Some old friends have found their way back to Omaha as the final spot for the 2009 College World Series was secured Monday night in Austin, Texas.
The top-seeded Texas Longhorns locked up their 33rd trip to Rosenblatt Stadium with a 5-2 win over in-state rival TCU in game three to win the best-of-three super regional and advance to the College World Series, which gets underway Saturday in Omaha, Neb.
The Longhorns did it in front of a packed house of 7,241 in their home stadium, riding the arm of Taylor Jungmann, who kept the Horned Frogs guessing throughout the night, allowing just two hits in six innings to get the win and send Texas back to the College World Series for the first time since beating Florida to win the 2005 national title.
Wood got plenty of help early in the game. Kevin Keyes hit a two-run homer to spark the Longhorns to a 3-0 advantage in the first, then added an RBI double in the fourth to give the hosts a five-run advantage. Wood held TCU without a hit until the fifth, then gave up a single run in the eighth.
With the Texas win, the field is now set for the 2009 College World Series. First-round matchups include Texas vs. Southern Miss, Arizona State vs. North Carolina, Cal State Fullerton vs. Arkansas and Virginia vs. LSU. The tournament starts Saturday, June 13, with two four-team double-elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket will meet in a best-of-three championship series that starts Monday, June 22.
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