{"id":118067,"date":"2021-02-28T12:36:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T17:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=118067"},"modified":"2021-02-28T12:36:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T17:36:22","slug":"ucf-baseball-knocks-off-no-1-ole-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-baseball-knocks-off-no-1-ole-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Baseball Knocks Off No. 1 Ole Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OXFORD, Miss. \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>After picking up a win in game one Friday night, the UCF baseball team split Saturday&#8217;s doubleheader against No. 1 Ole Miss to clinch the series victory over the top-ranked program.<\/p>\n<p>UCF\u2019s 3-2 win in the first game Friday marked the third time in school history the Knights have knocked off the No. 1 ranked team in the country. UCF\u2019s victory also handed the No. 1 Rebels, who had held a 4-0 record, their first loss of 2021 and snapped a program record 20-game win streak.<\/p>\n<p>Although UCF dropped the second game, 6-5, the Knights rebounded in a big way in the final matchup Saturday with a 7-2 win.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed oembed oembed-rich d-flex flex-column align-items-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just another day at the ballpark for the Knights, as they take the series against No. 1 Ole Miss! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCAABaseball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCAABaseball<\/a> x \ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCF_Baseball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UCF_Baseball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BGXxHEPIxZ\">pic.twitter.com\/BGXxHEPIxZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAABaseball\/status\/1366037943937245186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>UCF now holds a 9-3 record against opponents from the Southeastern Conference since 2018. After Saturday&#8217;s win, UCF improved to 4-1 against the No. 1 ranked team in the country since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about the series victory, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ucfknights.com\/\">ucfknights.com<\/a>. The Knights (3-4) will travel to Deland on Wednesday to face off with Stetson at 6 p.m. for the second time in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the third time in school history, the Knights bested the top ranked team in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":118069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[4857],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-118067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ucf-athletics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UCF Baseball Knocks Off No. 1 Ole Miss | University 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