UNC plays Friday, N.C. State plays Saturday in Super Regionals

UNC, NCSU, Duke, Wake, ECU, UNC-W and High Point all made it into this year's tournament

Last updated: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 2:35PM GMT
UNC takes on LSU for berth in super regional
The North Carolina Tar Heels put the season on the line with a win-or-go-home game against LSU.

UNC and NC State know when they will take the field again in the NCAA Baseball Championship.

North Carolina will play in Chapel Hill on Friday against West Virginia at 6 p.m. on ESPN2 on Friday. Game two will be Saturday. Game three will be Sunday if necessary.

NC State will play in Athens against Georgia on Saturday at noon for game 1 on ESPNU. Game two will be Sunday. Game three will be Monday if necessary.

HOW TO WATCH: Television, streaming information for the upcoming games

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Jun 03, 2024, 12:53 AM GMT

Oklahoma holds off Duke 4-3, sets up rematch with UConn for regional championship

Grant Stevens pitched seven strong innings, Jason Walk drove in two runs and Oklahoma defeated Duke 4-3 on Sunday to advance to the championship round of the Norman Regional at the NCAA Tournament.

Oklahoma (39-20) advanced to play UConn on Sunday night. UConn, which beat Oklahoma 4-1 on Saturday, would advance to the super regionals with a win. An Oklahoma victory would set up a winner-take-all game on Monday.

Stevens (6-1) pitched seven innings, allowing one run on six hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. Malachi Witherspoon got the final five outs for his fifth save.

Duke took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by AJ Gracia.

In the Oklahoma second, Rocco Garza-Gongora singled up the middle for one run and Walk followed with a two-run triple to right center.

Oklahoma stretched its lead to 4-1 in the seventh when Easton Carmichael singled, advanced to second on a single by Jaxon Willits and scored when Michael Snyder singled to left and the runners advanced on a throwing error by the shortstop.

Gracia hit a one-out, two-run home run in the eighth to make it 4-3. The next batter, Alex Stone, singled to right but the next two batters flied out to end the inning.

The Blue Devils (40-20) went down in order in the ninth.

Fran Oschell III (0-3) took the loss after giving up the three runs in the second inning.

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Jun 02, 2024, 10:25 PM GMT

Georgia Tech beats UNC Wilmington 3-1 in Athens Regional

Mike Becchetti crushed an 0-2 pitch well past the left field wall in the bottom of the fourth and Georgia Tech beat UNC Wilmington 3-1 on Sunday in the Athens Regional of the NCAA Tournament.

The Yellow Jackets (33-24) advance to the regional final to face Georgia later on Sunday and Monday if necessary.

With the score tied at 1-all, Bobby Zmarzlak singled down the right field line. Becchetti stepped to the plate and fell behind 0-2 in the count before rocking a Zack Taylor changeup over the wall.

An inning earlier, Drew Burress knotted it at a run apiece when he took Taylor to the deep part of left center field.

The Seahawks (40-21) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third when Tanner Thach doubled to left center to score Aiden Evans who just before him singled down the first base line.

Cam Jones pitched seven innings surrendering six hits to move his record to 4-2 on the year. Dawson Brown pitched the final two innings for his fourth save of the season.

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Jun 02, 2024, 9:31 PM GMT

Bodine's home run lifts Coastal Carolina past High Point, into Clemson Regional final

Caden Bodine hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and Coastal Carolina defeated High Point 6-5 on Sunday to reach the championship round at the Clemson Regional of the NCAA Tournament.

The Chanticleers (36-24) will play regional host Clemson later in the day with a spot in the super regionals on the line. Clemson advances with a victory, while Coastal Carolina would need to win on Sunday and again on Monday in order to advance.

Derek Bender staked Coastal to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, ripping a 0-0 pitch deep to left field. Four pitchers cruised through six innings on the mound, allowing just a solo home run in the second inning and a fielder's choice RBI in the sixth.

Trailing 4-2 heading to the seventh, High Point took the lead with a three-run rally. An error and a single chased Parker Cassell, then reliever Dominick Carbone gave up an RBI single and another run scored on a grounder before Coastal Carolina could record an out. With one out, a sacrifice fly by Brayden Simpson gave High Point a 5-4 lead.

In the bottom of the inning, Bodine wasted little time getting the lead back for Coastal. After a leadoff single by Graham Brown, Bodine went deep to right for the 6-5 lead.

Andrew Bowers (2-0) and Bryce Schaffer (S1) closed out the win on the mound.

Eric Grintz had four hits and two RBI for High Point (35-27).

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Jun 02, 2024, 9:28 PM GMT

East Carolina keeps super regional hopes alive holding off VCU 10-7

Carter Cunningham homered and drove in two runs, Jacob Jenkins-Cowart also drove in a pair of runs and East Carolina held off VCU for a 10-7 win on Sunday in the Greenville Regional of the NCAA Tournament.

'The Pirates (45-16) built a 4-0 lead after three innings, 6-2 after four and 8-4 after five. After ECU pushed it to 10-4 after seven, VCU made its move.

Jake Thilges and Cooper Benzin both singled to start the bottom of the eighth. After Aden Hill's line out to third, Nic Ericsson and Casey Kleinman followed with consecutive singles that scored Thilges and Benzin. After Chris McHugh got hit by a pitch, East Carolina pitcher Danny Beal bore down and proceeded to strike out Brandon Eike and Eli Weisner to end the threat.

The bottom of the ninth was just as adventurous as the Rams put two of their first three batters on with a hit-by-pitch and fielder's choice. A wild pitch put Thilges and Benzin at second and third, respectively. Hill then grounded out to second, allowing Thilges to score. With VCU now trailing 10-7, Ericsson fouled out in third-base territory to end it.

Ryan McCrystal went 3 for 5 and drove in a run for East Carolina (45-16). Beal pitched five innings in relief to move his record to 8-2.

Kleinman drove in three runs for VCU and Thilges went 3 for 4 and scored four runs.

East Carolina advanced to face Evansville later Sunday. A Pirates win would force a winner-take-all contest on Monday.