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College World Series 2022: Championship Bracket and Predictions

Jun 16, 2022
CORAL GABLES, FL - JUNE 05: Ole Miss infielder/outfielder Tim Elko (25) hits a double in the first inning as the University of Miami Hurricanes faced the University of Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels in the Coral Gables Regional on June 5, 2022, at Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CORAL GABLES, FL - JUNE 05: Ole Miss infielder/outfielder Tim Elko (25) hits a double in the first inning as the University of Miami Hurricanes faced the University of Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels in the Coral Gables Regional on June 5, 2022, at Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The SEC rules the 2022 College World Series, but there is no guarantee of a team from the conference hoisting the trophy in Omaha, Nebraska.

The path to the final is difficult for three of those programs since they reside on the same side of the bracket.

Only one of Arkansas, Auburn and Ole Miss could advance to the championship series out of the bottom half of the eight-team group.

All of those SEC West programs have to go through the Stanford Cardinal, who are the highest national seed left in the bracket.

Stanford is one of four national seeds that made it through the regional and super regional rounds to get to Omaha. Texas A&M, Texas and Auburn are the others.

Texas A&M is the SEC's lone hope in the top side of the bracket. Future SEC members Oklahoma and Texas are in that part of the bracket along with Notre Dame, who upset top seed Tennessee in the super regional round.

The field appears to be wide open since most of the College World Series qualifiers needed three games to advance out of both rounds.

Texas A&M might be the favored team based on its performances in the first two rounds of the NCAA baseball tournament.

The Aggies were the only team from the first two rounds to win all their games at home. Ole Miss went 5-0, but it traveled to Miami and Southern Miss for those contests.

The full College World Series bracket and TV schedule can be found here on NCAA.com.

Predictions

Texas A&M Establishes Dominance In Top Half Of Bracket

Texas A&M used a clean sweep of the first two rounds to advance to Omaha.

The Aggies had 32 runs in the regional round to beat Oral Roberts, Louisiana and TCU.

The bats kept rolling against Louisville in the super regional round, as the Aggies produced nine runs and a pair of home runs to get past the ACC side.

A&M opens the College World Series against Oklahoma with a fresh set of arms and in-form bats.

That is the best combination of factors to go into Omaha with. The Aggies are prepared to run through the top part of the bracket and are fresh enough to go through the losers' bracket.

A&M should get past an Oklahoma team that conceded a few high run totals over the last two weeks.

The Sooners allowed 11 runs in a Game 2 super regional loss to Virginia Tech, and they allowed seven runs in their only regional loss against Florida.

Oklahoma did not allow more than four runs in any of its NCAA tournament victories, but the two high concessions can create enough worry to not trust it against A&M.

Texas A&M can absorb a bad appearance from one of its starters with a fresh bullpen. The Aggies used three pitchers in each Game 1 of the last two rounds. They have no problem asking for multiple innings out of key relievers. Joseph Menefee gave up five hits and one earned run in 5.1 innings of relief to bridge the gap between starters and closer.

A potential second-round matchup with Notre Dame or Texas will not be easy, but A&M will not have to face Longhorns ace Pete Hansen, and it has experience outslugging the Big 12 side from a 12-9 regular-season win. Notre Dame could be a tough foe, but if A&M limits its home run concessions, it stands a good chance to win that contest.

A&M has to be viewed as the favorite in the top bracket, and depending on what happens in the bottom, it could be the SEC's best hope to take home a title.

Top Power Bats Shine in Bottom Half Of Bracket

The bottom half of the bracket could be a showcase of the nation's best sluggers.

Auburn's Sonny DiChiara, Ole Miss' Tim Elko and Brock Jones from Stanford are three of the best hitters in college baseball.

DiChiara, Elko, Jones and Stanford's Carter Graham all hit over 20 home runs this season. Each player will be a nightmare to get out for the opposing pitching staff.

Stanford could be the most dangerous team of it, Auburn, Ole Miss and Arkansas because it comes into Omaha off a 30-run output against UConn in the super regional round.

The Pac-12 side produced 72 runs over the first two rounds of the postseason. a streak that started with a 20-2 shellacking of Binghamton.

None of the four teams in the bottom half possesses the best slugger left in the tournament. Texas' Ivan Melendez leads the nation with 32 home runs.

But the collection of offensive talent spread across the four teams could produce more offensive fireworks in Saturday's opening-round games compared to Friday's clashes.

Arkansas unleashed 44 runs on the Stillwater regional and then bested North Carolina with its pitching, Ole Miss blanked Southern Miss 15-0 over two games in the last round, and Auburn totaled 65 runs over six postseason games.

The top arms on each pitching staff have the potential to slow down each offense, but that does not seem likely given the massive totals produced over the first two rounds.

If that is the case, the 2022 College World Series could open in similar fashion to last year's edition.

One side of the bracket produced 27 runs in two opening games, while the other side had six runs out of Virginia and three from the other three teams.

College World Series 2022: TV Schedule and Predictions from Omaha

Jun 15, 2022
KNOXVILLE, TN - JUNE 12: Notre Dame infielder Jared Miller (16) hitting during game three of the NCAA Super Regionals between the Tennessee Volunteers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on June 12, 2022, at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, TN. (Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - JUNE 12: Notre Dame infielder Jared Miller (16) hitting during game three of the NCAA Super Regionals between the Tennessee Volunteers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on June 12, 2022, at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, TN. (Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The eight-team field for the 2022 College World Series looks significantly different from what was expected when the NCAA baseball tournament began.

