2013 ACC Baseball Tournament Champions

The Diamond 'Heels 4-1 victory over Virginia Tech to win the ACC Baseball Tournament was anticlimactic after the two games versus Clemson and NC State. They were able to roll the Championship into a #1 National seed in the NCAA tournament. Freshman Taylore Cherry went 5 innings for the victory in his first start of the seasdon as he fired fastball after fastball at the Hokies. 80 of his 90 pitches were fastballs, and you have to stick with what is working. That put the 'Heels record at 52-8 going into the NCAA's. That was the 'Heels first ACC Tournament Championship since 2007.

Two Epic College Baseball Games

The Diamond Tarheels won two epic baseball games to put themselves into the ACC Tournament game against Virginia Tech. The games lasted a total of 32 innings against two quality opponents, Clemson and North Carolina State. The 'Heels beat Clemson Friday night 12-7, scoring 5 runs in the 9th and 5 in the 14th to win it. The 'Heels beat NC State 2-1 in an ACC record 18 innings on Saturday (make that early Sunday morning) to put themselves in the ACC Tournament final. The 'Heels only managed one hit against NC State ace Carlos Rodon in the first 10 innings but still hung tough to squeeze out the win. The 'Heels also won the ACC regular season title for the first time in 23 years this season. That stat really kind of surprised me. As many College World Series as they have been in the past several years, they had not won a regular season title until this season. Maybe that is a sign of good things to come.