Mike Papi drove in the game-winning run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift Virginia over Ole Miss, 2-1, in the opener of the 2014 College World Series for both programs.
Papi's walk-off hit on a payoff pitch advanced the Cavaliers into the winner's bracket, where they will face TCU on Tuesday.
Earlier Sunday, Boomer White's go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning lifted TCU over Texas Tech in a 3-2 final.
The Rebels only recorded one hit against Virginia starter Nathan Kirby, though they scratched a run across in the eighth on Holt Perdzock's RBI groundout to even things at 1-1.
Joe McCarthy singled in the game's first run against Ole Miss starter Chris Ellis in the fifth inning.
Sunday's first game was also a pitchers' duel.
After Texas Tech took a 2-1 lead in the away half of the eighth, TCU scored two runs off reliever Johnny Drozd.
The Red Raiders will square off against Ole Miss on Tuesday.
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