The top-seeded Tennessee Volunteers were upended in the super regional round by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which are one of four unseeded teams to make it all the way to Omaha, Nebraska.

Two seeds from each side of the bracket advanced to the double-elimination tournament that begins on Friday at Charles Schwab Field.

The Stanford Cardinal are the highest remaining seed, and they are one of two teams left, along with Notre Dame, that have no connection to the SEC.

The SEC is sending four teams to Omaha while two future members, Oklahoma and Texas, also emerged from the super regional round.

Notre Dame, Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma make up the top half of the bracket, while Stanford, Arkansas, Ole Miss and Auburn reside on the bottom half.

Oklahoma and Texas A&M kick off the opening slate of games on Friday afternoon, and the full College World Series schedule can be found at NCAA.com.

Notre Dame Continues String Of Upsets

Notre Dame entered the tournament as a team that was snubbed for one of the 16 regional hosting sites.

That did not deter the Fighting Irish, though, as they went 5-1 against mostly power-conference opposition to reach Omaha.

Notre Dame beat Texas Tech twice and defeated Georgia Southern once to get through the Statesboro regional.

The Irish stunned Tennessee in Game 1 of the Knoxville super regional and then won the deciding Game 3 by four runs.

Notre Dame will face one of the toughest opening matchups in Omaha against Texas ace Pete Hansen, who has 11 wins and 115 strikeouts this season.

The Irish will be considered an underdog against one of the best aces in the country, but they can draw on their recent experience to move into the winners' bracket.

Link Jarrett's team tagged Tennessee's Blade Tidwell for five earned runs in seven hits over the first three innings of the Knoxville super regional.

Notre Dame used six home runs in its two victories over Tennessee, and it could utilize the long ball against Hansen to knock the left-handed pitcher out of the game early.

Hansen gave up five earned runs on seven hits and an additional unearned run over four innings in his Game 1 start of the Greenville super regional against East Carolina.

The Pirates used the long ball to their advantage in the fourth and fifth innings of Game 1 to open up a five-run advantage.

Notre Dame might need to use home runs to chase Hansen and keep pace with whatever the Texas offense produces. The Longhorns have the NCAA home run leader, Ivan Melendez, on their roster.

If Notre Dame is able to get to Hansen early, it could level out the matchup on the mound and push the team into the winners' bracket on Friday night.

Stanford Survives SEC Teams In Bracket

Stanford has to go through an SEC gauntlet to reach the championship series.

The Cardinal are paired with Arkansas, Ole Miss and Auburn in the bottom half of the bracket and will need their bats to step up to match up with each opponent.

Stanford posted 30 runs over three games against UConn at home in the super regional round and scored 20 runs over a three-game stretch in the regional round to advance after an opening loss to Texas State.

The Pac-12 side has the bats to keep pace with the three SEC sides, and an argument can be made that it has the best collection of offensive talent left in the tournament.

Outfielder Brock Jones is a projected first-round pick, with Jim Callis of MLB.com having him go at No. 26 in his latest mock draft.

The 21-year-old headlines a lineup that has four players who bat over .300 and four players with 18 or more home runs.

The other teams in the bottom part of the bracket have impressive individual talent at the plate, such as Ole Miss' Tim Elko and Auburn's Sonny DiChiara, but those offenses are not as well-rounded as the others.

Stanford could use its bats to power past Arkansas in the opening round and the Ole Miss-Auburn winner in the second round.

The Cardinal need to avoid an early loss, like they had in the first two rounds of the tournament. And as long as they get off to a strong start, they should make a deep run in Omaha.

Zach Collier's CWS National Anthem Performance Canceled After 'Horns Down' Gesture

Jun 14, 2022
OMAHA, NEBRASKA - JUNE 30: Members of the ground ready the field before the start of the Vanderbilt Commodores and Mississippi St. Bulldogs game three of the College World Series Championship at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on June 30, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
OMAHA, NEBRASKA - JUNE 30: Members of the ground ready the field before the start of the Vanderbilt Commodores and Mississippi St. Bulldogs game three of the College World Series Championship at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on June 30, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Not only will the "Horns Down" gesture on the football field likely be punishable by a 15-yard penalty, but it might also cost you a notable singing gig.

The NCAA confirmed to ESPN's Dave Wilson that Zach Collier was denied the opportunity to perform the national anthem at the men's College World Series because he did the Horns Down before a women's College World Series softball game between Texas and Oklahoma State:

The performance of the national anthem during NCAA championship events is a solemn moment for reflection and mutual respect for all championship participants and fans in attendance. Following his national anthem performance during the Women's College World Seriesโ€”during which the performer inappropriately supported one participating team, taunted the other team, and disrupted participating student-athletes and coaches by attempting to interact with themโ€”he was asked not to perform during the Men's College World Series.

Collier is a graduate of Texas A&M and told Wilson he wanted to engage in a little friendly banter with an in-state rival.

"I'm an Aggie; Texas was playing," he said. "I was going to give them a 'Go Pokes' and then a Horns Down after the anthem. And that's exactly what I did. And three hours after I sang the anthem, I got an email saying that I wasn't scheduled to sing for the men's College World Series anymore."

Every attempt to root out Horns Down is a perfect case of the Streisand effect in action. Tell a fan or player they can't do something to goad the opposition, and it will only want to make them do that thing more.

