Just after 2:00 a.m. ET Sunday morning, TCU survived a ninth-inning rally by Central Connecticut State, 9-6, to advance to the winners bracket of the Fort Worth Regional. The Horned Frogs will face Virginia at 5:00 p.m. ET.
Scoreless through four, both pitchers — Mitchell Traver for TCU and Brendan Smith for CCSU — threw regional-worthy games on Saturday. Traver in particular pitched 7.0 innings, allowing just one hit while striking out nine.
At the bottom of the fifth, the Horned Frogs would be the first to get on the scoreboard as Connor Wanhanen drew a one-out walk, stole second, and advanced to third after the Blue Devils errored on the throw down.