Kentucky will open College World Series play against NC State on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. CT/2:00 p.m. ET. Saturday will mark the first College World Series game in Kentucky’s program history, while it will be NC State’s first since 2021. The Wolfpack have now made four appearances in the College World Series (1968, 2013, 2021), but have never won a National Championship. NC State made it to the semifinals in 2021, but had to forfeit the second game due to COVID-19 protocols. Kentucky is 3-4 all-time against NC State. The two teams last met in 2017, when Kentucky knocked off the Wolfpack 10-5 to …