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Michigan Seeded No. 2 in Regional, Will Face Kentucky
May 26, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 18-ranked University of Michigan baseball team will be a No. 2 regional seed for the NCAA Championship, as announced by the NCAA Monday afternoon (May 26) live on ESPN. U-M is one of 16 schools selected to host a four-team NCAA Regional tournament and the only school hosting as a No. 2 seed. Contests for the regional tournament will run Friday through Monday (May 30-June 2) at the Wilpon Baseball Complex, home of Ray Fisher Stadium.
The Wolverines (45-12), regular-season and tournament champions of the Big Ten Conference, will be joined in the double-elimination regional by No. 1 regional seed Arizona, No. 3 seed Kentucky and No. 4 seed Eastern Michigan. Michigan will open regional play against Kentucky at 7 p.m. Friday (May 30) after Arizona and Eastern Michigan play at 2 p.m.
The winner of the four-team event will advance to a best-of-three NCAA Super Regional that will start eight Friday or Saturday, June 6-7. The Ann Arbor regional winner will match up against the winner of the regional being hosted by the No.1 overall seed Miami (Fla.). That regional consists of Miami, Missouri, Mississippi and Bethune-Cookman. The eight super regional winners will advance to the College World Series June 14-25 in Omaha, Neb.
Tickets for the regional tournament will go on sale to the general public through the U-M Ticket Office Wednesday morning (May 28) at 8 a.m. Single-game tickets range from $6 for general admission to $10 for a chairback seat. All-session passes range from $28 to $56. All tickets must be picked up in person starting Thursday (May 29) at 8:30 a.m. or at the will call window at Ray Fisher Stadium on game days.
Arizona earned an at-large bid to the tournament after posting a 38-17 record and finishing the season with a series victory against No. 3 overall seed Arizona State. Kentucky also earned an at-large bid after completing the regular season with a mark of 42-17. The Wildcats finished 15-15 in the Southeastern Conference and went 1-2 in the SEC Tournament.
Michigan is 12-41 all-time against Arizona and boasts a record of 14-1-1 against Kentucky, but the Wolverines have never before met either Wildcat club in postseason play.
Eastern Michigan is the most common non-conference opponent of the Wolverines both in the regular and postseason. U-M holds a mark of 109-51-2 against the Eagles during the regular season, including a pair of wins this season, and is 5-4 against them in the postseason.
Michigan has played host to NCAA Regional action on seven previous occasions, most recently in 1986. U-M also hosted in 1953, '61, '78, '80, '81 and '83. It will be the 21st time overall the Wolverines have appeared in the NCAA Championship and the fourth straight under head coach Rich Maloney.
Last year the Wolverines defeated top-ranked Vanderbilt twice in Nashville, Tenn., on the way to winning their eighth regional championship. U-M lost twice at eventual national champion Oregon State in the super regional.
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REGIONAL SCHEDULE (Times EDT)
Friday, May 30
Game 1 -- #1 seed Arizona vs. #4 seed Eastern Michigan, 2 p.m.
Game 2 -- #2 seed Michigan vs. #3 seed Kentucky, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 31
Game 3 -- Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 2 p.m.
Game 4 -- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 1
Game 5 -- Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.
Game 6 -- Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.
Monday, June 2
Game 7 (if necessary) -- Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser, 7 p.m.
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