Fans, and Mr. C, sent off the VandyBoys to TD Ameritrade Park on Monday.
The Commodores prepared for their 25th College World Series contest.
The Vandy faithful also got ready for Monday's game with the National Commodore Club and Alumni Association tailgate.
Javier Vaz and the Commodores played in the winner's bracket game for the fifth time in as many Omaha trips.
Sophomore Jack Leiter made his first College World Series appearance one to remember, limiting N.C. State to one run on four hits over 8.0 innings pitched.
He fanned 15 and allowed one walk.
Leiter finished with 15 strikeouts, setting a Vanderbilt College World Series record and tying for the sixth most in a nine-inning game in College World Series history.
The 15 whiffs are also the second most by an SEC pitcher in a College World Series game.
The previous Commodore College World Series strikeout record was set by Kumar Rocker with 11 against Michigan on June 25, 2019.
In three postseason starts, Leiter has struck out 36 in 21 innings of work.
Vanderbilt pitchers have recorded 34 strikeouts the two College World Series games.
The Commodores were limited to just two singles, one apiece from Dominic Keegan and Javier Vaz.
Leiter escaped a jam in the bottom of the seventh, keeping NC State off the board after the Wolfpack loaded the bases with just one out.
Opponents are 0-for-10 against Leiter with the bases loaded this season.
Vandy received a lead-off walk in both the eighth and ninth, but NC State finished off the pitcher's duel.
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