The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Baseball earns No. 3 seed in Dallas Regional
05.25.2015 | Baseball
Longhorns open up with No. 2 seed Oregon State on Friday at 1:30 p.m. CT
AUSTIN, Texas – Fresh off winning the Big 12 Championship Sunday afternoon, the Texas baseball team discovered its postseason destination as the NCAA unveiled its 64-team tournament field Monday morning on ESPNU.
The Longhorns were awarded the No. 3 seed in the Dallas Regional hosted by Dallas Baptist, where the Patriots are the No. 1 seed. Oregon State is the No. 2 seed and Virginia Commonwealth is the No. 4 seed in the region.
Texas (30-25) will open double elimination play Friday, May 29 against the Beavers (38-16-1) at 1:30 p.m. Central.
Fans interested in purchasing tickets should go through the Dallas Baptist athletics department a. All session tournament passes will go on sale Wednesday at noon, while single game tickets (if available) will go on sale the morning of each game.
The Longhorns are making their 57th appearance in an NCAA Regional, most by any school in Division I. Texas is making its 15th appearance in the NCAA Tournament under head coach Augie Garrido, having advanced to nine Super Regionals and to the College World Series eight times (2000, 2002-05, 2009, 2011, 2014).
Last season UT entered the Houston Regional hosted by Rice as the No. 2 seed and went on a run all the way to a tie for third place in the College World Series.
Texas has met Oregon State just one time in program history, winning 10-1 in the CWS on June 13, 1952. The Horns are 46-7 all-time vs. Dallas Baptist, with all 53 meetings coming in Austin, and 8-1 vs. VCU with all matches coming at home as well, including a 3-1 mark against the Rams in the 1992 Austin Regional.
The winner of the Dallas Regional will go on to face the winner of the Miami (FL) Regional. Miami (FL), East Carolina, Columbia and Florida International make up the four teams in that region.
*More game time, television and ticket information to follow when it becomes available
Dallas Regional hosted by Dallas Baptist
FRIDAY
Game 1 - #2 Oregon State (38-16-1) vs. #3 Texas, 1:30 p.m. CT, ESPN3
Game 2 -#1 Dallas Baptist (43-13) vs. #4 VCU (37-22), 6 p.m. CT, ESPN3
SATURDAY
Game 3 - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 11 a.m., ESPN2
Game 4 - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN3
SUNDAY
Game 5 - Loser Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3, Noon, ESPN2
Game 6 - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 7 p.m., ESPN3
MONDAY
Game 7 - Rematch of Game 6 (If necessary), 7 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN3
All regional and super regional games will be televised by the family of ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 or Longhorn Network).
