Eric Olson | The Associated Press | June 22, 2014 Vanderbilt nips Texas for CWS Finals berth CWS: Vanderbilt downs Texas to earn its first CWS Final bid Share OMAHA, Neb. -- Tyler Campbell never expected to even play in the College World Series. Turns out, he's become one of Vanderbilt's stars in Omaha. Campbell's bases-loaded infield single in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Commodores a 4-3 win against Texas on Saturday night and sent them to the finals against Virginia. Campbell was in his second game filling in for third baseman Xavier Turner, who was ruled ineligible Friday for a violation of NCAA rules. 2014 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Top Performers: Day 8 Breeze: Trio stars in Vanderbilt's 10-inning thriller Photos Kroll: Garrido sums up UT loss: ‘It’s a cruel game’ Breeze: Pitching fuels UVa.'s run to CWS Finals Photos Kroll: Ole Miss' well runs dry in loss to Virginia Top Performers: Day 7 Cross: Texas takes advantage of Vandy mistakes Kroll: Hinojosa remains talk of town Photos Top Five Plays through first 10 games Top Performers: Day 6 Cross: Bianco's boys have perfected elimination game Kroll: Ole Miss advances behind Allen Photos Top Performers: Day 5 Kroll: Hinojosa's homer leads Longhorns Photos Cross: Hollingsworth tosses gem in second start of season UC Irvine's Morales finds inspiration in his sister Top Performers: Day 4 Kroll: Cavs find time for it all in win Photos Cross: Virginia shows off pitching depth in 15 innings Cross: Ole Miss makes most of chances Photos Kroll: Texas Tech beaten at own game as CWS run ends Ole Miss goes to the zoo Meet the Bortles brothers Top Performers: Day 3 Kroll: Vandy hits magic number for CWS win Photos Cross: Vanderbilt's Bueler answers the call in relief Kroll: Texas makes the plays Louisville can't Photos Cross: How bullpens will help decide the CWS Corey Ray & Ro Coleman: Chicago's Finest Top Performers: Day 2 Kroll: Kirby, Papi lead Virginia to victory Photos Kroll: Morrison makes his pitch on CWS stage Photos Higgins: Ole Miss fans flock to Omaha Hill: TD Ameritrade Park the stage -- and a star Higgins: Texas enjoys off day at team barbeque Hill: Plenty of dads spending Father's Day at the CWS Vanderbilt's antics in the outfield Top Performers: Day 1 Kroll: Vandy pushes right buttons in opening win Photos Hill: Louisville fans thrilled to be back in Omaha Higgins: Stirring pre-game ceremony marks Flag Day Kroll: UC Irvine debunks myth in Game 1 win Photos Hill: Despite team's fortunes, LSU fans show up in Omaha CWS grounds crew is Omaha's unsung home team Freshman, senior share thoughts on opening ceremony Kroll: Five questions to get to know players and coaches Higgins: Quizzing the coaches on CWS history Hill: Players and coaches discuss favorite sports movies Photo Essay: CWS contenders take their cuts Photo Essay: Talented players dot CWS landscape Team Capsules | Opening Round Matchups | Draft Picks Highlights | Brackets: Interactive Print ''As far as these past few days, it's just been fun,'' Campbell said. ''From the time I got in, I've tried to stay focused and stay in the moment, and it's been all right.'' All right, indeed. Campbell had only 21 at-bats this season when he stepped to the plate in the 10th. He fouled off a pitch and took another before he grounded to shortstop. C.J Hinojosa charged the ball, but couldn't get it to first in time to get Campbell. Campbell waited behind the bag to be mobbed by teammates who came flooding out of the third-base dugout and bullpen. ''That's what these moments are about, when kids have been practicing all year and not getting in games. Then their number is called,'' Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said. ''Everybody is so happy for this kid. They wanted him to play, and just to see him succeed, the team is beyond happy.'' Freshman Hayden Stone (3-0) struck out eight in 5.2 innings of relief of Carson Fulmer. Vanderbilt (49-20) gives the SEC a team in the CWS finals for the seventh consecutive year. Vanderbilt, which avenged a 4-0 loss to the Longhorns (46-21) on Friday, survived a couple of scares to advance to the best-of-three CWS championship series, which begins Monday night. In the fifth inning, Fulmer issued three consecutive walks to load the bases with one out. Stone came on and Ben Johnson grounded his first pitch to third, where Campbell started the inning-ending double play. In the Texas 10th, Hinojosa drilled a ball deep to right, but Rhett Wiseman sprinted into the right-center field gap and extended his glove to make the catch before falling onto the warning track. ''The ball hung up there long enough,'' Wiseman said, ''and luckily we were in position to have a shot at it. It was a no-doubles situation in the top of the 10th. Hayden made a good pitch, and he put a good swing on it.'' Hinojosa, who homered for the only run in a win against UC Irvine on Wednesday, said he thought he might have another. ''I squared it up, and it was probably the best pitch I saw all day, and probably the best swing I had all day,'' he said. ''Off the bat, I did think it was over his head. He's a good outfielder, and he tracked it well and made a good play on it.'' Texas reliever John Curtiss (2-3) got Zander Wiel to ground out and John Norwood to fly out to start the bottom of the 10th. Wiseman followed with a single, pinch-hitter Ro Coleman walked and Karl Ellison was hit above the left elbow by a 91-mph fastball to load the bases for Campbell. ''As far as the last at-bat, I think I did most of my thinking on the on-deck circle,'' Campbell said. ''When I was in the dugout in the hole, I was expecting to come up. I was expecting those guys to get on. I tried to keep the ball on the ground.'' Texas had tied it at 3 in the sixth when Tres Barrera drove the ball over Norwood in center field and scored on Zane Gurwitz's single. Garrido called his Longhorns the best Texas team since the 2005 squad that won the national title. Texas had finished last in the Big 12 last year and hadn't made the NCAA tournament the previous two years. ''They finished fifth in the league and here they are third in the country,'' Garrido said. ''The separation: C.J.'s ball gets caught and it prevents a run. They hit a ball -- don't square it up -- and they beat it out to first with the bases loaded. It's hard to explain. Cruel game.'' Top 150 college baseball prospects in the 2022 MLB Draft Here is the D1 Baseball staff's final top 150 list of college baseball prospects who should hear their name called in the MLB Draft starting July 17. READ MORE The top 150 college softball players in 2022 These are the top 150 college softball players from the 2022 season, ranked by the experts from d1softball.com based on offensive stats, defensive impact, how valuable they were to their team and postseason success. 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