Yahoo Movies TCU is going to the College World Series. Here’s what to know.
TCU is headed to Omaha for the College World Series.
The Horned Frogs punched their ticket to Omaha with a 6-4 win over Indiana State on Saturday, completing a two-game sweep of the visiting Sycamores and extending their winning streak to 11.
When is the CWS?
The College World Series includes eight teams which will play in two four-team double-elmination brackets Play begins on Friday, June 16.
The winners of each bracket advance to the finals which is a best-of three championship series.
will be played tournament style until the final, which will be a best-of-three series, June 24-26.
Who will they play?
The Horned Frogs will face either Oregon or Oral Roberts in their first game in Omaha. Those two teams were playing in a Super Regional this weekend.
How the Frogs got there
The Frogs are 9-0 in the postseason after sweeping the Big 12 tournament, capping it off with a 12-5 win over Oklahoma State, the second-seeded team in the tournament. TCU was the fourth-seeded team.
They played their way into the Fayetteville Regional, which they swept, as well. They opened the round with a 21-4 win over Arizona, then beat No. 3 Arkansas 20-5.
They faced Arkansas again in the regional championship, winning 12-4.
The Frogs were set to travel to Indiana State, where the Sycamores would host the regional.
However, Indiana State had prior commitments to the local Special Olympics group, so TCU took on the hosting duties.
It was a surprise to most, even the Horned Frogs team.
When you win Regionals and find out you’re hosting a Super Regional. #FrogballUSA | #GoFrogs pic.twitter.com/6y65BkRA85
— TCU Baseball (@TCU_Baseball) June 6, 2023
And the groudscrew team, who had to get the field game ready after the surprise announcement.
Welp, there she is heading into super regionals practice day. To say we were shocked Monday when word came in we were hosting would be an understatement. Crew laid synthetic for summer ball by 9 & were beginning the transition away from rye. Superb job turning it back around. pic.twitter.com/PNs1wkUarH
— TCU Groundscrew (@TCUFIELDCREW) June 7, 2023
TCU finished the job with a sweep of the Sycamores, needing just two games to punch their ticket to Omaha.
In those two games, the TCU fans took advantage of the games being played at Lupton, setting back-to-back attendance records on consecutive nights — 8,812 on Friday and 8,994 on Saturday.
World Series history
This is the sixth time the Horned Frogs have advanced to the CWS, the first time since 2017. The Horned Frogs have also advanced in 2010, ‘14, ‘15 and ‘16. Their highest finish is a third-place finish.
