LAFAYETTE, La. – The Arizona Wildcats achieved the improbable here.

Needing to win three consecutive elimination games to advance in the NCAA baseball tournament — two against regional host and top seed Louisiana-Lafayette — Arizona somehow pulled it off.

The Wildcats swept the Ragin’ Cajuns on Monday, by scores of 6-3 and 3-1, stunning everyone but themselves.

Arizona (42-21) advances to its first Super Regional since 2012 — the last time the Wildcats played in the postseason (when they also happened to win the College World Series). The UA will play at Mississippi State in a best-of-3 starting Friday or Saturday.

Louisiana Lafayette (43-21) had won 12 consecutive games entering Monday, including a 10-3 victory over Arizona on Sunday.

Officially, all the games here are neutral-site contests. In both games Monday, Arizona was the “home” team – i.e., the Wildcats got the last at-bat.

But make no mistake: The Ragin’ Cajuns had a large and loud presence at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field, where they fashioned a 22-5 record during the regular season. Arizona overcame that, too.