Pirates Selected To Participate In NCAA Baseball Tournament
5/22/2000 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
For the first time since 1987, the Seton Hall baseball team will participate in the NCAA Championship. The Pirates were selected as an at-large team to go to Columbia, SC, as the No. 3 seed to take on No. 2 seed Wake Forest on Friday, May 26 at 2:00 p.m. at Sarge Frye Field.
The four-team region will be hosted by the University of South Carolina, also the No. 1 seed in the region and the top-ranked team in the nation. South Carolina takes on No. 4 seed Liberty at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
?This is a great accomplishment for our team,? Seton Hall head coach Mike Sheppard said. ?We are looking forward to continuing our season against some very strong competition in South Carolina.?
Seton Hall is 40-16 after advancing to the championship game of the BIG EAST Conference tournament last weekend, losing to Rutgers, 1-0. The Pirates helped secure the bid by winning four of six games at the tourney.
Seton Hall?s 40 wins marks the most victories at the school since the 1987 season, when the Pirates, led by current major leaguers Craig Biggio, Mo Vaughn and John Valentin, won the BIG EAST, earned the NCAA bid and finished the season 45-10.
This is the 15th NCAA appearance in Seton Hall history, and the 11th for Seton Hall head coach Mike Sheppard, who is in his 28th year. Sheppard won his 900th career game earlier this season and was named the Co-Coach of the Year by the New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association.
NCAA Baseball Regional Sarge Frye Field Columbia, SCFriday, May 26 Game 1: No. 3 Seton Hall (40-16) vs. No. 2 Wake Forest (39-18-1), 2:00 p.m. Game 2: No. 1 South Carolina (52-8) vs. No. 4 Liberty (35-21), 7:00 p.m. Saturday, May 27 Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 11:00 a.m. Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 3:00 p.m. Game 5: Loser Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3, 7:00 p.m. Sunday, May 28 Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 1:00 p.m. Game 7 (if necessary): 5:00 p.m.
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May 26-28 at Columbia, S.C. 1. South Carolina (1) 2. Wake Forest 3. Seton Hall 4. Liberty |
May 26-28 at Lafayette, La. 1. East Carolina 2. Louisiana-Lafayette 3. McNeese State 4. Marist |
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May 26-28 at Minneapolis 1. Nebraska 2. Minnesota 3. Wichita State 4. Butler |
May 26-28 at Palo Alto, Calif. 1. Stanford (8) 2. Alabama 3. Nevada 4. Fresno State |
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May 26-28 at Houston, Texas 1. Houston (5) 2. Rice 3. Texas Tech 4. Princeton |
May 26-28 at Waco, Texas 1. Baylor 2. Florida 3. San Jose State 4. Southwest Texas State |
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May 26-28 at Starkville, Miss. 1. Mississippi State 2. Tulane 3. Notre Dame 4. South Alabama |
May 26-28 at Clemson, S.C. 1. Clemson (4) 2. Old Dominion 3. Illinois 4. Middle Tennessee State |
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May 26-28 at Baton Rouge, La. 1. LSU (2) 2. New Orleans 3. La.-Monroe 4. Jackson State |
May 26-28 at Oklahoma City, Okla. 1. UCLA 2. Oklahoma 3. Oral Roberts 4. Delaware |
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May 26-28 at Upper Montclair, N.J. 1. Rutgers 2. North Carolina 3. Penn State 4. Army |
May 26-28 at Tempe, Ariz. 1. Arizona State (7) 2. Texas 3. Creighton 4. Miami (Ohio) |
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May 26-28 at Tallahassee, Fla. 1. Florida State (6) 2. Central Florida 3. Evansville 4. Bethune-Cookman |
May 26-28 at Coral Gables, Fla. 1. Miami (Fla.) 2. Florida Atlantic 3. Florida International 4. Wagner |
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May 26-28 at Fullerton, Calif. 1. Southern California 2. Cal State Fullerton 3. Loyola Marymount 4. Virginia Tech |
May 26-28 at Atlanta, Ga. 1. Georgia Tech (3) 2. Auburn 3. Stetson 4. Georgia Southern |
