{"id":7188,"date":"2014-05-27T09:49:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T13:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7188"},"modified":"2014-05-27T09:49:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T13:49:29","slug":"unc-opens-ncaa-baseball-play-friday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7188","title":{"rendered":"UNC opens NCAA baseball play Friday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"uncbaseballglove\"<\/a>For the 13th consecutive year, North Carolina will have a chance to play for a spot in the College World Series. The Tar Heels earned an at-large bid and will be the No. 3 seed in the 2014 NCAA Gainesville Regional, the NCAA baseball committee announced Monday. Carolina will open the event against second-seeded Long Beach State Friday at 1 p.m., with host Florida and CAA champion College of Charleston rounding out the four-team field.<\/p>\n

Carolina is making its 29th NCAA appearance all-time and 15th in 16 seasons under head coach Mike Fox. The Tar Heels are 59-31 in NCAA play under Fox and have won 49 games in the postseason since 2006, the most in the country.<\/p>\n

UNC and Long Beach State have met just once, a Tar Heel win in Chapel Hill in 1992. The Dirtbags enter the tournament with a 32-24 record after finishing second in the Big West Conference. Florida (40-21) and Carolina last met in 2005 at the NCAA Gainesville Regional, and the Tar Heels are 16-12 all-time against the Gators. Carolina and Charleston (41-17) met in this season’s opening weekend, with CofC taking two of three.<\/p>\n

2014 NCAA Gainesville Regional Schedule<\/strong>
\nFriday, May 30
\nGame 1: 1 p.m. – No. 3 North Carolina (34-25) vs. No. 2 Long Beach State (32-24) (ESPN3)
\nGame 2: 7 p.m. – No. 4 College of Charleston (41-17) vs. No. 1 Florida (40-21) (ESPN3)<\/p>\n

Saturday, May 31
\nGame 3: TBA – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 (ESPN3)
\nGame 4: TBA – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 (ESPN3)<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 1
\nGame 5: TBA – Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 (ESPN3)
\nGame 6: TBA – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 (ESPN3)<\/p>\n

Monday, June 2
\nGame 7: (if necessary) – TBA – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (ESPN3)<\/p>\n

– News release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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