ACC teams busy in baseball super regionals

Four ACC teams made it through the regional round of the NCAA college baseball tournament and are now in the super regionals starting this weekend. North Carolina, Clemson, Florida State, and Virginia all have tough series ahead of them if they want to qualify for Omaha.

Virginia is playing Ole Miss and the series is at Ole Miss. Usually, the home team is going to have a decided advantage playing in just a three game series. Virginia has a lot of young guys playing major roles as a freshman will probably start for them in game one at pitcher. Ole Miss should have the upper hand.

Update: Ole Miss won game one with a home run in the 12th inning to take a 1-0 series lead. Virginia played a great game but could not come up with enough runs. Game two tomorrow.

Update2: Virginia stayed alive on Saturday, beating Ole Miss 4-3 to push the series to the third and final game. Game 3 will be on Sunday.

Florida State is playing Arkansas but the Seminoles are the home team in their regional. Again, FSU should have the advantage in a short series like this being the home team. FSU is also coming off one of the most impressive performances in CBB history with a 37-6 win over Ohio St. to win their regional. Yes, that score is correct; 37-6 in a baseball game. For Ohio St. I quote Dan Hawkins: "this ain't intramurals brother".

Update: FSU dropped game one to the Razorbacks Friday 7-2. Starting pitcher Mike Bolsinger threw five shutout innings for Arkansas in the win.

Update2: FSU was swept away by Arkansas on Saturday, losing game 2 9-8. FSU was swept at home which does not happen all that often. There are now three teams left with a shot at Omaha from the ACC.

North Carolina plays in-state rival East Carolina in a 3 game series starting Saturday at UNC. UNC has made the college world series the last three years and look for them to do it again this year. UNC is one of the most talented teams in the country, and while ECU is good, it would take near perfect efforts for ECU to take 2 of 3 from the Heels.

Update: The Heels easily won game one of their super regional as the home team, beating ECU 10-1 on Saturday. Game two is on Sunday and I predict the sweep from Carolina.

Clemson will take on Arizona St. at Arizona St. starting Saturday. Clemson is one of the most consistent baseball programs in the country but is on the road. I look for Clemson to win this thing in three games and pull the minor upset. Arizona St. had a great year however and obviously it would not surprise me to see them advance to the college world series either.

Update: Clemson played well for a while in Tempe on Saturday, but eventually fell to Arizona St. 7-4 in game one of their best of three super regional series. Game two will be on Sunday and Clemson is now in a must win two in a row situation.