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OMAHA, Neb. — Another day, another national honor for North Carolina star junior center fielder Vance Honeycutt. The American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings named him Friday to their Division I First Team All-America team. Earlier, Perfect Game named him First Team All-America, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named him to its second team.
OMAHA, Neb. — North Carolina coach Scott Forbes got his fourth Tar Heels team to the Men’s College World Series, thanks in no small part to working the transfer portal. Three of his regular position players and two of his starting pitchers transferred to UNC last offseason. Knowing that up to seven regular starters will finish their careers in Omaha, Forbes has already begun luring another talented transfer class while trying to win a national championship.
OMAHA, Neb. — Charles Schwab Field Omaha’s spacious dimensions can turn long drives into long outs that might be home runs in other venues. When No. 4-seed North Carolina (47–14) gets a rematch with No. 12 Virginia (45–15) in Friday’s 2 p.m. Men’s College World Series opener (ESPN), the dynamics will be a lot different from when the Cavaliers won two of three in Charlottesville, Va., in early April.
OMAHA, Neb. — North Carolina’s already deep bullpen will get even deeper for the Men’s College World Series. With days off between games worked into the schedule, junior right-hander Aidan Haugh (4–2, 4.54 ERA), the No. 3 starter since early April, will be back in the bullpen.
UNC head coach Scott Forbes, pitcher Jason DeCaro, first baseman Parks Harber and center field Vance Honeycutt addressed the media at a Men’s College World Series press conference in Omaha on Thursday.
Dynamic UNC junior center fielder Vance Honeycutt made the Perfect Game First Team All-America team on Wednesday and was one of two Tar Heels picked by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association as Second Team All-American.
It’s tough for a team to earn a spot in the Men’s College World Series, and it might be even tougher for fans of No. 4-seed North Carolina to get tickets if you want to make sure you are sitting with Tar Heels fans.
No. 4-seed North Carolina and No. 12 Virginia are familiar with each other heading into their College World Series game this weekend, but a lot has changed since they played an early-April series in Charlottesville.
CHAPEL HILL — Vance Honeycutt made his likely Boshamer Stadium finale memorable from the first pitch. The junior center fielder reminded North Carolina fans of a few of the many reasons they’ll miss him at The Bosh with his power, speed, fielding range and throwing arm.
CHAPEL HILL — A big part of fuelling more Bosh Magic on Friday night was powerful redemption for three Tar Heels.
CHAPEL HILL — Once West Virginia ace Derek Clark was done, so were the Mountaineers, another victim of Bosh Magic. Junior center fielder Vance Honeycutt finished them off with a game-ending two-run home run to left field with two outs as No. 4-seed North Carolina rallied for an 8–6 victory in the opener of the Chapel Hill Super Regional on Friday night before a packed Boshamer Stadium.
CHAPEL HILL — The two starting pitchers in the Chapel Hill Super Regional opener are like mirror images, other than one being much taller than the other. UNC’s 6–3 junior left-hander Shea Sprague (3–1, 3.76 ERA) immediately noticed it when he watched a video of 5–7 West Virginia senior left-hander Derek Clark (8–2, 2.82 ERA), calling it “pretty uncanny.”
CHAPEL HILL — The demand for tickets to Carolina’s Chapel Hill Super Regional against West Virginia has far exceeded the supply, forcing many to pay high prices on the secondary ticket market. There was no public sale of tickets, and some Rams Club members couldn’t get seats for the best-of-three series that starts at 6 p.m. on Friday.
West Virginia, led by likely top-10 draft pick JJ Wetherholt, comes to Boshamer Stadium after sweeping through the Tucson Regional in three games without facing No. 1 regional seed Arizona.
CHAPEL HILL — When the long drive finally rested in the glove of UNC center fielder Vance Honeycutt, No. 6 North Carolina could finally exhale after surviving a heart-pumping night to oust the reigning NCAA champions.
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