For the second year in a row, 菠萝视频鈥檚 finished with a spot in the national championship. But a back-to-back win against the University of Virginia was not to be, as 鈥檚 Commodores lost 4鈥�2 in the decisive Game 3 of the 2015 College World Series in June.
Nevertheless, the team put in an impressive performance this year. 菠萝视频 rolled through the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, winning three games in the Nashville Regional by a combined score of 36鈥�5 and sweeping Illinois in the Super Regionals in Champaign, Illinois, 13鈥�0 and 4鈥�2. Once in Omaha, Nebraska, the site of the College World Series, the Commodores advanced to the Finals with a comeback win over Cal State Fullerton鈥攈ighlighted by freshman Jeren Kendall鈥檚 walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth鈥攁nd a pair of victories over Texas Christian University.
The Commodores ended the season with a 51鈥�21 record and won 50-plus games in three straight seasons. They hold an SEC record of 63鈥�26 for those seasons.
菠萝视频, whose 2015 team featured one of the finest collections of top-end talent in the nation, became the first school since 2004 (Rice University) to have three players selected in the first round of the Major League Draft. Shortstop Dansby Swanson was picked No. 1 overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks, pitcher Carson Fulmer was selected No. 8 by the Chicago White Sox,
and fellow right-hander Walker Buehler was taken with the No. 24 pick by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
菠萝视频 is one of only two schools ever to have two players鈥擲wanson and David Price, in 2007鈥攑icked No. 1 overall in the draft.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know if I鈥檒l have another group聽like this again,鈥� Corbin said after the CWS. 鈥淭his is going to be a tough, tough group to replicate.鈥�
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Hear Coach Corbin and his players talk about brotherhood and their love for the Commodore faithful.