College Baseball Super Regionals 2018: Saturday Results, Highlights, Bracket

The field for the 2018 College World Series will begin taking shape after Saturday's super regionals action around the country.

Following the double-elimination portion of the NCAA tournament, the super regional is a best-of-three format featuring 16 teams. The winners from each series will secure a trip to Omaha starting on June 16 for the right to compete for a national championship.

After four series began on Friday, all 16 teams were in action today. Here are the results from Saturday's games and what it means for the rest of the tournament.

Super Regionals Results (June 9)

Chapel Hill: No. 1 North Carolina def. No. 1 Stetson, 7-5 (UNC wins series 2-0)

Gainesville: No. 1 Florida def. No. 2 Auburn, 8-2 (Florida leads series 1-0)

Lubbock: No. 1 Texas Tech def. No. 2 Duke, 6-4 (Texas Tech leads series 1-0)

Austin: No. 2 Tennessee Tech def. No. 1 Texas, 5-4 (Tennessee Tech leads series 1-0)

Fullerton: No. 3 Cal State Fullerton def. No. 3 Washington, 5-2 (Series tied 1-1)

Fayetteville: No. 1 Arkansas def. No. 2 South Carolina, 9-3 (Arkansas leads series 1-0)

Nashville: No. 2 Vanderbilt def. No. 2 Mississippi State, 4-3 (Series tied 1-1)

Corvallis: No. 1 Oregon State def. No. 1 Minnesota, 6-3  (Oregon State wins series 2-0)

Vanderbilt 4, Mississippi State 3

With Vanderbilt's season hanging in the balance, JJ Bleday hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth to secure a 4-3 win over Mississippi State. 

Things looked bleak for the Commodores most of the way through Saturday's contest. They trailed 3-1 after four innings, and were unable to string any offense despite having five hits during that stretch. 

After getting one run in the sixth, Vanderbilt found the opening it needed when Ethan Paul tied the score at three with an RBI single. 

Chandler Day pitched a scoreless top half of the ninth inning, setting the stage for Bleday's heroics. That moment came 24 hours after Mississippi State had a walk-off of its own from Elijah MacNamee. 

Vanderbilt's bullpen was magnificent to give the offense enough time to pull of this comeback win. Day, Jackson Gillis and Reid Schaller combined to throw five scoreless innings with just three hits allowed and four strikeouts. 

Given the drama around the first two games of this series, Sunday's finale has a lot to live up to. Vanderbilt is trying to reach the College World Series for the first time since 2015. Mississippi State is trying to end its own drought that dates back to 2013. 

Oregon State 6, Minnesota 3

Oregon State swept its way into the College World Series with a 6-3 victory over Minnesota on Saturday. 

The Beavers and Golden Gophers traded jabs for the first eight innings. Minnesota held a 3-2 lead midway through the game thanks to single runs in the third, fourth and fifth. Starter Patrick Fredrickson did an excellent job of minimizing the damage by scattering seven hits in five innings. 

Things turned in Oregon State's favor during the eighth inning. Kyle Nobach's RBI single that scored Trevor Larnach tied the game at three. 

The Beavers finally broke down the dam with three runs in the ninth. Adley Rutschman had the big blow with a two-run single after Oregon State loaded the bases. 

Christian Chamberlain played a huge role keeping Oregon State's hope alive. The southpaw recorded five of his six outs over two innings of work via strikeout. Closer Jake Mulholland finished the Gophers off by striking out the side with a heavy dose of breaking balls in the bottom of the ninth. 

Oregon State returns to the College World Series for the second consecutive season. It reached the semifinals before falling to LSU. 

Arkansas 9, South Carolina 3

Carson Shaddy's bases-clearing double that nearly cleared the left-center field wall in the seventh inning blew things wide open for Arkansas in a 9-3 win over South Carolina. 

Clinging to a 4-3 lead heading into the seventh, Arkansas broke through against South Carolina reliever Eddy Demurias for four runs. 

The Razorbacks got a solid start from Blaine Knight. The Baltimore Orioles draftee scattered three runs and six hits over six innings to get the win. Barrett Loseke relieved Knight and pitched three hitless innings. 

Arkansas' last trip to the College World Series came in 2015. It has yet to lose a game in this year's NCAA tournament. 

