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Division III school advances to College World Series days before ceasing operations

Division III school advances to College World Series days before ceasing operations

The Birmingham-Southern College baseball team has advanced to the College World Series, but when they play in it, the school will no longer exist.

On March 26, the school announced that they would “cease operations” on May 31 after the school “failed to gain sufficient support in the Alabama House of Representatives.”

The school had been trying for a year and a half to “obtain bridge financing from a $30 million state loan program conceived and enacted to save” the school, which opened in 1856.

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Birmingham-Southern will be in the College World Series after school closes. (Birmingham-Southern College)

The board of trustees then voted unanimously to close the university.

Well, less than a week before school closed, the Panthers punched their ticket to Eastlake, Ohio, where the final eight teams will compete for the national title.

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Birmingham-Southern is 32-14 so far, having earned an at-large bid to the NCAA regional tournament; After winning all three of their games there, they advanced to the Super Regionals, where they stayed hot, won both games, and advanced to University. World Series.

The bracket is a double elimination that begins on Friday, the same day the school will close its doors.

“The campus may be closing, but history has yet to be written,” the school's athletic department wrote Saturday on X, formerly Twitter.

It's been a rollercoaster season for Birmingham-Southern. (Diamond Images via Getty Images)

It's been a rollercoaster season for Birmingham-Southern, which started 7-1 but then lost six of its next eight. After .500 balls in their next eight games, they won 13 of the next 14, including nine in a row, before being swept in two games in their own conference tournament.

However, their strong schedule earned them the at-large bid and they took advantage of the opportunity, winning all five of their NCAA tournament games.

His opponent is to be determined, but the important thing is to warm up at the right time. Given their 18-3 record in their last 21 games and a major grudge, no one should want to play these guys.