The Oregon State baseball team will not have to wait long to play its first game of the 2025 College World Series. The Beavers will face the Louisville Cardinals on Friday at 4 p.m. PT in their Omaha opener,

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OMAHA, Neb. (WAVE) - The Louisville baseball team is back in Omaha for the sixth time in program history and the first time since 2019 and are set for match-up against national No. 8 seed Oregon State.

OMAHA, Neb. — The University of Louisville Cardinal baseball team is back in Omaha for the College World Series. They will face Oregon State Friday at 7 p.m. in the first round of the tournament. The tournament has been in Omaha for 75 years, and this is the Cards’ sixth appearance.

It'll be Louisville vs Oregon State in a College World Series opener. What to know about game in CWS 2025 bracket, including how to watch, schedule:

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The CWS opens Friday with the Sun Belt Conference's Coastal Carolina (53-11) playing the Big 12's Arizona (44-19) in a rematch of the 2016 finals won by the Chanticleers. No. 8 national seed Oregon State (47-14-1), an independent until the Pac-12 ramps up again in 2026-27, meets the ACC's Louisville (40-22) in the second game.