Dan Tauken doesn't have any NIL deals, and didn't expect many perks playing baseball for Murray State. The Racers outfielder yearned for just one thing: cup holders. Murray State bused everywhere from its campus in Kentucky during the 2025 regular season,

The Racers are making their first-ever appearance at the CWS in 2025 and could make history. The biggest question fans may have about Murray State isn't if they belong at the College World Series, but rather, where does their nickname of the "Racers" come from?

Murray State won a regional at Ole Miss and a super regional at Duke to become the fourth No. 4 seed to make it to Omaha. The Racers are led by Dan Skirka, the national coach of the year who had a pit stop at Ouachita Baptist early in his coaching career.

The Murray State Racers are going dancing. For the first time in program history, Murray State has made the College World Series. After beating Duke in the Durham Super Regional bracket, the Racers became just the fourth-ever No.

Regardless of their loss to UCLA on Saturday in the College World Series, this years Murray State team proved that they belong on the same field as

OMAHA, Neb. — The foundation for Murray State baseball coach Dan Skirka included a pit stop in Southwest Arkansas. In 2009, Skirka was just a couple of years removed from a standout playing career as a shortstop at Grand Valley State when he spent a year as a graduate assistant at Ouachita Baptist in Arkadelphia.

The Arkansas Razorbacks have an tough path ahead of them now if they want to make it to the Men’s College World Series championships. They lost to LSU 4-1 on Saturday night and were sent to the loser’s bracket.

The Murray State Racers are about to be embraced as the College World Series’ lovable underdogs by local fans looking to adopt a team for the week.