Early lead for Beavers

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Coastal Carolina swept Auburn while Arizona and Louisville won Game 3s to earn spots in Omaha for the College World Series. Who will join them?
Today's games (all times are ET):
Game 2s:
Game 3s: Louisville 3, Miami 2 (FINAL), Louisville wins series 2-1
Arizona 4, North Carolina 3 (FINAL), Arizona wins series 2-1
Florida State at Oregon State, 9 p.m. (ESPN), Tied 1-1
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B1 - Oregon State 1, Florida State 0
The Beavers need one more win to head to Omaha for the College World Series, and they have gotten off to a good start to get that done. Oregon State scored a run in the top of the first inning on a single by Wilson Weber.
That's not a good sign for the Seminoles. They need to respond immediately.
Oregon State won in dramatic, comeback, walk-off fashion in Game 1, and if they win today, it's headed to Omaha. Game 2 is next at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
B4 - UCLA 3, UTSA 2
UTSA jumped out on top of this game with a pair of single runs in the first and second innings, but the host Bruins have responded with three straight runs to take the lead.
UCLA got two runs in the third and added a third in the fourth to grad the lead.
Sunday will feature at least two Game 3, and the game times/TV for those matchups have been set: Arizona at North Carolina, Noon (ESPN2)
Miami at Louisville, Noon (ESPN) Imagn Images
This wasn't a must-win for Arkansas ... but it was very, very important for the Razorbacks to win the opener of the Fayetteville Super Regional (beating Tennessee 4-3). Tennessee will have ace Liam Doyle on the mound tomorrow — giving the Vols the advantage in Game 2 — but the Hogs would figure to have the edge if this series gets to a third game. Tennessee lost Game 3 in six of its final seven SEC series.
Former Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin ...
UTSA pulled off one of the many big upsets last week, beating No. 2 Texas twice, and they'll have to win on the road again against the Bruins. They're up at 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
T6 - Arkansas 3, Tennessee 2
This game is giving us exactly what we were looking and hoping for. These are two talented and dynamic teams, and they're showing that off here in Game 1.
Arkansas matches Tennessee's two-run home run with one of its own: from Ryder Helfrick.
Arkansas ace Zach Root finally has yielded his first hit of the game to Tennessee — and he trails in the top of the fifth. Dean Curley's shot to left-center field on a 3-2 breaking ball followed up an error by Arkansas first baseman Reese Robinett to give the Vols a base runner. It's 2-1 Tennessee in a game that has seen Arkansas foiled on several scoring opportunities.
UCLA is back in the national spotlight after missing the NCAA Tournament the previous two seasons. John Savage's team shared the Big Ten title with Oregon and cruised through the Los Angeles Regional last week with relative ease.
The Bruins host the upstart UTSA Roadrunners, who waltzed into Disch-Falk Stadium last weekend and beat Texas, the No. 2 overall seed, twice. This is a balanced team that led the AAC in most of the key offensive statistics and ranked third in ERA.
The player to watch in this series is UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky, who is hitting .370 with 23 home runs and 72 RBIs. Cholowsky was also a three-star quarterback recruit coming out of Hamilton High in Chandler, Ariz.
This pick is part a belief in UTSA and part an unwillingness to pick all favorites: UTSA in 3 Imagn Images
Tennessee is flirting with disaster but trails Arkansas by just one run, 1-0, through four innings. The Razorbacks have had eight baserunners (six hits, one walk, one hit by pitch) but have hit into two double plays, and they scored their only run on a wild pitch.
Coastal Carolina, which leads the nation with 53 wins, has earned the first spot into Omaha for the College World Series. The Chanticleers swept Auburn, winning 4-1 today, to head back to Omaha.
Remember, this program won it all in 2016, so don't ever doubt Coastal Carolina, which was wildly underseeded for this tournament. Imagn Images
Tony Vitello is a bit late for his in-game interview with the ESPN crew in the top of the fourth. When it wraps up he says: 'Sorry for the delay. I have a small bladder.' Imagn Images
The LSU Tigers beat West Virginia 16-9 in the first game of their series. Game 2 will be played at 6 p.m. on Sunday and will be broadcast by ESPN2.
The Tigers and Mountaineers combined for seven home runs today, including five by LSU. Imagn Images
B8 - Coastal Carolina 3, Auburn 1
Coastal is three outs away from clinching the first berth in this year's College World Series. The Chanticleers scored three in the seventh to take the lead, and they're batting now in the eighth, trying to pad their lead.
Then, they'll look to shut the door on the Tigers and their season in the ninth.
Arkansas' Cam Kozeal with terrific instincts and hustle to steal the first run of the game against Tennessee, on a Marcus Phillips pitch that just got away from catcher Stone Lawless. By the time Lawless gathered the ball and started turning back toward home, Kozeal was sliding. That's as close as Vanderbilt will get to bragging rights on Tennessee this weekend (Kozeal was a Commodores freshman last season).
B7 - Coastal Carolina 2, Auburn 1
The Chanticleers keep their inning going and have the lead with an unearned run on an error. The Tigers are going back to the bullpen to try to limit the damage.
T2 - Tennessee 0, Arkansas 0
No score yet early in the hotly-anticipated matchup between defending national champion Tennessee and powerhouse SEC rival Arkansas. Both starters, the Volunteers' Marcus Phillips and the Razorbacks' Zach Root, handled business in the first inning.
B7 - Auburn 1, Coastal Carolina 1
Coastal Carolina has broken through! Walker Mitchell's RBI single plates Sebastian Alexander and we're tied late with the Chanticleers a win away from the Men's College World Series.