North Carolina & Missouri open baseball tournament

North Carolina & Missouri open baseball tournament
Photo by Russ Houston

May 30, 2003

As his teammates watched anxiously, University of Missiouri Tiger Ryan Rallo slid safely into home plate Friday afternoon at Polk DeMent Stadium-Dudy Noble Field. At 2 p.m., Missouri and the University of North Carolina Tarheels opened the May 30-June 1 four-team NCAA regional playoffs. Mississippi State is scheduled to play Middle Tennessee State University at 6 p.m. As 5 p.m. approached, however, the Tigers and Tarheels were tied 3-3 in extra innings.