Collier, for one, was unrepentant and told Wilson: "I don't think anybody's going to stop me from doing it."

College Baseball Super Regionals 2022: Results, Highlights and Bracket from Monday

Jun 14, 2022
STANFORD, CA - MARCH 26: An enthusiastic Stanford Cardinal team await Stanford Cardinal catcher Kody Huff (25) return to the dugout after hitting a 2-run home run during the game between the Washington State Cougars and the Stanford Cardinal on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Klein Field in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
STANFORD, CA - MARCH 26: An enthusiastic Stanford Cardinal team await Stanford Cardinal catcher Kody Huff (25) return to the dugout after hitting a 2-run home run during the game between the Washington State Cougars and the Stanford Cardinal on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Klein Field in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The final two tickets to the 2022 College World Series were punched Monday.

The super regionals ended with a pair of win-or-go-home games that determined which teams headed to Omaha, Nebraska. Stanford recorded a dominant win over UConn, and Auburn followed with a nail-biter over Oregon State.

Here's a look at the College World Series schedule as well as a recap of the action Monday.

Monday's Results

No. 2 Stanford 10, UConn 5

No. 14 Auburn 4, No. 3 Oregon State 3

College World Series Schedule

Bracket 1

No. 5 Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma, 2 p.m. ET Friday

No. 9 Texas vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m. ET Friday

Bracket 2

No. 2 Stanford vs. Arkansas, 2 p.m. ET Saturday

No. 14 Auburn vs. Ole Miss, 7 p.m. ET Saturday

Full bracket available at NCAA.com.

Stanford, Auburn Advance

UConn started the day with a bang when Ben Huber hit a bases-clearing double in the first inning that knocked Stanford starter Joey Dixon out of the game. But the Cardinal scratched across two runs in the bottom of the frame.

In the fourth inning, Stanford blew the game open with six runs. Adam Crampton got things started with a two-run single, and Kody Huff provided the fireworks with a mammoth grand slam for his 13th homer of the year.

Tommy Troy added a solo blast in the fifth inning. It marked his fifth of the tournament after he hit just two in the regular season.

The Cardinal continued an impressive run that put them in distinguished company.

After Dixon was pulled without recording an out, Drew Dowd, Ryan Bruno and Quinn Mathews pitched three innings apiece, combining for eight strikeouts and allowing just two more runs as Stanford clinched its second straight berth in the College World Series.

The loss ended an impressive season for UConn, which set a program record with 50 wins. The Huskies were attempting to advance to the College World Series for the first time since 1979.

There was much more drama in the second game.

Auburn opened the scoring in the third inning with a two-run homer by Sonny DiChiara, but Oregon State answered with a run in the bottom of the frame.

The Tigers plated two runs in the sixth inning. DiChiara scored on an error by Beavers second baseman Travis Bazzana, and Brody Moore followed with a bunt to bring home Bobby Peirce for a 4-1 lead.

Oregon State's Justin Boyd launched a two-run home run in the seventh inning to make it a one-run game.

But Auburn reliever Blake Burkhalter entered the game with two on and one out and pitched the final 2.2 innings, striking out five without allowing a hit and earning his 15th save of the season.

Now that the final eight is set, all eyes will turn to Omaha. The College World Series hasn't featured a repeat winner since South Carolina in 2011, and that trend will continue. The quest for a new champion to be crowned will begin Friday.

Lane Kiffin Owns Troll After Tennessee Loses in College Baseball Super Regionals

Jun 13, 2022
OXFORD, MS - NOVEMBER 13: Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin celebrates after a touchdown during the game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Texas A&M Aggies on November 13, 2021, at Vaught-Hemingway Stadiumin Oxford, Ms. (Photo by Chris McDill/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
OXFORD, MS - NOVEMBER 13: Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin celebrates after a touchdown during the game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Texas A&M Aggies on November 13, 2021, at Vaught-Hemingway Stadiumin Oxford, Ms. (Photo by Chris McDill/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Former Tennessee head football coach Lane Kiffin fired back at a Twitter troll after the Volunteers were eliminated from the college baseball super regionals by Notre Dame on Sunday.

Kiffin, who now leads the Ole Miss football program, took advantage of the Rebels earning their ticket to Omaha for the College World Series to take a shot at the Vols:

UT was the top-ranked team in the NCAA men's college baseball tournament after posting a 49-7 record during the regular season, but it couldn't overcome the unseeded Fighting Irish, who won the deciding Game 3 by a 7-3 score.

It presented an opportunity for Kiffin to respond to the message he'd received a day earlier, and he didn't pass it up.

The outspoken coach spent just one year with the Vols in 2009, leading the team to a 7-6 record, before leaving to accept the USC job after Pete Carroll left for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks.

Kiffin returned to UT's Neyland Stadium in October for the first time as a head coach since his departure. He guided the Rebels to a 31-26 win, and Vols fans responded by throwing trash on the opponent's sideline after a disputed call late in the fourth quarter.

"They're just throwing stuff. I just said put your helmets on and let's play," Kiffin said after the game. "They're passionate fans. People came to see a show and it didn't end the way they wanted it to. It is what it is."

Despite downplaying the incident in the immediate aftermath, it clearly stuck in his mind because he brought it back up Friday, which sparked the interaction:

Unfortunately, the Rebels and Volunteers aren't scheduled to face off during the upcoming football season, so the trash talk between Kiffin and Tennessee fans will have to remain on social media.

