UVA gains No. 7 NCAA seed, home regional
Cavaliers will meet Army in first round
Virginia’s baseball team (45-12) gained the No. 7 national seed and will play the opening game of the NCAA double-elimination Charlottesville Regional on Friday at noon against Patriot League champion Army (38-16) at noon on ESPN+.
The Cavaliers earned a top-eight national seed for the fifth time since 2010 and are hosting an NCAA regional for the 10th time.
The second game Friday at Disharoon Park will pit at-large selections Oklahoma (31-26) and East Carolina (45-17) at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
Games also are scheduled for noon and 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and a winner-take-all
Game 7 would be played Monday if necessary.
The Cavaliers have reached the College World Series five times since 2009, tied for the secondmost
among any programs.
All three programs coming to Charlottesville have played there in a regional: Army (2012, 2013), East Carolina (2011, 2016) and
Oklahoma (2012). The Sooners beat UVA in a 2010 three-game Super Regional in Charlottesville.
Besides the Cavaliers, the only other team from the state in the field of 64 was Atlantic 10 champion George Mason (34-25), which was sent to play national top seed Wake Forest (47-10) in the first round at 7 p.m. Friday.
The other game in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will pit Maryland (41-19) against Northeastern (44-14), which gained an at-large bid as the Colonial Athletic Association’s No. 3 seed and its runner-up.
CAA champion UNC Wilmington (34-21) will face Duke (35-21) at 1 p.m. Friday in Conway, South Carolina, where host Coastal Carolina (39-19), the No. 10 seed, will meet Rider (35-19) at 7. The Chanticleers joined Sun Belt rivals Southern Miss, Troy and Louisiana in the field of 64.