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NCAA.com | June 24, 2015

What to Watch: June 24

Finals Game 3: Virginia Cavaliers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores (Series tied 1-1)
8 p.m. ET Wednesday | ESPN with Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, Aaron Boone, Jessica Mendoza, Kaylee Hartung
Game Center |
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Virginia   Vanderbilt
Did You Know: The Cavaliers scored the winning run in the seventh inning or later in six of their nine postseason wins. Thirty-eight of UVa's 53 runs scored in the tournament have come after the fifth inning.   Did You Know: The Commodores have won three NCAA Championships in their athletics history with the most recent being a women's tennis title in 2015. Others include bowling (2007) and baseball (2014).
On the Bump: The Cavs have won each of Brandon Waddell's two starts in the CWS. Both victories came against Florida.   On the Bump: Walker Buehler started Game 1 of the 2014 CWS Finals and earned the win in the only game he's started in the 2015 CWS.
In the Box: Thomas Woodruff was 3-for-4 in Game 2, including a 2-RBI single in the sixth inning. He did not get an at-bat in Game 1 of the Finals.   In the Box: Dansby Swanson, tied with Zander Wiel and Rhett Wiseman with a team-leading 15 home runs, is the only member of the trio without a homer in the College World Series.

Pepper: In 17 games in Omaha, Virginia has never lost two consecutive CWS contests, going 2-0 in elimination games in 2015.
• Vanderbilt was 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position in Game 2 of the CWS Finals.
• If Virginia wins the CWS, the Cavaliers would finish with 44 wins. The last CWS champ with 44 wins or less was Southern California in 1968, finishing 43-12-1.
• Vanderbilt owns an 11-5 all-time record in the CWS, including a 4-1 mark in 2015. The Dores posted a 2-2 mark in Omaha in 2011 and 5-2 in 2014.
• Vandy has registered 36 NCAA Tournament wins since 2000, tying South Carolina. Virginia is third on the list with 33.

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