UNC baseball prepares for top 10 showdown with Coastal Carolina
UNC hosts No. 9 Coastal Carolina in a top-10 showdown, with the Tar Heels’ arms tested by the Chanticleers’ small-ball attack.
North Carolina will play one of the nation’s best teams in No. 9 Coastal Carolina. The second-ranked Tar Heels are coming off a series win over Duke , their seventh straight series win since opening ACC play with a series loss to Virginia.
The Diamond Heels clinched the Duke series with a 22-5 throttling of the Blue Devils in the rubber match. The Chanticleers (30-13) are coming off a series win over Texas State. Coastal Carolina is 3-2 against ACC opponents this season, with wins over Clemson and Wake Forest (twice) and losses to NC State and Wake Forest.
Coastal Carolina is coming off a largely successful season in which it went 56-13, won the Sun Belt regular-season and tournament titles and finished as the national runner-up after losing to LSU. First pitch is set for 7 p. m.
at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill. Keep reading below as we dive deeper into our preview with several must-knows ahead of Tuesday’s matchup. UNC's Key to Victory Clamp down on the basepaths.