NCAA BASEBALL: Arizona State breezes to super regionals

Colin Curtis hit a three-run home run to help Arizona State defeat Coastal Carolina 9-5 Sunday in the Tempe regional of the NCAA baseball tournament.

The Sun Devils (37-22) now advance to the super regionals, where they will meet the winner of the Fullerton regional next weekend in their second super regional appearance in three years.

With the score tied at 2 in the fourth, Coastal Carolina's Michael DeJesus and Tommy Baldridge hit back to back home runs to give the Chanticleers (50-16) the lead.

Then, in the fifth, Jeff Larish and Travis Buck singled, and Curtis followed with a shot that hit just left of the right field foul pole to give the Sun Devils a 5-4 lead.

Arizona State relievers Pat Bresnehan and Brett Bordes allowed one hit over 5 innings before Coastal Carolina scratched out a run in the ninth off Bordes. Mike Costanzo struck out with two runners on to end the game.

Dom Duggan had three hits for Coastal Carolina, which eliminated UNLV 14-10 earlier Sunday to reach the championship game but would have needed to beat Arizona State twice to advance.

Michael DeJesus drove in four runs, including a three-run triple during a nine-run fourth, as top-seeded Coastal Carolina eliminated No. 4 UNLV 14-10 Sunday at the Tempe regional of the NCAA baseball tournament.

Coastal Carolina (50-15) faced a rematch with second-seeded Arizona State later Sunday needing a win to force a deciding game on Monday night. A Sun Devil win would put them in the super regionals. Arizona State beat Coastal Carolina 11-3 in the second round on Saturday night.

UNLV, which staged a 9th-inning rally to eliminate East Carolina 5-3 on Saturday, finishes the season 35-29.

The Chanticleers scored three in the third to erase a 4-1 Rebel lead and then sent 14 men to the plate against three UNLV pitchers in the fourth to take a 13-4 lead.

Rebel starter Koji Pupo (5-1) gave up eight runs on seven hits over three-plus innings, walking five. The seven UNLV pitchers walked 10 and hit three other batters in the loss.

Dom Duggan and Mike Costanzo each had three hits with Costanzo knocking in three runs for Coastal Carolina.

UNLV's Chris Bonnell went 4-for-6 with four RBIs, including a three-run home run in the first, and had 10 hits in 16 at bats in his team's three regional games. Ryan Bird added four hits for the Rebels.