The North Carolina Tar Heels faced off against the South Carolina Gamecocks in a game that saw Vance Honeycutt swing at a pitch at Truist Field in Charlotte, NC. The Tar Heels secured a win in the College World Series with a 3-2 walk-off victory against Virginia. Junior center fielder Vance Honeycutt played a key role in the win, hitting a single in the bottom of the ninth inning to bring pinch hitter Jackson Van De Brake home for the winning run. Honeycutt had previously hit a walk-off home run in the Super Regionals.
The Tar Heels started off strong, scoring the first run of the game in the first inning thanks to a groundout from right fielder Anthony Donofrio that brought left fielder Casey Cook home. The Cavaliers tied things up in the third inning with an RBI from first baseman Henry Ford, but UNC answered back with an RBI double from Cook
