There is a reason Tennessee is the top seed.
On the back of the long ball—specifically a three-run bomb by Kavares Tears in the fourth inning off starter Shea Sprague—the Volunteers have advanced to the bracket finals on Wednesday. UNC falls to 1-1 in the College World Series and will have to face off against FSU on Tuesday at 2 PM to see who will take the other spot.
Tears was the Tar Heel killer on Sunday night, both with that three run homer and then a big two-out double in the eighth that plated another run.