Huskies come up short of Super Regional berth

The Washington Huskies, needing to beat Tulane twice to advance to a Super Regional, dropped the first game 12-3 and saw their season come to an end in Oxford, Miss.

Washington (39-20-1) jumped out to a 3-0 lead on junior catcher Aaron Hathaway’s three-run home run just inside the left-field foul pole in the first inning.

But it was all Tulane after that.

The Green Wave (41-19) scored a run in the second inning and added three more in the third. Brian Bogusevic drove in the go-ahead run with a single.

Bogusevic, who also pitched into the ninth inning in a win over Washington on Friday, was named the regional’s outstanding player.

Tulane will play Cal State Fullerton in a Super Regional opener.

Cal State Fullerton advanced by beating Pepperdine twice in Fullerton, Calif., 15-1 and 16-3.

Others advancing to the Super Regionals are:

Vanderbilt, a 7-3 winner over Virginia in Charlottesville, Va.; South Carolina, a 7-6 winner over North Carolina in Columbia, S.C.; Georgia, after a 7-6 10-inning win over Clemson in Athens, Ga.; Georgia Tech, a 5-3 victor over Texas Tech in Atlanta; Florida State, a 19-3 winner over Central Florida in Tallahassee, Fla.; Miami, after pounding Florida Atlantic 19-6 in Coral Gables, Fla.; Arizona, after edging Notre Dame 7-6 in South Bend, Ind.; LSU, an 11-3 winner over College of Charleston in Baton Rouge, La.; Arkansas, after beating Wichita State twice 11-9 and 4-3 in Fayetteville, Ark.; Florida, after blanking UCLA 11-0 in Oklahoma City; Texas A&M, after a 7-5 win over defending national champion Rice in Houston; Texas, a 7-3 victor over Oral Roberts in Austin, Texas; and Long Beach State, an 8-4 winner over Stanford in Stanford, Calif.

East Carolina and North Carolina-Wilmington will play today in Kinston, N.C., for the 16th and final Super Regional berth.