College Baseball Super Regionals 2022: Results, Highlights and Bracket from Sunday

Jun 12, 2022
Oklahoma outfielder Kendall Pettis (7) after crossing home plate, after hitting a two-RBI homerun during an NCAA regionals championship baseball game against Liberty on Friday, June 3, 2022 in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)
Oklahoma outfielder Kendall Pettis (7) after crossing home plate, after hitting a two-RBI homerun during an NCAA regionals championship baseball game against Liberty on Friday, June 3, 2022 in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

Texas A&M will have some company in Omaha, Nebraska, when Sunday's action in the 2022 NCAA baseball tournament concludes.

The Aggies became the first team to advance out of super regionals when they took down Louisville on Saturday to punch their ticket to the College World Series.

Seven games were on tap Sunday, with at least three more CWS bids to be handed out. Here's how play shook out around the country.

Sunday Results

Notre Dame 7, No. 1 Tennessee 3

Oklahoma 11, No. 4 Virginia Tech 2

Arkansas 4, No. 10 North Carolina 3

No. 9 Texas 11, No. 8 East Carolina 1

Ole Miss 5, No. 11 Southern Miss 0

No. 2 Stanford 8, UConn 2

No. 3 Oregon State 4, No. 14 Auburn 3

Full bracket available at NCAA.com

Sunday Recap

A late surge from Notre Dame sent the No. 1 national seed packing.

Tennessee was up 3-1 entering the seventh inning, with Chase Burns stymying the Fighting Irish offense to that point. David LaManna and Jack Brannigan proceeded to turn the game on its head with back-to-back home runs.

In the eighth, the Volunteers once again paid for failing to put Notre Dame away with two outs. A double by Carter Putz and a single by Jack Zyska plated three more runs to add to the Fighting Irish's advantage.

Jack Findlay pitched the final 4.2 innings for Notre Dame. The left-hander held one of Division I's best offenses to one hit as Tennessee struggled to muster anything at the plate for the second half of the contest.

As the game ended, the faces in the Volunteers dugout said it all with such an impressive season coming to a disappointing end.

Virginia Tech will have to wait at least another year to make its maiden voyage to the College World Series. Oklahoma eliminated the fourth-seeded Hokies.

A pair of solo home runs by Peyton Graham and Tanner Tredaway put the Sooners up 2-0 after the first inning, but Carson DeMartini answered back with a two-run homer for Virginia Tech in the third.

Oklahoma quickly regained the momentum with a three-run fourth inning. Tredaway set the tone with his second round-tripper.

That was the only additional support Cade Horton needed. DeMartini's dinger aside, the redshirt freshman was dominant on the mound. He struck out eight batters over six innings of work.

Kendall Pettis was another standout performer. He added to the Sooners' offensive onslaught with a solo home run in the sixth to make it an 8-2 game. His best play, however, came on the field, as he leaped over the bullpen wall to make a catch in foul territory.

This is Oklahoma's first College World Series appearance since 2010.

Arkansas and North Carolina combined for a dramatic affair that resulted in the ouster of another national seed.

With the score tied at two runs apiece in the ninth, Patrick Alvarez hit a single to center field to plate Tomas Frick and put the Tar Heels up 3-2.

That was the extent of the damage for the Razorbacks, who immediately applied pressure when it was their turn to bat. Singles by Jalen Battles and Peyton Stovall and a walk to Kendall Diggs loaded the bases with nobody out.

Battles scored on a fielder's choice to tie the game, and Brady Slavens walked it off with an RBI single.

Arkansas has become a mainstay in the CWS, with the program making a third appearance in the last four installments.

Oregon State has experienced similar success, and thanks to a 4-3 win over Auburn on Sunday, it kept its College World Series hopes alive.

The Beavers have made seven CWS appearances in their history and won three national championships with the most recent coming in 2018.

A 4-3 win against the Tigers powered by home runs from Jacob Melton and Travis Bazzana allowed the Beavers to force a decisive Game 3 for the spot in the College World Series on Monday.

College Baseball Super Regionals 2022: Results, Highlights and Bracket from Saturday

Jun 11, 2022
KNOXVILLE, TN - JUNE 10: Notre Dame outfielder Ryan Cole (1) dives back into first and avoids the tag by Tennessee first baseman Luc Lipcius (40) in game one of the NCAA Super Regionals between the Tennessee Volunteers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on June 10, 2022, at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, TN. (Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - JUNE 10: Notre Dame outfielder Ryan Cole (1) dives back into first and avoids the tag by Tennessee first baseman Luc Lipcius (40) in game one of the NCAA Super Regionals between the Tennessee Volunteers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on June 10, 2022, at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, TN. (Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The 2022 NCAA baseball tournament continued Saturday with a full schedule of super-regional games across the country.

After half of the super regionals got underway Friday, the remaining games began today. By the end of Monday, the eight-team field for the College World Series will be set.

Tennessee, the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, needed a win to keep its season alive. Notre Dame won Game 1 of the super regional between the two teams Friday night. Each of the top five seeds in the tournament is still vying to win a national title.

Here are the results from Saturday's games and a recap of what happened.

