Through the ordeal of his last year, Kevin Jordan always envisioned he'd be where he was Tuesday, playing baseball for Wake Forest at the first practice of the fall season.
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Michael Roth pitched 72/3 innings on three days' rest, and South Carolina won its second straight national title with a 5-2 victory Tuesday night that completed a two-game sweep over Florida in the College World Series finals.
Christian Walker, cleared to play with a broken wrist a half-hour before the game, scored from first base on two throwing errors in the 11th inning and defending champion South Carolina beat Florida 2-1 in Game 1 of the College World Series final Monday night.
Florida and South Carolina don't immediately come to mind when you're talking about Southeastern Conference rivalries — unless it's baseball.
There is little doubt that the Southeastern Conference has proven itself to be the class of college baseball this year.
The Florida Gators are in the College World Series finals, right where many people expected them to be all along.
Unbeaten Tyler Wilson took a shutout into the eighth inning, and Virginia used a four-run sixth to break open a close game and eliminate California from the College World Series with an 8-1 victory on Thursday night.
A turnaround season for North Carolina's baseball team ended Wednesday night with a 5-1 loss to Vanderbilt in a College World Series elimination game.
Steven Rodriguez pitched 41/3 innings of no-hit relief over two days, and Florida finished a 3-1 victory over Vanderbilt on Tuesday in the completion of a game suspended because of inclement weather.
Colby Holmes, John Taylor and Matt Price combined on a five-hitter Tuesday night and defending national champion South Carolina tied the record for consecutive NCAA tournament wins with a 7-1 victory over Virginia at the College World Series.
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The games keep getting bigger for North Carolina, and Kent Emanuel keeps getting better.
"Gideon the Hippie Minister" returned for another visit to the College World Series, and members of a nearby church are glad he did.
North Carolina was left to ponder missed chances after its 7-3 loss to Vanderbilt at the College World Series. The Tar Heels left 16 runners on base Saturday — the CWS record is 17 — and that included leaving men at third in the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth innings.
Brian Johnson and Bryson Smith drove in two runs apiece, Hudson Randall turned in another strong start and Florida defeated Texas 8-4 at the College World Series on Saturday night.
This afternoon, before one of the biggest games in University of Virginia baseball history, assistant coach Eddie Smith will gather the Cavaliers and tell a joke.
Offensive numbers are down in college baseball because of new bat standards that went into effect this season.
The College World Series will open at the new TD Ameritrade Park today after 61 years at Rosenblatt Stadium.
North Carolina has known mostly frustration at the College World Series but will start another attempt today to win the national championship.
In the summer of 1955, right after Wake Forest beat Western Michigan for the NCAA title, most baseball fans assumed that nobody would break Babe Ruth's home run record or Lou Gehrig's consecutive-games streak.
Greg Holt had to endure an emotional roller-coaster ride last Saturday to get another shot at playing in the College World Series.
At some point in the College World Series, North Carolina is going to have to reach into its bullpen and find a relief pitcher who can get a tough out or shut down a threatening inning.
Jacob Stallings has no better or more devoted fan than his father, Kevin.
Summer's heat keeps building and becoming more unforgiving, but it hasn't slowed Brad Morton.
Danny Hultzen and Cody Winiarski combined on a four-hitter, and Jared King hit a three-run home run Saturday, helping Virginia stretch its winning streak to eight games with a 6-0 victory over UC Irvine in the opener at the Charlottesville Super Regional.
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