South Carolina and Oklahoma met twice in the 2010 College World Series in Omaha with each team trying to continue the journey towards a national championship.

This weekend, a coveted trip to the capital city of college baseball will be on the line instead.

One day after USC polished off rival Clemson for the second time in consecutive days to win the NCAA Columbia Regional, Oklahoma defeated Appalachian State twice on Monday, 14-6 and 5-2, to capture the Charlottesville regional.

The Sooners' reward for upending the Mountaineers twice within a span of seven hours is a trip to Columbia this weekend to meet the Gamecocks in the second straight Super Regional hosted by USC in its four-year-old ballpark.

USC and Oklahoma square off in Game 1 of the Super Regional at 8 p.m. on Saturday on ESPNU. Game 2 is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Sunday on ESPNU, while Game 3, if necessary, is set for 7 p.m. on Monday and will be televised by ESPN2.

USC carries an unprecedented 19-game NCAA tournament winning streak into the best-of-three Super Regional. The team that last beat the Gamecocks in an NCAA tournament game? Oklahoma in 2010.

"I think that streak is outstanding. It's long and I think that we need to have something to say about it," Oklahoma coach Sunny Golloway told Oklahoma media after Monday's regional-clinching win.

The winner of the USC-Oklahoma Super Regional will earn a trip to Omaha for the College World Series, which begins on June 15, and will meet the survivor of the Super Regional between Florida and NC State.

NC State rallied past Vanderbilt 9-7 on Monday in a winner-take-all game in Raleigh, N.C., by scoring six runs over the final two innings against the Commodores' bullpen.

The two other Super Regionals on USC's side of the bracket feature Kent State at Oregon and Arkansas at Baylor.

Oklahoma dropped its opening game to Appalachian State 5-4 on Saturday in the rain-delayed Charlottesville regional, but rebounded with four consecutive do-or-die wins over two days to earn the Super Regional trip to the Palmetto State.

The Gamecocks are making their 10th NCAA Super Regional appearance in the last 13 years, one of only two schools in the country to have accomplished the feat in that span. The only years USC hasn't reached the Super Regionals since 2000 have been 2005, 2008 and 2009.

Oklahoma, which finished fourth in the Big 12 with a 13-10 mark, is built on pitching and defense, relying on a solid weekend starting trio of Jordan John (8-7, 2.29 ERA in 117 2-3 innings, four saves), Jonathan Gray (8-4, 3.32 ERA in 97 2-3 innings) and Dillon Overton (6-3, 3.16 ERA in 116 2-3 innings).

The Sooners' pitching staff also features reliever Damien Magnifico, who possesses a blazing 100 mile-per-hour fastball that makes scouts drool, but he lacks control and often struggles to find the strike zone. He has 34 strikeouts and 25 walks in 51 1-3 innings this season.

John, the Friday starter during the second half of the season, should be opposed by USC's Michael Roth (6-1, 2.68 ERA in 107 1-3 innings) in an intriguing Game 1 matchup.

The Sooners, winners of nine of 11 games heading into the Super Regionals, are led offensively by Max White (.340, two homers, 55 RBIs, 109 total bases, .409 on-base percentage). White is one of several key contributors on the Oklahoma roster that faced USC two years ago in Omaha.

Oklahoma won three straight games in the Big 12 Tournament before falling 8-7 to Missouri in the championship game on May 27. Five Sooners made the All-Regional team in Charlottesville -- second baseman Jack Mayfield, shortstop Caleb Bushyhead, outfielder Cody Reine, designated hitter Matt Oberste (Most Outstanding Player) and Overton.

"Oklahoma has been hot down the stretch," USC Associate Head Coach Chad Holbrook said Monday afternoon on 107.5 The Game. "They've always pitched extremely well. I don't think they swing the ball from an offensive-numbers standpoint like Appalachian State, but that doesn't mean they can't hit. They have some guys that we played against in Omaha a couple of years ago still on the team. They're going to have some experience."

Two years ago, Oklahoma nipped USC 4-3 in the opening round, but USC pulled out a dramatic 3-2 victory in 11 innings in an elimination game a few days later. Jackie Bradley Jr. singled home the tying run before scoring the winning run moments later on a single by Brady Thomas.

"This is going to be a great opportunity for us to play again on our home field and have a chance to go to the College World Series," Holbrook said.

SUPER REGIONAL SCHEDULE

Game 1: Oklahoma at South Carolina, 8 p.m. Saturday (ESPNU)

Game 2: Oklahoma at South Carolina, 7 p.m. Sunday (ESPNU)

Game 3: Oklahoma at South Carolina, 7 p.m. Monday (if necessary)(ESPN2)

SUPER REGIONAL MATCHUPS

Oklahoma (42-23)at South Carolina (43-17) (Sat.-Mon.)

NC State (43-18) at Florida (45-18) (Sat.-Mon.)

Kent State (44-17) at Oregon (45-17) (Sat.-Mon.)

Arkansas (42-19) at Baylor (48-15) (Sat.-Mon.)

TCU (40-20) at UCLA (45-14) (Fri.-Sun.)

Stony Brook (50-12) at LSU (46-16) (Fri.-Sun.)

St. John's (40-21) at Arizona (41-17) (Fri.-Sun.)

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D. McCallum