A Rebel Run for the Ages

06/27/2022

By: Jeff Yoder

Ole Miss Goes From Last Team In to Last Team Standing With 1st Men’s College World Series Title

The Rebels have done it! Ole Miss entered the NCAA College Baseball Tournament as of the last bids — “Last 4 In” — before stunning multiple ranked opponents en route to the World Series finale. From there, they bested Oklahoma in Game 1 on Saturday with back-to-back-back homers that blew it open late (10-3). It was OU’s time to shine in Game 2, but an 8th-inning Rebel rally on Sunday (4-2) gave Ole Miss the program’s first College World Series title.

 

How the Rebels Did It

Sunday’s Game 2 was do-or-die for Oklahoma, and another late-inning collapse brought their demise. The Sooners led 2-1 after seven innings while pitcher Cade Horton was throwing heat. It looked like OU would force Game 3, but Ole Miss tallied three runs in the 8th, including Jacob Gonzalez’s game-tying RBI before two runners scored on wild pitches. Ole Miss became the first team in 22 years to win a World Series game when trailing after seven innings (LSU, 2000).

 

The Ole Trophy

Not only was it the school’s first baseball national championship, but the second ever in school history (Women’s Golf, 2021), and in back-to-back years, no less. They’re also the third straight SEC school to win the title, and the trophy will stay in Mississippi for another year after Mississippi State won it last season.

 

Watch: Ole Miss Wins College World Series

 

Additional Storylines

NCAA: How Ole Miss Won the 2022 Men’s College World Series

ESPN: Ole Miss Rebels Sweep Oklahoma Sooners to Win 1st College World Series Title

 

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