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WVU baseball selected as NCAA Regional host
The Mountaineers earned a regional host bid after finishing 39-14 and 21-9 in Big 12 play, according to the NCAA.
- West Virginia University was selected Sunday to host one of 16 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament regional sites at Kendrick Family Ballpark in Morgantown, marking the first time since 2019.
- The Mountaineers earned an at-large bid after finishing 39-14 on the season and 21-9 in Big 12 play, closing the conference tournament as runner-up to Kansas, the only other Big 12 school hosting a regional.
- This 17th NCAA Tournament appearance marks Head coach Steve Sabins' first time hosting a regional, while WVU advanced to the Super Regional last year in the Clemson Regional before facing LSU, which won the National Championship.
- The full 64-team bracket and WVU's seeding will be announced Monday at noon on ESPN2, with tournament play beginning Friday when the Mountaineers face 2-seed Wake Forest at noon in the Morgantown regional.
- Sabins emphasized rest and recovery as immediate priorities, noting the team must win three consecutive games in the double-elimination bracket to advance to the Super Regional with a College World Series berth on the line.
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NCAA Tournament, Morgantown Regional ticket information
For the second time in program history under the tournament's current format, WVU baseball will host NCAA Baseball Tournament action at Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark. The Morgantown Regional will take place from Friday, May 29, to Monday, June 1. According to a release from WVU Athletics, priority ticket and parking requests for the [...]
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