College baseball viewed them as a Cinderella when they captured the NCAA title in their first MCWS appearance in 2016, knocking off No. 1 seed Florida and No. 5 seed Texas Tech along the way. But in the seven NCAA Tournaments since, Coastal Carolina hadn't even advanced past the regionals — until now.

Coastal Carolina is the first team to qualify for the 2025 College World Series after defeating Auburn, 4-1, on Saturday. The Chanticleers swept the Tigers in their home regional to advance. Auburn held a 1-0 lead until the seventh inning when Coastal Carolina broke through for three runs.

Coastal Carolina baseball is World Series-bound.After a thrilling extra-inning victory in game one of the Auburn Super Regional, CCU took on the Auburn Tigers again for game two Saturday afternoon.The Chanticleers remained scoreless until the 7th inning when the team broke through with an RBI single from Walker Mitchell,