College Baseball

Shane Basen's grand slam helped the Charlotte 49ers advance to the championship game at the Atlantic 10 baseball tournament as they throttled Xavier 12-3.

The stage will be brighter Saturday, the seats fuller, the stakes higher when North Carolina and N.C. State meet to decide which team will play for the ACC championship on Sunday.

N.C. State moved a step closer Friday to the title game of the ACC Baseball Championship. Quickly. Team speed was apparent as the Wolfpack ran past Miami 7-1 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in its 2nd tournament game.

N.C. State won one, lost one and had one rained out in its regular season series against UNC. Saturday night, the two rivals go at it again. A record crowd is expected to fill Durham Bulls Athletic Park, and the winner will advance to the ACC championship game Sunday.

Saint Louis endured a long day at Hayes Stadium on Friday during the Atlantic 10 baseball tournament.

Pinder also had a solo home run in the fourth for the sixth-seeded Hokies (38-19), who went 3-0 in Pool B.

John Hamilton threw his second career complete game for the Charlotte 49ers (36-21), holding Rhode Island (35-23) to five hits as Charlotte improved to 2-0 in the double-elimination Atlantic 10 baseball tournament.

Mike Fox didn’t remember using the word “mojo” earlier in the week when he described what he hoped his North Carolina baseball team would regain in the ACC tournament, and upon hearing the word on Thursday he professed not to know its meaning.

Virginia, stunned by a first-game loss to Virginia Tech, bounced back Thursday to hammer Georgia Tech 8-2 in the morning game of the ACC Baseball Championship at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Conrad Gregor singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Vanderbilt a 4-3 win over South Carolina Thursday in an elimination game of the SEC tournament.

Two big plays made the difference in Xavier’s surprise win over Saint Louis in the Atlantic 10 baseball tournament Thursday.

Charlotte’s baseball team spent six innings trying to catch a break in its Atlantic 10 tournament opener against Richmond.

The Tar Heels started 39-2 and were ranked No. 1 almost the entire season. They’re just 7-4 in May, however, and enter the ACC tournament with one goal: Regain their mojo before the NCAA tournament starts.

N.C. State had timely hits, made all the big defensive plays and got just the pitching it needed Wednesday in its opening game in the ACC Baseball Championship.

Rhode Island didn’t have its best game on the opening day of the Atlantic 10 baseball tournament.