UNC to face Oklahoma in Men's College World Series finals - ESPN

OMAHA, Neb. — Owen Hull had a triple and two doubles among his four hits, Gavin Gallaher had four hits and four RBIs and North Carolina rolled past West Virginia 12-7 on Wednesday to advance to the Men's College World Series finals for the first time since 2007.

The Tar Heels went 3-0 in bracket play and will play for the first national championship starting Saturday in the best-of-three finals against Oklahoma, which eliminated Georgia with an 11-4 win.

UNC is seeking its first national championship in baseball; its 12 MCWS appearances entering this year are tied for the second most by a team without a title.

West Virginia was 2-2 in its first MCWS appearance with both losses to the Tar Heels.

A North Carolina offense that batted .217 with only four extra-base hits in its first two MCWS games went into overdrive against the Mountaineers. Carolina was 8-for-10 with runners in scoring position, had five extra-base hits and amassed its most runs and hits (16) in nine NCAA tournament games.

«We were joking before the game today, like, 'Man, we need to have one of those games where we get 15 hits and score some runs,'» Tar Heels coach Scott Forbes said. «So thankfully that happened.»

Hull was a home run shy of becoming the second player in three days to hit for the cycle. Texas' Adrian Rodriguez did it Monday against Alabama. Hull had an RBI double in the first inning, a single in the third, an RBI double in the fourth and a triple in the sixth.

«The first thing that Coach told us in our pregame meeting out in the outfield was that we want our compete factor at the top,» Hull said. «That's what we focused on, and being default aggressive. I think it worked out pretty well.»

Carolina scored twice in the first inning off