OMAHA, Neb.—Georgia can rest easy now. The Bulldogs are in the College World Series championship round.

The Bulldogs had gotten more rest than they wanted heading into Saturday’s Bracket 1 final against Stanford. Coming off four days without a game, they unleashed their pent-up energy early and then withstood the Cardinal’s ninth-inning comeback try to hold on for a 10-8 victory.

Now Georgia (44-23-1) awaits either Fresno State or North Carolina in the best-of-three championship round that starts Monday.

Rich Poythress tied a CWS record with three doubles, and Ryan Peisel hit a three-run homer that gave the Bulldogs a 9-3 lead in the fifth inning.

The Bulldogs beat Miami in their CWS opener and then Stanford on Monday. Their reward was supposed to be a three-day rest. But rain Thursday pushed the schedule back a day.

That created anxiety for the Bulldogs.

The outburst against Stanford pitchers Jeremy Bleich and Drew Storen alleviated any concern that the Bulldogs would be rusty.

“I think we got really restless,” shortstop Gordon Beckham said. “We were all getting kind of itchy and talking back to each other. We hadn’t had that much time off all year. We were just getting itchy to play, and then when it rained out (Thursday) we were really upset.”