2025 Murray State Racers baseball team

2025 Murray State Racers baseball
Missouri Valley Conference co-champions Missouri Valley Conference tournament champions Oxford Regional champions Durham Super Regional champions
College World Series, T–7th
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
D1Baseball.com	No. 8
Record	44–17 (17–8 MVC)
Head coach	Dan Skirka (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Steve Adkins Hunter Wolfe Anthony Ortega
Home stadium	Reagan Field

2025 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Murray State  ‍†‍‡‍y	17	–	8		.680			42	–	14		.750
Missouri State  ‍†‍‍	17	–	8		.680			30	–	25		.545
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			37	–	20		.649
UIC  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			22	–	33		.400
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			28	–	28		.500
Belmont  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			26	–	34		.433
Indiana State  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			24	–	31		.436
Bradley  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			16	–	35		.314
Evansville  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			17	–	37		.315
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	5	–	22		.185			10	–	40		.200
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 2, 2025 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Murray State Racers baseball team represented Murray State University in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Racers played their home games at Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky. The team was led by head coach Dan Skirka in his 7th season in the position.

The Racers won their first Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament, earning a spot in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. They won the Oxford Regional and Durham Super Regional, reaching their first College World Series in program history. They finished tied for 7th in the tournament after losing to UCLA and Arkansas.

