University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA Baseball to Host NCAA Super Regional Against Cal State Fullerton
June 7, 2010
LOS ANGELES - The UCLA baseball team will host a best-of-three NCAA Super Regional series against Cal State Fullerton at Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium beginning Friday, June 11. Each game will be televised live, across the nation on ESPN2, as announced by the NCAA on Monday evening.
First pitch on Friday is slated for 7:30 p.m. Game 2 on Saturday will begin at 4 p.m. If necessary, Sunday's final game of the Super Regional will begin at 7 p.m. The winner of this weekend's NCAA Super Regional will earn a trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., slated for June 19-30.
UCLA (46-13) advanced to the NCAA Super Regional round by sweeping the NCAA Los Angeles Regional at Jackie Robinson Stadium with a 6-2 victory over UC Irvine on Sunday. The Bruins downed Kent State, 15-1, on Friday night before defeating defending national champion LSU, 6-3, on Saturday night.
UCLA will host its first Super Regional in program history this weekend. The Bruins last advanced to an NCAA Super Regional in 2007, dropping two games in the best-of-three series to Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field.
Cal State Fullerton (45-16) earned its seventh consecutive NCAA Super Regional berth by winning four consecutive games in the NCAA Fullerton Regional, including a regional-clinching 9-5 victory over Minnesota on Monday night. The Titans dropped a 3-1 decision to Minnesota in Game 1 on Friday, before securing wins over Stanford on Saturday, New Mexico and Minnesota on Sunday and Minnesota in a winner-take-all game on Monday.
Ticket Information
Tickets for this weekend's NCAA Super Regional at Jackie Robinson Stadium can be purchased through UCLA's Central Ticket Office by calling 310-825-2101 or logging online to tickets.ucla.edu. All-Session Reserved ($42 adults/$30 students and youth) and All-Session General Admission ($30 adults/$20 students and youth) packages are available. Single-game tickets will be sold later this week, if available. Single-game reserved tickets cost $16 for adults and $13 for students/youth. Single-game general admission tickets cost $11 for adults and $9 for students/youth.
NCAA Super Regional Schedule
The following series begin Friday, June 11 (game times are Pacific)
Cal State Fullerton (45-16) at No. 6-seed UCLA (46-13)
7:30 p.m. (ESPN2), 4 p.m. (ESPN2), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Texas Christian (49-11) at No. 2-seed Texas (49-11)
12 p.m. (ESPN2HD), 10 a.m. (ESPNHD), 1 p.m. (ESPNHD)
Vanderbilt (45-18) at Florida State (45-17)
9 a.m. (ESPN2), 10 a.m. (ESPN), 10 a.m. (ESPN)
Miami (Florida)/Texas A&M winner at No. 3-seed Florida (45-15)
4 p.m. (ESPNHD), 4 p.m. (ESPN2HD), 4 p.m. (ESPN2HD)
Games begin Saturday, June 12 (game times are Pacific)
The following series begin Saturday, June 12
Arkansas (43-19) at No. 1-seed Arizona State (50-8)
6 p.m. (ESPNU), 7 p.m. (ESPN2), 10 a.m./4 p.m. (ESPN2)
Alabama (41-23) at Clemson (41-22)
3 p.m. (ESPNU), 4 p.m. (ESPN2), 10 a.m./4 p.m. (ESPN2)
Oklahoma (47-15) at No. 5-seed Virginia (50-12)
12 p.m. (ESPNU), 1 p.m. (ESPN), 10 a.m./4 p.m. (ESPN2)
South Carolina (46-15) at No. 4-seed Coastal Carolina (55-8)*
9 a.m. (ESPNU), 10 a.m. (ESPN), 10 a.m./4 p.m. (ESPN2)
*Super Regional hosted by Coastal Carolina will be played at BB&T Coastal Field in Myrtle Beach, S.C.