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Rice, USM charge into regionals
From staff and
Conference USA reports
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Conference USA regular
season kingpin Rice and league tournament champion Southern Mississippi
have kept their annual propensity for late-season charm intact,
receiving bids to the 2010 NCAA Baseball Championship.
The Owls will participate
in the Austin, TX, Regional as the No. 2 seed, while the Golden Eagles
will be the No. 3 seed in the Auburn, AL, Regional.
The invitations were among
64 issued Monday by the NCAA Division I baseball committee.
Rice (38-21) won the regular season C-USA title, extending to 15 years
its streak of capturing either a regular season conference championship
or tournament title.
The Owls will meet Sun
Belt Conference regular season champion and No. 3 seed
Louisiana-Lafayette (37-20) at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, June 4, in the first
round of Austin Regional play. Fourth-seeded Rider (36-21) and host and
top-seed Texas (46-11) complete the four-team field and will face each
other in the day's other game at 6 p.m.
This appearance will be the Rice baseball program's 16th in a row in the
NCAA Championship, the fourth-longest active streak in the country.
Miami (FL) is in the field for the 38th consecutive year, extending its
own record, followed by Florida State (33) and Cal State-Fullerton (19).
Southern Miss (35-22) will
be making its eighth consecutive trip to the NCAA postseason. The Golden
Eagles will play No. 2 seed Clemson (38-21) on Friday, June 4, at 3 p.m.
ET to open the Auburn Regional. Host and No. 1 seed Auburn (40-19) will
face No. 4 seed Jacksonville State (32-24) at 7 p.m. that same day.
Its spot in the Auburn
Regional marks the eighth consecutive trip to the NCAA postseason for
Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles' streak is the tenth-longest in the
nation.
The regional invitations
to Rice and USM increase to 49 the number of NCAA postseason bids
extended to Conference USA teams in the league's first 15 seasons. A
C-USA team has advanced to a Super Regional 10 straight years. For six
years in a row, a team from the conference has reached the College World
Series.
Each of the 16 regionals
features four teams, playing a double-elimination format. The regionals
are scheduled to be conducted from Friday, June 4, to Monday, June 7.
Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on
www.NCAA.com/cws on Monday, June 7, at approximately
11 p.m. ET.
The national top eight
seeds in the 64-team field are Arizona State (47-8), Texas (46-11),
Florida (42-15), Coastal Carolina (51-7), Virginia (47-11), UCLA
(43-13), Louisville (48-12) and Georgia Tech (45-13).
The 64th College World Series gets underway on Saturday, June 19, at
Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE.
Conference USA in the 2010
NCAA Championship:
Austin, Texas, Regional
Friday, June 4
No. 2 Rice (38-21) vs. No. 3 Louisiana-Lafayette (37-20) 2 pm ET
No. 4 Rider (36-21) vs. No. 1 Texas (46-11) 7 pm ET
Auburn, Alabama, Regional
Friday, June 4
No. 2 Clemson (38-21) vs. No. 3 Southern Miss (35-22) 3 pm ET
No. 4 Jacksonville State (32-24) vs. No. 1 Auburn (40-19) 7 pm ET
View NCAA's 16 Regional Championship Brackets
This Week's NCAA Division I Baseball Polls
ECU's 2010 Game-by-Game Scores & Attendance
PAGE UPDATED
06/01/10 03:30 AM.
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