STILLWATER, Okla. -- Ashton Wilson gave Florida the lead for good with a two-run single in the second inning and reliever Fisher Jameson retired all 10 Oklahoma State batters he faced to close out the game, leading the Gators to a 4-2 victory over the 11th-seeded Cowboys on Monday in the championship game of the NCAA Stillwater Regional.
Florida (32-28), runner-up to LSU last season and unseeded this year, will head to the best-of-three Clemson Super Regional to take on the sixth-seeded Tigers beginning Friday or Saturday.
Florida took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning against Cowboys starter Tommy Molsky. No. 9 hitter Michael Robertson was hit by a pitch leading off and Jac Caglianone followed with a one-out double. Wilson brought home Robertson and Caglianone with a single to right field.
Oklahoma State (42-19) pushed a run across in the top of the fourth when Zach Ehrhard scored all the way from first base on a double down the left-field line by Aidan Meola.
Dale Thomas singled, stole second and scored on a one-out single by Robertson as Florida got the run right back in the bottom of the inning to make it 3-1.
The Cowboys loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the fifth against reliever Frank Menendez but managed only Ehrhard's sacrifice fly to get within a run.
Colby Shelton sent a full-count pitch over the fence in left field leading off the sixth to extend the Gators' lead to 4-2.
Jameson pitched the final 3 1/3 innings, striking out four to notch his third save of the season. Menendez, who had not been involved in a decision all season, notched the win.
CHAPEL HILL (N.C.) REGIONAL
NORTH CAROLINA 4, LSU 3 (10)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Alex Madera drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning with a two-out single after the Tar Heels tied the game in the top of the ninth and No. 4 national seed North Carolina beat LSU, winning the Chapel Hill Regional and knocking the defending-champion Tigers out of the NCAA Tournament.
North Carolina (45-14) will play West Virginia in a best-of-three super regional matchup beginning Friday or Saturday.
Tigers starter Gage Jump (6-2) made his second relief appearance of the season to begin the ninth and promptly surrendered a double to Gavin Gallaher. Madera struck out on a two-strike bunt that stayed fair for 89 feet for the first out, but Colby Wilkerson sent a flare into left field on a 2-2 pitch to tie the game at 3-3. Vance Honeycutt, who homered twice in the Tar Heels' 6-2 win over LSU on Saturday, followed with a walk but the rally ended there.
In the top of the 10th, Johnny Castagnozzi reached on a fielding error by LSU right fielder Jake Brown with two outs. Gallaher was intentionally walked, then Madera singled up the middle, scoring pinch-runner Jackson Van De Brake to give the Tar Heels a 4-3 lead.
Dalton Pence (4-1) issued a two-out walk to Jared Jones in the 10th and Jones took second on a wild pitch, but Honeycutt chased down Josh Pearson's fly ball to right for the final out.
GREENVILLE (N.C.) REGIONAL
EVANSVILLE 6, EAST CAROLINA 5
GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Mark Shallenberger hit a go-ahead three-run home run, Max Hansmann pitched four innings of shutout relief and Evansville beat No. 16 national seed East Carolina, winning the Greenville Regional and punching a ticket to the Purple Aces' first super regional.
Evansville (38-24) earned its first regional championship and will travel to play No. 1 overall seed Tennessee in the best-of-three Knoxville Super Regional, beginning Friday or Saturday.
Kip Fougerousse homered in the first inning to give the Purple Aces a 1-0 lead.
Chase Hug walked to lead off the second, took second on a wild pitch and scored on a throwing error down the right-field line by Pirates catcher Justin Wilcoxen for a 2-0 lead.
East Carolina answered with Jacob Jenkins-Cowart's two-out, two-run single to tie the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the inning.
The Pirates took a 5-2 lead in the top of the fifth, but Evansville got a run back in its half when Simon Scherry led off with a double, took third on a single by Shallenberger and scored on a groundout by Fougerousse.
Ty Rumsey and Scherry had back-to-back singles with one out in the sixth before Shallenberger homered to right-center field on a 1-1 pitch from Zach Root (6-2) to give Evansville the lead for good.
CORVALLIS (ORE.) REGIONAL
OREGON STATE 11, UC IRVINE 6
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Elijah Hainline hit a three-run home run to spark a five-run second inning and No. 15 national seed Oregon State pulled away to beat UC Irvine, winning the rain-delayed Corvallis Regional and grabbing a spot in the super regionals.
Oregon State (45-14) had to wait a day to advance after the game was suspended Sunday night with the Beavers leading 6-4 in the bottom of the fourth inning. Oregon State hits the road to take on No. 2 national seed Kentucky in the best-of-three Lexington Super Regional, beginning Friday or Saturday.
