| |The City of Fort Worth is proud of the Texas Christian University baseball team, and for good reason. With their dedication and hard work, the team clinched a spot in the 2014 College World Series. TCU is performing much better than last year when it struggled to achieve a 29-28. Despite their poor performance last year, the team has done well in the past, being just one of 13 teams to play in 10 of the last 11 regional tournaments.
Most notably, the Horned Frogs earned a No. 7 seed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association through their recent landmark victory against Oklahoma State (45-16) in the Big 12 Conference tournament title game.
"It is an awesome achievement, and it's a great achievement for our conference," said TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle, who has headed the team to the postseason nearly every year since he filled the position.
"These guys have earned it," he said. "Most of the guys on this team had to go through a nightmare last year."
This is the school's first national seed in history, making this a truly historic year.
The team had hoped to achieve a national seed, where they would be ranked among schools like the University of Texas, Louisiana State University and others. Prior to their national seed, Baylor Bears coach Steve Smith expressed his support for TCU's national ranking.
"I think they do everything really well," Smith told the Star-Telegram after losing to the Horned Frogs in three out of four games. "I just think they're a national seed."
In the final game of the Fort Worth Super Regional, the Frogs rallied from a one-run deficit in the ninth inning to win 6-5 for their spot in the College World Series. The turnout was incredible. In fact, the game broke postseason attendance records.
