OMAHA, NEB. -- The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on Thursday night defeated the Arizona Wildcats 4-3 in Game 3 to win the 2016 NCAA College World Series.
The championship if Coastal Carolina's first in any sport.
Coastal Carolina (55-18) became the first team since Minnesota in 1956 to win the title in its first College World Series appearance.
Arizona (49-24) was trying for its second national title since 2012 but came up just short.
The Wildcats cut the Chanticleer's 4-0 lead in half with two unearned runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning against Coastal Carolina pitcher Andrew Beckwith.
Arizona's Bobby Dalbec (11-6) pitched 5 2/3 innings, striking out eight to increase his College World Series total to 26 in 20 2/3 innings.
