LSU Wins Eighth National Title With Win Over Coastal Carolina
Image credit: Chris Stanfield (1) LSU Tigers vs Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in game 2 of the 2025 Men’s College Baseball World Series Championship at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday, June 22, 2025 (Photo by Eddie Kelly/ ProLook Photos)
LSU returned to college baseball’s mountaintop Sunday afternoon, beating Coastal Carolina 5-3 to win its eighth national championship and second in three years.
The Tigers are the only program to win multiple championships in the transfer portal era (since 2018) and head coach Jay Johnson becomes the sixth coach in the super regional era (since 1999) to win multiple titles.
LSU largely cruised to its series-clinching win on Sunday. Designated hitter Ethan Frey tied the game with an RBI double in the third inning, and the Tigers took a lead they never relinquished in the fourth, with two-run singles from center fielder Chris Stanfield and left fielder Derek Curiel.
That four-run inning chased Coastal Carolina ace Jacob Morrison, who earlier this week joined Paul Skenes as the only Division I pitchers in the last five years record 10 or more starts of six-plus innings with one or fewer runs allowed.
LSU starting pitcher Anthony Eyanson offered a strong performance, limiting the Chanticleers to three runs on seven hits with nine strikeouts over 6.1 innings. Reliever Chase Shores closed out the game with 2.2 spotless innings.
The game wasn’t without controversy. Chanticleers 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 after the two argued balls and strikes. The NCAA issued a statement after the game supporting the ejections and adding that Schnall and Schilling would be suspended two and three games, respectively. Their suspensions will be enforced to start the 2026 season.
LSU put together a spectacular and largely unchallenged run through the College World Series, winning all of its games behind historic performances from lefty Kade Anderson, who threw 16 innings of one-run ball in Omaha, including the third-ever complete game shutout in championship series history on Saturday night.
The Tigers will go down in history as the college equivalent of a dynasty—and under Johnson, they should be positioned to compete again in 2026.
“I could coach this team forever,” Johnson said repeatedly throughout his stay in Omaha. “I’ll say it over and over.”
