OMAHA — Arizona was hoping to get some payback Sunday at the College World Series in its rematch against Louisville.

Arizona Baseball's College World Series (CWS) run has come to an end in Omaha after losing to the Louisville Cardinals in an elimination game Sunday afternoon.

The Arizona Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals meet up in Omaha on Sunday with their NCAA Men’s College World Series hopes on the line in the first elimination game of the tournament. Both teams had high hopes coming into the Men’s College World Series, but found themselves on the losing end of a couple of tough battles.

The first weekend of the 2025 College World Series is behind us, and this year's group is now down to seven teams.

Arizona was the first team to arrive in Omaha, landing on Tuesday after spending an extra day in North Carolina following a Super Regional that saw the Wildcats take advantage of a huge break to get back to the College World Series.

With two outs and Wells Sykes on second base after a two-out double, Arizona coach Chip Hale elected to intentionally walk Coastal catcher Caden Bodine in favor of facing Sebastian Alexander even though Bodine had stranded four runners in the second and fourth innings.

The CWS often boils down to manufactured runs. Arizona will have to hammer out four games worth of them just to make the championship series. Step one: Winning the 1

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