NC State baseball’s season is over. After the Wolfpack played yesterday’s 3-1 loss to Vanderbilt yesterday with just 13 players due to health and safety protocols and COVID issues within the program, the NCAA announced that Saturday’s winner-take-all game would be ruled no-contest due to COVID protocols, and Vanderbilt would advance to the College World Series.
The following is the full release and statement from the NCAA’s Division I Baseball Committee:
“The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee has declared the Vanderbilt-NC State Men’s College World Series game scheduled for Saturday, June 26 at 1 p.m. Central time a no-contest because of COVID-19 protocols. This decision was made based on the recommendation of the Championship Medical Team and the Douglas County Health Department. As a result, Vanderbilt will advance to the CWS Finals. The NCAA and the committee regret that NC State’s student-athletes and coaching staff will not be able to continue in the championship in which they earned the right to participate. Because of privacy issues, we cannot provide further details.”
NC State finishes the 2021 College World Series with a 2-1 record, one win away from the final series, after beating Stanford and Vanderbilt before falling to the Commodores with a depleted roster yesterday.
