UNC confident it can meet the latest challenge in red-hot Sooners

OMAHA, Neb. — No. 4 North Carolina has met every challenge in its road to the College World Series Finals, but the Tar Heels haven’t faced one quite like what red-hot Oklahoma will present.

In Game 1 at 8:09 p.m. Saturday (ESPN), UNC ace Jason DeCaro (11–2, 2.31 ERA) will make his final college start against a Sooners team that has hit eight home runs, including five on Wednesday against No. 3 Georgia.

Just as when the Tar Heels took two of three from then-No. 2 Georgia Tech in a mid-April series in Chapel Hill, they are ready for whatever Oklahoma brings to the series…

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