The NCAA Baseball Tournament -- a.k.a., "The Road to Omaha" -- is ongoing. On Saturday, the first round/Regionals provided us with some serious drama in the form of a pair of walk-off home runs. First, let's go to the Stanford campus, where Cal State Fullerton, the No. 3 seed, was tied 1-1 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth against top regional seed and No. 2 overall seed Stanford. Freshman pinch-hitter/sizable cloutsman Jace Chamberlain, take it away: With that clutch blast, the Titans remain unbeaten in regional play while the Cardinal drops to 1-1 in the double-elimination first round. That puts Fullerton in a good spot to advance to the Super Regional. For even more drama, we go to Tallahassee. Top seed and host Florida State and No. 3 seed Mississippi State each have a loss and are thus on the verge of elimination. The Seminoles are up 2-0, and the Bulldogs -- with two on and two out -- are down to their last strike. That's when Elijah MacNamee happened: That, folks, is defeat turned swiftly into triumph. It's also worth seeing from a player-centric angle: Per basic win expectancy, the Bulldogs had a mere 8.5 percent chance of winning the at the moment the ball left MacNamee's bat. As a result, the Dawgs are at this writing still alive while Florida State was eliminated. Looking back, FSU head coach Mike Martin's decision to leave his starter Drew Parrish in after a 2 1/2-hour rain delay. Parrish almost escaped, but MacNamee had other ideas. More intrigue forthcoming from the college ranks? You better believe it.<doc-sep>Butch Dill/Associated Press Sunday represents elimination day in the 2018 NCAA baseball tournament, with each team fighting to stay alive in the hunt for a national championship. While each region was down to three teams heading into Day 3 of the tournament, only one or two squads will survive after the latest set of games. In many cases, teams will have to win twice on Sunday just to keep their hopes of reaching the super regional alive. Here are the latest results from June 3 around the college baseball world. Full bracket available at NCAA.com. NCAA Tournament Results (Sunday, June 3) Clemson 9, St. John's 8 Connecticut 6, Coastal Carolina 5 Video Play Button Videos you might like Mississippi State 9, Samford 8 Georgia 11, Troy 7 Houston 8, Purdue 4 Missouri State 9, Saint Louis 8 North Carolina State 11, Army 1 Oklahoma State 6, South Florida 1 Dallas Baptist 9, Southern Miss 4 UCLA 10, Gonzaga 4 LSU 9, Northwestern State 5 Stanford 4, Baylor 2 Louisville 12, Kent State 6 Indiana 9, Texas A&M 7 *Washington 9, Connecticut 6 Duke 15, Troy 6 *Stetson 11, Oklahoma State 1 *Texas 3, Indiana 2 Ole Miss 9, Tennessee Tech 8 Florida Atlantic 12, Jacksonville 7 UNCW 9, East Carolina 7 Mississippi State 13, Oklahoma 5 *Vanderbilt 19, Clemson 6 *North Carolina 19, Houston 11 *Auburn 15, North Carolina State 7 *CSU Fullerton 5, Stanford 2 *Texas Tech 11, Louisville 6 *Minnesota 13, UCLA 8 *Arkansas 4, Dallas Baptist 3 *Oregon State 12, LSU 0 Tennessee Tech 2, Missouri State 1 *Earns trip to Super Regional Upcoming Matchups (Monday, June 4) Mississippi State vs. Oklahoma Florida vs. Florida Atlantic South Carolina vs. UNCW Georgia vs. Duke Ole Miss vs. Tennessee Tech Notable Results Coastal Carolina Upset By UConn, 6-5 Florida State was the first No. 1 seed eliminated in the tournament, coming on a walk-off home run from Mississippi State, but Coastal Carolina didn't last much longer after losing in dramatic fashion to UConn. This battle was a relatively quiet game early on, with the teams tied 2-2 through six innings. Connecticut took a three-run lead in the seventh behind two home runs, but the Chanticleers got it back thanks to a big hit from Zach Biermann. The designated hitter finished 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI. However, it was the other DH with the biggest hit of the game, as Christian Fedko hit the game-winning home run in the bottom of the eighth: CJ Dandeneau closed it out for the Huskies to knock out the 2016 national champions. Unfortunately for UConn, Washington was able to win the second game of the day and advance to the super regional. Georgia Goes Deep to Beat Troy, 11-7 There were seven home runs in this game by four different players between the two teams, but Georgia was the better team Sunday. Bulldogs stars Keegan McGovern and Michael Curry each had two home runs in the win, combining for six hits and eight RBI in the middle of the order. The duo went back-to-back in the sixth inning, helping the team overcome a 6-3 deficit: The players who didn't have big hits came through in other ways, including C.J. Smith with this home run-saving catch: Georgia