Chris Duffy (Central Florida), Yasmani Grandal (Miami [Fla.]), Drew Pomeranz (Mississippi) and Chris Sale (Florida Gulf Coast) were the other finalists for the award.

"This year's five finalists for the Golden Spikes Award presented our voting committee with another difficult challenge," said Paul Seiler, USA Baseball Executive Director/CEO.

Merrifield sliced a down-and-away offering from Dan Klein into no-man's land, scoring Scott Wingo with the winning run.

South Carolina swept the best-of-three championship series and won its second- ever national championship in any sport, joining the women's track and field team.

Cooper, a senior from Neeses, S.C., had two of the three hits and his lone allowed walk come in the ninth inning while pitching on three days rest. He was replaced by John Taylor with the bases loaded and a double-play groundout scored the lone UCLA run.

Bobby Haney helped back the effort by driving in three runs and Brady Thomas, Evan Marzilli and Whit Merrifield added RBI singles for the Gamecocks, who beat their conference rival Clemson on consecutive days to advance to the finals for the first time since 2002.

Bauer, who tossed 135 pitches, allowed three runs -- two earned -- on four hits with two walks, while Dean Espy turned in a 3-for-4 game with a homer and two RBI for UCLA, which will face the winner of Saturday's nightcap between South Carolina and Clemson in the best-of-three championship series beginning Monday night.

Bryan Holaday cracked a pair of solo homers for TCU, which finished the season with a 54-14 mark. Kyle Winkler was saddled with the loss for surrendering three runs on two hits without recording an out in the first inning.

Bauer, who tossed 135 pitches, allowed three runs -- two earned -- on four hits with two walks, while Dean Espy turned in a 3-for-4 game with a homer and two RBI for UCLA, which will face the winner of Saturday's nightcap between South Carolina and Clemson in the best-of-three championship series beginning Monday night.

Bryan Holaday cracked a pair of solo homers for TCU, which finished the season with a 54-14 mark. Kyle Winkler was saddled with the loss for surrendering three runs on two hits without recording an out in the first inning.

The two teams have split a pair of games and will play an elimination game on Saturday afternoon with the winner advancing to the College World Series title series.

In the nightcap, South Carolina also kept its hopes alive with a 5-1 win over Clemson.

Featherston drew a bases loaded walk with two outs in the first to force in the game's first run. The base on balls came one pitch after a foul pop landed in between three players along the right-field line.

TCU pushed its' lead to 2-0 in the second when Pena's blooper to left scored Aaron Schultz, who had led off the inning with a double.

The Gamecocks were down to their final strike until Bradley came through to tie the game. South Carolina will play Clemson on Friday in another elimination game for the Gamecocks.

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Scott Weismann picked up the win for allowing only one run on three hits with four strikeouts and two walks in five innings before rain halted play. Alex Frederick earned the save for getting the final three outs. Clemson will play either Oklahoma or South Carolina on Friday and need one win to advance to the CWS finals.

Tyler Ogle hit a solo homer and drove in a pair of runs, while Bobby Shore suffered the loss for yielding four runs on two hits and five walks.

Scott Weismann picked up the win for allowing only one run on three hits with four strikeouts and two walks in five innings before rain halted play. Alex Frederick earned the save for getting the final three outs. Clemson will play either Oklahoma or South Carolina on Friday and need one win to advance to the CWS finals.

Tyler Ogle hit a solo homer and drove in a pair of runs, while Bobby Shore suffered the loss for yielding four runs on two hits and five walks.

Adrian Morales hit a two-run homer and Scott Wingo knocked in two with a double during an eight-run second inning. Whit Merrifield contributed an RBI single to the big inning and later added a solo home run among a three-hit game. Bradley also finished with three hits, while Wingo also walked and scored twice hitting out of the nine hole.

Dyson got the win for allowing four runs on eight hits while walking two and fanning three for the Gamecocks, who will take on either Clemson or Oklahoma on Thursday in a continuation of bracket play.

UCLA had beaten Florida in its opener on Saturday before taking the win Monday, and plays again Friday, when a win would put the Bruins in the championship series.

They will play either TCU or Florida State, which face off Wednesday in an elimination game.

Tyler Holt chipped in with three hits, two RBI and scored three times for Florida State, which won four of five meetings with the Gators this season. Brian Busch picked up the win after allowing two runs on as many hits with four walks and three strikeouts in a 5 1/3-inning start. FSU will face the loser of Monday's TCU/UCLA game on Wednesday.

Hudson Randall suffered the loss for yielding four runs and four hits with a pair of walks in 2 2/3 innings for Florida, which finished the season 47-17.

