NCAA ROUNDUP Super regionals
Rice 10, Houston 2
HOUSTON -- Jeff Niemann scattered four hits over seven innings for his 16th straight victory, and Vincent Sinisi hit a three-run homer as Rice evened the series at 1-1. Niemann (16-0), who hasn't lost since May 8, 2002, finished with 12 strikeouts. The Owls (52-11) also got solo homers from Craig Stansberry, Paul Janish and Enrique Cruz.
LSU 20, Baylor 5
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Clay Harris' grand slam sparked an 11-run sixth inning that sent Louisiana State to the College World Series. Ryan Patterson and Jon Zeringue also homered for LSU (45-20-1), which will make its 12th trip to Omaha since 1986 -- and first since winning the 2000 national championship. Chris Durbin and Mark Saccomanno both homered in the first to give Baylor a short-lived 3-0 lead.
Cal St. Fullerton 7, Arizona St. 1
FULLERTON, Calif. -- Dustin Miller scattered three hits over 72/3 innings, and Cal State Fullerton scored all of its runs in the first three innings and earned a trip to Omaha. Miller (9-2) allowed just one run before giving way to Chad Cordero, who pitched the final 11/3 innings. Danny Dorn and Kyle Boyer both homered and Shane Costa drove in two runs for the Titans (48-14), who are making their second College World Series appearance in three years.
Miami 11, N.C. State 5, 11 innings
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Erick San Pedro's grand slam highlighted a six-run 11th for Miami. The Hurricanes (44-15-1) are going to Omaha for the 20th time -- and eighth in 10 seasons under coach Jim Morris. With the score tied 5-5 in the 11th, Ryan Braun led off with an infield single and scored after errors on consecutive plays. Gaby Sanchez was intentionally walked to load the bases, and San Pedro connected on his fourth homer of the season two outs later. Adam Ricks added an RBI single.
Texas 8, Florida St. 3
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- J.P. Howell pitched six strong innings, and Eric Sultemeier drove in two runs and scored twice as defending national champion Texas (47-18) beat top-seeded Florida State (54-12-1) in the opening game of their series. The win was the 1,427th of Longhorns coach Augie Garrido's career, tying him with former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson for first place on the Division I career list.
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