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Dates, Sites Set for NCAA Baseball Tourney Super Regionals, Including 3 Texas Teams

Both Dallas Baptist University and Texas will start their series on Saturday.

Texas’ Eric Kennedy, right, celebrates scoring a run against Fairfield in the second inning of an NCAA college baseball regional tournament at Disch-Falk Field, Sunday on June 6, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Austin American-Statesman via AP)

The NCAA announced the schedule for the eight super regionals in the Division I baseball tournament Tuesday, with Texas Tech starting its best-of-three on Friday and the two other Texas teams, Dallas Baptist and Texas, starting theirs on Saturday.

The best-of-three super regionals begin either Friday or Saturday. The winners advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, with the opener set for June 19.

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The Friday-Saturday super regionals (with a third game Sunday if necessary): North Carolina State (33-17) at No. 1 national seed Arkansas (49-11); No. 13 East Carolina (44-15) at No. 4 Vanderbilt (43-15); No. 9 Stanford (36-15) at No. 8 Texas Tech (45-15); and No. 12 Mississippi (44-20) at No. 5 Arizona (43-15).

The Saturday-Sunday super regionals (with a third game Monday if necessary): South Florida (31-28) at No. 2 Texas (45-15); Dallas Baptist (40-16) vs. Virginia (32-24) or No. 11 Old Dominion (44-15) at Columbia, South Carolina; LSU (38-23) at No. 3 Tennessee (48-16); and No. 10 Notre Dame (33-11) at No. 7 Mississippi State (43-15).

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The higher seeded team typically plays at home for super regionals. Because of COVID-19 protocols, the NCAA pre-approved 20 possible host sites for regionals and super regionals. Old Dominion did not submit a bid to host, and Virginia was not selected as a potential site.

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