2022 Super-Regional Scores

Knoxville: No. 1 Tennessee 12, Notre Dame 4

Greenville: No. 9 Texas 9, No. 8 East Carolina 8

Blacksburg: No. 4 Virginia Tech 14, Oklahoma 8

Chapel Hill: Arkansas 4, No. 10 North Carolina 1

College Station: No. 5 Texas A&M 4, No. 12 Louisville 3

Hattiesburg: Ole Miss 10, No. 11 Southern Mississippi 0

Corvallis: Auburn 7, Oregon State 5

Stanford: Connecticut 13, Stanford 12

Full bracket at NCAA.com

Tennessee def. Notre Dame 12-4

The top seed obliterated Notre Dame pitchers with an eight-run fifth inning en route to a 12-4 win.

Five of the eight runs were scored with two outs. Luc Lipcius homered twice and drove in four runs in the inning.

Jordan Beck and Evan Russell also homered in the fifth. Beck's three-run blast extended the lead to 5-0. Russell's solo shot gave him a school-record 39 career homers.

Lipcius finished the game 3-for-4 with two homers, four RBI and three runs scored.

The Volunteers provided more than enough offense for Chase Dollander. The sophomore allowed two runs on five hits with five strikeouts in seven innings.

Jack Zyska had an excellent performance in an otherwise forgettable day for the Fighting Irish. He had four of their seven hits, including a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth.

Notre Dame and Tennessee will play a winner-take-all Game 3 on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

Texas def. East Carolina 9-8

Texas kept its season alive by erasing a five-run deficit over the final three innings to get a 9-8 victory over East Carolina at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

Dylan Campbell's walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth off Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman capped off the comeback.

The Pirates looked to be well on their way to a win and an appearance in the College World Series going into the bottom of the seventh. They took control of the game with a five-run fifth inning to go ahead 6-2.

Jacob Jenkins-Cowart had the big hit in the fifth with a three-run homer off Texas reliever Marcus Olivarez.

East Carolina added a seventh run in the top of the seventh on a wild pitch by Luke Harrison. Texas' comeback began in the bottom half of the inning on Douglas Hodo III's two-run homer.

Skyler Messinger tied the game with a three-run blast in the bottom of the eighth. Campbell's solo shot two batters later put the Longhorns back on top.

East Carolina was able to tie the score with two outs in the ninth. Jacob Starling crushed a solo home run to left field off Longhorns right-hander Andre Duplantier II.

Campbell, Hodo and Eric Kennedy combined for nine of Texas' 15 hits. They also had a total of four RBI and three runs scored in the win.

Texas and East Carolina will play on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET with the winner advancing to Omaha, Nebraska.

Virginia Tech def. Oklahoma 14-8

The Hokies got 15 hits, including five homers, to beat Oklahoma in a 14-8 slugfest in Game 2 of the Blacksburg super regional.

Nick Biddison got the scoring barrage started with a leadoff homer in the top of the first.

After a scoreless second inning from both teams, the bats woke up in the third. Gavin Cross and Cade Hunter both homered for the Hokies to extend the lead to 5-0.

Oklahoma fought its way back into the game with three runs in the bottom of the third. The rally was aided by some poor pitching from Virginia Tech starter Drue Hackenberg, who walked two and hit two batters.

Blake Robertson and Jimmy Crooks had RBI singles off Hackenberg. The Sooners cut the deficit to 5-4 on Brett Squires' leadoff homer in the bottom of the fourth.

Virginia Tech got some breathing room with four runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth. The Hokies sent eight batters to the plate in the fifth. Tanner Schobel had a solo homer in the frame. Carson DeMartini and Eduardo Malinowski each had an RBI in the fifth.

The Sooners were able to get three runs in the bottom of the eighth, but it was too little, too late for them to get back in the game.

Game 3 of the series will be played on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

Arkansas def. North Carolina, 4-1

Connor Noland's fantastic start led Arkansas to a 4-1 win over North Carolina in Game 1 of the Chapel Hill super regional.

The senior tossed 6.2 shutout innings, allowing six hits with six strikeouts. Max Carlson nearly matched Noland pitch for pitch. The Tar Heels starter had a shutout for four innings before Arkansas was finally able to break through.

Peyton Stovall got the scoring started with a leadoff homer in the top of the fifth. Brady Slavens' RBI single and Cayden Wallace's sacrifice fly gave the Razorbacks a 3-0 lead.

North Carolina had a scoring opportunity in the first inning with the bases loaded and one out. Noland struck out Alberto Osuna and got Mikey Madej to ground out to end the threat.

The Tar Heels didn't get another runner to second base until Vance Honeycutt's solo home run off Evan Taylor in the bottom of the eighth.

Arkansas can send North Carolina home with a win in Game 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

Texas A&M def. Louisville, 4-3

Texas A&M became the first team to clinch a berth in the College World Series with a 4-3 comeback win over Louisville.

The Aggies scored single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to earn the victory. Ryan Targac's solo home run off Riley Phillips to lead off the sixth tied the game.

Dylan Rock's sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh inning provided the go-ahead run. The Cardinals had the tying run at second base in the bottom of the ninth, but Jacob Palisch struck out Jack Payton and then Troy Claunch threw the ball to Jack Moss for the final out.

Louisville struck quickly thanks to Dalton Rushing's two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning.

The Aggies tied the game on Rock's bases-loaded walk and Austin Bost's sacrifice fly in the top of the third. Louisville regained the lead in the fifth on Payton's RBI single that scored Ben Metzinger.

Will Johnston, Brad Rudis and Palisch combined to throw 4.1 scoreless innings in relief of Micah Dallas for the Aggies.

