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5 Pac-12 baseball teams prep for NCAA Regionals this weekend

Jun 3, 2022

The Road to Omaha gets underway this weekend for five Pac-12 baseball squads who made the field of 64, tied for the third most among all conferences.  Here's a look ahead to what each of the five schools have in store for the double-elimination regional round.

NCAA Stanford Regional hosted by Stanford 

The Pac-12 regular season and tournament champions will be playing at home this weekend as the No. 2 overall seed.  It's the 20th time in school history that Stanford will host an NCAA Regional and they're the only school to host in each of the last five years.  The Cardinal will take their 16-game winning streak into Friday's match-up with America East champion Binghamton. 

Texas State from the Sun Belt is the No. 2 seed on the Farm this weekend and the Bobcats already have experience at a Pac-12 campus this season, taking two of three from Arizona in Tucson at the beginning of March.  Big West champion UC Santa Barbara is the No. 3 seed, the second time in the last three years the Gauchos have been assigned to the Stanford Regional.  UCSB was 2-6 against Pac-12 schools this season, splitting a 4-game weekend series with Oregon in Eugene but was swept by both UCLA and USC in weekday home and home matchups.

  NCAA Stanford Regional    
Fri., June 3 Gm1:  #1 Stanford (41-14) vs. #4 Binghamton (22-28) ESPN+ 1:00 p.m. PT
  Gm 2:  #2 Texas State (45-12) vs. #3 UC Santa Barbara (43-12) ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. PT
Sat., June 4 Gm 3:  Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 tbd 1:00 p.m. PT
  Gm 4:  Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 tbd 7:00 p.m. PT
Sun., June 5 Gm 5:  Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 tbd 1:00 p.m. PT
  Gm 6:  Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 tbd 6:00 p.m. PT
Mon., June 6 Gm 7:  Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (If necessary) tbd 7:00 p.m. PT

NCAA Corvallis Regional hosted by Oregon State

Coming off a run to the Pac-12 Tournament Championship Game, Oregon State will also be at home this weekend as the No. 3 national seed.  The Beavers will be hosting a regional for the ninth time overall and fourth since 2017.  OSU has been tested down the stretch this season, with 13 of their last 16 games against teams who qualified for the NCAA Tournament.  They'll face a WAC Champion New Mexico State squad that was 0-2 against Pac-12 teams this season, losing both ends of a home and home with Arizona.

The No. 2 seed this weekend in Corvallis is Vanderbilt, who finished the regular season 7th in RPI.  This is the Commodores' first trip to Goss Stadium since the 2017 Super Regionals which Oregon State won in two games.   San Diego is the No. 3 seed after winning the WCC Tournament, making their first NCAA appearance since 2013.  The Toreros opened their season at home against Oregon, winning three of four in their only games against Pac-12 schools this season.

  NCAA Corvallis Regional    
Fri., June 3 Gm1:  #2 Vanderbilt (36-21) vs. #3 San Diego (36-18) ESPNU 1:00 p.m. PT
  Gm 2:  #1 Oregon State (44-15) vs. #4 New Mexico State (24-32) ESPNU 7:00 p.m. PT
Sat., June 4 Gm 3:  Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 tbd 1:00 p.m. PT
  Gm 4:  Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 tbd 7:00 p.m. PT
Sun., June 5 Gm 5:  Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 tbd 1:00 p.m. PT
  Gm 6:  Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 tbd 6:00 p.m. PT
Mon., June 6 Gm 7:  Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (If necessary) tbd 1:00 p.m. PT

NCAA Coral Gables Regional hosted by Miami, FL

Arizona is the No. 2 seed in the Coral Gables Regional and will open up against No. 3 seed Ole Miss in a re-match of the 2021 Super Regionals in Tucson.  Due to heavy storms anticipated in South Florida this weekend, this game will start approximately 55 minutes following the conclusion of Miami/Canisius which was re-scheduled for 7:00 a.m. PT on Friday.  This is the Wildcats' 41st appearance in the NCAA Tournament, sixth most among all Division I programs.

