OMAHA, Neb. — Jaime Ferrer went deep twice in another power-packed performance at the plate, left-hander Carson Dorsey turned in his third straight strong start on the mound, and Florida State bounced back from a gut-wrenching loss two days earlier to stay alive in the College World Series with a 7-3 win over Virginia on Sunday afternoon.
The Seminoles (48-16) have won at least one game in each of their five CWS appearances since 2010 — the program is in the event for the 23rd time overall but has never won the title — and they will be back at Charles Schwab Field Omaha again Tuesday for another must-win game in a double-elimination bracket that includes national No. 1 seed Tennessee and No. 4 North Carolina.
Florida State will face North Carolina (48-15) next, with the Tar Heels taking their first loss of this CWS on Sunday night, 6-1 to the Volunteers, who improved to 57-12 overall this season and to 2-0 in Omaha. The winner of the Florida State-North Carolina matchup would need to beat Tennessee on Wednesday and again Thursday to reach the best-of-three championship finals that begin Saturday.
The No. 12 Cavaliers (46-17) went 0-2 in Omaha for the second straight year and have lost six straight CWS games since 2021.
No. 8 Florida State was coming off a 12-11 walk-off loss to Tennessee on Friday night in the CWS opener for both teams. Many in garnet and gold thought the Seminoles were robbed of a win when a check-swing call that could have ended the game instead went Tennessee’s way before Dylan Dreiling’s winning hit.