UNC blasts UVA

Tomas Frick went 3 for 5 with five RBIs to help No. 7 seed North Carolina advance to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament with a 10-2 victory over second-seeded Virginia on Thursday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

North Carolina (35-21) has a day off before a semifinal game on Saturday. Virginia (45-12) awaits its fate on Selection Sunday.

Frick singled to left, scoring two with the bases loaded in the seventh, and broke the game open in the eighth with a bases-clearing double off the top of the wall.

Starter Jake Knapp (5-3) held the Cavaliers to two runs on five hits with five strikeouts in 5.2 innings. Reliever Dalton Pence retired the first nine batters he faced before Anthony Stephan singled up the middle with two outs in the ninth.

Ethan Anderson homered for the second time this week for Virginia. Anderson, Stephan and Henry Godbout each had two of the Cavaliers’ seven hits.

In pool play Wednesday night,

Caden Grice hit a grand slam in a seven-run sixth inning as Clemson rallied past Virginia Tech 14-5.

Trailing 5-3 entering the sixth inning, the Tigers (40-17) took the lead after two runs scored on an outfield error followed by Cam Cannarella’s go-ahead single. Grice’s slam capped the rally and gave him a team-high 58 RBIs.

No. 3 seed Clemson will play sixth-seeded Boston College on Friday, with the winner advancing to the semifinals on Saturday.

No. 10 seed Virginia Tech (30-23) finished last in the three-team pool. Ocean Lakes High graduate Carson DeMartini hit a two-run single for the Hokies.

Starter Drue Hackenberg (5-8) took the loss for Tech after allowing seven runs — three earned — in 5.2 innings. The Hokies are 49th in the Ratings Percentage Index, making an NCAA at-large bid unlikely.