Arizona's Robert Refsnyder scores against South Carolina on a single by Bobby Brown in the seventh inning of Game 1 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
Arizona's Robert Refsnyder scores against South Carolina on a single by Bobby Brown in the seventh inning of Game 1 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
South Carolina shortstop Joey Pankake commits an error on a ball hit by Arizona's Trent Gilbert, in the third inning of Game 1 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 24, 2012. Gilbert reached first base on the play. (AP Photo/Ted Kirk)
Arizona players, including Mathew Troupe (44), Lucas Long (23) and Augey Bill (33), celebrate after Robert Refsnyder hit a two-run home run against South Carolina in the first inning of Game 1 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Ted Kirk)
Arizona's Johnny Field, bottom, reaches second base on a wild pitch as South Carolina second baseman Chase Vergason leaps but cannot reach the ball due to a throwing error in the fifth inning of Game 1 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 24, 2012. Field went on to reach third base on the play. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
Arizona second baseman Trent Gilbert leaps but cannot reach a one-RBI single hit by South Carolina's Evan Marzilli in the sixth inning of Game 1 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 24, 2012. Grayson Greiner scored on the play. (AP Photo/Ted Kirk)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ? Konner Wade threw his third straight complete game, Robert Refsnyder homered for the second game in a row and Arizona beat two-time defending national champion South Carolina 5-1 in the opener of the College World Series finals Sunday night.
Wade (11-3) limited the Gamecocks to six hits in a steady outing to help the Wildcats (47-17) move within a win of their first national championship since 1986 and fourth overall.
The Gamecocks (49-19) must beat Arizona twice to become the first team since Southern California in the early 1970s to win three championships in a row.
Refsnyder, batting .444 (8 of 18) in the CWS, went 2 for 3 and was intentionally walked twice. He hit a two-run homer off Forrest Koumas (2-3) in the first to give Arizona the lead, and he scored in the fifth on Bobby Brown's single to make it a four-run game.
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