Florida State, Virginia clinch College World Series berths

No. 1 national seed Tennessee will have to wait an extra day to punch its ticket to Omaha, Nebraska. If not, that means the plucky Purple Aces of Evansville will have pulled off one of the great upsets in college baseball history.

FSU's James Tibbs III hit his third homer of the game, a two-run shot, to break an 8-all tie in the 12th and Conner Whittaker pitched 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief. Virginia's Casey Saucke homered in the first inning and Jacob Ference's triple and Luke Hanson's double highlighted a five-run ninth that broke open the game against K-State. The Cavaliers will make their second straight CWS appearance, third in four years and seventh overall under Brian O'Connor.Jac Caglianone's three-run homer highlighted a seven-run fifth inning that fueled the Gators' 10-7 win at No. 6 Clemson.

Evansville didn't force a third game without enduring some late-game tension. The Volunteers, down five runs, singled twice and drew three walks off Nick Smith to start the ninth. Shane Harris issued a one-out walk to load the bases before he struck out Cal Stark and got Christian Moore to fly out to end the game.

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