UNC Moves One Win From Super Regionals on Vance Honeycutt’s Home Runs

The star center fielder swats two gigantic blasts as the Tar Heels defeat LSU 6-2 on Saturday, and gain control of this NCAA regional.

UNC Moves One Win From Super Regionals on Vance Honeycutt’s Home Runs The talented center fielder swats two massive homers as the Tar Heels defeat LSU 6-2 on Saturday to take control of the NCAA regional. Adam Smith Adam Smith 11 hrs 14 Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina advanced one victory closer to the NCAA Tournament’s super regional round, thanks to two huge swings from Vance Honeycutt. The Tar Heels upset reigning national champion LSU 6-2 in Saturday’s showdown game at Boshamer Stadium, with Honeycutt smashing a pair of huge home runs to power the beneficial triumph, as UNC took control of the regional in front ofBut this time, the junior Honeycutt, who became UNC’s all-time home run king three weeks ago, hit, and the result was emphatic: a 413-foot missile with a blistering exit velocity of 111 mph that propelled Carolina into the lead for good. “He got me the first two times, and I wasn’t on the fastball,” Honeycutt said of Holman, a right-handed pitcher. “So I went up there, just committed to the fastball and got one.”

Honeycutt hit another home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, his 24th of the season and 60th of his college career, providing some much-needed breathing room after LSU cut the Tar Heels’ lead to 3-2 in the top of the frame. That bomb was nearly identical to his first homer, measuring 428 feet and flying at 107 mph off his bat. He made the Tigers pay for what may have been a dubious decision in that moment. LSU coach Jay Johnson elected to continue with the tired Holman, the Tigers’ co-ace, who had thrown 11 strikeouts and one walk. But Holman’s tank was running low by then, and his 109th pitch of the game served as Honeycutt’s second.

“I mean, it’s incredible how hard he hits the ball and how far it goes,” UNC starter Shea Sprague stated. “It’s a lot of fun to watch, and I’m glad he’s in our lineup and we don’t have to pitch against him.”

InsideCarolina.com Log in to view the top 247 college football recruits for 2025. Top247 2025 College Football Recruits. UNC Moves One Win From Super Regionals on Vance Honeycutt’s Home Runs The talented center fielder swats two massive homers as the Tar Heels defeat LSU 6-2 on Saturday to take control of the NCAA regional. Adam Smith Adam Smith 11 hrs 14 Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina advanced one victory closer to the NCAA Tournament’s super regional round, thanks to two huge swings from Vance Honeycutt. The Tar Heels upset reigning national champion LSU 6-2 in Saturday’s showdown game at Boshamer Stadium, with Honeycutt smashing a pair of huge home runs to power the beneficial triumph, as UNC took control of the regional in front of