Miami is hosting for the 28th time in program history and is the No. 6 overall seed.  When the Hurricanes face Arizona, it will be the seventh time in NCAA Tournament history, with the last occurring in the opening game of the 2016 College World Series.  The last time Arizona was in Miami for the postseason was the 2008 Coral Gables Super Regional.  MAAC Champion Canisius will be looking for its first ever win in the NCAA Tournament and have made the field for the first time since 2018.  The Golden Griffins have faced a Pac-12 team once in the tournament, losing 12-6 to Oregon in the 2015 Springfield Regional.

  NCAA Coral Gables Regional    
Fri., June 3 Gm1:  #1 Miami, FL (39-18) vs. Canisius (29-23) ESPN+ 7:00 a.m. PT
  Gm 2:  #2 Arizona (37-23) vs. #3 Ole Miss (32-22) ESPN+ Approx 55 minutes following Game 1
Sat., June 4 Gm 3:  Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 tbd 9:00 a.m. PT
  Gm 4:  Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 tbd 4:00 p.m. PT
Sun., June 5 Gm 5:  Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 tbd 9:00 a.m. PT
  Gm 6:  Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 tbd 4:00 p.m. PT
Mon., June 6 Gm 7:  Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (If necessary) tbd 4:00 p.m. PT

NCAA Louisville Regional hosted by Louisville

Oregon will be making their ninth postseason appearance and seventh since the program restarted in 2009, as the No. 2 seed in the Louisville Regional.  The Ducks are looking to advance to the Super Regionals for the first time since the format was adopted in 1999  Oregon will match up with Big Ten Tournament Champion Michigan for the first time in program history.  The Wolverines are making their 26th postseason appearance and were the national runner-up in 2019.

The other match-up will feature two more schools that Oregon has never faced.  Louisville is hosting a regional for the ninth time in the last 13 seasons, advancing to the College World Series five times in that span.  While the Ducks have never faced SEMO, it is a very familiar sight for Oregon head coach Mark Wasikowski, who was an an assistant there in 1997 and 1998.

  NCAA Louisville Regional    
Fri., June 3 Gm1:  #1 Louisville (38-18-1) vs. #4 SE Missouri St. (37-20) ESPN+ 11:00 a.m. PT
  Gm 2:  #2 Oregon (35-23) vs. #3 Michigan (32-26) ESPN+ 4:00 p.m. PT
Sat., June 4 Gm 3:  Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 tbd 9:00 a.m. PT
  Gm 4:  Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 tbd 1:00 p.m. PT
Sun., June 5 Gm 5:  Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 tbd 9:00 a.m. PT
  Gm 6:  Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 tbd 1:00 p.m. PT
Mon., June 6 Gm 7:  Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (If necessary) tbd 3:00 p.m. PT

NCAA Auburn Regional hosted by Auburn

UCLA is making the field of 64 for the fifth straight season and 25th time in program history.  The No. 2 seed Bruins will take on No. 3 seed Florida State in the opening game of the Auburn Regional.  This will be just the second time UCLA has matched up with FSU, with the first coming in the 2012 College World Series.  The Seminoles faced one Pac-12 school this year with a three-game home sweep of Cal, however the Golden Bears did have a late lead in two of the three games.

Auburn is hosting the regional as the No. 14 national seed, playing postseason baseball in front of the home crowd for the first time since 2010.  When the Tigers face the Bruins it will be the first ever meeting for these two programs and Auburn's first postseason match-up with a Pac-12 team since Arizona in 1993.  Southeastern Louisiana enters as the Southland Conference Tournament champions, making NCAA postseason play for the sixth time at the Division I level.  The Lions have also never faced UCLA and the last time the Bruins faced a team from the Southland Conference was in 2010 when Gerrit Cole had 15 strikeouts against Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

  NCAA Auburn Regional    
Fri., June 3 Gm1:  #2 UCLA (38-22) vs. #3 Florida State (33-23) ESPN2 9:00 a.m. PT
  Gm 2:  #1 Auburn (37-19) vs. #4 SE Louisiana (30-29) ESPN+ 4:00 p.m. PT
Sat., June 4 Gm 3:  Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 tbd 10:00 a.m. PT
  Gm 4:  Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 tbd 4:00 p.m. PT
Sun., June 5 Gm 5:  Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 tbd 11:00 a.m. PT
  Gm 6:  Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 tbd 4:00 p.m. PT
Mon., June 6 Gm 7:  Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (If necessary) tbd 4:00 p.m. PT