Public Enemy No. 1: Charlotte
Garnet And Black Attack —
... a night school created to educate returning World War II veterans, was saved from closing in 1949 by Bonnie Cone. The school was rechristened Charlotte College that year and became UNC Charlotte in 1965.
Largesse-based mascot or not, the 49ers that take the field this year can hit. All but one of the team's position players with more than 100 ABs are hitting better than .300 -- and lonely Alex Burt is batting a not-shabby .278.
That said, their 53 home runs are the fewest in the regional.
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Public Enemy No. 2: N.C. State
Garnet And Black Attack —
... today or the remainder of the regional, Tanner will inject even more offense into the lineup with Crisp, who upped his batting average to .307 with a pair of hits Friday. Lail is hitting .235.
The defense also performed pretty well. (As did, C&F; thinks, the track team, though he must admit he knows too little about the sport to say what this means.)
On to N.C. State.
The Wolfpack are not quite as offense-centric as the 49ers, and also have a shortage of power, with 58 home runs on the year.
But their pitching is a bit ...
