See the return of the Coastal Carolina baseball team after the College World Series
Coastal Carolina University’s baseball team was met with hometown love at Springs Brooks Stadium after getting off the plane from the College World Series in Omaha.
Fans gathered on the walkway with teal and black pom poms and flags.
“Welcome home guys,” they cheered as the players emerged from the bus. On their way to the locker room, players stopped to sign baseballs for kids who had made it.
“This has been an awesome season,” Roger Cicero said at Monday’s welcome home event. He’s been following the team since spring training in Jacksonville, Florida.
Some CCU students, including Alexis Morisset, Kayla Sharp and Ava Dunkak came back to Conway watch the team play in Omaha and welcome them back to campus on Monday.
“That’s what Coastal’s all about — school spirit,” Sharp said.
They all agreed that CCU is about supporting each other, including student athletes.
“You can feel the love on campus, and so you want to spread the love,” Morisset said.
The last time the Chants went to the College World Series was in 2016, when they came home with the title. During Sunday’s game against Louisiana State University, the Tigers beat CCU 5-3.
At the beginning of the game, Coastal Carolina’s head coach Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling were ejected in the bottom of the first inning by home plate umpire Angel Campos, according to previous reporting.
A statement from the NCAA said the coaches “were ejected from the game for continued arguing about balls and strikes after being warned initially by the umpire crew.”
Prior to their first game against LSU on Saturday when they lost to the Tigers 1-0, CCU baseball had a 26-game winning streak.
This story was originally published June 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM.
