ACC Baseball Championship 2015: Florida State vs. NC State Score, Reaction

The Florida State Seminoles won the program's sixth ACC tournament championship Sunday in a comprehensive 6-2 win over tournament Cinderellas N.C. State, ending the Wolfpack's hot streak and continuing their own momentum for the NCAA tournament.     

A three-run bomb by Florida State's John Sansone got things going and gave the Seminoles a 3-0 lead that they wouldn't relinquish. A wacky fourth inning that included a botched infield fly play and two fluky N.C. State runs proved to be the only serious danger that the sixth-seeded Wolfpack posed Sunday.

Florida State reliever Boomer Biegalski was a central reason why. After coming on to end that fourth-inning jam, Biegalski conceded just one hit in five shutdown innings to close the door on any hopes of a comeback.

No ending would have been more fitting of the Seminoles' tourney, as Corey Clark of the Tallahassee Democrat noted:

A record crowd largely consisting of N.C. State fans who made the trip from Raleigh to Durham wasn't enough to will the Wolfpack to an upset in the championship, as PackPride.com noted:

Now that it's secured a sixth ACC tournament title, up next for Florida State is the nerve-wracking wait for its tournament seed. The Seminoles certainly have a case for one of the top national seeds, but Aaron Fitt of D1Baseball.com concluded that other teams have a shot as well:

One swing of the bat early in Sunday's final put the winning side in front for good.

Sansone delivered with two runners on base, cranking a monster three-run homer into left-center field to push Florida State in front. What made Sansone's jack even more impressive was that it flew over the "Blue Monster" wall at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, as told by Florida State's Twitter:

With Florida State's pitchers controlling the game at that point, it looked to be smooth sailing for the Seminoles, who had only allowed five runs through three games in Durham prior to Sunday. But they got their money's worth in the very next half-inning.

Intent on making sure the game didn't get away from them, the Wolfpack loaded the bases in the top half of the fourth with just a single out. That forced Florida State's hand to pull starter Bryant Holtmann for Biegalski in relief.

While Biegalski's arrival ended up being the difference, it didn't start out as such. An odd infield fly by the Wolfpack created confusion as Florida State forced out an N.C. State runner at home, but an appeal from the Wolfpack resulted in the umpires rewarding the run, as Clark reported:

The Wolfpack added on another run to cut the deficit to 3-2 before the fourth was up, but that was as close as they would get.

The 'Noles tacked on two more in the bottom of the fourth, as Chris Marconcini started the run with a hit-by-pitch. FSU began loading the bases before Marconcini and Ben DeLuzio scored on a RBI single from Danny De La Calle to get those two runs right back.

From then on, Biegalski proved virtually non-hittable as he pitched the Seminoles to victory. Only walking two and allowing one hit in the final five innings of work, the Wolfpack stood no chance at mustering a late comeback.

When the final out was secured and the Seminoles began celebrating, a dominant year for FSU in ACC play got even better, as told by Perry Kostidakis of FSView.com:

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FSU now has ACC championships in baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, track and field and, oh yeah, football

— Perry Kostidakis (@perrykos) May 24, 2015"

The Wolfpack can rest easy knowing that their incredible finish to the season will have them in the NCAA tournament with a favorable seed. Prior to Sunday's loss, they had dropped just two of their last 15 contests, including three comprehensive wins in Durham.

Even amid the loss, N.C. State can take a small consolation in knowing it finished with a whopping five players on the all-tournament team, per the ACC:

As for Florida State, there won't be many teams in the entire nation entering the Super Regionals higher on confidence. 

The Seminoles have proved all season that they can swing the bat, having finished second in the conference in on-base percentage, RBI, home runs and runs scored. The pitching hasn't always followed suit, proving to be their Achilles' heel, but it was their biggest strength in Durham.

Having a stout lineup or a couple of shutdown pitchers can will a team to the NCAA tournament, but it takes a complete squad to make a run at the College World Series. After a dominant week in Durham, the Seminoles look the part.