Wire report
TCU 3, Texas 2: AUSTIN -- Matt Vern and Matt Carpenter each hit home runs and TCU edged Texas to force a deciding third game in the super regional.
Vern hit a two-run shot in the fourth inning off Texas starter Cole Green to give the Horned Frogs (40-17) a quick lead. Carpenter made it 3-0 with his solo homer off Green (5-3) in the sixth.
The teams meet again Monday night, with the winner advancing to the College World Series.
Texas (45-14-1) got within a run on Preston Clark's RBI single in the seventh and Brandon Belt's run-scoring single in the eighth.
TCU's Paul Gerrish (7-2) allowed two runs in seven innings.
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Southern Mississippi 7, Florida 6: GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Joey Archer drove in three runs, reliever Scott Copeland pitched three scoreless innings and Southern Mississippi advanced to the CWS for the first time in school history.
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Virginia 5, Mississippi 1: OXFORD, Miss. -- Virginia is headed to its first College World Series after beating Mississippi to win the super regional series.
Matt Packer and three others combined for 10 strikeouts.
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North Carolina 9, East Carolina 3: CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Dustin Ackley hit a three-run homer and Adam Warren took a shutout into the eighth inning to help North Carolina clinch its fourth straight trip to the College World Series.
Warren (9-2) allowed eight hits and three runs in 71/3 innings against the Pirates (46-20).
-- Wire reports
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