LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) -- Brandon Waddell and Jason Sborz combined on a four-hitter and Virginia scored twice in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 3-1 victory over San Diego State on Saturday night in the Lake Elsinore Regional.
Virginia (36-22) advanced to the championship round of the regional. San Diego State (41-22) will face Southern Cal in an elimination game Sunday.
Sborz (4-2) earned the victory with 1 2/3 innings of hitless relief. Waddell allowed four hits, all singles, and one unearned run in 7 1/3 innings.
Ernie Clement, the No. 9 hitter, snapped a 1-1 tie with a run-scoring single.