Sure, Day Two of the NCAA Baseball Tournament means some teams’ College World Series dreams die. But for some of the NCAA Tournament’s national seeds, their chances of lifting an NCAA championship trophy are looking pretty good: national seeds Virginia, Florida, and Vanderbilt all moved to 2-0 in their respective regionals on Saturday.
NCAA Baseball Scores Update: National Seeds Virginia, Florida, Vanderbilt Stay Undefeated
Top-seeded Virginia may have looked the best in running their record at the Charlottesville Regional to 2-0, with a 10-2 thumping of St. John’s. The Cavaliers have now outscored their opponents 16-2 in two NCAA Tournament games, and will face the winner of an East Carolina/St. John’s elimination game that pits two teams that have combined for 10 runs in four games so far.
Second-seeded Florida struggled the most. Playing in-state rival Miami in the Gainesville Regional, the Gators rallied back from a 2-0 deficit, gave up a 4-3 lead, and eventually needed a walk-off hit from Nolan Fontana to secure a 5-4 win. And Florida doesn’t have it any easier on Sunday: the Gators will see either the talented Hurricanes or a Jacksonville team that scored an upset over Florida in Gainesville during the regular season.
Meanwhile, Vanderbilt, the No. 7 national seed, keeps chugging along in the Nashville Regional. The Commodores clobbered Troy 10-2 to move to 2-0 in the NCAA Tournament, and will play either the Trojans or Belmont on Sunday, meaning that Vandy gets two chances at either a team it routed by a 10-2 score or one it beat 10-0 to advance to an NCAA Super Regional.
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