It was 29 years ago Monday that Chip Hale won a College World Series title with Arizona as a player. June 9 also happens to be the birthday of his wife, Judi, but she wasn’t able to take the trip to Omaha to support her school and her future husband back in 1986.

Although UT never trailed in the championship game after tournament MVP Edgardo Villegas put it ahead with a second-inning homer, Central Missouri (48-15) refused to go away quietly, Trailing 5-1 into the eighth, the Mules hit two home runs and scored three times to pull within a run.

UTSA will take on No. 15 national seed UCLA in the Los Angeles Super Regional over the weekend hoping to build on what is already the deepest run in the Roadrunners' postseason history. Here's what you need to know about why UTSA is nicknamed the Roadrunners and the history of the nickname: