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

After the Tar Heels finally retook their first lead since the first inning, it was the Tigers down to their last three outs in the bottom of the 10th.

Former NC State star Tommy White flied out to start the 10th and then Steven Milam also flied out for the second out.

Jared Jones, who hit the big home run to put LSU up in the third, came to bat as the last gasp for the defending national champions.

Facing UNC pitcher Dalton Pence, Jones battled and drew a walk, giving the Tigers some life.

Josh Pearson at the plate. The left-hander fouled the first pitch off before taking strike 2, leaving the Tigers down to a strike.

The next pitch was down and away, making the count 1-2. A check swing and it's 2-2 with Jones on second base now.

Jones drives up deep to center field but the catch is made just short of the warning track and the Tar Heels hang on to win 4-3 and eliminate the national champions.

UNC joins NC State as the only two teams in the state to advance to the Super Regionals.

In Monday's decisive game, the Tar Heels jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first only to see the Tigers knot it up at 2 with a run in the first and second innings.

After Jared Jones homered for LSU in the bottom of the third, the lead stayed at 3-2 through eight innings.

Down to their last inning, the Tar Heels tied the game when Colby Wilkerson singled in Gavin Gallaher in the top of the ninth.

The teams are now in extra innings with the Tar Heels leading 4-3 in the top of the 10th thanks to Alex Madera's single that scored Jackson Van de Brake from second.

The season was on the line for both UNC and LSU as they took the diamond for a spot in the super regional in the NCAA Baseball Championship.

Carolina beat LIU on a walk-off grand slam in the team's first game of the regional. The team then proceeded to beat LSU in its second game. However, after LSU advanced through the loser's bracket, the Tigers beat UNC 8-4 Sunday.

Josh Pearson and Hayden Travinski on LSU hit home runs. Steven Milam had a two-run single in a four-run fourth inning to separate the Tigers from the Tar Heels.

In Monday's decisive game, the Tar Heels jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first only to see the Tigers knot it up at 2 with a run in the first and second innings.

After Jared Jones homered for LSU in the bottom of the third, the lead stayed at 3-2 through eight innings.

Down to their last inning, the Tar Heels tied the game when Colby Wilkerson singled in Gavin Gallaher in the top of the ninth.

The teams are now in extra innings.

East Carolina fell short in the winner-take-all game Monday against Evansville.

The Pirates lost 6-5 in a back and forth game that saw both teams lead for multiple innings.

This is the second time Evansville, the lowest seed in the Greenville Regional, beat East Carolina. The Purple Aces started the tournament off with a victory over the Pirates on Friday.

Evansville will now travel to Knoxville next weekend to play a best of 3 against the No. 1-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (53-11). The Vols swept their regional and are favored to make a deep run in the College World Series.