The great thing about the College World Series' best-of-three championship format is that teams never get a chance to breathe. You're always seemingly one out, one mislocated pitch away from having your back against the wall, the dream you worked so hard for on the precipice of decline.

There were no such mistakes for UCLA on Monday night. The Bruins followed a pattern that has been prevalent throughout their College World Series run, using pitching and defense to defeat a game Mississippi State squad 3-1. 

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