippi State | SEC | 45–16 (20–10) | Chris Lemonis | Starkville | 11 (last: 2019) |
2nd (2013) |
13–22 |
| Texas | Big 12 | 47–15 (17–7) | David Pierce | Austin | 36 (last: 2018) |
1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005) |
85–61 |
Bracket
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Stanford | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Arizona | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 712 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 3 | –[upper-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Stanford | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Arizona | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Stanford | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mississippi State | 2 | 13 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tennessee | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mississippi State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mississippi State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mississippi State | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tennessee | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Game results
| Date | Game | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Winning pitcher | Losing pitcher | Save | Notes | |
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| June 19 | Game 1 | NC State | 10–4 | Stanford | Reid Johnston (9–3) | Brendan Beck (9–2) | Evan Justice (12) | – | |
| Game 2 | Vanderbilt | 7–6 (12) | Arizona | Chris McElvain (5–1) | Vince Vannelle (5–3) | – | – | ||
| June 20 | Game 3 | Virginia | 6–0 | Tennessee | Andrew Abbott (9–6) | Chad Dallas (11–2) | Matt Wyatt (1) | – | |
| Game 4 | Mississippi State | 2–1 | Texas | Will Bednar (8–1) | Ty Madden (7–5) | Landon Sims (11) | – | ||
| June 21 | Game 5 | Stanford | 14–5 | Arizona | Alex Williams (5–2) | Garrett Irvin (6–3) | Jacob Palisch (2) | Arizona eliminated | |
| Game 6 | NC State | 1–0 | Vanderbilt | Sam Highfill (9–2) | Jack Leiter (10–4) | Evan Justice (13) | – | ||
| June 22 | Game 7 | Texas | 8–4 | Tennessee | Tanner Witt (5–0) | Sean Hunley (7–5) | – | Tennessee eliminated | |
| Game 8 | Mississippi State | 6–5 | Virginia | Cade Smith (3–0) | Stephen Schoch (4–2) | Landon Sims (12) | – | ||
| June 23 | Game 9 | Vanderbilt | 6–5 | Stanford | Luke Murphy (4–1) | Brendan Beck (9–3) | – | Stanford eliminated | |
| June 24 | Game 10 | Texas | 6–2 | Virginia | Cole Quintanilla (5–0) | Matt Wyatt (4–2) | Aaron Nixon (9) | Virginia eliminated | |
| June 25 | Game 11 | Vanderbilt | 3–1 | NC State | Kumar Rocker (14–3) | Garrett Payne (0–1) | Luke Murphy (9) | – | |
| Game 12 | Texas | 8–5 | Mississippi State | Aaron Nixon (4–3) | Brandon Smith (4–4) | – | – | ||
| June 26 | Game 13 | Vanderbilt | WO | NC State | Game declared no contest | NC State eliminated | |||
| Game 14 | Mississippi State | 4–3 | Texas | Landon Sims (5–0) | Cole Quintanilla (5–1) | – | Texas eliminated | ||
| Finals | |||||||||
| June 28 | Game 1 | Vanderbilt | 8–2 | Mississippi State | Jack Leiter (11–4) | Christian MacLeod (6–6) | Nick Maldonado (9) | Vanderbilt 1–0 | |
| June 29 | Game 2 | Mississippi State | 13–2 | Vanderbilt | Preston Johnson (4–0) | Christian Little (3–2) | – | Tied 1–1 | |
| June 30 | Game 3 | Mississippi State | 9–0 | Vanderbilt | Will Bednar (9–1) | Kumar Rocker (14–4) | Landon Sims (13) | Mississippi State 2–1 | |
Finals
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jack Leiter (11–4) LP: Christian MacLeod (6–6) Sv: Nick Maldonado (9) Home runs: MSU: Kamren James (12) VAN: Jayson Gonzalez (9) Attendance: 24,052 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vanderbilt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | 13 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Preston Johnson (4–0) LP: Christian Little (3–2) Home runs: VAN: CJ Rodriguez (5), Maxwell Romero Jr. (4) MSU: None Attendance: 24,122 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mississippi State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Will Bednar (9–1) LP: Kumar Rocker (14–4) Sv: Landon Sims (13) Home runs: MSU: Kellum Clark (5), Logan Tanner (15) VAN: None Attendance: 24,052 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composite line score
2021 College World Series Finals (2–1): Mississippi State wins.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 31 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs: MSU: Kellum Clark (1), Kamren James (1), Logan Tanner (1) VAN: Jayson Gonzalez (1), CJ Rodriguez (1), Maxwell Romero Jr. (1) Total attendance: 72,226 Average attendance: 24,075 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.[5]
| Position | Player | School |
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| P | Will Bednar (MOP) | Mississippi State |
| Jack Leiter | Vanderbilt | |
| C | Logan Tanner | Mississippi State |
| 1B | Luke Hancock | Mississippi State |
| 2B | Tim Tawa | Stanford |
| 3B | Zack Gelof | Virginia |
| SS | Lane Forsythe | Mississippi State |
| OF | Tanner Allen | Mississippi State |
| Brock Jones | Stanford | |
| Rowdey Jordan | Mississippi State | |
| DH | Ivan Melendez | Texas |
Notes
- Game declared no contest due to COVID-19 protocols with NC State. Vanderbilt advanced in the tournament.[4]
References
- "2021 College World Series schedule". National Collegiate Athletic Association. April 30, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- Paniagua, Hunter (April 23, 2021). "NCAA limits College World Series attendance to 50% capacity". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- Dvorak, Gina (May 19, 2021). "College World Series planning for full-capacity unmasked crowds". MSN. Omaha, Nebraska. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- "Vanderbilt-NC State College World Series game ruled no-contest due to COVID-19 protocols". NCAA.com. June 26, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- @NCAACWS (July 1, 2021). "2021 Men's College World Series - All Tournament Team" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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