Baseball Headed to NCAA Regional
5/26/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 26, 2008
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The University of Alabama baseball team is headed back to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championships, as the No. 3 seed at the Conway (S.C.) Regional, hosted by Coastal Carolina later this week.
Alabama (34-26) will open play against No. 2 seed East Carolina (40-19), who finished fifth in the Conference USA regular season standings.
No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina (47-12), who earned the automatic bid with the Big South Conference championship, will play No. 4 seed Columbia (22-28), the Ivy League champions.
"I am very happy," Alabama head coach Jim Wells said. "We have been playing well, and now we need to get our pitching in order, which will do, and hopefully put together one good weekend.
"We will get to work this afternoon and get (Austin) Hyatt ready to go in game one. We will start gathering information on the other teams and get ready to play."
Alabama is one of nine Southeastern Conference teams to make the 2008 NCAA Regionals. The SEC also put nine teams in the tournament in 2004 and 2005.
The Crimson Tide played 11 teams that made the NCAA Tournament and posted 15 wins against the field.
The complete tournament bracket and all ticket information regarding the Conway Regional will be announced at later time.
