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Raiders headed to Terre Haute Regional, will open NCAAs against Indiana State
5/29/2023 1:28:00 PM | Baseball
DAYTON — Fresh off its third consecutive Horizon League Championship and the sixth in its last eight seasons, the Wright State baseball program is headed to the Terre Haute Regional as the No. 4 seed from June 2-5. The Raiders learned their postseason site Monday afternoon as part of ESPN's live Selection Show.
WSU will take on No. 1 seed Indiana State on Friday, June 2, at 1 p.m. ET in its opening game of the regional. The tournament matchup will broadcast live on ESPN+. Joining Wright State and Indiana State in the four-team regional bracket is No. 2 seed Iowa and No. 3 seed North Carolina.Â
Ticket options and prices for the Regional Round per ticket on a single-game basis are as follows:
• Reserved Chair Back Seat (Any Age) - $20
• General Admission Bleacher Seat - $15
• College Student General Admission Bleacher Seat (with valid ID) - $7
• Youth General Admission Bleacher Seat (Ages 2-12) - $5
Click here to purchase tickets online.
Wright State clinched its 10th NCAA Division I appearance after winning three consecutive elimination games in the Horizon League Baseball Championship, punctuated by a 14-0 victory over No. 2 seed Oakland in the title game at Nischwitz Stadium.Â
Andrew Patrick finished with tournament MVP honors, as he batted.400 (8-for-20) with four doubles, two homers, eight runs batted in, eight runs scored, seven walks, and three stolen bases in five games. Jay Luikart, Tristan Haught, Julian Greenwell, and Luke Stofel joined Patrick on the Horizon League All-Tournament Team.Â
A season ago, WSU dropped games to regional-host Virginia Tech (9-15) and Gonzaga (9-11) at the NCAA Blacksburg Regional. The Raiders have also made recent NCAA appearances in the 2021 Knoxville Regional, 2018 Stanford Regional, 2016 Louisville Regional, and 2015 Champaign Regional.Â
Wright State enters the NCAA Championship with a 39-21 record, including 23 wins in its last 28 games. WSU possesses six victories over teams top 100 in the RPI rankings.
WSU has faced the opposing three teams in the Terre Haute Regional. Notably, the Raiders earned a series victory over the Sycamores at home during the 2022 season but trail the all-time series 3-9. The Raiders faced Iowa for the only time in program history in 1989, which ended in a 3-1 loss. Wright State endured a three-game sweep at North Carolina in the lone meeting between the two schools in 2012.Â
WSU will take on No. 1 seed Indiana State on Friday, June 2, at 1 p.m. ET in its opening game of the regional. The tournament matchup will broadcast live on ESPN+. Joining Wright State and Indiana State in the four-team regional bracket is No. 2 seed Iowa and No. 3 seed North Carolina.Â
Ticket options and prices for the Regional Round per ticket on a single-game basis are as follows:
• Reserved Chair Back Seat (Any Age) - $20
• General Admission Bleacher Seat - $15
• College Student General Admission Bleacher Seat (with valid ID) - $7
• Youth General Admission Bleacher Seat (Ages 2-12) - $5
Click here to purchase tickets online.
Wright State clinched its 10th NCAA Division I appearance after winning three consecutive elimination games in the Horizon League Baseball Championship, punctuated by a 14-0 victory over No. 2 seed Oakland in the title game at Nischwitz Stadium.Â
Andrew Patrick finished with tournament MVP honors, as he batted.400 (8-for-20) with four doubles, two homers, eight runs batted in, eight runs scored, seven walks, and three stolen bases in five games. Jay Luikart, Tristan Haught, Julian Greenwell, and Luke Stofel joined Patrick on the Horizon League All-Tournament Team.Â
A season ago, WSU dropped games to regional-host Virginia Tech (9-15) and Gonzaga (9-11) at the NCAA Blacksburg Regional. The Raiders have also made recent NCAA appearances in the 2021 Knoxville Regional, 2018 Stanford Regional, 2016 Louisville Regional, and 2015 Champaign Regional.Â
Wright State enters the NCAA Championship with a 39-21 record, including 23 wins in its last 28 games. WSU possesses six victories over teams top 100 in the RPI rankings.
WSU has faced the opposing three teams in the Terre Haute Regional. Notably, the Raiders earned a series victory over the Sycamores at home during the 2022 season but trail the all-time series 3-9. The Raiders faced Iowa for the only time in program history in 1989, which ended in a 3-1 loss. Wright State endured a three-game sweep at North Carolina in the lone meeting between the two schools in 2012.Â
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