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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your teams. Your favorite writers. Wherever you want them. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android.&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;OMAHA, NEB. \u2014&amp;nbsp;The College World Series championship game between Coastal Carolina and Arizona was postponed until Thursday because of inclement weather in the Omaha area on Wednesday night.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NCAA officials waited 2 hours, 23 minutes after the scheduled start time to postpone the game. More rain and lightning were forecast for the area in the early morning hours, meaning a delay would have been likely.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The best-of-three series is tied at a game apiece.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI think it was a great decision after the amount of delay we had and the length of time it would take to get the teams ready to go,\u201D Coastal Carolina coach Gary Gilmore said. \u201CYou don\u2019t want to play a national championship game and finish at 3 o\u2019clock in the morning.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coastal Carolina (54\u201318) will be playing for its first national title in any team sport. Arizona (49\u201323) is going for its fifth championship, and first since 2012. First pitch is set for 1:08 p.m. ET.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gilmore and Arizona coach Jay Johnson said they didn\u2019t know whether their pitching plans would change with the extra time off.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coastal Carolina was to start Alex Cunningham (10\u20134) against Arizona\u2019s Bobby Dalbec (11\u20135). Both pitched on Saturday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnson said the extra day off helps both teams. Each team will be playing its eighth game in 13 days with pitching staffs that aren\u2019t deep.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The CWS will be going to a 17th game overall, the most in the event\u2019s 70-year history, and a June 30 finish would be the latest ever.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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