Nebraska baseball selected for Chapel Hill Regional
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The Huskers’ path to Omaha begins in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. After punching its ticket to the NCAA tournament with a Big Ten Championship game victory,
Nebraska baseball learned its regional destination on Monday’s selection show.
Head coach Will Bolt’s squad will be the No. 3 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional, where No. 5 national-seeded North Carolina is the host. Oklahoma is the No. 2 seed and Holy Cross is the No. 4 seed in the regional. Nebraska will open the weekend against Oklahoma on Friday.
This will mark the 14th time the Tar Heels have hosted an NCAA Regional. It will begin on Friday, May 30 and last through Sunday, June 1 with a possible final game on Monday, June 2.
North Carolina finished the season with a 42-12 record and is seeking a second-consecutive College World Series appearance. Oklahoma went 35-20 and has a current RPI ranking of No. 26. The Sooners’ ace, right-hander
Kyson Witherspoon, ranks No. 18 in the country with a 2.47 ERA.
The Huskers won four consecutive games in the Big Ten Tournament to keep their season alive, taking down No. 4 Oregon and No. 13 UCLA along the way. They knocked the Ducks out of a top-eight national seed.
Nebraska returns to the NCAA Tournament for the 19th time in program history.