The other seven No. 4 seeds to do so are South Florida (2021), Davidson (2017), VCU (2015), College of Charleston (2014), Stony Brook (2012), Fresno State (2008) and Missouri (2006).
Four have gone on to make the World Series: Murray State, Oral Roberts, Stony Brook and Fresno State, with the latter the only No. 4 to win the national championship.
The No. 16 Mountaineers beat Binghamton 10-1 in the regional opener but had their backs to the wall after Saturday’s 11-9 loss to Kentucky.
Getting out of this spot required a ninth-inning rally in Sunday’s rematch against the Wildcats.
Down 9-6, the Mountaineers scored on a walk, a sacrifice fly and a balk to tie the game before walking things off with a two-run homer.
On Monday, WVU beat Kentucky 6-5 on an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th.
The Mountaineers will next host Cal Poly, the surprising winners of the Los Angeles regional.
Regional Highlights and Power Performances
The Chapel Hill regional was seen as one of the deepest and most challenging bubbles of the weekend, but North Carolina made things look easy.
While they were able to avoid Tennessee, which went two-and-out against East Carolina and Virginia Commonwealth, the Tar Heels skunked the Rams on Friday and then beat ECU 7-5 and 9-3 to make the super regionals for the third year in a row.
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One of the standouts of the weekend was freshman left-hander Jackson Rose, who pitched four hitless innings in relief to assist the win in the second matchup against the Pirates.
