Credit: Photo by Kyle McElligott

UC-Irvine finished what they started last night, defeating the Longhorns 9-6 at the Dell Diamond Monday afternoon, thereby ending UT’s season earlier than expected and hoped for. While UT’s lineup was stocked with talented players, injuries and some poor play in the field opened the door for the Anteaters to move on to the next round of the NCAA baseball tournament and sent the Longhorns packin’ for their short bus ride back to the ATX.

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