NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Vanderbilt Commodores are two wins away from returning to the College World Series and the chance to bookend the coronavirus pandemic with national championships.
But this isn't the same team that walked off the field in Omaha in 2019 as national champs.
“This team, it has to wear the badge of being a Vanderbilt team, obviously, and it’s applied to winning in ’19, but it’s not the same group of kids,” coach Tim Corbin said Wednesday. “It’s just a completely different group of guys who wear the same colors.”
Not only did Vanderbilt go 59-12 that season to set the Southeastern Conference record for wins, the Commodores beat Michigan for their second national championship since 2014.