Scott Forbes proud of CWS run made by North Carolina: 'We battled all year'

North Carolina‘s baseball season came to an end on Tuesday following a 9-5 loss to Florida State that eliminated the Tar Heels from the College World Series. Finishing their season 48-16 after making their 12th appearance in Omaha.

The Tar Heels made one of the most thrilling runs in baseball this postseason during the NCAA Tournament, highlighted by several walk-off wins and narrow games in extra innings. And given the resiliency they showed all season, North Carolina head coach Scott Forbes was nothing but proud of his squad following their elimination loss to the Seminoles.

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“Florida State has got a really good team,” Forbes said. “At the end of the day, they played better than we did. Today, you have to tip your cap to them. A really, really good lineup. Two top, probably, 15 picks.”

“But we battled. We battled all year. Didn’t surprise me we made a run back there. Just didn’t get it done.”

Florida State took an early 3-0 lead that they’d hold onto for the entire game, homering twice in the ninth inning to extend their lead and put the nail in the coffin of North Carolina’s season. A special squad that was comprised a top prospect for the MBL draft, several true freshman contributors, and transfers from various levels of college baseball that were collectively one of the nation’s top teams this season.

“It’s not easy to talk this time when the season ends, I’ve been out here. At the end of the day, there’s only one team that’s happy when the dust settles out here in Omaha. But I told the guys in the locker room, the word that came to my mind was “proud,” just because they should be proud of what they’ve done this entire season,” Forbes explained.

“They’ve worked since August. They stayed together. They pulled hard for one another. They gave our fans so much to be passionate about, so much to look forward to.”

North Carolina set a goal as a team to not just go to Omaha, but to win it all during their first fall meeting of the offseason. And although they came up just a few games short, there’s no question that they have plenty to be proud of. Hosting Regionals and Supers in front of their home crowd in Chapel Hill where fans got to see some of the best games of the NCAA Tournament.

“Our fans were awesome. I’m just proud of Carolina baseball, where it is, but that’s a credit to our players in that locker room this year and all the support this program has,” Forbes said. “I’m proud to be the leader of the program. But, man, these guys, just so thankful that they took me along this ride with them.”

The Tar Heels will look different next season ahead of year five under Forbes, but given their recent success, it’s hard to believe that North Carolina will slow down as a perennial power in college baseball any time soon.