That’s three down, and one to go.

Summerlin South’s dramatic 1-0 extra-inning victory over Irmo, South Carolina, on Monday in the Little League World Series drew the team within one win of a spot in the U.S. championship game.

But that fourth win will be no easy feat, and potential disaster is never more than a loss away in the LLWS.

The Nevada team, representing the Mountain Region, will have to get past the only other undefeated squad in the U.S. bracket — 3-0 Fairfield, Connecticut, of the Metro Region — in a noon game Wednesday at Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Summerlin South coach TJ Fechser, who does not like to talk about obstacles that are more than one game away, said he’s just glad his team got another win Monday.

“We were able to manufacture something in extra innings,” said

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