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A few key stats tell you all you need to know about UNC’s trip to the College World Series in 2011: In three games in Omaha, Carolina left 34 men on base and batted .157 (6-for-38) with runners in scoring position while scoring only seven runs. And with that, the Tar Heels fell to Vanderbilt for [...] Continue reading Vanderbilt 5, UNC 1 Where: T.D. Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE When: Wednesday, June 22nd, 7:00 PM TV: ESPN2 Records: UNC 51-15; Vanderbilt 53-11 CWS Results: UNC lost to Vandy 7-3, def. Texas 3-0; Vandy def. UNC 7-3, lost to FL 3-1 Ah, here’s something to take your mind of that nasty letter the NCAA sent on Tuesday. UNC faces [...] Continue reading CWS: #3 UNC vs #6 Vanderbilt Where: T.D. Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE When: Monday, July 20th, 2:00 PM TV: ESPN Records: UNC 50-15; Texas 49-18 CWS Results: UNC lost to Vandy 7-3; Texas lost to FL 8-4 Elimination baseball. After leaving 16 runners on base versus Vanderbilt, the Diamond Heels will hope to find some clutch hitting to avoid being the [...] Continue reading CWS: #3 UNC vs #7 Texas LOB: UNC 16 Of all the stats from the box score, that is the one that matters most. In a game that saw UNC put an insane number of runners on base, often in scoring position, the best the Heels could get for their efforts was three runs. A fair amount of credit goes to [...] Continue reading CWS: Vanderbilt 7 UNC 3 Where: T.D. Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE When: Saturday, June 18th, 2:00 PM TV/Radio: ESPN, 99.9 FM The Fan, 1360 AM WCHL Records: UNC 50-14, Vanderbilt 52-10 Super Regional Results: UNC def. Stanford 2-0; Vandy def. Oregon St. 2-0 UNC makes its fifth appearance in the last six seasons on college baseball’s biggest stage. Needless to [...] Continue reading CWS: #3 UNC vs #6 Vanderbilt Photo Credit: Chuck Liddy – News & Observer In what had to be one of the more bizarre starts and completion of a Super Regional game, UNC withstood a Stanford rally and endured a 3.5 hour rain delay to become the first team in 2011 to punch their ticket for the College World Series. [...] Continue reading OMAHA BOUND! Well that did not go well at all. And it started out so promising too with a 4-0 lead. Then the pitching fell apart in ways that, quite frankly, should never be discussed again. Ever. Needless to say when you look up the word “snakebit” in the dictionary you will see a picture of Brian [...] Continue reading ASU 12 UNC 5 What: College World Series Elimination Game Where: Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, NE When: Thursday, June 18th, 7:00 PM TV: ESPN2 The Heels will send Matt Harvey out and all their hopes against Arizona St in hopes of avenging the Sunday loss and sending the Sun Devils home all at the same time. No word as of [...] Continue reading CWS: UNC vs Arizona St. The Heels’ bats finally arrive in Omaha. UNC banged out 23 hits and ran out to an 8-0 lead on their way to crushing the Golden Eagles 11-4. Southern Miss is now summarily dismissed from the College World Series and the Tar Heels get a rematch with Arizona St in another elimination game. ASU lost [...] Continue reading UNC 11 Southern Miss 4 What: College World Series Elimination Game Where: Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, NE When: Tuesday, July 16th, 2 PM Adam Warren is the last best hope for the Heels to stave off elimination. I am guessing the Heels do not want to go out 0-2 so I figure they take this one and possibly one more. After [...] Continue reading CWS: UNC vs Southern Miss The good news? Alex White pitched 9 innings giving up one earned run and striking out 12. The bad news? ASU’s Josh Spence did practically the same thing. So it went to the tenth at which point Tar Heel reliever Brian Moran fell apart along with the defense and the Heels are facing elimination in [...] Continue reading CWS: ASU 5 UNC 2 |
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