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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Associated Press
The UNC Tar Heels are competing in the College World Series right now, and they’re doing well. The Tar Heels were the runners-up last year, so I’m hoping they get back to the championship game and win it all this year. Here’s the report from Friday night’s game:

OMAHA, Neb. — North Carolina is fast becoming expert at comebacks.

The Tar Heels spotted Mississippi State a four-run lead Friday night before cobbling together a six-run sixth inning to win 8-5 in the College World Series.

North Carolina has had to rally for five of its six wins in the NCAA tournament — a trend coach Mike Fox has found perturbing yet pleasing.

“I’m not sure how long we’re going to be able to keep doing that,” Fox said. “It seems to be our M.O. It’s going to come back and get us here one of these days. But we’ll enjoy it for now.”

North Carolina (54-13) will play Sunday against Rice (55-12), which beat Louisville 15-10 in the day’s first game and Mississippi State (38-21) will meet Louisville (46-23) in an elimination game.

In regionals, the Tar Heels trailed in the ninth before beating East Carolina and Western Carolina. In their super regional against South Carolina, they scored six runs to erase a three-run deficit in the seventh inning to win the opener 9-6. They climbed out of a 4-1 hole with a three-run sixth inning on their way to a 9-4 victory in the deciding game.