Baseball Selected as At-Large Team in Baton Rouge Regional
May 25, 2015 | Baseball
NEW ORLEANS -- The wait is over. Tulane baseball was named as the No. 3 seed in the Baton Rouge Regional where they will square off against No. 2 seed UNC Wilmington on Friday, May 29, at 7pm CT at Alex Box Stadium in what will be the program's first NCAA Regional appearance since the 2008 season.
The Green Wave (34-23) share the regional with No. 1 seed LSU (48-10), No. 2 seed UNCW (39-15) and No. 4 seed Lehigh (25-29). Tulane's first game against the Seahawks will be televised on ESPN3.
"These guys have never been a part of something like this," stated Tulane baseball head coach David Pierce on his team. "They had no idea how to really react. This is our first step in terms of rebuilding the program, and there are so many people to thank, including the previous staff for bringing us some great kids to work with. The fans are started to get excited again. This is great for our city. We just couldn't be any happier to be given an opportunity to compete in an NCAA Regional."
The regional appearance will be the 20th overall for the Green Wave. Pierce has made the NCAA Regionals in each of his 15 years of coaching at the collegiate level.
A limited number of tickets will be available for sale to Tulane fans. Priority will be provided to our Tulane Athletics Fund donors and baseball season ticket holders. We will allocate this limited number of tickets based on the following:
1. Season Ticket holders who donate to the Tulane Athletic Fund
2. Donors who do not have Season Tickets
3. The general public
Please click here for ticket information, or call 504-861-WAVE (9283) by 5pm CT Tuesday evening to be eligible.
The general public can also purchase tickets through LSU, beginning on Thursday, May 28 by clicking here.
Regional play begins Friday, May 29, and runs through the weekend. Sixteen teams will qualify for --best-of-three Super Regionals with eight teams moving on to the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, from June 13-24.
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