Follow the Chanticleers Live Throughout the Columbia Regional
5/30/2012 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 30, 2012
Coastal Carolina Baseball Notes (NCAA Columbia Regional 
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NCAA Columbia Regional Bracket
Pre-Tournament Press Conference (ALL TEAMS | Thursday, May 31 | 12:15-1:50 p.m.)
South Carolina - 12:15-12:35 p.m.
Coastal Carolina - 12:35-12:55 p.m.
Clemson - 1:10-1:30 p.m.
Manhattan - 1:30-1:50 p.m.
CONWAY - The Coastal Carolina University baseball team starts its road to the College World Series at noon on Friday against Clemson, who the Chanticleers defeated 10-7 on April 14, at the NCAA Columbia Regional at Carolina Stadium.
Fans will have numerous avenues available to follow the Chanticleers throughout regional play. Each game of the Columbia Regional will be televised live on ESPNU and streamed online via ESPN3. All of Coastal's games in the regional will be carried over the airwaves on 100.3 ESPN The Team with the "voice of the Chanticleers" Matt Hogue on the call. Hogue's call can also be heard online HERE. Additionally, GameTracker coverage will be available at GoCCUSports.com for all Chanticleer games as well.
Coastal will be making its 12th NCAA Regional appearance in school history, its sixth straight and 11th in the last 12 years. The Chants are 16-19 in Regionals and 0-4 in Super Regionals. Coastal has been a No. 1 seed in four of the last eight years, including a No. 4 national seed in 2010. Coastal has won two Regionals, but fell at the 2008 Cary Super Regional to North Carolina and dropped two, one-run games to eventual national champion South Carolina at the 2010 Myrtle Beach Super Regional.
Coastal has faced the Tigers twice before in Regional action. First, the Chants were the top seed and hosted the 2007 Myrtle Beach Regional with Clemson as the second seed. Clemson handed Coastal two losses, 11-8 and 15-3, to advance. Last season at the NCAA Clemson Regional after Coastal defeated second-seeded UConn, 13-1, Clemson defeated the Chants 12-7 in the second round.
Following the Chants game against Clemson No. 8 national seed and host South Carolina faces fourth-seeded Manhattan on at 4 p.m.
The two losers will play on Saturday at noon, while the two winners will play on Saturday at 4 p.m. The winner of the second game on Saturday will play in the championship round on Sunday at 4 p.m., while the loser of Saturday's second game will play the winner of Saturday's first game on Sunday at noon. If the unbeaten team loses on Sunday, the same two teams will play a game on Monday at 7 p.m. to determine the Regional champion.
The winner of the Columbia Regional will play the winner of the Charlottesville Regional between June 8-11. The four teams in that regional are No. 1-seeded Virginia, No. 2-seeded Oklahoma, No. 3-seeded Appalachian State, and No. 4-seeded Army.
2012 NCAA Columbia Regional ScheduleFriday, June 1, 2012 (ESPNU/ESPN3)Game 1: #2 Clemson vs. #3 Coastal Carolina NoonGame 2: #1 South Carolina vs. #4 Manhattan 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 2, 2012 (ESPNU/ESPN3)Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 NoonGame 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 3, 2012 (ESPNU/ESPN3)Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 NoonGame 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 4 p.m.
Monday, June 4, 2011 (IF NECESSARY - ESPNU/ESPN3)Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 7 p.m.
