Nebraska Returns to the World Series

Alex Gordon, Joe Simokaitis and Ryan Bohanan homered and freshman Johnny Dorn pitched 6 1/3 solid innings for Nebraska, which earned a trip to the College World Series for the third time in five years with a 6-3 victory over Miami on Saturday at Lincoln.

The Cornhuskers (56-13), who won a best-of-three NCAA super-regional 2-0, return to the World Series, 50 miles away in Omaha, after making consecutive appearances in 2001 and 02. The Hurricanes (41-19-1) will miss the World Series for the first time since 2002 and the fourth time since 1993.

Dorn (12-1) gave up five hits before Brian Duensing relieved in the seventh, and Brett Jensen worked the last 1 2/3 innings for his 15th save.

Nebraska plays Friday against the winner of the super-regional between Cal State Fullerton and Arizona State.

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Tennessee 13, Georgia Tech 3 -- Michael Rivera’s three-run homer highlighted a six-run third inning at Atlanta and Tennessee earned its fourth trip to the College World Series.

The Volunteers (46-19) pounded out 16 hits and freshman left-hander James Adkins gave up three runs and seven hits over 7 2/3 innings for the win. He also had 11 strikeouts with a walk.

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Florida 8, Florida State 5 -- Brian Leclerc’s two-run homer capped a four-run first inning at Gainesville, Fla., and helped put Florida in the College World Series for the first time in seven years.

The Gators improved to 5-0 in the NCAA tournament and extended their postseason winning streak against the Seminoles to seven games.

Florida will play Tennessee on Friday.

The Seminoles, one of only two teams to advance to the super-regionals every year since their inception in 1999, failed to make the College World Series for the fifth consecutive year.

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Clemson 4, Baylor 2 -- Stan Widmann hit a two-run single in the seventh to lead Clemson in the opener of its super-regional at Waco, Texas.

Jeff Hahn (4-1) pitched two innings of shutout relief to earn the win, and Robert Rohrbaugh picked up the save.

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Rice 9, Tulane 5 -- Josh Rodriguez had four hits, two RBIs and three runs scored to help Rice take the first game of its series against top-seeded Tulane at New Orleans.

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Texas at Mississippi -- The super-regional series opener was suspended with Texas leading, 2-0, in the fourth inning because of steady rain.

The game will resume today, with Game 2 in the best-of-three series to follow.