UCLA Baseball Earns No. 6 National Seed, Will Host Los Angeles Regional
May 31, 2010
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LOS ANGELES - UCLA has earned the No. 6 national seed in the 2010 NCAA Baseball Tournament, marking the first time in school history that the Bruins have secured a national seed. Serving as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional, the Bruins (43-13) open tournament play at Jackie Robinson Stadium on Friday, June 4.
UCLA will face No. 4-seed Kent State (39-23) on Friday (6 p.m.) after the Regional's opening game (2 p.m.), featuring No. 2-seed LSU (40-20) and No. 3-seed UC Irvine (37-19). Each of 16 NCAA Regionals features a four-team, double-elimination format.
Game times for the Los Angeles Regional are slated for 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If necessary, Monday's elimination contest will be played at 6 p.m.
The Bruins earned their 16th NCAA Tournament berth, and fourth in the last five seasons, as an at-large selection after finishing second in the Pac-10 Conference. UCLA totaled its most regular-season wins (43) in school history, and registered its highest Pac-10 finish since sharing a four-way Pac-10 title in 2000.
The Pac-10 Conference will send eight teams to the 2010 NCAA Tournament, the most in conference history. Monday morning's NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed on ESPN during a 30-minute "Selection Show," beginning at 9:30 a.m.
UCLA opened its 2010 campaign with a school-record 22-0 start. Through the 56-game schedule, the Bruins won 10 of their 12 three-game weekend series, notching three-game sweeps of Nebraska, Oral Roberts, Cal Poly, Washington (road), USC and California (road).
Tickets to NCAA Regional games at Jackie Robinson Stadium will go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. Fans will only be able to purchase tickets through UCLA's Central Ticket Office (310-825-2101) or https://oss.ticketmaster.com/html/pack_home.htmI?l=EN&team=uclaathletics. Beginning Tuesday, fans may only purchase All-Session Reserved ($80 adult/$65 student) or All-Session General Admission ($55 adult/$40 student) packages.
Single-game tickets will not be available until Friday. Reserved single-game tickets will cost $15 for adults and $12 for students. General admission single-game tickets will cost $10 for adults and $8 for students.