Grae Kessinger took a step to his left towards the bag at second and leaped up, snagging a sharply hit baseball by UNC-Wilmington first baseman Mason Berne, robbing him of a double and likely saving two runs as Ole Miss was able to get out a sixth inning jam unscathed and went on to win the game 8-6, completing a weekend sweep of the 24th-ranked Seahawks.
“The line drive it was just great timing. He has those instincts and to jump and to catch the ball,” head coach Mike Bianco said. “It’s two runs if that ball gets into the gap, which it was there is no doubt.