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Jun 21, 2026; Omaha, NE, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels center fielder Owen Hull (8) catches for an out against the Oklahoma Sooners during the fourth inning at Charles Schwab Field. Mandatory Credit: Dylan Widger-Imagn Images | Dylan Widger-Imagn Images

The Tar Heels aren’t done just yet. After a horrible opening 9-3 loss, UNC comes out slow but then gets hot in  series tying 6-2 win over the Oklahoma Sooners. The win ends a five game College World Series finals losing streak and sets up a winner takes all match on Monday night for the championship.

So what happened to get North Carolina this all important win?

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Caden Glauber does it again

After coming in for an injured Ryan Lynch, who pitched four strong innings, Glauber pitched the final five innings, striking out eight and inducing a game ending double play in the bottom of the ninth with the Sooners in striking distance after Glauber walked two batters. The Tar Heels are now 29-0 when Glauber pitches and after throwing just 65 pitches in this game (45 of which were strikes), he should be available to give coach Scott Forbes some value in a must win game three on Monday Night.

Owen Hull has one good at bat

Hull had been tearing it up this postseason before struggling in game one going 1 for 5 with two strikeouts. Today, he didn’t fair much better again going one for five this time with three strike outs, but his one hit was a ball he sailed to right field in the fifth for a solo home that increased the Tar Heel lead to two. Hull is overdue for a big game and he has a chance to get one on Monday night.

Erik Paulsen Jr delivers on Father’s Day

If you haven’t read Paulsen’s story before today, then there is no better day than today to do so, but in a nutshell, his dad, Erik Paulsen Sr, was a New York Detective who helped saved people during 9/11. He died this past year from oropharyngeal cancer, which he got from smoke inhalation from the same event. His dad never got to see his son play at UNC, but Erik Jr has delivered in his memory and today he went 3 for 5 with a run. His second inning single was the first hit the Tar Heels got on Sooners starter Xavier Mercurius and it helped get the lineup a second time through one batter quicker leading to a three run third inning that gave North Carolina a lead they would never surrender. The Junior transfer from Stony Brook was named MVP of the Chapel Hill Regional and did his part in this game as well.

Overall, the biggest story of the day is that the Sooner bats cooled down while the Tar Heel’s bats got hot. In addition to the hitting of Hull and Paulsen, Cooper Nicholson hit a two-run home run in the seventh (his first since May 3rd), Jake Schaffner had a two run triple, and Carter French drew four walks forcing the Oklahoma pitching staff to increase their pitch count. All that is left is one game and nothing should be off the table on Monday.

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