
UCF Baseball Falls to Auburn, Ending Season at 32‑23
The Knights’ season concluded with a 9‑3 loss to Auburn, marking the end of Rich Wallace’s third year as head coach and a 32‑23 record.
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The Knights’ season concluded with a 9‑3 loss to Auburn, marking the end of Rich Wallace’s third year as head coach and a 32‑23 record.
Auburn’s baseball team will meet UCF in a pivotal regional game after a weather delay, with both squads looking to advance to face Milwaukee later Sunday.

The University of Central Florida baseball program finished 2025 with a 29‑26 record, led the Big 12 in several offensive and pitching categories, and drafted five players, setting the stage for a 2026 campaign aimed at reclaiming an NCAA Tournament berth.

K-State edges UCF 5‑4 in Orlando, with Smolinski’s two homers and Sheffield’s six shutout innings securing a Big 12 berth.

UCF rallied in the seventh to pull away from Kansas State, with Stephen Chucka’s clutch hit and a late homer by Bear Madliak sealing a 10-6 win at John Euliano Park.

UCF’s 10-6 win over Kansas State hinged on a five-run seventh, Stephen Chucka’s clutch double and a surge of home runs that kept the Knights ahead in the series.