Omaha, NE (My Sportsbook) - Olli Linton hit the game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the UC Irvine Anteaters to a come-from- behind 8-7 win over the now-eliminated Arizona State Sun Devils in College World Series action from Rosenblatt Stadium.

UC Irvine is now the first team in College World Series history to win extra- inning games in consecutive days after Bryan Petersen notched the game-winning single on Monday for the Anteaters, who advanced to face Oregon State on Wednesday in another elimination game for UC Irvine.

Earlier Tuesday, Luke Putkonen allowed just one run and three hits over seven innings, as North Carolina ended Louisville's tournament run with a 3-1 victory. UNC, the 2006 CWS runner-up, will now play top-seeded Rice on Wednesday and must defeat the Owls twice to keep them from advancing to the best-of-three championship round that starts Saturday.

The UC Irvine-ASU contest was a battle to the end, and the Anteaters won it in dramatic fashion. Matt Morris began the bottom of the 10th with a one-out single off of losing pitcher Mike Leake and stole second before Petersen was intentionally walked. Sean Madigan's single to shallow right field loaded the bags and Linton's grounder through the right side brought home the decisive run.

Scott Gorgen earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief.

The Sun Devils trailed by a 3-2 margin, but scored two runs in the top of the seventh and three more in the eighth to grab a 7-3 lead. In the eighth, Ryan Sontag's two-run double off the wall in right field followed an Andre Romine RBI single and ASU led by four runs.

However, the Anteaters responded in the bottom of the eighth and tied the game. After Dillon Bell crossed the plate when Ben Orloff was hit by a pitch, Cody Cipriano hit a bases-loaded single to bring UC Irvine within 7-5.

Morris then ripped a shot to right-center field, which scored both Orloff and Taylor Holiday, but on the play, a costly mistake kept the score 7-7. The UC Irvine third base coach accidentally made contact with Cipriano as he was rounding third, and Cipriano was called out for interference. ASU then used a 6-4-3 double play to escape the inning.

Neither team scored in the ninth inning, and in the top of the 10th, ASU had the bases loaded but Brett Wallace grounded into an inning-ending double play.

In the afternoon game, Seth Williams had an RBI single and the Tar Heels scored twice on a throwing error in the second inning. Louisville's bats went cold the rest of the way.

North Carolina, the 2006 CWS runner-up, plays top-seeded Rice on Wednesday and will have to beat the Owls twice to keep them from advancing to the best-of- three championship round that starts Saturday.

Rice has already made a statement with a 14-4 drubbing of North Carolina on Sunday.

Colby Wark yielded three runs - one earned - and two hits in 3 2/3 innings for the Cardinals. He walked two and struck out four.

Second baseman Logan Johnson hit a solo homer for Louisville, which barely squeaked into the NCAA regionals before starting an improbable run. The team scored 100 runs and hit 21 homers in 11 NCAA Tournament games.

The Cardinals put up a first-inning run when Johnson sent a pitch over the left-field wall with one out.

Tim Fedroff walked, while Kyle Seager and Williams ripped consecutive singles to put the Tar Heels on the board in the second. Garrett Gore then reached on a throwing error by third baseman Chris Dominguez, who threw wide of first base. Gore eventually ended up at third as the Tar Heels converted the mistake into two more runs and a 3-0 lead.

Louisville threatened in the eighth, as Rob Wooten's sweeping slider failed to shut the Cards down. Wooten retired the first two batters before a hit batter and a walk, while Andrew Carignan came on and struck out Isaiah Howes to end the inning.

Carignan also tossed a perfect ninth to earn the save.