Texas A&M advances to College World Series
Texas A&M swept its NCAA super regional and advanced to the College World Series, and Tennessee, Virginia Tech and Texas won Saturday to even their best-of-three openers to move within a win of making the CWS.
No. 5 national seed Texas A&M beat Louisville 4-3 for a second straight one-run win and returns to the CWS for the first time since 2017, the next step in a turnaround season under firstyear coach Jim Schlossnagle.
A year after failing to even qualify for the Southeastern Conference Tournament, Texas A&M posted the second-best record in the conference and how has won five straight in the NCAA Tournament.
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