scored in each of its last four innings, continuing an offensive explosion so far in the tournament with 11 runs against Troy after scoring 18 last game against Campbell. Troy was then eliminated later in the day in a blowout loss to Duke. Stetson Makes Program History with 11-1 Win over Oklahoma State A dream season for the Stetson Hatters continues to get better as the team reached the first super regional in program history. The team's Twitter account provided more info on the achievement: Being a No. 1 seed in the region showed the team was hardly an underdog, but there were certainly plenty of doubters with bigger programs hoping to pull off the upset. However, the squad came through with wins over Hartford and Oklahoma State to reach the regional final before blowing out the Cowboys Sunday night. Jack Perkins allowed zero earned runs in a nine-inning complete game, while Jacob Koos led the offense with three hits and three RBI. Perhaps most impressively, every single hitter in the lineup scored a run. Cal State Fullerton Knocks Out Stanford, 5-2 Stanford was the No. 2 overall seed in the tournament but couldn't even make it out of its own regional after two losses to Cal State Fullerton. While these two teams battled to a 2-1 finish Saturday, the Cardinal fought their way back to the regional final with a 4-2 victory over Baylor to stay alive. This only delayed the inevitable, however, as the squad failed to get its offense going. On the other hand, Fullerton scored five runs on just four hits to secure the win and continue an impressive tradition: The big hit came from Ruben Cardenas, who hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning to extend the lead to 5-0. Tanner Bibee and Blake Workman took care of business from there, striking out 15 batters in a winning effort. The Titans will now take on Washington in the next round, another team that was a third seed in its own region.<doc-sep>INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced the 16 regional sites for the 72nd annual NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The 16 regional sites, with host institutions and records are as follows: Athens, Georgia – Georgia (37-19) Austin, Texas – Texas (37-20) Chapel Hill, North Carolina – North Carolina (38-18) Clemson, South Carolina – Clemson (45-14) Corvallis, Oregon – Oregon St. (44-10-1) Conway, South Carolina – Coastal Carolina (42-17) DeLand, Florida – Stetson (45-11) Fayetteville, Arkansas – Arkansas (39-18) Gainesville, Florida – Florida (42-17) Greenville, North Carolina – East Carolina (43-16) Minneapolis, Minnesota ­– Minnesota (41-13) Lubbock, Texas – Texas Tech (39-17) Oxford, Mississippi – Ole Miss (46-15) Raleigh, North Carolina – NC State (40-16) Stanford, California – Stanford (44-10) Tallahassee, Florida – Florida St. (43-17) By being awarded a regional, all 16 host institutions have also been selected to the 64-team championship field. Each regional field features four teams, playing in a double-elimination format. All 16 regionals are scheduled to be conducted from Friday, June 1 to Monday, June 4 (if necessary). RELATED: Interactive bracket | 64-team field to be announced Monday Florida State leads all institutions in the field as the Seminoles are hosting for the 35th time, while Stetson is hosting for the first time. Texas is second in the field, hosting for the 27th time, but the first since 2011. Stanford is hosting for the 17th time, while Clemson is hosting for the 16th and Florida for the 15th time, respectively, since the NCAA went to the regional format in 1975. North Carolina is hosting for the 10th time, while Ole Miss is hosting for the eighth time. Hosting for the seventh time includes Arkansas and Oregon State, with NC State and Texas Tech hosting for the sixth time. Hosting for the fifth time, and the first time since 2008, is Georgia. Rounding out the 2018 hosts and hosting for the fourth time are Coastal Carolina and East Carolina, while Minnesota, hosting for the first time since 2000, is hosting for the third time overall. Eight institutions, Arkansas, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, North Carolina, Oregon State, Stanford and Texas Tech, all hosted in 2017. RELATED: Baseball automatic qualifiers and conference champs The remaining at-large teams, top 16 national seeds, first-round regional pairings and site assignments will be announced at noon ET, Monday, May 28. The one-hour program will be shown live on ESPNU. The committee will set the entire 64-team bracket through both the super regionals and the first round of the Men’s College World Series and will not reseed the field after play begins. Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.NCAA.com/cws, Tuesday, June 5 at approximately 8 a.m. ET. There are 31 Division I conferences which will receive an automatic berth in the field of 64, along with 33 at-large selections. The 72nd Men’s College World Series begins play Saturday, June 16, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. Other regional site selection information<doc-sep>
