For the first time in school history, the Virginia Cavaliers are your NCAA Baseball National Champions after downing the Vanderbilt Commodores 4-2 in the NCAA Championship Game in Omaha.
It’s also the first time an ACC school has won the College World Series since Wake Forest took home the crown in 1955. And it’s the fewest total wins in a season by a National Champion (44) since USC in 1968.
The Hoos owe it all to starting pitcher Brandon Waddell, who struggled early, but settled in, retiring the last eleven batters he faced, and not allowing a run over his final six innings of work.