LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ronnie Shaeffer singled down the right-field line with no outs in ninth inning to give UC Irvine a 4-3 comeback victory over UCLA on Sunday night in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional.
The Anteaters (42-16) advanced to their first Super Regional since 2008. They will travel to play No. 1 national seed Virginia (52-9).
With Irvine down 3-2, pinch-hitter Jonathan Hurst drew a leadoff walk in the ninth, and pinch-runner Scott Gottschling scored on Jordan Leyland’s double down the left-field line.
Leyland scored the winning run two batters later on Shaeffer’s single. Shaeffer, selected the regional’s most outstanding player, had two hits and two RBIs.