Clemson tallied twice in the second inning to take the lead on an infield hit by Spencer Kieboom and a throwing error by Sun Devils shortstop Deven Marrero.

The Tigers then loaded the bases with two outs for two-sport star Kyle Parker, who grounded out to end the threat. He is the only player in NCAA history to throw 20 touchdown passes and hit 20 home runs in a calendar year.

Originally scheduled to start around 2 p.m. (et), inclement weather pushed the start time back over four hours, and the game was halted again in the sixth inning for another two hours. The game didn't finish until after 11 p.m. (et), more than nine hours after the first pitch was scheduled.

Bushyhead drove in a total of two runs in a 2-for-3 effort, and Tyler Ogle also knocked in a run for Oklahoma, which survived the first game of the double-elimination tournament and will play the winner of Arizona State- Clemson, which was originally scheduled for Sunday but was pushed back to Monday morning at 11 a.m. (et).

In the second game of the double-elimination event, UCLA also notched its first CWS win, using the right arm of Trevor Bauer and timely hitting in an 11-3 romp of Florida. The Bruins will next play the Horned Frogs, while the Seminoles and Gators also meet on Monday to see which team stays alive.

TCU starter Matt Purke gave up an unearned run in the top of the first, but the Horned Frogs responded in the bottom of the inning.

TCU starter Matt Purke gave up an unearned run in the top of the first, but the Horned Frogs responded in the bottom of the inning.

Coats advanced to third on a groundout and came home on a Joe Weik single to make it 3-1. Taylor Featherston lofted a sacrifice fly after Witte doubled. Aaron Schultz then singled home Witte to give TCU a four-run cushion.

They join Florida, South Carolina, Florida State, TCU, UCLA and Arizona State in the College World Series field. Oklahoma's first game will be against South Carolina, while Clemson will play Arizona State first. Series action gets underway Saturday.

Both Clemson and Oklahoma advanced by winning the final two games of their best-of-three Super Regionals.

Drew Maggi belted a two-run homer in the 12th inning to lift the Sun Devils, the top national seed, to a 7-5 win over Arkansas, sweeping the Tempe Super Regional. The Sun Devils were a strike from winning the game in regulation, but Brett Eibner smacked a solo homer on a 1-2 pitch from Jordan Swagerty in the ninth inning to the game.

The Gamecocks earned their ninth trip to the CWS thanks to a 10-9 win over Coastal Carolina to capture the Myrtle Beach Super Regional in two contests. Christian Walker's two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning proved to be the difference for South Carolina.

Florida, which won 7-2 in the opener of this best-of-three set, got two RBI from Brian Johnson to help the school make their sixth trip to the CWS.

The Gators (47-15), are the first team to land a spot in Omaha. They will play the winner of the UCLA-Cal State Fullerton series, which is tied at a game apiece.

Frankie Ratcliff and Yasmani Grandal also knocked in a pair each for the Hurricanes, who advance to face Florida in a best-of-three Super Regional in Gainesville after totaling seven runs in the fifth through seventh innings.

Chris Hernandez picked up the win in relief, allowing one hit over two full innings. Starter Eric Whaley yielded five hits and two runs before rain halted play.

The Tigers dumped Auburn, 13-7, to win the Auburn Regional title. Kyle Parker belted a three-run homer for the Tigers, who advanced to the Clemson Super Regional to host Alabama, starting Saturday.

The Crimson Tide won the Atlanta Regional with a 10-8 triumph over Georgia Tech Monday night. Junior right-hander Nathan Kilcrease threw the final six innings, logging 103 pitches, to get the win.

The top-seeded Sun Devils advanced out of the Tempe Regional thanks to an 8-4 victory over Hawaii.

The Sun Devils will host the winner of the Fayetteville Regional in Super Regional action next weekend.

Wittels hit an RBI double in the first inning of a 15-9 loss to Dartmouth Saturday afternoon. The defeat eliminated FIU from the NCAA Coral Gables Regional.

The 56-game streak is two shy of Robin Ventura's all-time Division I record of hitting safely in 58 consecutive games in 1987. Three players in Division I and Major League Baseball have accomplished such a feat, with the third being Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio who hit in 56 straight games in 1941 with the Yankees.

Esmay took over in December to replace Pat Murphy, who resigned after more than 15 years in the position.

Prior to the 2010 season, Esmay spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach for ASU Baseball, including three as assistant head coach. A former Sun Devil player and assistant coach, Esmay has coached a total of 10 seasons at Arizona State.