North Carolina’s Dallas Tessar, center, celebrates with Dylan Harris after hitting a two-run home run in the second inning of an NCAA regional game against UNC Wilmington on Friday in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina won 7-1, beat Liberty 16-1 on Saturday and beat Tennessee 5-2 on Sunday to win the regional and advance to this week’s super regionals.CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Austin Bergner struck out eight batters as North Carolina beat Tennessee 5-2 Sunday night to advance to the 16-team super regionals of the NCAA baseball tournament.
Ashton McGee’s two-run single highlighted the four-run first inning that sent the Tar Heels (45-17), who hosted their regional as its top seed, into the 64-team tournament’s second weekend for the eighth time since 2006.
Bergner (6-1) allowed two runs on four hits in seven innings with three walks. Joey Lancellotti struck out three batters during the final two innings for his third save this season.
Alerick Soularie scored on a wild pitch in the second and added a run-scoring single in the fourth for the second-seeded Volunteers (40-21), who were in the NCAA bracket for the first time since 2005. Tennessee starter Zach Linginfelter (6-6) gave up four runs and didn’t make it out of the first inning.
Dylan Harris and Danny Serretti each drove in runs for the Tar Heels, who went 3-0 at the regional.