South Florida posted the biggest upset and Tennessee's Drew Gilbert came through with the biggest hit on the first day of the NCAA baseball tournament.
Andrew Abbott struck out nine in six and a third scoreless innings, and got support in the form of four long balls, in a 14-1 Virginia win over Notre Dame.
Game Notes: Virginia set to face top seed Notre Dame on Friday at ACC Tournament
Published Thursday, May. 27, 2021, 4:10 pm
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Virginia will play top-seeded and seventh-ranked Notre Dame on Friday at 11 a.m. at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C., with the winner advancing to the ACC Tournament semifinals on Saturday.
Game Coverage
The contest will be carried live on Regional Sports Networks as well as ACCNX.
A list of networks scheduled to carry Virginia’s ACC Tournament games can be found here: theacc.com/sports/2017/9/8/acc-on-rsn.aspx.
Home Sweet Home
The Irish are back at home for their final home series of the regular series this season as a top-15 matchup is on deck.
The Irish welcome the 13th-ranked Florida State Seminoles into town for a three game series that will be aired nationally on the ACC Network.
Head coach Link Jarrett will be going up against his alma mater this weekend and his former teammate in Seminoles head coach Mike Martin, Jr.
Jarrett and Martin, Jr. were teammates for two seasons, including the 1994 season when the Seminoles made it to the College World Series.
Florida State owns a 19-9 record over the Irish but holds just a slim 5-4 margin in games played at Notre Dame.