Mississippi def. Southern Mississippi, 10-0

Dylan DeLucia and Jack Dougherty combined on a four-hit shutout in Mississippi's 10-0 win over Southern Mississippi in the opening game of the Hattiesburg super regional.

Making his first start in a week, DeLucia was phenomenal in keeping the Golden Eagles' bats at bay. He allowed four hits and two walks with nine strikeouts over 5.2 innings.

Dougherty was fantastic after replacing DeLucia with two outs in the bottom of the sixth. The sophomore right-hander didn't allow a hit over the final 3.1 innings. He hasn't allowed a run in each of his last four appearances (10 innings).

Southern Mississippi starter Hurston Waldrep did a good job of keeping the Rebels' offense quiet for two innings. They broke through with two runs in the top of the third.

Garrett Wood's double in the top of the fourth scored Peyton Chatagnier to make it a 3-0 game.

Ole Miss blew the doors wide-open with seven runs in the sixth. Eleven hitters were sent to the plate, with Jacob Gonzalez and Tim Elko delivering back-to-back two-run doubles.

The Rebels can clinch their first appearance in the College World Series since 2014 with a win Sunday.

Auburn def. Oregon State 7-5

Auburn scored five runs in the first three innings to overcome a four-run Oregon State first inning to earn a 7-5 victory in the first game of their super regional series.

Sonny DiChiara belted his 21st home run of the season in the first inning and Bobby Peirce added a solo shot in the fifth for the Tigers, who ran Oregon State starter Jake Pfennigs out of the game in just 2.2 innings.

Auburn starter Trace Bright lasted only 0.2 innings in a wild performance in which he gave up four earned, highlighted by a three-run Garret Forrester homer.

The Auburn bullpen relieved Bright and quickly cleaned up the mess, throwing 7.1 innings of scoreless baseball before closer Blake Burkhalter gave up a run in the ninth.

Connecticut def. Stanford 13-12

Connecticut scored eight runs in the second inning and held on amid a late flurry to earn a 13-12 victory in the opening game of their super regional.

All nine UConn position players had at least one hit as they rocked Stanford ace Alex Williams for seven runs (six earned) in 1.1 innings. The Huskies had 11 runs on the board through four innings and were ahead 13-4 halfway through the seventh before Stanford stormed back.

The Cardinal scored two runs in the seventh and then put a scare into Connecticut with a sixth-run ninth that featured four home runs. Brock Jones belted three home runs and drove in five runs for Stanford, which had the tying run on first base with two outs.

College Baseball Super Regionals 2022: Results, Highlights and Bracket from Friday

Jun 11, 2022
East Carolina pitcher Zach Agnos celebrates their win against Texas during an NCAA college super regional baseball game Friday, June 10, 2022, in Greenville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
East Carolina pitcher Zach Agnos celebrates their win against Texas during an NCAA college super regional baseball game Friday, June 10, 2022, in Greenville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

The NCAA Division I Men's College World Series' super regional round kicked off Friday with a quartet of games. Here's a look at the day's action and how it all went down.

Friday's Scores

Oklahoma 5, (4) Virginia Tech 4

(8) East Carolina 13, (9) Texas 7

Notre Dame 8, (1) Tennessee 6

(5) Texas A&M 5, (12) Louisville 4

Oklahoma 5, Virginia Tech 4

The bottom of the order propelled Oklahoma against Virginia Tech.

Jackson Nicklaus, Brett Squires and Kendall Pettis each racked up two hits, while Nicklaus and Squires scored four of the Sooners' five runs. Pettis had two RBI.

Oklahoma led 5-0 going into the bottom of the sixth, but defensive miscues nearly cost the Sooners. In the sixth, Virginia Tech's Cade Hunter reached on a fielding error, and Carson Jones hit a two-run homer two batters later.

In the seventh, Tanner Schobel reached on a throwing error with two outs, and Jack Hurley hit a two-run bomb.

That's as close as Virginia Tech got, though. Trevin Michael came on in relief of winning pitcher Jake Bennett (7 IP, 1 ER, 8 K) and struck out the first four batters he faced. After Nick Biddison flied out to center, Sooners right fielder John Spikerman made the play of the day with a diving catch to end the game.

Game 2 of the best-of-three series is set for noon ET Saturday in Blacksburg, Virginia.

East Carolina 13, Texas 7

East Carolina and Texas combined for seven home runs and 28 hits in the Pirates' victory.

Bryson Worrell, Jacob Starling and Alec Makarewicz each hit home runs for East Carolina, which scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth to put the game away. Worrell had four hits and four runs, and Jacob Jenkins-Cowart added four RBI.

Murphy Stehly hit two home runs for the Longhorns, and Douglas Hodo III and Ivan Melendez added a homer apiece as well.

ECU led 7-2 after five before Texas mounted a comeback and cut the Pirates' lead to 8-7 in the top of the eighth. Makarewicz ended the threat with a diving stop at third.

After flashing the leather, Makarewicz led off with a solo home run, and Jenkins-Cowart later hit a two-run double.

Game 2 is set for noon ET Saturday in Greenville, North Carolina.

Notre Dame 8, Tennessee 6

Notre Dame hit a home run each of the first four innings en route to an 8-6 upset win over top-seeded Tennessee to start the super regional round.

Carter Putz, Jared Miller, Jack Zyska and Jack Brannigan delivered the big blows for Notre Dame, in that order.

Brannigan delivered the eventual game-winning blast with a three-run shot that gave Notre Dame an 8-1 lead in the top of the fourth.

