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Notre Dame to host baseball regional for first time in 17 years

The Irish will start the NCAA Tournament on their home turf.

We have to wait and find out what Notre Dame’s draw is going to be in the 2021 NCAA baseball tournament but we do know the Irish will be hosting a regional for the first time in 17 years.

Despite getting blown out by Virginia and eliminated in pool play of the ACC baseball tournament, Notre Dame won the Atlantic division of the conference and finished the year with the best record in the ACC.

This will be Notre Dame’s 22nd all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament and this will be the fifth all-time regional held in South Bend.

Notre Dame will find out their overall seed and their three opponents in the regional during Monday’s selection show that will air live on ESPN2 at 12 p.m. ET.

ACC baseball tournament game 14 recap: NC State advances to meet Duke in final

It’ll be an in-state battle between two Carolina teams for the 2021 ACC baseball championship.

No. 3 NC State is headed to the ACC baseball championship game on Sunday as they’ll face upstart Duke.  This comes after the Wolfpack easily handled second-seeded Georgia Tech on Saturday in ACC semi-final action, 8-1.

Wolfpack second baseman and son of Notre Dame head coach Link, J. T. Jarrett hit a bases-clearing double to give NC State a 3-0 lead in the second inning.

The Wolfpack wouldn’t look back all afternoon as they got help from catcher Luca Tresh, who homered in the fourth inning to bring the lead back to three at 4-1.

Centerfield Tyler McDonough would eventually end the scoring as his ninth-inning home run completed the scoring and made things 8-1 in NC State’s favor.

Sam Highfill (6.1 IP) and Evan Justice (1.2 IP) combined to allow just one Georgia Tech run in NC State’s winning effort.

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Duke stays red-hot, heads to ACC Championship Game

ACC baseball tournament game 13 recap: Duke heads to title game

The Dukies continue their red-hot streak as they win yet again and head to Sunday’s championship game.

Duke baseball stayed red-hot as the No. 9 Blue Devils are headed to the ACC baseball championship game on Sunday after getting by No. 8 Virginia in Satruday’s first semi-final game.

Centerfielder Joey Loperfido got things started quickly for Duke by homering to start the game and give an early 1-0 lead.  He then followed it up with another solo home run in the third inning to to give the Devils a 2-0 advantage.

Shortstop Ethan Murray’s solo blast a batter later then put Duke up 3-0 which would end up being enough thanks to some great pitching the Blue Devils received as Luke Fox went seven innings, allowing just two runs and Jimmy Loper and Marcus Johnson pitched the eighth and ninth innings respectively to close out the Cavaliers.

Duke now advances to the ACC baseball tournament championship game on Sunday where they’ll face the winner of the No. 2 Georiga Tech vs. No. 3 NC State game later today.

Florida baseball faces Alabama in SEC Tournament semifinals

Here is a look below at the starting pitchers as well as details on how to follow Saturday afternoon’s action as Florida faces the Vols.

The No. 6 seed Florida Gators (38-19, 17-13 SEC) continue their Southeastern Conference journey on Saturday afternoon when they face the No. 2 seed Tennessee Volunteers (44-15, 20-10 SEC) in the semifinal round. UF has won three in a row since the start of the tournament while UT is 2-1 so far.

Tennessee stumbled to open things up in the tournament, losing to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the second round — a team Florida defeated en route to Saturday’s matchup. After beating the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the third round, the Vols bounced back and beat ‘Bama the second time around, landing them in the semifinals against the Gators.

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Florida and Alabama did not face each other during the regular season in 202. The last time the two schools met on the baseball diamond was in 2019 when the UF swept UA at home in a three-game set. It has been a while but hopefully the Gators have the ramma-jamma this time around… oooh AH!

Here is a look below at the starting pitchers lined up as well as details on how to follow Saturday afternoon’s action, along with the projected starting lineup.

ACC baseball tournament: Semi-final Saturday Preview

It’s a semi-final Saturday at the ACC baseball tournament. Details here:

It’ll be one match-up of Cinderella’s and one of the heavy favorites on Saturday at the ACC baseball tournament in Charlotte.

In the first game on Saturday at Truist Field in Charlotte, it’ll be No. 8 Virginia taking on No. 9 Duke with a spot in the championship round on the line.

Virginia qualified for the semi-finals after blowing out No. 1 Notre Dame 14-1 on Friday afternoon while Duke qualified as the nine-seed after a blowout win over No. 5 Florida State and a walk-off win against No. 4 Miami.

Duke has won 10-straight games and will look to make it 11 at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday against the Cavaliers.

The winner of Duke and Virginia will take on the winner of Saturday evening’s No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 3 NC State contest.

Georgia Tech dropped their tournament opener against Clemson but refused to quit against Louisville, trailing three different times before coming back each one of them and eventually winning in 12 innings.

