The University of Arizona baseball team (44-19) secured two of three games from the No. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Chapel Hill Super Regional from June 7-9, punching its ticket to the College World Series for the first time since 2021 as the Wildcats head back to Omaha,

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.

The Arizona Wildcats stunned the No. 5 national seed, the North Carolina Tar Heels, and are going to the College World Series.