North Carolina closer Dalton Pence celebrates his game-ending strike to clinch the ACC title (Aaron Fitt)
At the ballpark
DURHAM, NC — When it was over, North Carolina coach Scott Forbes described Friday's game at Duke as an intense rivalry game between “two Omaha-caliber teams” — and that's exactly how it looked in the stands at Jack Coombs Field. The two rivals have a lot of respect for each other, and it turns out that respect played a significant role in Friday's results.
With the score tied 4-4, UNC's Vance Honeycutt led off the ninth with a single against Duke closer Charlie Beilenson. That boosted Casey Cook, who already had two hard hits in the game, including a no[…]
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