Baseball Joins South Carolina, Campbell and NC State at NCAA Columbia Regional

After winning its eighth Northeast Conference championship in program history, the Central Connecticut baseball team will head to Columbia, SC, to face No. 15 overall seed South Carolina in the NCAA Baseball Regionals it was announced Monday. Central is 36-12 overall and will be making its fourth NCAA appearance since 2017. NC State and Campbell will meet in the other regional contest.

COLUMBIA REGIONAL INFORMATION

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The Blue Devils and Gamecoacks) will play on Friday, June 2, at 7:00 p.m. at Founders Park. The game will be available on ESPN+. Campbell (44-13) is the regional No. 2 seed and will face the No. 3 seed NC State (35-19) at 1:00 p.m. on ACCN. The regionals are a double-elimination format.

2023 Columbia Regional Schedule

Friday, June 2

Game 1 – Campbell vs. N.C. State, 1 p.m. (ACC Network)
Game 2 – South Carolina vs. Central Connecticut State, 7 p.m. (ESPN+)

Saturday, June 3

Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, TBD
Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, TBD

Sunday, June 4

Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, TBD
Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, TBD

Monday, June 5

Game 7 – If Necessary, TBD

Ticket Information: Ticket inventory will be available to the general public starting Wednesday at 5 p.m. on Ticketmaster.com. Single-game standing-room only and bleacher seats will be available to the general public starting Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Head coach Charlie Hickey guided the Blue Devils to a 12-3 win over Wagner in the decisive game 11 of the NEC championship. Central has won 25 or more games in a season 18 times under Hickey and was the league's regular season champion for the fourth time. In his 24th season at the helm of CCSU, Hickey is the winningest coach in program history with 646 victories. He has won 753 career games in 27 seasons overall

The Blue Devils will be making their eighth NCAA Tournament appearance overall. They have won conference titles in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. The Blue Devils traveled to Fayetteville, AR, for the 2019 regional and posted the program's first NCAA victory with a 7-4 win over Cal.