It was 29 years ago Monday that Chip Hale won a College World Series title with Arizona as a player. June 9 also happens to be the birthday of his wife, Judi, but she wasn’t able to take the trip to Omaha to support her school and her future husband back in 1986.

UNC carried a 3-1 lead into the eighth inning after seven strong innings from freshman starting pitcher Ryan Lynch, who allowed one run on three hits in the first seven innings before Arizona chased him with a single and an error in the eighth.