Safe at home

...NE, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels left fielder Ben Bunting (3) get tangled up with Southern Miss Golden Eagles catcher Travis Graves (19) as he slides safely into home plate in the third inning...

MEMPHIS, TN - MARCH 12: Paul Delaney #4 of the UAB Blazers smiles against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles during the Quarterfinals of the Conference USA Basketball Tournament at FedExForum on March 12, 2009...

Tuesday's pregame notes

...loss to North Carolina would end not only Southern Miss' season but also the celebrated career of coach Corky Palmer. But recent history favors the Golden Eagles. Including Virginia, the last three teams to make...

Ackley smashes CWS record in UNC win

...smashed it, peppering Southern Mississippi with singles...blasting of the Golden Eagles. Ackley now has...control for Southern Miss. The junior, who...

Southern Miss notches a fourth run in eighth

Southern Miss has only one more chance to save itself from elimination. But at least the Golden Eagles are one run closer. With Colin Bates on...

Carolina racks up four runs in third, up 6-0

...minutes, it looked like Southern Miss would get out of the third inning easily. That didn't last long. After getting off to a quick two-out start, the Golden Eagles gave up four runs...

UNC pounds out 23 hits, ousts Southern Miss

Dustin Ackley went 5-for-6 and became the College World Series' career hits leader and North Carolina tied a CWS single-game record with 23 hits in an 11-4 victory over Southern Mississippi.

North Carolina eliminates Southern Miss, 11-4

Farewell, Corky. Southern Miss coach Corky Palmer and his Golden Eagles were eliminated from the College World Series on Tuesday in a 11-4...

Both teams hold their ground in the sixth

...ump called the Tar Heel safe. The Golden Eagles got out of the inning before the Tar Heels could capitalize. UNC returned the favor by leaving Southern Miss scoreless in the sixth, retiring the Eagles...

Ackley drives in one early, UNC up 1-0

...questions heading into this game was if Southern Miss would pitch around Dustin Ackley. We didn't find out in the first inning because the Golden Eagles didn't get a chance to. J...

Vollmuth's homer puts Golden Eagles on board

...to put Southern Miss on the board. Vollmuth's blast over left field scored Corey Stevens and Michael Ewing, both of whom were walked by Adam Warren, to cut the Golden Eagles' deficit to...

Southern Miss has another near slipup

For the second time this game, Southern Miss retired North Carolina's first two batters. But as in the top of the third inning, the Golden Eagles let success get away from them in...

Experience the hooding ceremony

OMAHA, Neb. -- Right on time, exactly one half-hour after the first elimination game of the 2009 College World Series on Monday, the fans in Omaha gat...

UNC-Southern Miss: By the numbers

...s Dustin Ackley went 5-for-6 against Southern Miss, becoming the 16th player in CWS history to...

Tar Heels pile on two more runs for 10-3 lead

Southern Miss coach Corky Palmer approached the mound, nice and...