Coral Gables Regional Opens Friday at 1 PM

Coral Gables Regional Opens Friday at 1 PM

REGIONAL INFORMATION
Friday: June 3 | 1 p.m. / 7 p.m. 
Saturday: June 4 | 1 p.m. / 7 p.m.
Sunday: June 5 | 1 p.m. / 7 p.m.
Monday: June 6 | 7 p.m. (if necessary)
Site: Mark Light Field
Tickets: $12 – General Admission
Series Notes | Season Stats
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV

ESPN3 / WatchESPN (all games)

Flagship Radio

560 WQAM (all games)

Student Radio WVUM 90.5 FM (all games)
Live Stats NCAA.com
PROJECTED STARTERS
  Miami Stetson
Game 2: Danny Garcia Mitchell Jordan

CANES OPEN POSTSEASON IN TOP EIGHT

• After posting a 45-11 overall record and winning its second ACC Regular Season Championship in three years, Miami was named one of 16 Regional host sites for the 2016 NCAA Baseball Championship and earned one of eight coveted national seeds (No. 3).

• UM’s No. 3 national seed is its highest since a No. 1 seed in 2008.

• The Coral Gables Regional will mark Miami’s 27th year as a host in the postseason, and its 44th consecutive postseason trip – the longest active streak in Division I athletics. Miami’s 45 total NCAA appearances is the third-most of any baseball program nationwide.

• Since the NCAA began awarding national seeds prior to 1999, Miami has been among the group six other years: 1999 (No. 1), 2001 (No. 2), 2003 (No. 8), 2004 (No. 3), 2008 (No. 1) and 2015 (No. 5).

• Miami has an all-time record of 123-46 (.728) in the NCAA Regional round, including a 3-1 mark in the Coral Gables Regional in 2015. Miami’s all-time mark in the postseason stands at 187-96 (.661).

WELCOME TO THE LIGHT

• The Coral Gables Regional consists of No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Florida Atlantic, No. 3 Long Beach State and No. 4 Stetson. Play begins Friday, June 3. All games (1 p.m. / 7 p.m.) will be broadcast on ESPN3.
• Stetson (29-29), Miami’s opening opponent, won the Atlantic Sun tournament to capture an automatic bid. Florida Atlantic and Long Beach State were both at-large selections for the postseason.

• The Coral Gables Regional was paired with the Oxford Regional hosted by Ole Miss, and consisting of the top-seeded Rebels, No. 2 Tulane, No. 3 Boston College and No. 4 Utah.

ALONE AT THE TOP

• Junior closer Bryan Garcia set the Miami record with the 40th save of his career on May 26 vs NC State. His 15 saves are the most in the ACC and tied for the fifth-most in the nation.
• 40 career saves are the most by any active pitcher in the nation.

• Garcia moved past Rick Raether (1984-86) into sole possession of second place (38) with a save against Florida State in Game 1 of the series, and tied Georgia Huguet (2001-2004) for first in Game 2 (39).

ONE OF THE ACC’S COMPLETE TEAMS

• Miami & Louisville enter the postseason as the only two ACC teams to rank in the top five of all major statistical categories in the conference: batting average, earned run average & fielding percentage.

• The Hurricanes were fourth in team average (.300), third in team ERA (3.54) and first in team fielding percentage (.983).