Texas A&M baseball falls in College World Series Final game 3 to Tennessee

Texas A&M baseball falls just short in Omaha to finish as runners-up in the College World Series final

This Texas A&M baseball team had a magical run. They truly did. Sadly, though, it fell just short of the ultimate expectation as they cannot make it past the Tennessee Volunteers in the College World Series final.

I saw this one turning out differently, I really did. Unluckily, almost nothing that I saw as key factors for the Aggies to win came to pass. I thought Lamkin would start off hot; he was chased in the third inning. I thought the bottom third of the order would produce for the Aggies; they were once again shut down by the Volunteers. Finally, for what I thought was an extremely safe bet, I had Evan Aschenbeck shutting down the Volunteers; they scored half their runs off of him.

Still, this team has nothing to hang their heads about. They advanced further than any other Texas A&M baseball squad ever has, and they did it in dominating fashion. They didn’t lose a single postseason game until the College World Series final—they didn’t even trail in Omaha until that game 2 against the Volunteers. Sometimes, though, you just run into a better team.

It hurts to come this close and ultimately not get across the finish line, but part of any champion’s journey is the lessons learned along the way. For the Vols, they were thought to be one of the best teams of all time a couple of years ago, only to not even make it to Omaha. We had hoped that the Aggies’ year of lessons learned would have been that 2022 run that ended in the semifinals, but different teams progress at different rates.

What hurts the most is that through everything—the adversity, the injuries—this team still had chances. They fought through it all and gave themselves a shot. This team will go down in memory for Texas A&M baseball fans as one of the best and most beloved of all time—no matter whether they achieved the goal or not.

But man. I wish they had.