OMAHA, Neb. — The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 regionals. Regional winners advance to super regionals next week, and the final eight go to the College World Series in Omaha beginning June 16. Some of the top storylines: Regal in regionals No one in the 64-team field has had more success in recent regionals than Louisville. The Cardinals must travel to Lubbock, Texas, as a No. 2 regional seed, so we'll see if they can keep it up. They've hosted regionals each of the last five years and have gone 15-0. Their five straight appearances in super regionals mark the longest active streak. Four other teams have won three straight regionals. Texas A&M is 9-0 over the stretch, all at home, but must go to Austin this week. Florida State is 10-1, and Florida and LSU are 9-1, all at home. FSU and Florida State are at home again this week and LSU plays in Corvallis, Oregon. North Carolina State, on the other hand, has lost regional finals each of the last three years. Who's hot Stetson is a host for the first time and owns the nation's longest active winning streak at 15 games. The Hatters haven't lost since April 22 against NJIT. Other notable current streaks are Minnesota (nine straight) and Wright State and Canisius (eight each). Wright State has won 15 of 17, Missouri State 12 of 13, Coastal Carolina and Florida State 11 of 12 and Saint Louis nine of 10. Who's not No team is colder than Oklahoma State, which was in first place in the Big 12 after sweeping rival Oklahoma in late April. Since then the Cowboys have lost 10 of 12, including the last six. Defending national champion Florida has lost six of seven and Ohio State has dropped six of 10. Bringing the metal Dallas Baptist senior right fielder and leadoff man Devlin Granberg has the highest batting average in the tournament. At .426, he's on his way to winning a second straight Missouri Valley Conference batting title. Other .400 hitters are Tennessee Tech's Kevin Strohschein (.406), East Carolina's Bryant Packard (.403), Tennessee Tech's Chris Chambers (.400) and Southern Mississippi's Luke Reynolds (.400). Nice play in left, but Devlin Granberg drives in the go-ahead run! 4-3 DBU T4 pic.twitter.com/0fC652jFea — DBU Baseball (@DBU_Baseball) May 27, 2018 Making their pitch The top six ERA teams in the nation are in regionals: Stetson (2.58), Stanford (2.85), UCLA (2.94), St. John's (2.95), Indiana (2.95) and Gonzaga (2.96). Nick Sandlin of Southern Miss brings in a 1.13 ERA, Oregon State's Luke Heimlich has 14 wins against one loss and USF's McClanahan averages 14.76 strikeouts per nine innings — all nation-leading numbers. Double play Oklahoma center fielder and cleanup hitter Kyler Murray is favored to win the Sooners' starting quarterback job after backing up Baker Mayfield. Murray is batting .296 with 10 homers, 47 RBIs, a .556 slugging percentage and 10 stolen bases. He missed most of the Big 12 Tournament with a left hamstring injury. Martin's year? Florida State is making its 41st straight appearance, and Mike Martin has been head coach for 39 of them. With each one comes the question: Will this be the year Martin and the Seminoles win their first national championship? Martin, 74, became the NCAA's all-time wins leader on May 5, and the Seminoles are hot after sweeping through the ACC Tournament. But the path to Omaha is treacherous. The No. 2 seed in the Tallahassee Regional, Mississippi State, has had a knack for knocking off heavyweights. If seeds hold, the Seminoles would host a super regional against a Clemson team they split four games with in the ACC. Before the NCAA Tournament gets started, relive @FSUBaseball's #ACCBase Championship from this past weekend » pic.twitter.com/7t8hjr2kv8 — ACC Baseball (@ACCBaseball) May 31, 2018 That pesky No. 1 seed The last No. 1 national seed to win the championship was Miami in 1999, the first year of the current tournament structure. Florida was a No. 3 seed when it won the title last year. The most recent No. 1 to reach the College World Series finals was Texas in 2009. Welcome to the party The Hartford Hawks are the only team making their first appearance. They won the America East regular-season and tournament championships after being picked last in the preseason coaches' poll. They're 26-29 entering their regional opener at Stetson.