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Eighth-seeded UNC beat NC State Sunday afternoon to win the 2022 ACC Championship.
Photo by: HELEN MCGINNIS
Diamond Heels Claim Eighth ACC Championship
May 29, 2022 | Baseball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Freshman Vance Honeycutt homered twice and drove in five runs to lead eighth-seeded North Carolina to a 9-5 win over No. 10 seed NC State in Sunday's ACC Baseball Championship title game. A sellout crowd of 10,500 packed Truist Field to watch the battle between long-time rivals, setting the record for the largest title-game attendance in league history.
The Tar Heels (38-19) won for the 15th time in their last 17 games while capturing the 12th ACC baseball title in program history overall and the eighth since the conference began holding a tournament to determine its champion in 1973.
With the victory, the Diamond Heels earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Baseball Championship. Pairings for the tournament will be announced Monday at 12 p.m. on ESPN2.
The ACC championship is UNC's first under second-year head coach Scott Forbes, who stepped up to take the reins following veteran Mike Fox's retirement in the summer of 2020.
Honeycutt, who was voted the tournament MVP, connected for a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning, and then followed with a three-run shot to cap the big second inning at the Tar Heels built a quick 8-1 lead.
The home runs were Honeycutt's 20th and 21st of the season, adding to what was already a school freshman record. The Salisbury, N.C., native became only the second player in NCAA Division I this season and the first player in UNC history with at least 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases in the same year.
Angel Zarate finished 2-for-5 at the plate for the Tar Heels and contributed a two-run single to the second-inning uprising. Danny Serretti added a pair of hits, including an RBI double.
Honeycutt, Serretti and Zarate were all named to all-tournament team along with junior pitcher Brandon Schaeffer, who tossed a complete game shut out of No. 2 Virginia Tech on Friday night.
UNC starter Max Carlson (3-2) worked five innings to pick up his second win of the tournament. The sophomore righthander allowed six hits and three runs while walking one batter and striking out six.
UNC led 9-1 before the Wolfpack (36-21) scrapped for two runs in the seventh and two more in the ninth for the final 9-5 margin. NC State outhit the Tar Heels 11-8 as Devonte Brown and LuJames Groover III each went 3-for-5 from the top of the order.
The Tar Heels (38-19) won for the 15th time in their last 17 games while capturing the 12th ACC baseball title in program history overall and the eighth since the conference began holding a tournament to determine its champion in 1973.
With the victory, the Diamond Heels earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Baseball Championship. Pairings for the tournament will be announced Monday at 12 p.m. on ESPN2.
The ACC championship is UNC's first under second-year head coach Scott Forbes, who stepped up to take the reins following veteran Mike Fox's retirement in the summer of 2020.
Honeycutt, who was voted the tournament MVP, connected for a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning, and then followed with a three-run shot to cap the big second inning at the Tar Heels built a quick 8-1 lead.
The home runs were Honeycutt's 20th and 21st of the season, adding to what was already a school freshman record. The Salisbury, N.C., native became only the second player in NCAA Division I this season and the first player in UNC history with at least 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases in the same year.
Angel Zarate finished 2-for-5 at the plate for the Tar Heels and contributed a two-run single to the second-inning uprising. Danny Serretti added a pair of hits, including an RBI double.
Honeycutt, Serretti and Zarate were all named to all-tournament team along with junior pitcher Brandon Schaeffer, who tossed a complete game shut out of No. 2 Virginia Tech on Friday night.
UNC starter Max Carlson (3-2) worked five innings to pick up his second win of the tournament. The sophomore righthander allowed six hits and three runs while walking one batter and striking out six.
UNC led 9-1 before the Wolfpack (36-21) scrapped for two runs in the seventh and two more in the ninth for the final 9-5 margin. NC State outhit the Tar Heels 11-8 as Devonte Brown and LuJames Groover III each went 3-for-5 from the top of the order.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Carlson, Max (3-2)
L: Logan Whitaker (2-4)
Batting:
2B: Devonte Brown 2 ; J.T. Jarrett 1
RBI: Devonte Brown 1 ; LuJames Groover III 1 ; Josh Hood 1 ; J.T. Jarrett 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Devonte Brown 2 ; LuJames Groover III 1 ; Noah Soles 1 ; Chase Nixon 1
Batting:
2B: Serretti, Danny 1
HR: Honeycutt, Vance 2
RBI: Zarate, Angel 2 ; Serretti, Danny 1 ; Honeycutt, Vance 5
Base Running:
RUNS: Zarate, Angel 2 ; Horvath, Mac 1 ; Serretti, Danny 1 ; Honeycutt, Vance 2 ; Frick, Tomas 1 ; Stokely, Hunter 1 ; Wilkerson, Colby 1
HBP: Wilkerson, Colby 1
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