Frostburg State's impressive and record-setting 2015 season came to a close Monday night in the semifinals of the NCAA College World Series in Appleton, Wisc. The second-ranked Bobcats endured a 17-4 loss to top-ranked Cortland State in an elimination game at Fox Cities Stadium.
 
Frostburg State caps its season with a 43-9 overall record and was one of the final four teams left standing in all of NCAA Division III baseball.
 
The Bobcats set a school record in wins this season, captured both the CAC regular season and tournament titles, won the NCAA Mideast Regional Championship and set the CAC record for wins in a season. Frostburg State ascended to No. 2 in both the D3baseball.com and ABCA Coaches Poll, its highest ever ranking and made the program's first appearance in the World Series.

Against Cortland State, Frostburg State jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third frame. Senior Lane Farmer led off with a single through the left side. Sophomore J.T Tipton walked followed by a senior Ricky Castro infield single to load the bases.
 
Senior Zach Weiss then came through with a single through the left side that scored both Farmer and Tipton. Senior Nick Walker made it 3-0 with a single to right field that allowed Castro to cross the plate.
 
However, Cortland (43-4) rallied with 11 runs in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth for a 13-3 advantage. The Red Dragons tacked on four more in the ninth inning for the 17-3 lead.
 
Walker capped the game's scoring in the bottom of the ninth inning for Frostburg State. He walked to lead off the inning, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored when senior Lane Farmer drilled a pitch off the center field fence.
 
The Red Dragons advance to the championship round and will face the winner of Wisconsin-Lacrosse and Trinity (Texas) for the national title.
 
Weiss finished with two RBI, Castro was 3-for-4 with a run scored and Farmer was 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored. On the mound, sophomore starter Ryan Callahan endured the loss. Despite holding Cortland to just one hit over the first four innings with a pair of strikeouts, Callahan allowed five earned runs in the fifth inning on three hits as Cortland began its rally.

Frostburg State opened the day with a 5-2 triumph over Ramapo in an elimination game, led by Walker and Bennett Schiltz. Walker had three hits and Schiltz allowed just two earned runs on the mound to lift the Bobcats into the final four teams of the tournament.