Southern Miss to Host NCAA Regional

Jeff Cook

The University of Southern Mississippi has been selected as one of 16 sites that will serve as a host venue for an NCAA Regional in the 57th annual NCAA Division I Baseball championship next weekend. The four-team regional will be at Pete Taylor Park from Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 1. Four teams will participate in the double-elimination tournament.

The 16 regional sites, with host institutions and records through May 24, are as follows: Tempe, Arizona (Arizona State, 49-12); Auburn, Alabama (Auburn, 40-19); Fullerton, California (California State, Fullerton, 43-13); Tallahassee, Florida (Florida State, 50-9-1); Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia Tech, 41-16); Long Beach, California (Long Beach State, 38-18); Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Louisiana State, 40-18-1); Coral Gables, Florida (Miami, Fla., 39-14-1); Starkville, Mississippi (Mississippi State, 40-18-1); Lincoln, Nebraska (Nebraska, 44-16); Wilson, North Carolina (North Carolina State, 42-15); Houston, Texas (Rice, 47-10); Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Southern Miss, 44-14); Palo Alto, California (Stanford, 40-15); Austin, Texas (Texas, 42-17); College Station, Texas (Texas A&M, 43-17). All regionals are campus sites except North Carolina State (Fleming Stadium in Wilson, North Carolina) and Arizona State (Diablo Stadium in Tempe).


The selection of Southern Miss as a host site marks the fourth time in the last five years that a Conference USA school has played host to an NCAA Regional. Houston hosted regionals in 1999 and 2000 and Tulane served as a host site in 2001. This will be the first time in school history that Southern Miss has played host to an NCAA Regional.

The entire field of 64 NCAA teams, the top-eight national seeds and first-round regional pairings will be announced at 11:30 a.m. Central time, Monday, May 26, during a live, half-hour program on ESPN2. The committee will set the entire bracket through both the super regionals and the first round of the Men’s College World Series. The committee will not reseed the field after play begins. Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced during a telephonic press conference at 11 a.m. Central time, Monday, June 2,

Thirty Division I conferences receive an automatic berth in the field of 64, along with 34 at-large selections.

The 57th College World Series begins play Friday, June 13, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.