Colin Moran had four hits to help North Carolina beat Cornell 7-4 on Friday in the Chapel Hill Regional of the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n
Jacob Stallings and Adam Griffin each drove in two runs for the top-seeded Tar Heels (45-14), the No. 6 national seed. Moran’s big day came a week after going just 2 for 14 in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.<\/p>\n
North Carolina scored the first five runs Friday, then added two after the fourth-seeded Big Red had closed to 5-3 in the sixth inning.<\/p>\n
Hobbs Johnson (7-1) earned the win, allowing six hits and two runs in five innings. Michael Morin picked up his 18th save to tie a school single-season record.<\/p>\n
Brian Billigen hit a two-run homer in the sixth for Cornell (31-16-1), which committed four errors.<\/p>\n
Rick Marks (4-5) took the loss, allowing nine hits and five runs in 3 2-3 innings.<\/p>\n
The game included a 71-minute rain delay. <\/p>\n
North Carolina Head Coach Mike Fox said, “I think Cornell showed you what it’s like playing in the NCAA Tournament after 30 years. The excitement, being here. I thought they played terrific. They’d probably like to have a couple walks, a couple ground balls back and that game is entirely different. I don’t want to take anything away from our team because the first game in a regional is always that one you just have to work really hard to get the win and get past this one, but I really thought Cornell just played outstanding. They were excited to be here, and I’m not sure our team matched that. I think you have to be really careful about being in a regional and being at home and being complacent and just not locking in and bringing it.” <\/p>\n
– News release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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