{"id":12658,"date":"2016-07-01T09:08:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T13:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12658"},"modified":"2016-07-01T09:08:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T13:08:50","slug":"2016-cws-finals-coastal-carolina-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12658","title":{"rendered":"2016 CWS Finals: Coastal Carolina Wins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12730\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CmOcYwzUsAAluiq.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12730\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12730\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CmOcYwzUsAAluiq-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"CCU wins! Photo via twitter just as it happened.\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CmOcYwzUsAAluiq-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CmOcYwzUsAAluiq-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CmOcYwzUsAAluiq-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CmOcYwzUsAAluiq.jpg 1516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CCU wins! Photo via twitter just as it happened.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s a recap of our CWS coverage so far for 2016:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=11765\">College Baseball 2016 Preview<\/a> and pre-season Rankings<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12055\">2016 Draft Preview <\/a>for Local College-age eligible players of note.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12294\">Field of 64 announcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12349\">Regionals Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12440\">Super Regionals Review<\/a> and CWS preview<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12552\">CWS Group Winners and CWS Final preview<\/a> for 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the Finals played out. \u00a0My predictions on the starters to be used was completely off, with each team opting to save their marquee arms for the decider.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Game One on 6\/27\/16, Arizona&#8217;s #3 starter\u00a0<strong>J.C. Cloney<\/strong> pitched like an All-american, throwing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/baseball\/d1\/2016\/06\/27\/arizona-coastal-caro\/play-by-play\">CG 4-hitter to beat Coastal Carolina 3-0 in game 1<\/a>. \u00a0 CCU threw their mid-week starter (and Leesburg Native)\u00a0<strong>Zack Hopeck<\/strong>, who gave up 2 runs in 6+ innings to take the loss. \u00a0CCU just couldn&#8217;t do anything with Cloney and now face a very uphill climb, having to beat Arizona&#8217;s two aces.<\/li>\n<li>In Game Two on 6\/28\/16, Arizona mixed us all up by going with\u00a0<strong>Kevin Ginkel<\/strong> on the hill instead of presumed starter\u00a0<strong>Nathan Bannister<\/strong> (who left his last start with &#8220;arm tightness&#8221; and clearly was still injured)\u00a0who pitched masterfully but his bullpen let him down. \u00a0Meanwhile, CCU&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mike Morrison\u00a0<\/strong>struck out 10 in 6 2\/3rds and the bullpen held while CCU scored three in the 8th to get a lead that Arizona couldn&#8217;t quite get back, losing 5-4.<\/li>\n<li>Game three was rained out, so the NCAA (inexplicably) decided to play the national title game on 6\/30\/16 at 1pm .. meaning that instead of a sold out stadium they had just a few hundred fans in attendance. \u00a0Nonetheless, CCU threw its post-season ace\u00a0<strong>Andrew Beckwith<\/strong> while Arizona countered with their own\u00a0<strong>Bobby Dalbec<\/strong> and the two arms traded zeros for 5 innings. \u00a0In the top of the 6th, a 2-out mis-play by Arizona&#8217;s 2nd basemen led to two unearned runs, followed quickly by a 2-run homer by <strong>G.K. Young<\/strong>\u00a0for four unearned runs in a flash. \u00a0In the bottom of the frame, Arizona got two unearned runs back themselves. \u00a0CCU held on despite a furious Arizona rally where they had the winning runs on base to take game three 4-3 and win their first ever NCAA title in any sport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CCU finishes the season 55-18, leading the nation in wins. \u00a0In case anyone thinks this is some huge massive cinderella &#8230; CCU was ranked in the top 25 pre-season and had 6 guys drafted this year. \u00a0They weren&#8217;t a huge star-power team like Florida; just a solid baseball team that came together at the right time. \u00a0Andrew Beckwith was named the &#8220;mvp&#8221; (technically the Most Outstanding Player) for the CWS 2016.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Your 2016 College World Series Champion<\/strong><\/span>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Coastal Carolina University<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This concludes the College Baseball season and our coverage of it for 2016. \u00a0I&#8217;ll post one more post that covers draftees and signing status for all local-connected players (prep and college). \u00a0I don&#8217;t really cover the summer leagues: for that I&#8217;d suggest NovaBaseball.com, which is really coming into its own in terms of local coverage for all players with local ties.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">College CWS tournament references<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ncaa.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/interactive-bracket\/baseball\/d1\">interactive full 64-team bracket<\/a> with up-to-the-minute box scores of live games: my go-to link this year.<\/li>\n<li>d1baseball&#8217;s tournament Post season Index<\/li>\n<li>d1baseball.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.d1baseball.com\/postseason\/2016-ncaa-regionals-scheduleresults\/\">Regional Schedule Home Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>d1baseball&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.d1baseball.com\/postseason\/2016-ncaa-regionals-scheduleresults\/\">Regional participant information<\/a><\/li>\n<li>d1baseball.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.d1baseball.com\/daily\/today.htm\">daily scoreboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegebaseballdaily.com\/\">CollegeBaseballDaily.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Baseball America&#8217;s Regional Roundup<\/li>\n<li>NCAA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/stats\/baseball\/d1\/current\/individual\/200\">Individual player stats<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Warren Nolan.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrennolan.com\/baseball\/2016\/index\">College Baseball RPI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a recap of our CWS coverage so far for 2016: College Baseball 2016 Preview and pre-season Rankings 2016 Draft Preview for Local College-age eligible players of note. Field of 64 announcement Regionals Review Super Regionals Review and CWS preview CWS Group Winners and CWS Final preview for 2016 Here\u2019s how the Finals played out. 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