UNC's best hitter at top of the order

Posted Jun 17, 2008

Sophomore Dustin Ackley is North Carolina's best pure hitter, most patient batter and quickest base runner. And the bad news for unseeded Fresno State (42-29), which faces the No. 2 Tar Heels in the winners' bracket of the College World Series at 7 tonight: It has to face him first. Ackley -- who moved into the leadoff spot for good on March 22 -- has terrorized opposing pitchers from the get-go during the NCAA tournament. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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