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The No. 8 UNC baseball program opened up their Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament with a win over No. 12 Clemson in Pool A.

UNC got on the board early after a quick three and out in the top of the first inning with Angel Zarate scoring off a Danny Serretti single. Clemson got on the board in the second inning to tie things up after a Bryar Hawkins RBI but thankfully for the Diamond Heels, that would be the only run given up after leaving two on base.

Zarate scored again in the bottom of the second after Mac Horvath sent Clemson to the warning tracks for a double RBI. After holding Clemson to zero in the top of the third, Mikey Madej blasted the ball over the wall for a home run, giving UNC their only runs in the third inning and giving them a 4-1 lead.

The fourth inning was a walk party for the UNC baseball team as back-to-back walks gave the Tar Heels another score, pushing their lead to 5-1.

Vance Honeycutt kept the inning going with a two-RBI off a single to push the Diamond Heels lead to 7-1. In the fifth inning, Zarate had his third hit of the game, this time for his 32nd RBI of the season to give UNC the 8-1 lead.

The Tar Heels tacked on one more run in the eighth inning, while Clemson score one in the ninth, giving UNC the 9-2 victory.

The Diamond Heels’ impressive victory gives them a 11-2 record in May, setting them up for a showdown against top-seeded Virginia Tech. The two teams are set to meet Friday at 7 p.m with the winner likely advancing in the tournament.

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The Diamond Heels found their swing late into the seasons and with just about a week until the selection show, one site has them mocked in the field of 64.

D1Baseball released their mock bracket for the upcoming NCAA baseball tournament and right there in the field is the Tar Heels in the Corvallis Region as a No. 2 seed.

Also in that region are: No. 1 Oregon State, No. 3 Grand Canyon and No. 4 North Dakota State.

After having a horrendous 5-11 record in April, the Diamond Heels had a remarkable 10-2 record in May to end the regular season. After sweeping Florida State, UNC ended with their home record as 29-6, contributing to an overall record of 34-19.

This late push helped UNC get off the last four in the list and jump into the 2nd seed in the Corvallis field. The Atlantic Coastal Conference leads the pack in teams on the 64 projection list, with Virginia Tech(40-11) and Louisville (38-16-1) leading the way.

As it stands, UNC would face off with the three-seed Grand Canyon and await the winner from one-seed Oregon State and fourth seed North Dakota State.

The Diamond Heels will play Clemson in the first round of the ACC tournament, and a run at the conference title could lead to another leap in the projections.

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The last series of the regular season ended in fireworks, as the UNC baseball program (34-19) swept Florida State (32-22) to end the regular season on a bright note.

Game one was the closest game out of the three with UNC finding their swing early in the first inning. In that inning, Danny Serretti doubled to bring Angel Zarate home, and Alberto Osuna followed up with a 3 RBI home run to give UNC a 4-0 lead early. FSU fought back, scoring five unanswered runs, leading to Osuna hitting his second home run of the game, this time in walk-off fashion, bringing two runners home and giving UNC the 7-5 victory.

In game two UNC bat’s stayed hot while FSU was too inconsistent to keep up. Vance Honeycutt got things going in the 1st inning for UNC as he hit a home run to bring Serretti in. The home runs continued for the Diamond Heels as Osuna blasted the ball in the 5th, and Serretti did the same in the eighth for a grand slam. The Diamond Heels took game two 10-4.

The Diamond Heels played their best game of the season in game three, with a complete shut-out thanks to a solid pitching performance from the core. FSU was only able to muster up six hits and only walking three times, compared to UNC’s eight hits and ten walks. Zarate, Honeycutt, and Mac Horvath hit homers as UNC finished out the regular season with a series sweep and 11-0 shut-out.

The Diamond Heels finished the season out strong and now have their heels set to play in the Atlantic Coastal Conference tournament.

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The Diamond Heels (31-19) have found their stride, continuing their consistent play with a series win over Wake Forest (35-16-1) this past weekend.

The first meeting in the series was a pitching and fielders dream as both teams battled throughout the game on the mound. UNC starter Max Carlson pitched five innings, giving up only four hits, four walks and two runs, a solid outing to get the series off to a good start.

Carlson struck out five hitters out of the 19 he saw. The game would stay even throughout with Wake leading 2-1 until the 6th inning where Vance Honeycutt hit a home run brining Danny Serretti in and giving the Heels a 3-2 lead.

That would mark Honeycutt’s fourth straight game with a home run and ultimately give the Diamond Heels the 3-2 victory game one.

Game two saw a lot more action from the Diamond Heels as they dominated with Wake walking their batters eight times compared to the Demon Deacons’ two. The 5th inning is where UNC put Wake on their heels with a 10-run explosion. UNC accounted for 11 total hits with 12 runs, taking game two of the series 12-3.

Game three ended the Diamond Heels’ five-game winning streak with a nightmare performance. Wake got their revenge out hitting UNC 17 to 9 and the run count resembled that. The Diamond Heels were only able to mustard up two runs compared to Wake 11, failing to get the series sweep.

The Diamond Heels have played some amazing baseball as of late and will be back in action Tuesday against UNCW (29-21).

On Wednesday night, the UNC baseball team kept the momentum rolling with a blow-out 12-1 victory against Charleston Southern. The win was the third straight for the Tar Heels and it came at a critical time.

The Diamond Heels dominated both sides of the game, putting on a fielding clinic and gaining bases like Monopoly properties. Mac Horvath for UNC got things going early with a triple, eventually becoming one of the three runs scored in the first inning.

The second inning would only get better for the Diamond Heels as Horvath hits a home run bringing home Angel Zarate. A few at bats later, Alberto Osuna followed up with a homer, bringing in Danny Serretti and Hunter Stokely.

After scoring eight runs in the first two innings, UNC scored four more runs in the third.

Charleston’s pitching woes continued with Horvath getting hit by a pitch, and Serretti walked. Then Vance Honeycutt joined the home run party with a 3 RBI and gave the Tar Heels their last runs. Both teams failed to score again, and UNC wins 12-1.

The Diamond Heels will be back in action on May 13th with a series match-up against Wake Forest.

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