Schedule and results

2025 Murray State Racers baseball game log (44–15)
Regular season (35–13)
February (5–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record February 14 (DH-1) vs. Western Illinois Capaha Field Cape Girardeau, Missouri W 10–5 Lyke (1–0) Tripure (0–1) Wajda (1) 200 1–0 — February 14 (DH-2) vs. Western Illinois Capaha Field W 16–0 (7) Silva (1–0) Dubois (0–1) 200 2–0 — February 24 Western Kentucky Reagan Field Murray, Kentucky W 2–1 (12) Kelham (1–0) Wright (0–1) 120 3–0 — February 25 UT Martin Reagan Field W 18–7 (7) Schutte (1–0) Stropshire (0–1) 250 4–0 — February 28 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field Little Rock, Arkansas W 9–8 Wajda (1–0) Davis (1–1) McLendon (1) 234 5–0 —
March (10–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record March 1 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field W 21–2 Silva (2–0) Bunting (1–2) 310 6–0 — March 2 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field W 6–4 Zentko (1–0) Davis (1–2) 267 7–0 — March 5 at No. 17 Ole Miss Swayze Field Oxford, Mississippi L 7–8 (10) Hooks (1–0) Wajda (1–1) 8,504 7–1 — March 7 Western Illinois Reagan Field W 10–9 McLendon (1–0) Humphrey (0–3) 270 8–1 — March 8 Western Illinois Reagan Field L 3–5 Buhl (2–0) Zentko (1–0) Stotlar (1) 400 8–2 — March 9 Western Illinois Reagan Field L 1–3 Romano (1–0) Schutte (1–1) Stotlar (2) 300 8–3 — March 11 Lindenwood Reagan Field W 12–11 (10) Wajda (2–1) Subbert (0–1) 300 9–3 — March 12 Lindenwood Reagan Field W 11–9 Elmy (1–0) Sell (0–1) McLendon (2) 250 10–3 — March 14 at Southern Indiana USI Baseball Field Evansville, Indiana W 5–4 Lyke (2–0) Gonzalez (0–2) Wajda (2) 239 11–3 — March 16 (DH-1) vs. Southern Indiana Marion Stadium Marion, Illinois W 17–6 (7) Silva (3–0) Kimball (2–3) McLendon (3) 101 12–3 — March 16 (DH-2) vs. Southern Indiana Marion Stadium L 7–8 Kennedy (2–0) Wajda (2–2) 101 12–4 — March 18 at Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, Kentucky W 5–4 Lebron (1–0) Harris (1–1) Zentko (1) 2,529 13–4 — March 21 Evansville Reagan Field L 5–6 Hansmann (1–0) Lyke (2–1) Peart (1) 150 13–5 0–1 March 22 Evansville Reagan Field L 10–15 Fieger (1–2) Wajda (2–3) 260 13–6 0–2 March 23 Evansville Reagan Field W 9–5 Zentko (2–1) Byberg (0–3) 260 14–6 1–2 March 28 at Illinois State Duffy Bass Field Normal, Illinois W 19–8 (7) Elmy (2–0) Harper (2–1) 611 15–6 2–2 March 29 (DH-1) at Illinois State Duffy Bass Field L 1–7 Perry (2–3) Schutte (1–2) Donnison (1) 568 15–7 2–3 March 29 (DH-1) at Illinois State Duffy Bass Field L 10–13 Rybarczyk (1–0) Silva (3–1) 568 15–8 2–4
April (15–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record April 1 North Alabama Reagan Field W 5–3 Ugo (1–0) Howard (0–2) Lebron (1) 250 16–8 — April 6 Bradley Capaha Field† W 5–0 Schutte (2–2) Lutz (1–6) 120 17–8 3–4 April 7 (DH-1) Bradley Capaha Field† W 12–0 (7) Silva (4–1) Vaughn (0–3) 100 18–8 4–4 April 7 (DH-2) Bradley Capaha Field† W 3–2 Elmy (3–0) Politte (1–5) Zentko (2) 100 19–8 5–4 April 8 Bellarmine Reagan Field W 10–0 (7) Hustedde (1–0) Brower (1–1) 115 20–8 — April 9 Kentucky State Reagan Field W 38–1 (7) Oakley (1–0) Wooldridge (1–4) 300 21–8 — April 11 UIC Reagan Field W 3–1 Elmy (4–0) Schueler (2–6) Zentko (3) 275 22–8 6–4 April 12 UIC Reagan Field L 4–10 Egan (2–1) Schutte (2–3) Hawkins (1) 350 22–9 6–5 April 13 UIC Reagan Field W 11–9 Silva (5–1) Bak (0–3) Kelham (1) 350 23–9 7–5 April 15 Southeast Missouri State Reagan Field W 4–3 Oakley (2–0) Klein (0–2) 300 24–9 — April 17 at Valparaiso Emory G. Bauer Field Valparaiso, Indiana W 11–10 Lebron (2–0) Cottrill (0–2) 127 25–9 8–5 April 18 at Valparaiso Emory G. Bauer Field W 16–2 Schutte (3–3) Deliyannis (3–5) 209 26–9 9–5 April 19 at Valparaiso Emory G. Bauer Field W 5–1 Silva (5–1) Boynton (1–4) 189 27–9 10–5 April 22 at North Alabama Mike D. Lane Field Florence, Alabama W 10–3 Oakley (3–0) Stogner (0–2) 162 28–9 — April 25 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field Terre Haute, IN W 9–3 Schutte (4–3) Suriel (0–4) Kelham (2) 596 29–9 11–5 April 26 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field L 1–11 McEwen (6–2) Silva (5–2) 931 29–10 11–6 April 27 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field W 2–1 Elmy (5–0) Parson (1–3) Kelham (3) 831 30–10 12–6 April 29 at Southeast Missouri State Capaha Field Cape Girardeau, Missouri L 3–11 Pennington (1–1) Parenteau (0–1) 465 30–11 — †Due to weather in Murray, all three games of the Bradley series were moved to a neutral site. Murray State still functioned as the home team and batted second in all three games.
May (5–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record May 2 Southern Illinois Reagan Field W 8–3 Schutte (5–3) Nigut (7–2) Kelham (4) 300 31–11 13–6 May 4 Southern Illinois Reagan Field W 3–2 (10) Kelham (2–0) Frizzi (3–3) 300 32–11 14–6 May 4 Southern Illinois Reagan Field L 0–11 (8) Holguin (3–0) Elmy (5–1) 250 32–12 14–7 May 9 at Belmont E. S. Rose Park Nashville, TN W 7–3 Schutte (6–3) Ruzicka (5–3) Kelham (5) ESPN+ 135 33–12 15–7 May 10 at Belmont E. S. Rose Park W 8–1 Silva (6–2) Brown (2–5) Oakley (1) ESPN+ 268 34–12 16–7 May 11 at Belmont E. S. Rose Park L 3–4 (10) Harden (2–2) Kelham (2–1) ESPN+ 192 34–13 16–8 May 15 Missouri State Reagan Field W 16–5 (7) Schutte (7–3) Schaaf (4–2) ESPN+ 200 35–13 17–8
Postseason (9–2)
MVC tournament (4–0) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVCT record May 21 vs. (6) Belmont (1) Duffy Bass Field Normal, Illinois W 15–14 (11) Kelham (3–1) Brock (2–3) ESPN+ 36–13 1–0 May 22 vs. (3) Southern Illinois (1) Duffy Bass Field W 10–5 Zentko (3–1) Nigut (7–4) ESPN+ 37–13 2–0 May 23 vs. (4) UIC (1) Duffy Bass Field W 5–2 Elmy (6–1) Bak (2–4) ESPN+ 110 38–13 3–0 May 24 vs. (2) Missouri State (1) Duffy Bass Field W 10–5 Silva (7–2) Slater (3–3) Oakley (2) ESPN+ 105 39–13 4–0
Oxford Regional (3–1) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Regional record May 30 vs. (1) No. 15 Ole Miss (4) Swayze Field Oxford, Mississippi W 9–6 Hustedde (2–0) McCausland (2–1) Kelham (6) ESPN+ 11,925 40–13 1–0 May 31 vs. (2) No. 18 Georgia Tech (4) Swayze Field W 13–11 Zentko (4–1) Campbell (2–1) Kelham (7) ESPN+ 11,835 41–13 2–0 June 1 vs. (1) No. 15 Ole Miss (4) Swayze Field L 8–19 Rodriguez (1–1) Elmy (6–2) ESPN+ 11,617 41–14 2–1 June 2 vs. (1) No. 15 Ole Miss (4) Swayze Field W 12–11 Schutte (8–3) Hooks (1–2) Kelham (8) SECN 11,905 42–14 3–1
Durham Super Regional (2–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Super Regional record June 7 vs. Duke Jack Coombs Field Durham, North Carolina L 4–7 Proksch (4–3) Schutte (8–4) Easterly (5) ESPNU 2,686 42–15 3–2 June 8 vs. Duke Jack Coombs Field W 19–9 Silva (8–2) Johnson (4–4) Kelham (9) ESPNU 2,689 43–15 4–2 June 9 vs. Duke Jack Coombs Field W 5–4 Kelham (4–1) Easterly (9–3) ESPN 2,782 44–15 5–2
Men's College World Series (0–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record CWS record June 14 vs. (15) No. 13 UCLA Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Nebraska L 4–6 May (8–3) Schutte (8–5) Hawk (1) ESPN 24,346 44–16 0–1 June 16 vs. (3) No. 6 Arkansas Charles Schwab Field Omaha L 0–3 Wood (4–1) Silva (9–3) None ESPN 24,074 44–17 0–2
Win   Loss   Postponement or cancellation Bold: Murray State player Reference: Rankings from D1Baseball.com. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.