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College World Series: Michigan to battle Vanderbilt for NCAA title
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It’s a B1G-SEC final.
Michigan punched its ticket to the championship series of the College World Series on Friday afternoon, posting a 15-3 blowout win over Texas Tech to improve to 3-0 this week. The Wolverines became the first B1G team to reach the championship since Ohio State in 1966.
After a late-night series between Vanderbilt and Louisville, the Wolverines now know their opponent.
Michigan will take on Vanderbilt in the final series, a best-of-three format. The winner will claim the 2019 baseball national championship. The Commodores also went 3-0 to reach the final series.
Here’s the schedule for the best-of-three series, which begins Monday. All games will be aired on ESPN:
- Game 1 — Monday, June 24: 7 p.m. ET
- Game 2 — Tuesday, June 25: 7 p.m. ET
- Game 3* — Wednesday, June 26: 7 p.m. ET (*if necessary)
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB