The North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team heads to Omaha for the 13th time in school history, facing the Ole Miss Rebels in the College World Series game on Friday night.
For UNC head coach Scott Forbes, he’s the first to lead his team to a CWS appearance twice in the first six years of his tenure. As a whole, the Tar Heels are the only team in the field to have gone twice in the past three seasons. Ole Miss comes in having a 57-year gap from the last time they faced UNC.
First pitch in Omaha will be at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
2026 NCAA Baseball Championship
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9
R
H
E
Ole Miss (41-21)
0
0
0
0
0
North Carolina (50-12-1)
0
0
0
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Ole Miss vs. UNC baseball box score: Live stats from College World Series NCAA Championship
Ole Miss Rebels
Batter
POS
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
AVG
OBP
12
Dom Decker
2B
1
0
0
0
0
0
.271
.412
27
Judd Utermark
3B
1
0
0
0
0
1
.311
.424
36
Will Furniss
1B
1
0
0
0
0
0
.310
.421
32
Tristan Bissetta
LF
1
0
0
0
0
0
.275
.386
9
Hayden Federico
CF
0
0
0
0
1
0
.294
.421
6
Owen Paino
SS
1
0
0
0
0
1
.243
.380
24
Austin Fawley
C
1
0
0
0
0
0
.232
.355
1
Brayden Randle
RF
0
0
0
0
0
0
.253
.341
20
Collin Reuter
DH
0
0
0
0
0
0
.259
.360
Total
6
0
0
0
1
2
Pitcher
POS
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
BF
ERA
50
Taylor Rabe
P
1.2
1
0
0
1
2
7
3.6
Total
1.2
1
0
0
1
2
7
Rabe 31 (20 strikes)
North Carolina Tar Heels
Batter
POS
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
AVG
OBP
2
Jake Schaffner
SS
1
0
0
0
0
1
.356
.471
5
Gavin Gallaher
2B
1
0
0
0
0
0
.284
.378
8
Owen Hull
CF
1
0
0
0
0
1
.388
.503
6
Macon Winslow
DH
1
0
0
0
0
0
.292
.425
44
Erik Paulsen
1B
1
0
0
0
0
0
.294
.422
1
Cooper Nicholson
3B
0
0
0
0
1
0
.262
.435
12
Tyler Howe
LF
1
0
1
0
0
0
.249
.376
23
Colin Hynek
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
.271
.361
18
Carter French
RF
0
0
0
0
0
0
.232
.385
Total
6
0
1
0
1
2
Pitcher
POS
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
BF
ERA
29
Jason DeCaro
P
2.0
0
0
0
1
2
7
2.2
Total
2.0
0
0
0
1
2
7
DeCaro 25 (16 strikes)
How to watch: Ole Miss vs. North Carolina 2026 NCAA Baseball Championship Game