NASHVILLE -- Indiana State baseball earned its first NCAA Baseball Championship victory since 1995 with an opening round win over McNeese by the score of 6-5 at the Nashville Regional, hosted by Vanderbilt. ISU raced out to an early lead but a big fifth inning home run from Dane Tofteland stopped a McNeese rally and then four scoreless innings of relief by Tyler Grauer made it hold up for the win.
The win over McNeese helped the Sycamores improve to 42-16 while the Cowboys fell to 35-25. The victory was also career win No.