Baseball Headed to Tempe Regional

May 26, 2008

2008 NCAA Bracket (PDF)

NORMAN, Okla. -- The Oklahoma Sooners (34-24-1) will play in their 31st NCAA Tournament next week in the Tempe Regional against Arizona State, Vanderbilt and Stony Brook.

OU is a three seed and will start the tournament against the No. 2 seed Vanderbilt (40-20) on Friday, May 30 at 2 p.m. (MT) at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.

Each of the four-team, double-elimination regionals will be played May 30 - June 2. The winners of each regional will advance to the super regional round June 6-8.

The 2008 tournament appearance will the be the fourth in the last five years for Oklahoma and the first since winning the 2006 Norman Regional over Wichita State.

"We are very excited to be back in the NCAA Tournament and playing in what looks to be a very tough regional," said OU head coach Sunny Golloway. "We will continue to work like we have in the past week to keep our season going. The coaches and players are excited to start preparing for this weekend and getting out to Arizona."

The Commodores, the defending 2007 SEC Champions, were eliminated in the conference semifinals in 2008 by Ole Miss. Vanderbilt enters the tournament ranked No. 22 in this week's coaches poll.

The other first-round match-up pits host Arizona State (45-11) vs. Stony Brook (34-24).

Arizona State is the top seed in the regional and Stony Brook enters the tourney at No. 4. Stony Brook is an automatic qualifier after winning the America East Tournament for the second time in the last five years. Arizona State, the nation's No. 3 overall seed, will be hosting its second consecutive regional and the third in the past four years.

The Sooners were one of five at-large bids from the Big 12 Conference as Texas A&M, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma State were selected along with Texas, which earned the automatic bid Sunday's Big 12 Championship game.

OU finished last week in the Big 12 Championship one win away from playing for its fourth conference tournament title after losing to eventual champion, Texas, but recorded wins over two top ten teams in Texas A&M and Missouri.

In its last appearance in the NCAA Tournament, OU was seeded first and advanced to the program's first Super Regional against Rice. The Sooners split the first two games with the No. 1 Owls in Houston and lost the finale despite leading after five innings.

The winner of the Tempe Regional advances to meet the winner of the Long Beach Regional in super regional action. The four teams in that regional include Long Beach State, San Diego, California and Fresno State.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE (mountain times listed)
Friday, May 30
Game 1 - Oklahoma (visitor) vs. Vanderbilt (home) - 2 p.m.
Game 2 - Stony Brook (visitor) vs. Arizona St. (home) - 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 31
Game 3 - Loser game 1 vs. Loser game 2 - 2 p.m.
Game 4 - Winner game 1 vs. winner game 2 - 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 1
Game 5 - Loser game 4 vs. Winner game 3 - 1 p.m.
Game 6 - Winner game 4 vs. Winner game 5 - 6 p.m.

Monday, June 2
Game 7 - Winner game 6 vs. Loser game 6 - 6 p.m.

TICKET INFO
Ticket prices start at just $40 for the seven game All-Session Pass and can be purchased by calling the ASU Ticket Office at Call 480-727-0000

Will call will be located at the Packard Stadium ticket office on game day and will open an hour and a half prior to the first game of the day. Tickets may also be purchased on game day at the Packard Stadium ticket office. All tickets for NCAA playoff events are the same price regardless of the number of games played each day.

All-Session Pass (available Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.)
Field Level - $80
Reserved Adult - $60
Reserved Junior/Senior - $50
General Admission - $40

Single Game Prices (available Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.)
Field Level - $15
Reserved Adult - $12
Reserved Junior/Senior - $10
General Admission - $7

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