NC State's 13-man active roster and staff prepares for battle against Vanderbilt's much larger horde (Eric Sorenson)

Vandy Holds Off NC State’s Skeleton Crew As COVID Issues Strike

OMAHA — There has never been a day like this at the College World Series. But how many times have you heard the phrase “there’s never been a day like this” over the last 15 months?

Friday was a cyclone of conflicting emotional states. It was surreal, anxious, demoralizing, frustrating, sad, hopeful, bizarre, awkward. We’ve all been been spun round and round by that cyclone time and again since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, so maybe we should have been prepared for this day. But until this week, we had reason to believe the 2021 college baseball postseason was[…]