University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA to Play at Cal State Fullerton in NCAA Super Regionals
June 3, 2013
Los Angeles, Calif. - The UCLA Baseball team will face Cal State Fullerton in the NCAA Super Regional at Goodwin Field in Fullerton, Calif. beginning on Friday, June 7 at 4 p.m. in a best-of-three series format.
Each of the NCAA Super Regional games in Fullerton will be televised live by ESPN2. Saturday's game will be at 7 p.m. and if necessary Sunday's game will be at 7 p.m. Tickets for the NCAA Fullerton Super Regional will be available through UCLA's Central Ticket Office and will go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT. Fans can purchase tickets to this weekend's games by calling 310-825-2101. Tickets are $32 for all-session reserved.
UCLA (42-17) won the Los Angeles Regional by winning all three of the games that it played. The top-seeded Bruins opened up the Regional by defeating San Diego State, 5-3, before overcoming a four-run deficit in their second game to beat second-seeded Cal Poly, 6-4. UCLA then wrapped up the Regional with a 6-0 shutout victory over San Diego.
Cal State Fullerton (51-8) advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals after winning the Fullerton Regional at Goodwin Field.
The Bruins and Titans will be meeting for the fourth time in the postseason in the last seven years. In 2007, the Titans defeated the Bruins in the NCAA Fullerton Super Regional before beating UCLA again in the 2008 NCAA Fullerton Regional. The Bruins exacted revenge in 2010, taking the final two games of the NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional to advance to the College World Series. UCLA and Cal State Fullerton met two times this season with the Titans winning both matchups.