Blue Devils Headed to Nearby Norwich for NCAA Baseball Regional to Face Florida State on Friday at 2 p.m.
On the heels of their fourth Northeast Conference baseball championships, the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils will travel to nearby Norwich, CT for the 2010 NCAA Baseball Regionals. Central, now 33-21 on the season after winning the NEC title with a 9-6 over Sacred Heart on Sunday, is entering the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004, but the fourth time this decade. Central will face Florida State in the first round. Connecticut and Oregon will meet in the other game in the regional.
On the heels of their fourth Northeast Conference baseball
championships, the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils
will travel to nearby Norwich, CT for the 2010 NCAA Baseball
Regionals. Central, now 33-21 on the season after winning the NEC
title with a 9-6 over Sacred Heart on Sunday, is entering the NCAA
Tournament for the first time since 2004, but the fourth time this
decade. Central will face Florida State in the first round.
Connecticut and Oregon will meet in the other game in the
regional.
TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
The Blue Devils and Seminoles will play at 2 p.m. on Friday. The
Huskies and Oregon will play at 7 p.m. The following day,
Saturday, the losers bracket game will be at 2 p.m. and the
winner's bracket game will follow at 6:30 p.m. For a full
schedule, click on the TOURNAMENT CENTRAL link above. The
regionals are a double elimination format.
This season marks the fourth NEC title and fourth trip to the NCAA
Tournament for the Blue Devils. They also won the title in 2002,
2003 and 2004. In 2002 the Blue Devils went to the University of
Texas for the regionals. In 2003 they traveled to Arizona State
and in 2004 they went to Oklahoma City.
At 33-21 this season, Central has its most wins in a single season
since they won 33 in 2006. They also surpassed 30 wins for the
sixth time in the last 11 seasons, all under 11th year head coach
Charlie Hickey.
For tickets fans can visit the TOURNAMENT CENTRAL link above, or
order online at www.UConnHuskies.com.
'FULL COVERAGE OF THE 2010 NEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
(includes photo gallery, box score and archived video on
YouTube)
NCAA Tournament Bracket
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