OMAHA, June 17 (UPI) -- Brian Stavisky hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday as Notre Dame stayed alive in the College World Series with a 5-3 win over Rice.
Steve Stanley started the rally with a one-out triple to right-center field off Justin Crowder (10-3), who had contained the Fighting Irish after replacing the ineffective Philip Humber in the third inning.
Steve Sollmann singled to center to tie it at 3-3 and Stavisky hitbelted a 1-2 pitch over the right center field wall for his ninth homer of the season.
Notre Dame (50-17) advances to play the loser of Monday night's Stanford-Texas game on Tuesday night.
Rice, ranked first in the nation by Baseball America magazine, finished 52-14.
J.P. Gagne (9-4) was the winner despite allowing a allowing a seventh-inning homer to pinch hitter Mike Lorsbach that gave the Owls a 3-2 lead.
Austin Davis drove in a pair of runs for Rice with a homer in the fourth and a single in the sixth.
