COL BB: LSU 11, Texas 4

The Tigers won their sixth national title, all of them coming in the last 18 years. The Longhorns had been trying for their seventh NCAA crown.

LSU's victory came in the deciding game of a best-of-three series, which the Longhorns forced with a 5-1 victory Tuesday. The Tigers won the opener in 11 innings 7-6.

Texas overcame a four-run deficit to tie the score in the fifth, but the Tigers broke things open in the sixth -- four of the five runs in the inning being unearned. The Longhorns committed a key error in the inning and Texas pitchers hit two batters and threw a wild pitch.

The Longhorns finished as the runner-up in the national tournament for the sixth time.

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