N.C. State’s NCAA Super Regional baseball games at Florida this weekend will be televised by ESPNU.
State, 43-18 after winning the Raleigh Regional over Vanderbilt, will face a Gator team (45-18) seeded first in the starting field of 64.
Florida, which ousted Georgia Tech with ease in the Gainesville, Fla. Regional, is led by catcher Mike Zunino.
Zunino went to the Seattle Mariners as the third overall pick in Monday’s Major League draft. He’ll go into the opening game on Saturday (2 p.m.) with 18 home runs and a .316 batting average.
The winner in the best-of-3 series will move on the College World Series in Omaha on June 14.
Weekend schedules:
•Florida (1 Regional seed) vs. NC State (1)
Game 1: Saturday, June 9 at 2 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 2: Sunday, June 10 at 1 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 3: Monday, June 11 (if necessary)
•Columbia Super Regional
(1) South Carolina vs. (2) Oklahoma
Game 1: Saturday, June 9 at 8 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 2: Sunday, June 10 at 7 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 3: Monday, June 11 (if necessary)
•Eugene Super Regional
(1) Oregon vs. (3) Kent State
Game 1: Saturday, June 9 at 11 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 2: Sunday, June 10 at 10 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 3: Monday, June 11 (if necessary)
•Waco Super Regional
(1) Baylor vs. (2) Arkansas
Game 1: Saturday, June 9 at 5 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 2: Sunday, June 10 at 4 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 3: Monday, June 11 (if necessary)
•Los Angeles Super Regional
(1) UCLA vs. (2) TCU
Game 1: Friday, June 8 at 9 p.m. on ESPN
Game 2: Saturday, June 9 at 9 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 3: Sunday, June 10 (if necessary)
•Baton Rouge Super Regional
(1) LSU vs. (4) Stony Brook
Game 1: Friday, June 8 at 12 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 2: Saturday, June 9 at 12 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 3: Sunday, June 10 (if necessary)
•Tucson Super Regional
(1) Arizona vs. (3) St. John's
Game 1: Friday, June 8 at 3 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 2: Saturday, June 9 at 3 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 3: Sunday, June 10 (if necessary)
•Tallahassee Super Regional
(1) Florida State vs. (1) Stanford
Game 1: Friday, June 8 at 7 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 2: Saturday, June 9 at 6 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 3: Sunday, June 10 (if necessary)
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Here we go!
Wed, 06/06/2012 - 13:06 — JPDOhioI expect to State to be competitive against a very strong UF squad. The Pack certainly is battle tested and refused to lose this past weekend when it would have been easy to quit. The key is keeping their composure and not allowing mistakes to turn into big innings, which was their main problem in the Regional.
Hopefully, Coach Avent will go with Rodon on Saturday. No need for gamesmanship in a two or three game series. Go with your best available each time.
Also pulling for Kent State at Oregon. Although the Golden Flashes are a Cinderella story, they have a solid baseball history, which includes Thurman Munson as an alumnus. Would love to see them join the Pack in the CWS.
Go Pack! Go Golden Flashes!