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UC Santa Barbara's Baseball Team Going To College World Series For First Time

UC Santa Barbara’s baseball team is going to the College World’s Series for the first time in the school’s history, following an incredible playoff win Sunday.

UCSB was down 3-0 in the ninth inning to Louisville when the Gauchos loaded the bases. Freshman Sam Cohen, who had only 26 at bats all season for UCSB, hit a grand slam home run. UCSB won 4-3, earning a trip to the College World Series. It starts this weekend in Omaha, Nebraska.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.