College Baseball Super Regionals 2021: Results, Highlights and Bracket from Monday
The final two berths in the College World Series were to be decided Monday, when Virginia faced Dallas Baptist and Notre Dame took on Mississippi State.
Those teams were looking to join Vanderbilt, Arizona, Stanford, NC State, Texas and Tennessee.
Below, we'll break down the day's results.
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Bracket
For the updated bracket, be sure to check out NCAA.com.
Results
Virginia def. Dallas Baptist, 5-2
The Cavaliers seem to do their best work late.
A day after putting four runs on Dallas Baptist in the bottom of the eighth to force Monday's rubber match, the Cavaliers scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh on a Kyle Teel grand slam to beat Dallas Baptist, 5-2, punching their ticket for Omaha.
Matt Wyatt and Nate Savino combined to give up just two runs on seven hits while striking out 11 for the Cavaliers.
It will be Virginia's first College World Series appearance since 2015 and the school's fifth CWS appearance in program history. The Cavaliers were national champions in 2015 and runners-up in 2014.
Dallas Baptist was looking to make its first CWS appearance. It was the school's 10th NCAA Division I tournament, all of them coming since 2008. Dallas Baptist became a Division I school in 2004.
Mississippi State def. Notre Dame, 11-7
The Fighting Irish got the scoring started on a first-inning homer by Ryan Cole, but the Bulldogs offense had an answer—and then some.
After getting a run of its own in the bottom of the first, Mississippi State broke the game wide open with a six-run outburst in the second. That offensive barrage was capped off by a three-run shot by Logan Tanner.
Notre Dame got a run back in the top of the third, but the Mississippi State offense was far from done. Tanner Allen responded with a solo shot in the bottom of the third, and the Bulldogs would go on to hold a 10-2 lead after four innings.
Ultimately, the Bulldogs scored in each of the first five frames of the game, providing the pitching staff plenty of cushion.
Houston Harding allowed two runs on four hits in four innings of work. After Stone Simmons allowed three runs in the top of the fifth, Landon Sims held the Fighting Irish to two runs over the final four frames to close out the victory.
This marks the third straight College World Series appearance for Mississippi State. The program will be looking to win its first championship as it makes its 12th appearance at the College World Series.
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