CHAPEL HILL – Connor Hujack's eighth inning home run proved to the difference for VCU on Saturday as the top-seeded Tar Heels came up one run short, 4-3, in the Chapel Hill Regional winner's bracket game.
North Carolina (39-20) will face Georgia in an elimination game Sunday at 1 p.m. with the winner advancing to play VCU (42-18) in the regional championship game at 6 p.m.
Before hitting the game-winning home run in the eighth, Hujack pushed the Rams out to a 1-0 lead with a solo blast in the second inning. The score remained 1-0 until the seventh when VCU scored two runs on double down the left field line by Connor Benzin.