BATON ROUGE, La. - Coach Matt Senk and his unflappable band of players from upstart Stony Brook invaded the most hostile territory in college baseball at LSU and vanquished the six-time national champs.
Frankie Vanderka threw a three-hitter, Travis Jankowski had four hits and Stony Brook completed an improbable run to the College World Series with a 7-2 win over LSU on Sunday in the deciding game of the Baton Rouge super regional.
After 22 seasons with a Stony Brook program that played in Division III when he arrived in 1991, Senk is taking his team to Omaha.
"I'm a little overwhelmed, quite frankly, because I think I do know the magnitude of this," he said.
Stony Brook became only the second team to open as a No. 4 seed in the regional round and reach the College World Series. The first was Fresno State during its 2008 run to a national title.
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Before crowds of 10,000-plus draped in purple-and-gold, Stony Brook outhit LSU - the national No. 7 seed - 35-15 in the series.
• Florida St. 18, Stanford 7: In Tallahassee, Fla., Sherman Johnson homered and had five RBIs to lead Florida State to its 21st trip to the College World Series, where it will open against Arizona.
Johnson's three-run homer capped a four-run second to give the Seminoles (48-15) a 6-0 lead. Stanford starter Brett Mooneyham was chased before getting an out in the second. FSU outscored Stanford 35-8 in the two games.
• Florida 9, North Carolina St. 8: In Gainesville, Fla., Daniel Pigott homered to open the 10th inning and top-seeded Florida held on to advance to the CWS for the third straight season.
Pigott's eighth homer of the season was key for the Gators (47-18) in a wild, back-and-forth game that included 26 hits, 12 pitchers and a lengthy weather delay.
• Oregon 3, Kent State 2: In Eugene, Ore., freshman right-hander Jake Reed allowed two runs and five hits to steady the Ducks in a come-from-behind victory that snapped Kent State's 21-game winning streak and pushed the NCAA super regional to a final game today.
Reed (8-4) struck out six over 6 2/3 innings for Oregon, the national No. 5 seed which faced elimination after a series-opening loss.
• Arkansas 5, Baylor 4: In Waco, Texas, Arkansas scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth on hit batters with the bases loaded to force a decisive third game today in the super regional.
• Oklahoma vs. South Carolina, postponed: Game 2, tied 0-0 in the sixth, is set to resume today. If South Carolina loses, a third game would be played later today.
