OMAHA, Neb.– Eleven hours after North Carolina State took the field at the College World Series with a diminished roster since of COVID-19-related problems, the Wolfpack found out their season was over.Around 2 a.m. Saturday early morning, the NCAA Division I baseball committee stated Saturdays winner-take-all bracket last in between NC State and Vanderbilt a no contest due to COVID-19 protocols, putting the Commodores into the CWS championship round.Vanderbilt will deal with the winner of Saturday nights bracket final in between Texas and Mississippi State.3 h6hElizabeth Merrill1 RelatedThe NCAA stated the decision to rule NC State out was based on the recommendation of the champion medical team and the Douglas County (Nebraska) Health Department.”The coronavirus pandemic has caused numerous cancellations of video games across college sports given that March 2020, but before Saturday, just three groups had been eliminated from NCAA champion play due to the fact that of COVID-19: Virginia Commonwealth guyss basketball group, Rice womens beach ball group and Michigan guyss hockey team.NC State has actually never won a College World Series champion, but hopes were high after the Wolfpack beat No. 1 general seed Arkansas in the Super Regionals, then won three straight and spent the week in the winners bracket. ESPN first learned of a favorable test concerning Jarrett on Friday morning.NC State had just 13 gamers Friday– 9 position gamers and 4 pitchers– and utilized 12 of those gamers in a 3-1 loss to Vanderbilt, forcing what was expected to be an elimination game Saturday to determine who would play in the CWS championship round.In less than 24 hours, NC States season was over.Vanderbilt, the defending nationwide champs, went into the day needing to beat NC State twice to get to Sundays championship round.