For the third time in 30 hours, the St. John Fisher College softball program staved off elimination at the NCAA Division III College World Series in Salem, Virginia, as the Cardinals came through with a 1-0 win over University of Texas-Tyler on Saturday afternoon.

With the win, Fisher improves to 41-6, while Texas-Tyler falls to 46-5.  After Saturday's games, there are just three teams left in the World Series.  Messiah College advanced to the championship series with a win over Rowan University on Saturday as well.

Both Fisher and Texas-Tyler each have one loss and the two schools are scheduled to play at 10 a.m. on Sunday.   The winner of that game will advance to Monday's championship series to face Messiah in a best-of-three series to crown the national champion.

It took Karlie Neale 269 at bats at the collegiate level, but the junior catcher hit her first career home run at the most opportune time.  On the third pitch in the top of the seventh inning, Neale drilled a shot over the fence in left-center for the game's only run.

It was all the offense pitcher Lindsey Thayer would need, as the sophomore posted her second shutout of the day, allowing three hits, while striking out seven, raising her record to 31-6.  It was her 16^th complete game shutout of the season.

Fisher finished the game with five hits, including two in the sixth inning.

Earlier in the day, Fisher defeated M.I.T. 1-0 with Lauren Owens doubling in the game's only run.  The win marked Fisher's 40^th victory of the year, setting a new College-record for wins a season.  Thayer allowed one hit (her eighth one-hitter of the year) and struck out 14 batters in the game, bringing her career total to 750 and becoming the College's all-time leader.