UNC, Oklahoma set MCWS finals with semifinal routs
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- North Carolina beat West Virginia 12-7 to reach the MCWS finals for the first time since 2007, going 3-0 in bracket play and finishing with 16 hits.
- Owen Hull went 4-for-4 with a triple and two doubles — one homer shy of hitting for the cycle — while Gavin Gallaher added 4 hits and 4 RBIs as the Tar Heels went 8-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
- Oklahoma hit a season-high five home runs to beat Georgia 11-4, with Jason Walk and Dasan Harris each going deep twice in the same game.
- Dasan Harris, a walk-on who arrived at OU in 2024, drove in 5 runs — his most in 107 career games — after entering the day with just 4 career homers.
- Georgia arrived in Omaha leading the nation with a program-record 174 homers and a .326 average, but batted just .183 and averaged four runs across four CWS games.
- UNC is in its 12th MCWS appearance — tied for the second-most by a program still without a national baseball title — while Oklahoma is playing for its third championship in the sport.
- The best-of-three finals begin Saturday at Charles Schwab Field, where the cavernous dimensions neutralized Georgia's power but could not slow UNC's 16-hit attack or Oklahoma's five-homer barrage.
Why it matters: UNC's 12th MCWS appearance — tied for the second-most for a program still chasing a first baseball title — collides with an Oklahoma club that has hit 43 of its 91 home runs over the past 16 games. For the Tar Heels, Saturday either ends a championship drought dating to their program's founding or extends it; for the Sooners, a third title is in play against a peaking offense. Georgia's collapse (.326 season average to .183 in Omaha) also underscores how Charles Schwab Field has reshuffled expectations built on regular-season stats.
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