UNC baseball remains idle in May 4 Coaches Poll despite 1-1 week
The UNC baseball team, just under a month away from NCAA Tournament play, should be amongst the favorites to make it to Omaha.
North Carolina obliterated archival Duke, 13-0, in a 7-inning mercy rule on Sunday. Macon Winslow, a Blue Devils transfer, anchored the Diamond Heels' (37-9-1, 17-7 ACC) domination with three hits and five RBIs.
Thanks to its 1-1 week, which started with a blowout loss against fellow Top 10 team Coastal Carolina, UNC remained second in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches' Poll.
UCLA continues leading the poll, with Georgia Tech a slot behind North Carolina. Texas and Georgia round out the Top 5, while Florida State (12th), Boston College (22nd) and Virginia (25th) join the Diamond Heels as ranked ACC squads.
North Carolina has another home-heavy week coming up, starting with Winthrop on Wednesday and ending with a weekend, 3-game set vs. Pitt from Friday-Sunday. UNC then heads to Wilmington for its final midweek game, before ending its regular season at rival NC State.1 UCLA Bruins 43-4 750 30 1 - 1/2 2 North Carolina Tar Heels 37-9 704 0 2 - 2/14 3 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 39-8 690 0 3 - 2/5 4 Texas Longhorns 35-10 661 0 4 - 2/4 5 Georgia Bulldogs 38-11 631 0 5 - 4/13 6 Auburn Tigers 32-14 569 0 8 2 4/12 7 Texas A&M Aggies 35-10 516 0 7 - 7/NR 8 Oregon State Beavers 36-11 512 0 6 2 6/18 9 Kansas Jayhawks 37-11 504 0 11 2 9/NR 10 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 33-14 477 0 10 - 7/25 11 Mississippi State Bulldogs 36-12 468 0 9 2 3/16 12 Florida State Seminoles 33-14 398 0 12 - 6/17 13 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 34-14 375 0 13 - 7/20 14 Oregon Ducks 35-12 354 0 14 - 10/NR 15 West Virginia Mountaineers 31-12 283 0 20 5 12/NR 16 USC Trojans 37-12 282 0 17 1 8/NR 17 Arizona State Sun Devils 33-15 230 0 21 4 17/NR 18 Arkansas Razorbacks 32-17 219 0 22 4 5/24 19 Alabama Crimson Tide 32-16 214 0 23 4 9/NR 20 Florida Gators 31-17 166 0 25 5 8/25 21 Oklahoma Sooners 30-16 143 0 14 7 8/NR 22 Boston College Eagles 35-16 141 0 19 3 19/25 23 Ole Miss Rebels 32-17 132 0 18 5 18/NR 24 Nebraska Cornhuskers 34-14 104 0 16 8 16/NR 25 Virginia Cavaliers 32-16 100 0 24 1 11/NR
Jason DeCaro continues anchoring the Diamond Heels' pitching rotation, compiling an 8-2 win loss record, to go along with a 2.07 earned run average and 54 strikeouts. Caden Glauber (6-0, 2.09 ERA, 62 K) and Walker McDuffie (6-2, 2.40 ERA, 4 saves, 65 K) are the two best bullpen arms, while starting pitcher Ryan Lynch (3-4, 3.82 ERA, 63 K) is heating up at the perfect time.
If North Carolina wants to make a deep postseason run, capped by its first College World Series title in program history, hitting has to be consistent. With guys like Owen Hull (.379 batting average, 56 RBI) and Cooper Nicholson (11 home runs) leading the way, a National Championship is certainly possible.
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This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: UNC baseball ranked second in May 4 USAT Sports Coaches Poll
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