CHAPEL HILL

The Road to Omaha starts in the Triangle for one local baseball program, while the other two head out of town for their NCAA Tournament regionals.

North Carolina earned the No. 5 national seed and the right to host games at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill for the 14th time in program history. UNC was expected to be among the top seeds, but its ranking varied in different bracketology projections.

The Tar Heels earned the ACC’s automatic bid after defeating Clemson, 14-4, in the championship game Sunday afternoon.

“I think that we’re happy to have gotten this done,” second baseman Jackson Van De Brake said of the championship, “but we know that there’s a lot more that we want to do ahead of us.”

UNC (42-12) will host Holy Cross (31-25) of the Patriot League, Nebraska (32-

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