NC State clinched their advancement after hanging off No. 10 Pitt 3-2 on Wednesday.  The Wolfpack fell in an inconsequential contest against North Carolina on Friday night, 9-6.

ACC baseball tournament: game 12 recap

The Tar Heels closed pool play at the ACC Tournament with a win over one of their in-state rivals, but that rival is the one moving on.

They were playing for no reason other than the rules and schedule said they had to, but it was an electric night at Truist Field in Charlotte for the North Carolina Tar Heels as they scored eight runs over the first two innings to set the pace for their 9-6 victory over NC State.

The Wolfpack had already clinched a spot in Saturday’s semi-finals after beating Pitt and clinching their pool Thursday night.  NC State will play Georgia Tech at 5 p.m. ET Saturday evening for a spot in the championship.

Third baseman Mac Horvath led the way for North Carolina as he turned in six RBI in the victory, four of which came on a first-inning grand slam.

 

ACC baseball tournament: Game 11 recap

Are both the Noles and Canes headed to the tournament?

Florida State expects to hear their name called during Monday’s selection show for the 2021 NCAA baseball tournament due to losing to Duke earlier in the week, wasn’t going to advance to the semi-finals of the ACC baseball tournament this weekend.

That didn’t keep the Seminoles from showing up and handing No. 4 Miami their second loss of the tournament, this one a 6-3 final in favor of Florida State.

Parker Messick allowed five hits for Florida State, as the Seminoles now look to head to what would be their 43rd consecutive NCAA tournament appearance.

Robby Martin’s RBI-single in the first started the scoring for the Seminoles before Dylan Simmons added a two-run double.

The win moved Florida State to 30-22 on the year while Miami falls to 32-19 and awaits word on if they’ll make their 47th all-time NCAA baseball tournament appearance.

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Virginia stuns No. 1 Notre Dame, eliminate Irish from ACC Tournament

ACC baseball tournament: No. 1 Notre Dame upset, eliminated by Virginia

Notre Dame’s time at the 2021 ACC baseball tournament has come to a screeching end.

The top-seeded Notre Dame baseball team won’t be playing in the ACC baseball tournament semi-finals after getting hammered by No. 8 Virginia on Friday, 14-1.

The Cavaliers used three home runs in the second inning to go up 5-0 and never looked back as the Fighting Irish bats couldn’t get anything going in Charlotte.

Shortstop Nic Kent hit a two-run home run to get the Cavalier scoring started in the second before left fielder Alex Tappen added a two-run blast a few batters later.  First baseman Jake Gelof capped the Virginia scoring for the second inning by hitting a solo home run the very next batter.

Third baseman Zack Gelof would officially put things out of reach with a three-run blast for the Cavaliers in the fifth inning that made the score 8-0.  Virginia would add runs in the ninth stretch the lead to 14-0 before Notre Dame was able to finally score in the bottom of the inning on a Danny Neri RBI-single.

Andrew Abbott went 6.1 innings for Virginia, scattering five hits and just one walk while striking out nine.

John Michael Bertrand didn’t have his best stuff for Notre Dame on Friday as he allowed all five Cavaliers runs in the second inning and lasted just one inning.

No. 8 Virginia now advances to the ACC baseball semi-finals on Saturday as they’ll play No. 9 Duke for a spot in Sunday’s championship game.

Notre Dame now shifts their focus to the NCAA Tournament as its goal of reaching Omaha for the College World Series remains.

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Duke walks off Miami en-route to ACC semi-finals

The White Sox’s new ‘Southside’ City Connect jersey might really be the best in baseball

These might really be the best jerseys in baseball.

Nike and Major League Baseball have been dropping lots of heat lately with their City Connect uniforms.

The City Connect Series will feature seven teams: The Diamondbacks, Red Sox, Cubs, White Socks, Dodgers, Marlins and Giants. So far, we’ve seen the Red Sox’s uniforms and the Marlins’ uniforms.

Now, we’ve got a first look at the Chicago White Sox’s new joints. And, fam, these are incredible.

The White Sox unveiled the new uniforms on Friday via their Twitter account and they’re so cool. They’re meant to pay homage to the southside of Chicago.

The team shared a video of the new look.

It looked even better on the players.

MLB fans absolutely loved the new look.

Yeah, this might be the best jersey in baseball.

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Gators News: Championship weekend ahead for Florida sports

Here’s what happened on Thursday and what the weekend has in store for Gators sports, including baseball, softball and tennis’ Sam Riffice.

Another weekend is finally upon us, and while the final days of May fade away into the summer months, Gators sports are engaged in postseason play as the university’s athletic programs battle for their respective national titles. Over the next few days, the baseball team continues its grueling play in the SEC Tournament while the softball, men’s golf, and track and field teams all compete in their respective NCAA Tournaments. Then there is men’s tennis player Sam Riffice, who looks to become just the third-ever men’s player to win an individual national championship.

Here is a look at what happened on Thursday and what the weekend has in store for Gators sports.

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