Hail State Wins, Face Vandy Boys in Final

Tanner Leggett’s timely base knock scored Brayland Skinner as No. 7 Mississippi State defeated No. 2 Texas 4-3 on a walk-off Saturday.

NCAA Statement from Division I Baseball Committee:

The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee has declared the Vanderbilt-NC State Men’s College World Series game scheduled for Saturday, June 26 at 1 p.m. Central time a no-contest because of COVID-19 protocols. #CWS pic.twitter.com/amxdQwkQ6l

— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) June 26, 2021

The Bulldogs will face the Vanderbilt Commodores in the College World Series finals (Game 1 is Monday night) in a best of three faceoff after the “if necessary” game that the Anchor Down crew forced on Friday afternoon was declared to be a “no contest” by the NCAA and the North Carolina St. Wolfpack was removed from the tournament due to COVID-19 contact tracing protocols.

Source(s):

NCAA Baseball via Twitter

College World Series Updates/ NCAA dot com

Skadi Baseball via You Tube

Wolfpack Awaits Survivor of Stanford/ Vanderbilt

The North Carolina State Wolfpack diamond crew rode the arms of Sam Highfill and Evan Justice to a 1-0 shutout victory of the Vanderbilt Commodores to remain in the winner’s bracket in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. They await the winner of the Wednesday night matchup between Vanderbilt and the Stanford Cardinal, who eliminated the Arizona Wildcats on Monday afternoon by a tally of 14-5.

Low scoring game but this NC state continues on! #CWS https://t.co/rJubhujPcG

— College World Series (@CWSUpdates1) June 22, 2021

 

Source(s):

Joe Healy/ Baseball America

Aaron Fitt via College World Series/ Twitter