Tennessee slowly chipped away at the lead, with Trey Lipscomb and Jorel Ortega hitting solo home runs. Lipscomb then followed that up with a two-run double in the seventh.

Jordan Beck made things more interesting in the bottom of the ninth with a one-out solo homer, but Notre Dame shut the door from there for the big win.

Game 2 will occur Saturday at 2 p.m. ET from Knoxville, Tennessee.

Texas A&M 5, Louisville 4

Texas A&M stormed back from an early 3-1 deficit to score a walk-off win over Louisville in Game 1 of the super regionals.

The Aggies trailed 4-2 entered the seventh inning when Jordan Thompson delivered a two-run homer to tie the contest.

Louisville had two runners on base in the eighth and one in the ninth but couldn't recapture the lead, which set the stage for A&M's heroics in the bottom of the final inning.

The Aggies loaded the bases with two outs for Troy Claunch, who ripped a base hit to the opposite field for the game-winning knock.

A&M's relief tandem of Joseph Menefee and Jacob Palisch pitched 4.2 scoreless innings to give the offense the opportunity to complete the comeback.

Game 2 is set for Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

College Baseball Super Regionals 2022: Bracket, Live-Stream Info and Predictions

Jun 7, 2022
STARKVILLE, MS - MAY 21: Tennessee Volunteers players celebrate a home run during the game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Tennessee Volunteers on May 21, 2022 at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-DeMent Stadium in Starkville, MS. (Photo by Chris McDill/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
STARKVILLE, MS - MAY 21: Tennessee Volunteers players celebrate a home run during the game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Tennessee Volunteers on May 21, 2022 at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-DeMent Stadium in Starkville, MS. (Photo by Chris McDill/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The NCAA baseball super regionals have a high standard to live up to after a ridiculous regional round.

Nine of the 16 regional sites featured a seventh and deciding game, while a handful of other regionals lasted into Monday because of the weather.

The top-seeded Tennessee Volunteers advanced with ease compared to the struggles other national seeds went through.

Tennessee went 3-0 and produced 31 runs inside its home stadium to set up a super regional clash with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which emerged from the Statesboro, Georgia site.

Notre Dame could have made an argument to host a regional, and it comes into Knoxville, Tennessee off a strong defensive weekend, which was rare in a regional round filled with high-scoring games.

Tennessee is one of five SEC programs still alive in the 2022 NCAA baseball tournament. Three of those squads are set to hit the road in the super regional round, but all of them could emerge with wins and berths in the College World Series.

The full NCAA baseball tournament bracket can be found at NCAA.com. The dates and game times for the super regional round will be announced on Tuesday. All games can be found on the ESPN family of networks and ESPN+.

Predictions

Notre Dame Pushes Tennessee to Three Games

Notre Dame matched Tennessee's 3-0 record during regional weekend in a handful of low-scoring victories.

The Fighting Irish gave up seven runs over three games against host Georgia Southern and Texas Tech in the Statesboro regional.

Notre Dame's pitching staff will be given its biggest test of the season in the Knoxville super regional against the Vols' high-flying offense.

Tennessee needed 31 runs over three games to navigate its regional, which featured wins over Alabama State, Campbell and Georgia Tech.

The Vols' offense was in fine form, but their pitching staff could have been better against Campbell and Georgia Tech, which combined to score 13 runs against the No. 1 team in college baseball.

Tennessee holds the No. 1 title for a reason. The Vols have one loss since May 7 and lost a single three-game series in the SEC regular season.

Notre Dame may not win in Knoxville, but it can push Tennessee to a winner-take-all Game 3 in the super regional round.

The Fighting Irish did not overwork their pitching staff. They used three pitchers in the regional-clinching win over Texas Tech and had their starters work 5.2 and 7.2 innings in the final two contests in Statesboro.

Other super regional teams exhausted their bullpens just to advance to super regional weekend, and the wear on those arms may show later in the three-game series.

Beating Tennessee once has been an issue for most teams this season, but Notre Dame has the pitching to slow down the Vols' bats for at least one game.

Tennessee will be favored to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, but it may take it three games to get there.

SEC Sends At Least Three Teams To Omaha

The best conference in college baseball should have the most representation in Omaha.

Tennessee and Texas A&M will be the favored SEC sides to reach the College World Series since they host super regionals. Texas A&M plays Louisville in the No. 5-versus-No. 12 matchup.

Auburn is the only other SEC team to enter super regionals as a national seed. The Tigers are the No. 14 overall seed and they head to Oregon State for their best-of-three series.

Oregon State had trouble putting away Vanderbilt in the Corvallis regional. Vandy forced the Beavers into a Game 7 in which the Pac-12 side won by a single run. The Beavers now have to deal with an Auburn offense that put up 51 runs in three games.

Auburn's offense could power the team into Omaha. The Tigers worked seven walks, produced 10 hits and had four doubles in their regional-clinching win over UCLA.

If Auburn's offense translates to the west coast, it could add to the SEC roster in Omaha.

Arkansas and Ole Miss could be viewed as the two most dangerous unseeded programs left in the field.

Arkansas controlled the Stillwater regional with two wins over Oklahoma State. The Razorbacks' only loss came in a wild 24-run contest against the host Cowboys that ended one of the wildest days in regional history. Oklahoma State scored 43 runs over two games to stave off elimination.

The Razorbacks take on a North Carolina team that needed two wins over VCU to make it out of the regional round. The Tar Heels' only regional loss occurred when they were held to three runs by VCU in their first matchup of the weekend.

