Virginia to Face Florida State in Elimination Game at College World Series (2024)
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. 12 Virginia (46-16) will face ACC rival and No. 8 seed Florida State (47-16) in an elimination game at the 2024 College World Series on Sunday at 2pm (ESPN) at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha.
See score updates and live analysis for Virginia vs. Florida State in the College World Series here: Virginia vs. Florida State Live Updates | NCAA Baseball College World Series
Both teams lost in heartbreaking fashion on Friday, as the Cavaliers were walked off by No. 4 North Carolina 3-2 in 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.
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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. FSU and UVA played once this season in pool play at the ACC Tournament, with the Seminoles posting a 12-7 victory to eliminate the Cavaliers. Virginia hit four home runs in that game, three of which came as part of a five-run seventh inning. Unfortunately for the Hoos, that explosion came in the bottom half of an inning that began with Florida State scoring seven runs in the top half.
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Joe Savino got the start for the Cavaliers in that game and allowed four earned runs in 4.2 innings before turning the ball over to the UVA bullpen, which allowed eight more runs. Florida State started its ace Jamie Arnold in that game and he gave up just two earned runs and struck out nine batters in six innings.
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. He's been better as a starter, though, posting high-quality six-inning starts in road wins at Wake Forest and Duke. For the season, Dorsey has a 7-4 record in 22 appearances and 10 starts and a 4.67 ERA with 81 strikeouts and 35 walks in 69.1 innings.
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. Woolfolk, while not as sharp as his brilliant start against Mississippi State, was still solid in the win over Kansas State. Savino started against FSU in the ACC Tournament and gave up four earned runs on six hits in 4.2 innings and struck out four batters. Woolfolk pitched two full innings out of the bullpen in that game, giving up one earned run on three hits and striking out three.
UPDATE: Brian O'Connor announced on Saturday that Jay Woolfolk will be Virginia's starting pitcher against Florida State on Sunday.
Stay tuned to CavaliersNow 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.
No.12 seed Virginia baseball saw its season come to an end Sunday afternoon at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb.in a 7-3 loss to No.8 seed Florida State.
They are split into two double-elimination brackets, consisting of four teams each. The winners of the two MCWS brackets meet in the MCWS Finals, a best-of-three series to decide the NCAA champion.
Casey Saucke hits a line drive to short and Lodise makes the catch and fires to first to double up Godbout to end the game. Florida State wins 7-3 and Virginia is eliminated from the College World Series.
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The eight teams in the College World Series are split into two double-elimination brackets. On each side of the bracket, the winners of the first round games will move on to face each other, while the losers will meet in an elimination game.
The eight super regional winners in the Men's College World Series are split into two brackets, similar to the regional rounds. There, it's double-elimination in the two brackets.
The Gators made the CWS four times before the tournament moved to the super-regional format in 1999. Florida has reached the CWS championship series four times, finished as the runner-up three times and won a national championship in 2017.
Florida State has reached the College World Series final three times (1970, 1986 and 1999) but has yet to do so in the best-of-three championship game era.
The Cavaliers have played in 22 tournaments and advanced to the College World Series in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2023, and 2024, finishing as the runners-up to Vanderbilt in 2014 and defeating the Commodores in 2015 to win the championship.
UNC baseball out of College World Series after season-ending loss to Florida State. OMAHA, Neb. (WNCN) – The dream of the first NCAA championship in program history ended abruptly for the University of North Carolina baseball team on Tuesday.
Honeycutt got ahead in the count, waited and delivered a two-out single to left field, driving in the winning run that gave UNC a 3-2 College World Series win over Virginia Friday.
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