It’s official, Gators to host Gainesville Regional

Special to Gatorsports.com

Florida was awarded one of the 16 NCAA Baseball Regional sites on Sunday by the NCAA. Four teams will compete at McKethan Stadium in a double-elimination tournament beginning Friday.

The winner will advance to a best-of-three Super Regional to be held the following weekend at eight different sites. The 64-team field for the NCAA Tournament will be announced live on ESPNU on Monday at 12 p.m.

The other regional hosts: Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Oregon State, Stetson, Arkansas, East Carolina, Texas Tech, Minnesota, Ole Miss, NC State, Stanford and Florida State.

UF will be hosting NCAA Regional action for the ninth time in 11 seasons under head coach Kevin O’Sullivan.

McKethan Stadium has been the site of 15 NCAA Regionals during its existence, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Prior to the 1999 season, when the current NCAA Super Regional format was introduced, the Orange and Blue advanced to the CWS three times it hosted NCAA play: 1991, 1996 and 1998.

Ticket Information

The Gator Ticket Office has been accepting ticket orders via telephone, in-person or on-line only from current baseball season-ticket holders for the 2018 NCAA Gainesville Regional Baseball Tournament since Monday, May 14.

Season ticket holders can call the Gator Ticket Office at (352) 375-4683, option 2, or toll free (800) 344-2867, option 2, visit the Gator Ticket Office, located at Gate 1 of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, or order online at www.FloridaGators.com/tickets.

All tickets will be sent via email for no additional charge once dates & times have been set. An additional $5 fee will be added to any order where Will Call is selected as the delivery option.

Re-Claim Deadline Information

Current baseball season-ticket holders will have until Monday at 5 p.m. to re-claim their current season seats for the potential Regional & Super Regional tournaments. For current season-ticket holders to claim their seats for either tournament, visit www.FloridaGators.com/tickets and click on “Manage My Account.” Use your account ID and password to log in. If you do not know your password, click on the “Forgot Password” button and it will be sent to the e-mail address on file. Once in the account, select “View/Pay 2017 NCAA Baseball Regional & Super Regional Invoice” and follow the steps through the checkout process. Customers purchasing just one of the tournaments will be able to deselect the tournament they do not wish to purchase.

Beginning Tuesday at 1 p.m., all fans can order tickets for the Regional Tournament using the following methods:

• Order online at www.FloridaGators.com/tickets, starting Tuesday, May 30, at 1:00 p.m.
• Order by calling one of the Ticket Office Specialists at (352) 375-4683, ext. 6800, or toll free (800) 344-2867, option 2, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Order by visiting the Gator Ticket Office, located at Gate 1 of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Beginning Tuesday, June 5, at 1 p.m., all fans can order tickets for the Super Regional Tournament using the following methods:

• Order online at www.FloridaGators.com/tickets, starting Tuesday, June 6, at 1:00 p.m.
• Order by calling one of the Ticket Office Specialists at (352) 375-4683, ext. 6800, or toll free (800) 344-2867, option 2, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Order by visiting the Gator Ticket Office, located at Gate 1 of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Single-game tickets for the Regional Tournament will be sold beginning on Wednesday, May 30 at 8:30 a.m. and Single-game tickets for the Super Regional Tournament will be sold beginning on Wednesday, June 6 at 8:30 a.m.

2018 NCAA Ticket Prices