If Arkansas can limit UNC's offensive production, it could swing its way to Omaha. But if the UNC bats come alive, it could be a tough challenge.

Ole Miss used a 22-run output against Arizona to set up an in-state super regional against Southern Miss.

The Rebels will face the most emotionally charged super regional because Southern Miss is a mid-major foe from the same state playing at home and looking to prove its worth against a SEC foe.

Southern Miss, like Oregon State, had trouble with a SEC foe on regional weekend, as it had to play LSU three times to advance.

All five SEC teams are capable of reaching Omaha, but at minimum, three should make it as long as the high quality out of the conference all season shows up on super regional weekend.

College Baseball Regionals 2022: Results, Highlights and Bracket from Monday

Jun 6, 2022
Louisville's Cameron Masterman (24) sprints to 3rd during an NCAA baseball game on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Kelly Sheehan)
Louisville's Cameron Masterman (24) sprints to 3rd during an NCAA baseball game on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Kelly Sheehan)

The regional round of the 2022 NCAA baseball tournament drew to a close Monday.

With 10 super-regional bids still up for grabs, the potential for some big upsets remained. Stanford and Oregon State, the Nos. 2 and 3 national seeds respectively, still had some work to do.

Here's an overview of how the action played out across the country.

Monday Results

No. 8 East Carolina 13, Coastal Carolina 4

No. 12 Louisville 11, Michigan 9

Oklahoma 5, No. 13 Florida 4

No. 11 Southern Miss 8, LSU 7

No. 3 Oregon State 7, Vanderbilt 6

Ole Miss 22, Arizona 6

No. 10 North Carolina 7, VCU 3

Arkansas 7, No. 7 Oklahoma State 3

UConn 11, No. 15 Maryland 8

No. 2 Stanford 4, Texas State 3

Full bracket available at NCAA.com

Monday Recap

Louisville fans experienced a roller-coaster ride Monday as the No. 12 Cardinals advanced to the super regionals.

The regional host jumped ahead 7-2 in the first inning against the Wolverines.

Michigan then tied the game at seven runs apiece in the fifth on homers by Clark Elliott and Jimmy Obertop. A deep fly from Ted Burton in the sixth put the Wolverines ahead, and they added another run on a Joe Stewart single.

Louisville battled back in the bottom of the eighth and not without some controversy.

With two outs, Jack Payton doubled to left field to put runners on second and third. The Cardinals designated hitter was called safe despite a replay review appearing to show him getting tagged out.

The sense of injustice among Michigan fans only grew with what came next. Levi Usher tied the game at 9-9 on a two-run single, and Cameron Masterman followed with a two-run homer.

The Wolverines experienced a significant reversal in fortunes following the Payton double.

They still had an opportunity to retake the lead in the ninth or push the game into extra innings. Stewart led off with a double, but he was eventually stranded on third as Michael Prosecky shut the door to secure the win for Louisville.

Fellow national seeds Auburn and East Carolina didn't have quite as much trouble as the Cardinals in advancing to the super regionals.

The Tigers took down UCLA 11-4 in a game that was suspended Sunday with the Bruins already trailing 9-0. An eight-run seventh inning propelled the Pirates to a 13-4 victory over Coastal Carolina.

Oregon State and Southern Miss live to fight another day as well, with each school winning by a one-run margin.

The Beavers built a 6-3 lead over Vanderbilt in the fifth, which didn't hold up for long.

An error by Kyle Dernedde allowed one run to score, and Enrique Bradfield Jr. hit an RBI single to bring the Commodores to within one run in the sixth. Then, Calvin Hewett leveled things up with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Matthew Gretler responded for Oregon State in the bottom half of the inning with a go-ahead homer.

Cooper Hjerpe took the bump for the Beavers to start the eighth and struck out the side. After allowing a leadoff walk in the ninth, the left-hander induced a grounder and struck out two more Commodores batters to seal the win.

Southern Miss found itself playing from behind early. The Golden Eagles got one run in the top of the first but watched as LSU plated three in the bottom half of the frame.

The Tigers maintained a one-run edge, 4-3, heading into the seventh. Southern Miss manufactured a pair of runs before a two-out single by Gabe Montenegro put the regional host ahead 7-4.

Singles by Tre' Morgan and Jordan Thompson added two runs to LSU's account in the seventh, and a solo homer from Gavin Dugas knotted the contest at seven all.

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The Golden Eagles once again used small ball to their advantage in the ninth. Christopher Sargent opened with a single and advanced to third on a base hit by Slade Wilks. That allowed him to come home on a sacrifice fly by Danny Lynch.

Right-hander Tyler Stuart set LSU down in order to deny the Tigers a place in the super regional.

No. 2 Stanford capped off Monday's play with a wild win over Texas State that saw five combined runs scored in the ninth inning.

The Cardinal and Bobcats opened the frame tied at one, and the underdogs from Texas State were able to jump out in front courtesy of a two-run single from Wesley Faison.

Stanford opened the bottom of the ninth with back-to-back homers from Drew Bowser and Tommy Troy to tie the contest. Eddie Park, who went 4-for-4, then scored the winning run on a walk-off single from Trevor Haskins to complete the comeback.

The Cardinal and Bobcats played three times in the regional and the total score was only 14-12 in favor of Stanford, but it was enough to secure the team's spot opposite UConn in the super regionals.

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