The Birmingham-Southern College's baseball team is scheduled to play in the College World Series on May 31 — the same day their school is set to shut down permanently.
The NCAA logo painted on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park as Oral Roberts takes infield before the start of a NCAA baseball game against TCU on June 4, 2022 in College Station, Texas.
Not only were the Panthers advancing to the Division III College World Series, but they were doing so while their school prepared to close its doors permanently. The news came just a few weeks into the college baseball season. The team was heartbroken and fell into a mid-season losing streak. But the student athletes pushed through with the goal"to finish strong," as their coach Jan Weisberg instructed them to do.
Senior pitcher Hansen McCown is just savoring the time they still have left to play together as a team.
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