The stands at Charles Schwab Field were emptying, and Murray State players wanted to savor their program's first College World Series as long as they could.

Dan Tauken doesn't have any NIL deals, and didn't expect many perks playing baseball for Murray State. The Racers outfielder yearned for just one thing: cup holders. Murray State bused everywhere from its campus in Kentucky during the 2025 regular season,

OMAHA, Neb. — The foundation for Murray State baseball coach Dan Skirka included a pit stop in Southwest Arkansas. In 2009, Skirka was just a couple of years removed from a standout playing career as a shortstop at Grand Valley State when he spent a year as a graduate assistant at Ouachita Baptist in Arkadelphia.

One team couldn’t wait to be back, the other never expected to be here. The Road to Omaha was a collision course for No. 15 UCLA and Murray State, Saturday's

Roman Martin and AJ Salgado drove in two runs apiece to lead UCLA to a 6-4 victory over a Murray State team making its College World Series debut.

As he walked into Charles Schwab Field Omaha on Wednesday, it hadn’t yet sunk in for Jackson McCoy – not even after he saw the Murray State logo in the

UCLA is Omaha bound for the first time in 12 years and the date and time of its first-round matchup against Murray State has been confirmed.

A 700-1 longshot to win the College World Series two weeks ago, tiny Murray State races to Omaha with a $68,000-a-year coach who still mows the team’s field.