Regional champs draw Miami next.

OXFORD – Three up, three down.

Now bring on the Hurricanes.

Ole Miss put itself in prime position Sunday night to host a second straight Super Regional with a 12-4 throttling of Tulane in front of 7,394 at Oxford University Stadium-Swayze Field.

With Miami’s 10-4 victory over Manhattan College in the Lincoln, Neb., Regional final, the Rebels will likely host the Hurricanes with a trip to Omaha and the College World Series hanging in the balance. The announcement of the Super Regional sites is set for tonight at 9.

Following last year’s regional final victory, the Rebels dogpiled on second base in celebration of their first Super Regional appearance, but on Sunday, the celebration was subdued.

&#8220We were just focusing in on next week,” said second baseman Justin Henry, an all-tournament selection. &#8220Those are the two wins we need to get to where we want to be and that’s Omaha. This is great and we will enjoy it, but we have to get ready for Miami.”

The Rebels will begin playing either Friday or Saturday in a best-of-three series format. Miami did not put in a bid for a Super Regional because of stadium issues and once national seed Nebraska was ousted from their own regional, the Super Regional fell to the Rebels.

Last year, Ole Miss battled Texas, also eliminated from the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, in a classic three-game series. The Longhorns went on to win the national championship. The Rebels have never made an appearance in the College World Series.

The Rebels, who had to come from behind to win their first two regional games, had to again erase an early deficit, but once Tulane’s 2-0 lead evaporated in the second inning, Ole Miss never looked back.

The bottom four Ole Miss hitters combined for 12 of the team’s 15 hits. Logan Power went 5-for-5 and tournament MVP Justin Brashear went 4-for-5 with four RBIs. Mark Wright also drove in four runs.

&#8220Ole Miss is just too good not to have a great game against them,” said Tulane coach Rick Jones, whose team opened the day with an 18-11 victory over South Alabama in a three-hour affair. &#8220They had a lot of quality at bats and captured the momentum.”

Tulane (43-21) first baseman Mark Hamilton crushed a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning as the second-seeded Wave took a quick 2-0 lead at the end of the first. Ole Miss answered with two runs in the second on back-to-back-to-back doubles by Brashear, Power and Evan Button. The Rebels extended the lead to 5-2 in the third and were never threatened again.

&#8220We played well today, and really all weekend,” Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said. &#8220We gave great effort on the mound, out in the field and at the plate.”

Ole Miss further extended the lead in the fifth powered by a 413-foot Mark Wright home run.

&#8220I got the ball down, but he just hit it out of the park,” said losing pitcher Stephen Porlier, who was tagged for eight runs on nine hits.

Ole Miss tacked on a single run in the sixth, one in the eighth and two in the ninth. Tulane managed to score a pair of runs in the eighth off of Ole Miss reliever Stoney Stone, who came in to replace freshman starter Lance Lynn in the eighth inning.

Lynn tossed seven strong innings, allowed three hits and two runs. He struck out seven.

&#8220This might be Lance’s best performance of the year,” Bianco said. &#8220Outside of one bad pitch the coach called, he was really dominant. He filled up the zone and challenged the hitters.”

Ole Miss will now face a Miami team that, like last year’s matchup with Texas, is a historical national power. The Hurricanes have won four national championships.

&#8220It seems like they are in Omaha every year,” said Henry, a Vicksburg High graduate. &#8220They obviously have another great team this year. There is no easy way to Omaha, you have to beat someone good to get there.”