The Orange baseball team will play for the Big 8 Championship on Monday night. The Panthers completed a three-win week on Thursday night by beating Chapel Hill 10-1, its first win at Tiger Field since 2015. Cooper Hench, in his first start of the season, earned a complete game win by allowing just three hits, striking out seven. Plus, Hench went 3-for-5 with a double. The Panthers pounded out 14 hits, eight of them doubles to improve to 13-4, 11-2 in the Big 8 Conference. Orange will host East Chapel Hill on Monday night. If Orange wins, they will take its first Big 8 Conference Championship since 2016.

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