B-CU Travels to Tallahassee for First Round of NCAA Baseball Tournament
Wildcats to face Florida State in opening round of Tallahassee Regional
Brian Harvey

(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – May 28, 2007)  Ready to represent the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) as the 2007 league champion in the upcoming NCAA Baseball Tournament, Bethune-Cookman University found out their fate on Monday afternoon when it was announced the Wildcats will be headed to Tallahassee, Fla.  Also joining the Wildcats in Tallahassee, one of 16 on-campus sites for the opening round, will be host Florida State, Mississippi State and fellow Volusia County member Stetson.

The Wildcats will be taking on the Florida State Seminoles at 7 p.m. on Friday night at Dick Howser Stadium on the campus of FSU.  The Seminoles come into the tournament ranked third nationally, as well as earning one of eight top overall seeds (sixth).  The Seminoles were defeated by ACC runner-up Wake Forest over the weekend in Jacksonville during the ACC Tournament, while Mississippi State and Stetson both earned at-large bids as well.  Only B-CU is serving as an automatic bid via the MEAC Tournament crown.

The first game of Friday’s twin-bill will feature Mississippi State and Stetson at 1 p.m.

This marks the third time in B-CU baseball history that the Wildcats will be taking the trip over to the state capital of Tallahassee.  The ‘Cats faced Florida State back in 2004, 2001 and 2000 for the opening round of the Tallahassee Regional each of the aforementioned seasons.  They lost all three contests.

For more information on this game and the entire schedule for the Tallahassee Regional, please call the Bethune-Cookman Office of Sports Information at (386.481.2206), or log on to www.BCCathletics.com.  Practice times and locations will also be available via the B-CU SID office.

TICKET INFORMATION…

All-Tournament Books for the 2007 NCAA Baseball Tallahassee Regional ($45 for reserved seats and $30 for general admission seats) are now on sale via the Internet at www.seminoles.com.  Tickets will also be available by phone at 888-FSU-Nole and at the Seminole Athletics Ticket Office between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.

Single game tickets for the Friday session ONLY will go on sale via the web (seminoles.com) beginning at 6:00 p.m. Thursday.  In person and phone sales of single game tickets for Friday’s games will begin at 8:30 a.m. Friday.  Single game tickets for games on subsequent days will go on sale on the web immediately following the last game of the previous day and at Dick Howser Stadium two hours prior to the start of the first game.

Prices for single game general admission tickets are $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for youth.  If available, reserved seats single game tickets are $10.00.

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