After both teams lost in walk-offs on Friday, Virginia and Florida State will battle on Sunday in the College World Series to keep their seasons alive.
For the first time in the history of college baseball, the first two games of the College World Series both ended on walk-offs. The unfortunate losers of those two games will now battle each other with their seasons on the line, as No. 12in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single by Vance Honeycutt, while the Seminoles had leads of 9-4 and 11-7 over No. 1 seed Tennessee and led 11-8 in the ninth, but the Volunteers scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to steal a 12-11 victory.
The two brutal defeats drop the Hoos and Noles into the loser's bracket, where they'll have to win their next four games in a row in order to advance to the CWS finals.It'll be another All-ACC matchup for UVA in Sunday's elimination game. Florida State leads the all-time series with Virginia 61-34, but this will be the first-ever meeting between these two programs in the NCAA Tournament.
Arnold started for the Seminoles in game 1 against Tennessee, so he won't be available against Virginia. FSU head coach Link Jarrett confirmed in the postgame press conference on Friday that junior lefty Carson Dorsey will start against Virginia on Sunday. Dorsey also pitched in that ACC Tournament game against UVA and had one of his worst outings, failing to record an out and giving up four earned runs on three hits and a walk.
For Virginia, Brian O'Connor was not asked to name a starter in the postgame press conference, but it will either be junior righty Jay Woolfolk or graduate righty Joe Savino. It's been more than two weeks since Savino pitched in UVA's NCAA Tournament opener against Penn, as the Cavaliers gave the nod to Woolfolk for game 2 of the Super Regionals and that series didn't go to a third game.
UPDATE: Brian O'Connor announced on Saturday that Jay Woolfolk will be Virginia's starting pitcher against Florida State on Sunday.for more coverage of Virginia baseball at the College World Series, including score updates and live analysis for the Virginia-Florida State elimination game on Sunday afternoon.Managing Editor and Publisher, CavaliersNow Email: mattnewton@virginia.
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