One way or another, Rice will face a familiar opponent Sunday.
The Owls routed Texas Southern 13-6 in an elimination game Saturday at Alex Box Stadium to set up 3 p.m. Sunday elimination game between the loser of the Saturday winners' bracket game between LSU and Southeastern.
Rice has played both teams in recent NCAA appearances.
Rice and LSU played each other three times at the regional last season, with the teams splitting the first two games before LSU won the clinching finale. Jared Poche pitched six scoreless innings of relief and Greg Deichmann hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning of that 5-2 victory.