Wright State amazed Vanderbilt from the seeded with a victory from 5 to 4 Sunday in the Nashville region, eliminating the Vanderbilt commodores from the NCAA tournament.
With the loss, Vanderbilt becomes the first seeded n ° 1 not to reach the regional finals since the introduction of the current tournament format in 1999.
Boston Smith of Wright State and Luke Arnold launched consecutive circuits during the first round to give Raiders a quick advance of 4-0. The two teams nailed one more race between the second and the eighth round, but the raiders held a furious three -point rally by Vanderbilt in the ninth to seal the huge upheaval of 5 to 4.
Vanderbilt (43-18) was suffocated on the plate by Griffen Paige by Wright State, who only granted one point on a blow in eight dominant sleeves.
“The biggest match in which I never participated, and I presented myself and I went out of the guys, one at a time, a field at a time. You can do nothing else”, Paige Tell to journalists.
When they managed to climb on the basis, seed No. 1 continued to fight in clutch situations. Vanderbilt went only 2 for 8 with runners in a score position and left five stranded in the defeat on Sunday. During their first two regional games, the Commodores were 0 for 9 with runners in a score position.
The raiders will face Louisville in the final of the Nashville region on Sunday at 9 p.m. he.
