Miami was one strike away from keeping its season alive, and in a matter of minutes, it was all but dead.

The Hurricanes baseball team (40-20) allowed Arizona to score two runs in the top of the ninth late Sunday night and steal a 4-3 win at Mark Light Field, getting eliminated in the regional game of the NCAA Tournament.

It was an RBI double by Tanner O’Tremba against closer Andrew Walters that brought in Nik McClaughry and Tyler Casagrande that gave the Wildcats (39-24) their first lead of the night.

A dream of advancing to and hosting a super regional came to an end for a team that was one of the most resilient in the country throughout the season.

The Hurricanes haven’t advanced out of the regional round since 2016, when they went to the College World Series.

“Always disappointing when your season’s over, it’s extra disappointing because we had both games here late,” coach Gino DiMare said. “We couldn’t finish them off. We played pretty well all year long but at the at the end of the day, we didn’t score runs. We didn’t swing the bat.”

The Wildcats’ rally began with an error by shortstop Dominic Pitelli, who overthrew CJ Kayfus on what would’ve been the final out of the game, which allowed McClaughry to reach base. Walters threw a wild pitch and hit Daniel Susac, who was subbed out for Casagrande, before giving up the double.

Walters, who was among the best relievers and closers in the country, earned his first charged loss of the season. It came after he struck out the first two batters of the inning.

“He’s been great all year for us,” DiMare said. “Just unfortunate at that time that we had that situation happen.”

UM had a chance to tie it up in the ninth with two runners in scoring position but failed to bring either one of them home.

It looked like Miami had the game-winner in Yohandy Morales’ sixth-inning two-run homer that gave the team a 3-1 lead. But a Tony Bullard homer in the eighth put Arizona in a good position to make a comeback.

It was a pitching duel for much of the night, with neither team able to get much going offensively early on aside from a pair of solo homers from Kayfus and Arizona’ s Mac Bingham that left it tied at one for most of the game.

Miami mustered just eight hits in their two losses in the regional. For a team ranked 38th in scoring, it was a very pedestrian performance at the biggest moment of the season.

This was one of the most successful campaigns for the Hurricanes in the past five years, but it once again in disappointment, in epic fashion. Earlier on Sunday, the Hurricanes lost to Ole Miss 2-1, after opening the regional with 11-6 win over Canisius on Saturday night.

“We just couldn’t get the job done,” Morales said. “We didn’t get runs the last two games, pitchers pitched the hell out of the two games. … We just couldn’t get big hits when we needed to.”

Arizona advanced to face Ole Miss for the championship Monday night.