Texas named NCAA Baseball Regional host
By: Brandon Dunn
Updated: July 7, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas -- UFCU-Disch-Falk Field was named one of 16 regional sites for the 64th annual NCAA Division I Baseball Championship the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced on Sunday afternoon.
By virtue of being awarded a regional, all 16 host institutions have also been selected to the 64-team field.
The announcement of hosting a regional signals the 54th time the Texas Longhorns will play in any variation of the NCAA Division I baseball tournament, the most among any Division I school.
This marks the 24th time UFCU Disch-Falk Field will host an NCAA Regional. The Longhorns also served as host in 2007, but the games were played at The Dell Diamond in nearby Round Rock. Texas has served as sole host of an NCAA regional on 35 occasions prior to this season.
Other regional hosts include Atlanta (Georgia Tech); Auburn, Ala. (Auburn); Charlottesville, Va. (Virginia); Columbia, S.C. (South Carolina); Fayetteville, Ark. (Arkansas); Fort Worth, Texas (TCU); Fullerton, Calif. (Cal State Fullerton); Gainesville, Fla. (Florida); Louisville, Ky. (Louisville); Los Angeles (UCLA); Miami, Fla. (Miami); Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Coastal Carolina); Norman, Okla. (Oklahoma); Norwich, Conn. (Connecticut); Tempe, Ariz. (Arizona State).
Each regional field features four teams, playing a double-elimination format. All 16 regionals are scheduled to be conducted from Friday, June 4, to Monday, June 7.
The remaining at-large teams, top-eight national seeds, first-round regional pairing and site assignments will be announced at 11:30 a.m. Central on Monday, May 31, during a live, half-hour program on ESPN.