Since winning back-to-back national titles in 2010 and 2011, South Carolina has made it to Omaha once in the previous six years (2012). It will need to win consecutive games against its SEC rival to end that drought. 

Cal State Fullerton 5, Washington 2

Cal State Fullerton was able to force a winner-take-all Game 3 on Sunday with a 5-2 win over Washington. 

After dropping the first game 8-5 on Friday, the Titans got an outstanding pitching performance from Tommy Wilson with their season on the line. The junior allowed one run on three hits over seven innings, lowering his season ERA to 2.61. 

With Wilson keeping the Huskies in check, Cal State's offense used five extra-base hits, including three triples, to provide plenty of run support in the win. 

Cal State Fullerton has been in a must-win situation already this tournament. Jace Chamberlin hit a walk-off homer on June 2 against Stanford that earned the Titans a trip to the super regionals. 

One more victory tomorrow will send Cal State Fullerton to Omaha for the third time in four years. Washington has never reached the College World Series in its history. 

Texas Tech 6, Duke 4

After falling behind 3-0 in the fifth inning, Texas Tech closed the game with six runs over the final four innings to knock off Duke.

Gabe Holt had the go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning with the score tied at four. Brian Klein followed that up by driving in Holt with a double to give the Red Raiders some cushion.

Zack Kone had a strong day at the plate in defeat. The Blue Devils shortstop went 3-for-4 with three RBI, including a two-run double in the fifth inning that put his team up 3-0.

Tim Tadlock has turned Texas Tech into a powerhouse program since taking over as head coach in 2013. The Red Raiders are one win away from their third trip to the College World Series in four years after never making it to Omaha prior to 2014.

Tennessee Tech 5, Texas 4

Ethan Roberts pitched Tennessee Tech to a 5-4 upset win over Texas on Saturday.

Coming on in relief of Marcus Evey, Roberts allowed just one run on one hit with four strikeouts in four innings.

Kody Clemens, whom the Detroit Tigers drafted in the third round on Tuesday, gave Texas a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the third with a solo home run off Evey:

Tennessee Tech went back on top for good with three runs in the top of the fifth. Chase Chambers started the scoring with a two-run double. He scored two batters later when David Garza hit a double of his own.

After Clemens walked to start the eighth inning and Texas trailing 5-4, Roberts retired the next six batters to end the game.

The Golden Eagles can become the first team from the Ohio Valley Conference to reach the College World Series with one more win over Texas, per ESPN.com's Mitch Sherman.

North Carolina 7, Stetson 5

North Carolina became the first team to earn a berth in the College World Series with a 7-5 victory over Stetson on Saturday.

The Tar Heels came out of the gate swinging, taking a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning thanks to RBI doubles from Cody Roberts, Brandon Riley and Ashton McGee.

Stetson starter Jack Perkins allowed a total of six earned runs in his previous six starts. The right-hander gave up six runs on nine hits in just 2.1 innings against North Carolina.

Despite facing an early 6-1 hole, the Hatters were able to chip away and had the winning run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth. North Carolina's Josh Hiatt got Brooks Wilson to fly out to the warning track in center field for the final out.

This marks North Carolina's first appearance in the College World Series since 2013. The program has never won a national title, previously losing in the championship series to Oregon State in 2006 and 2007.

Florida 8, Auburn 2

Florida lived up to its billing as the No. 1 team in the nation with an easy 8-2 victory over Auburn in the first game between the two SEC titans.

Even though the final score turned out to be one-sided, Florida spotted Auburn a 2-0 lead after the top of the third. Five straight Gators reached based in the bottom half of the frame to ignite a four-run rally. Wil Dalton drove in two with a single that hit off the wall in right field.

That turned out to be plenty of offense for Florida starter Brady Singer, who settled in after giving up two early runs. The 2018 SEC Pitcher of the Year struck out nine in 6.2 innings of work.

Auburn was unable to contain the top of Florida's lineup. The one-through-five hitters combined to drive in five runs and score all eight runs.

The Gators will turn to Jackson Kowar as they try to secure a fourth consecutive trip to the College World Series on Sunday. Auburn is going to counter with freshman Tanner Burns to keep its season alive.