OMAHA, Neb. | A pair of bulldogs will tangle for college baseball&#8217;s top prize, with one considerably more rested than the other.</p><p>Fresno State&#8217;s Bulldogs qualified for their first College World Series final by defeating North Carolina 6-1 on Sunday night.</p><p>They&#8217;ll turn around quickly and face Georgia&#8217;s Bulldogs, who ran through their side of the bracket without a loss, which means in the new series schedule Georgia will be playing its fourth game in nine days tonight when the finals begin at 6 p.m.</p><p>Fine by Georgia.</p><p>&#8220;We were all getting kind of itchy and talking back to each other,&#8221; shortstop Gordon Beckman said. &#8220;But all we wanted to do is be playing on the last day.&#8221;</p><p>This year marked a change in the series calendar. When the College World Series went to a best-of-three final in 2003, the series started on a Saturday. Now, it&#8217;s strictly a weeknight affair.</p><p>You&#8217;ll get no complaints from Fresno State, which may be the most unlikely finalist in years.</p><p>Fresno started the year 8-12, adjusted to a string of injuries and found its stride late in the year. Their record stood at 31-27 after the Bulldogs won the Western Athletic Conference tournament to receive the league&#8217;s automatic bid in the NCAA. Some reward: They received a No. 4 regional seed, and no team from that position had ever reached Omaha.</p><p>But Fresno thumped Long Beach State and San Diego in the regional, and after losing the super regional opener at Arizona State, beat the Sun Devils twice to qualify for its first World Series since 1991.</p><p>The task in Omaha would be no less daunting. But Fresno pounded Rice 17-5 in the opener and dropped the Tar Heels in the second game.</p><p>North Carolina rallied for a victory over the Bulldogs on Saturday, but Fresno returned the favor on Sunday. Third baseman Tommy Mendonca drove in four runs.</p><p>Fresno&#8217;s postseason run is happening without its best pitcher, Tanner Scheppers, lost because of a shoulder injury in May.</p><p>Didn&#8217;t matter. Between the lines, everything has been going right for the Bulldogs.</p><p>&#8220;We just started playing baseball,&#8221; coach Mike Batesole said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been playing really well for the past five or six weeks.&#8221;</p><p>Good enough to stand two victories away from completing a remarkable turnaround.