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Jun 17, 2026; Omaha, NE, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels center fielder Owen Hull (8) scores as first baseman Erik Paulsen (44) and shortstop Jake Schaffner (2) at Charles Schwab Field. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images | Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images
The Tar Heels beat the West Virginia Mountaineers 12-7 and will now await the winner of the SEC bottom bracket. North Carolina did what it needed to do, it got the win and will now play in the College World Series Finals for just the third time in program history and for the first time since back to back appearances in 2006 and 2007. Just to put that in perspective, the last time the Tar Heels were in the Finals, George W. Bush was still President, Taylor Swift was still considered a country singer, and Tom Brady only had three Super Bowl Rings.
So what led to UNC getting the job done?
The offense exploded behind Owen Hull and Gavin Gallaher
Owen Hull and Gavin Gallaher combined to go 8 for 10 in this game scoring five runs and knocking in six RBIS. Hull continued his dominant postseason play as the transfer junior is now hitting 16 for 26 with 8 RBIs, six doubles, a triple and a home run since the Chapel Hill Super Regional and came up a home run shy of hitting for the cycle today.
Gallaher meanwhile got his first hit in a MWCS game on Friday and now has six in three games including seven RBIs. Additionally, the Tar Heels took advantage of RISP this game going 8 for 10 and bringing their MWCS total up to 12 for 22 putting that abysmal Chapel Hill Super Regional RISP in the rear view mirror.
The pitching was solid, then imploded, and then Caden Glauber
In what basically amounted to a reliever game, the Tar Heels relievers out performed the Mountaineers. First Justin Rose pitched 4.1 innings of shut out ball after coming in for starter Folger Boaz and Matthew Matthais need just one pitch to get a double play to get UNC out of the sixth. Matthais then got the next two outs and everything seemed good until West Virginia’s Guzman reached on an infield single and by the time Caden Glauber had come in and gotten the third out, the Mountaineers had scored five runs and North Carolina had gone through three pitchers. Thankfully Glauber came in and despite giving up a couple of runs (one on a passed ball that was attributed to Cameron Padgett and another on a two out home run in the eighth) he finished the game and UNC remained undefeated in games Glauber has pitched in this season.
North Carolina’s next game is Saturday against whoever advances between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Georgia Bulldogs (thankfully there are no Oregon State Beavers this time around).
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