Duke Baseball 2021 ACC Champions

[chrishoke]

Virginia homers in B8 to take a 1-0 lead.

Another homer makes it 4-0.. Looks like we will hhave a deciding game 3 Monday.

[DoubleBlue]

In Game 3, starting at 6pm ET, Kevin Kopps (12-0, 0.66) will be starting for Arkansas against Matt Willadsen (5-3, 4.97) of NC State. Kopps was pitcher of the year in the SEC, but he's a reliever and has not started a game all year.

[chrishoke]

In Game 3, starting at 6pm ET, Kevin Kopps (12-0, 0.66) will be starting for Arkansas against Matt Willadsen (5-3, 4.97) of NC State. Kopps was pitcher of the year in the SEC, but he's a reliever and has not started a game all year.

He also pitched 2 innings yesterday.

[DoubleBlue]

NC State and Arkansas in a pitching duel with the Wolfpack leading 2-1 in the 7th. Kopps is still in but now up to 100 pitches.

[Bluedog]

NC State and Arkansas in a pitching duel with the Wolfpack leading 2-1 in the 7th. Kopps is still in but now up to 100 pitches.

Now 2-2 in the 8th...Kopps still in.

[DoubleBlue]

Pitch 118 was a home run... 3-2 NC State... Kopps out in the T9.

[DoubleBlue]

NC State holds on to beat #1 Arkansas 3-2 on their home field and they advance to the CWS!

[AGDukesky]

Wow amazing recover by State to win the last two!

[CameronBornAndBred]

Congrats, Wuffies!

[chrishoke]

Congratulations Wolfpack!

[jwillfan]

Pretty incredible. Arkansas coach going to be second guessed for bringing Kopps back for the 9th in a tie game with 115 pitches

[DoubleBlue]

Notre Dame just beat Miss. State 9-1 in their Game #2 and are still alive.
Virginia beat Dallas Baptist 4-0 earlier today in their Game #2 and are also still alive.
Both play tomorrow for the series win.

[chrishoke]

Does this mean that Packman97 will run naked thru the streets of Raleigh? Just in case I am closing my blinds.

[PackMan97]

We were just setting them up for today.

Tomorrow we drop the hammer and punch our ticket to Omaha. It was all part of the plan. The old "Rope a dope"

I love it when a plan comes together.

[DoubleBlue]

Does this mean that Packman97 will run naked thru the streets of Raleigh? Just in case I am closing my blinds.

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[chrishoke]

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Oh yes they call him the streak.

[DukieInKansas]

Congratulations to the Wolf Pack.

Which team had the howler? It reminded me of the Vandy whistler - really annoying.

[Bluedog]

NC State holds on to beat #1 Arkansas 3-2 on their home field and they advance to the CWS!

State was a remarkable 18-4 in away games this season and an unremarkable 13-12 at home, so seems like things have gone much better for them away from Raleigh for some reason. In any event, congrats to the Wolfpack!

[YmoBeThere]

It reminded me of the Vandy whistler - really annoying.

While I was mowing the lawn this afternoon, I heard a bird that sounded just like the Vandy whistler. Which is of course music to my ears.*

*Yes, I find it super annoying also, but I have to support the home team.

[PackMan97]

State was a remarkable 18-4 in away games this season and an unremarkable 13-12 at home, so seems like things have gone much better for them away from Raleigh for some reason. In any event, congrats to the Wolfpack!

It's more a factor of our schedule. We really struggled early in the season with some COVID pauses that took out some easy home wins.

At one point early in the season our record stood at 4-9 getting swept at home by #15 GT, #7 Louisville and dropping the series against #6 Miami...at that point we had not played a road game since COVID canceled the series at Duke and a game at UNC-W. So that's a 1-8 start to the ACC season...all at home and all against top 15 teams. After that we finally got the season on track and went on a lot of huge road wins.

As with all things COVID, it was just a really strange season, but so far in a good way