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SC Coastal baseball ranked 8th in the US. Here’s when and how to watch before NCAA tournament

Former Coastal player Dale Thomas hits a home run against Clemson on in 2022. CCU’s baseball team is ending the 2023 season with a winning record. May 17, 2022.
Former Coastal player Dale Thomas hits a home run against Clemson on in 2022. CCU’s baseball team is ending the 2023 season with a winning record. May 17, 2022. jlee@thesunnews.com

With six games left in the 2023 season, Coastal Carolina is the eighth ranked team in the country, according to NCAA and Baseball America.

The Chants’ 2023 season will close off with the Sun Belt Championship in Mobile, A.L., and then a 64-team NCAA baseball tournament, which ends in the Men’s College World Series in Omaha, NE.

Baseball America projects CCU’s Springs Brooks Stadium to be one of the 16 universities in the nation selected to host games in the NCAA baseball tournament.

Coastal won the Men’s College World Series in 2016.

Here’s how to cheer on your Chants.

End of season schedule

You have a just a few chances left to see Coastal at home for the 2023 season. Here is the rest of their regular season schedule.

  • May 12, 13, 14, on the road playing South Alabama in Mobile, A.L.

  • May 16, at home against North Carolina. 6 p.m.

  • May 18, at home against Marshall. 6 p.m.

  • May 19, at home against Marshall. 6 p.m.

  • May 20, at home against Marshall. 1 p.m.

How to watch

Coastal’s Matthew Potok pitches against Clemson at Springs Brooks Stadium in Conway, SC in 2022. CCU’s baseball team is ending the 2023 season with a winning record. May 17, 2022.
Coastal’s Matthew Potok pitches against Clemson at Springs Brooks Stadium in Conway, SC in 2022. CCU’s baseball team is ending the 2023 season with a winning record. May 17, 2022. JASON LEE jlee@thesunnews.com

Watch the upcoming regular season games on the ESPN+ streaming service. You can listen to home games on WRNN Hot Talk 99.5 FM.

Keep up to date on latest news by following CCU Baseball on Twitter, @CoastalBaseball.

Get tickets

Buy tickets online on Stub Hub or by calling the CCU ticket office at 1-877-424-2687.

Postseason prospects

CCU will play in the Sun Belt Conference tournament, which runs from May 23 to 28.

The NCAA baseball tournament selection will take place on May 29 at noon on ESPN2, with teams playing the first round from June 2 to 5.

This story was originally published May 11, 2023 at 7:00 AM.

Eleanor Nash
The Sun News
Eleanor Nash is the Service Journalism Reporter at The Sun News. She answers the burning questions of Grand Strand residents. Send your Myrtle Beach mysteries to enash@thesunnews.com.
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