A game featuring two of the hottest teams in the country was predictably close the whole way through, but the Tar Heel bats just couldn’t get going enough to get through a deep VCU bullpen as the regional hosts lost the 1-0 game of the Chapel Hill Regional, 4-3. VCU, as the 2-0 team in the regional, will get a day off today, while UNC and Georgia, who clobbered Hofstra in the loser’s game 24-1, will face off at 1:00 PM.
The game was marked by some controversy early, to put it lightly. In the second inning, Tomas Frick tried to reach second on a grounder from Johnny Castagnozzi, but was called for interference as he slid for second while the VCU shorstop, Conner Hujsak, squared up to complete the double play to first.