May 31, 2010

2010 CWS Bracket

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STORRS, Conn. - The University of Connecticut baseball team will begin its road to the 2010 College World Series with a Friday, June 4 match-up against Oregon at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Conn. as part of the Norwich Regional. UConn will take on Oregon at 7:00 p.m. (ET) on Friday night with the start time subject to change. Tickets for the Norwich Regional are currently on sale. For more information log onto UConnHuskies.com.

The Huskies, who are 47-14 on the year, will be the No. 2 seed in the Regional, while Oregon will be the No. 3 seed with an overall record of 38-22.

Florida State (42-17), the ACC Tournament Champion, was selected as the top seed in the Norwich Regional and will take on Central Connecticut State University (33-21), who won the Northeast Conference tournament title to earn the league's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. FSU and CCSU will play at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, which is also subject to change.

The Huskies are the only non-No.1 seed to host a regional in 2010 and will make their 16^th all-time appearance in the tournament. This will be the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the Huskies since 1994, a season in which saw the Huskies play in the Midwest Regional.

Arizona State (47-8) will be the No. 1 overall seed in this year's tournament.

Miami is in the field for the 38^th consecutive year, while Florida State is making its 33^rd straight appearance, the second-best all-time run. UConn is one of 29 teams out of the 64-team field that were not in the tournament last season.

The NCAA Baseball Tournament is a 64-team bracket, which is divided into 16 regionals. During the regional competition, there will be four teams playing in a double-elimination scenario. The winner of the region will advance to the Super Regional for June 11-14. The selection of the eight Super Regional sites will be announced on Monday, June 7 at 11:00 p.m.

For tickets, game times and more information on the 2010 NCAA and Norwich Regional log onto UConnHuskies.com.