UNC favored to win Chapel Hill Regional

Posted May 29, 2009
North Carolina is looking to begin the march to a fourth-straight College World Series on Friday. The Tar Heels are hosting a four-team NCAA baseball regional for the fourth straight year. Top-seeded UNC (42-16) face fourth-seeded Dartmouth (27-16) in their first game at the double elimination Chapel Hill Regional. "We've got guys that have been to Omaha three years in a row," first baseman Dustin Ackley said. "They know how to get there." (The State)

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