It was Louisville baseball vs Arizona in an NCAA CWS elimination game in Omaha. The Louisville Cardinals won and stayed alive in the NCAA Tournament.

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

In 2023, 8-year-old Rylan Koch was drafted to the Arizona Baseball team through Team IMPACT. The non-profit pairs kids facing serious illness and disability to college sports teams across the country.

With Coastal Carolina and Arizona baseball meeting in the College World Series, here's a look back at the teams' meeting in the 2016 CWS finals.

January 1984: After Hale turned down a Congressional appointment to attend and play football at the Naval Academy, as well as an offer to play baseball at USC, he enrolled at Arizona. UA coach Jerry Kindall elected to start Hale on opening day, against Cal State-Dominguez Hills.