CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Chris Hopkins homered to start a three-run eighth inning rally that lifted defending national champion Oregon State to a 5-3 victory against Virginia, setting up a Tuesday championship in the Charlottesville Regional.

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Trailing 3-1, the Beavers (41-18) got a leadoff home run from Hopkins off Michael Schwimer (3-1). Joey Wong and Darwin Barney singled and advanced on a sacrifice. Jason Ogata's infield single tied it and John Wallace followed with a single, making it 4-3.

Jordan Lennerton closed the scoring with a home run in the ninth.

"The only thing we asked of our ball club today was to play. We had two games, and we wanted to play hard. It was going to come down to how much we wanted it and how hard we played. We have had kids who have been to (an NCAA Regional Championship game) before and that didn't hurt us," Oregon State coach Pat Casey said.

Joe Paterson (9-6), the second of four Beavers pitchers, came on in the fifth and struck out five in 3 2-3 hitless innings for the victory.

Barney finished with three hits and Hopkins two for Oregon State.

Mike Mitchell was 1-for-3 and had a two-run single as the Cavaliers (45-15) scored three times in the fifth. Tyler Cannon drove in the other run with a double.

"It's never as you draw it up. Sure, it was nice having the lead in the seventh, but in this game it never happens just as you expect it to," Virginia coach Brian O'Connor said.

The teams will meet again at noon on Tuesday.

Earlier Monday, Jorge Reyes allowed only two runs in six innings and Oregon State eliminated second-seeded Rutgers with a 5-2 victory Monday.

Reyes (5-3) allowed six hits, struck out four and walked four for the Beavers. He left with a 4-2 lead and Daniel Turpen got the last nine outs.

"I didn't feel like I had my best stuff," Reyes said. "I just pitched with my heart instead of my arm and that got me through it."

Lonnie Lechelt homered for the Beavers in the seventh. Lennerton said Oregon State was up to the challenge of the double-header.

"Two games always takes a toll, but we knew this was a big game, and we were not going to let fatigue be a factor. We do what we need to do," he said. "We always have it in the back of our heads that we can win the game."