TicketsCINCINNATI – For the first time since 2019 and the seventh time in school history, the University of Cincinnati baseball team will participate in the NCAA Baseball Tournament after receiving an at-large berth on Monday.
The Bearcats will be the No. 3 seed in the Knoxville Regional at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, opening play against No. 2 seed Wake Forest on Friday, May 30. The host and No. 14 national seed Tennessee will face No. 4 seed Miami (Ohio).
Cincinnati's at-large berth is its first since the 1974 season.
Head Coach Jordan Bischel, who took Central Michigan to NCAA Regionals in 2019, 2021, and 2022, is bringing the Bearcats to the national tournament in his second season with the team. Cincinnati boasts a 32-24 overall record this season and won six Big 12 series, including series wins against NCAA Tournament participants Kansas, Arizona State, Oklahoma State, and Kansas State. UC has six wins against Top 25 opponents this season as well, a school record. Individually, The Bearcats had six all-conference selections and Big 12 Player of the Year Kerrington Cross, the fifth conference player of the year honoree in program history.
The 64-team field is broken up into 16, four-team regionals that feature a double-elimination format. Regional winners will advance to NCAA Super Regionals at campus sites to be determined. Super Regional play begins Friday, June 6 and the Men's College World Series in Omaha, Neb. will begin Friday, June 13.
// TICKET INFORMATION
Due to limited availability, fans are encouraged to purchase tickets through the secondary market. Tennessee's official re-sale marketplace will go live on Tuesday, May 27 at 10:00 a.m. at this link. A limited number of single-session standing room only tickets will be sold to the general public at the Lindsey Nelson Stadium ticket window starting 90 minutes prior to first pitch of each session.
Head Coach Jordan Bischel
Redshirt Senior Kerrington Cross
Sophomore Nathan Taylor
Senior Lauden Brooks
// KNOXVILLE REGIONAL SCHEDULE
Game times and TV designations will be updated as they become available and are always subject to change.
Friday, May 30
Game 1 – No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Cincinnati, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Game 2 – No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Miami (OH), 6 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Saturday, May 31
Game 3 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, TBD (TBD)
Game 4 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, TBD (TBD)
Sunday, June 1
Game 5 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, TBD (TBD)
Game 6 – Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 4, TBD (TBD)
Monday, June 2
Game 7 (if necessary) – Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6, TBD (TBD)
// CINCINNATI IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
2019 – Corvallis Regional
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The Bearcats will be the No. 3 seed in the Knoxville Regional at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, opening play against No. 2 seed Wake Forest on Friday, May 30. The host and No. 14 national seed Tennessee will face No. 4 seed Miami (Ohio).
Cincinnati's at-large berth is its first since the 1974 season.
Head Coach Jordan Bischel, who took Central Michigan to NCAA Regionals in 2019, 2021, and 2022, is bringing the Bearcats to the national tournament in his second season with the team. Cincinnati boasts a 32-24 overall record this season and won six Big 12 series, including series wins against NCAA Tournament participants Kansas, Arizona State, Oklahoma State, and Kansas State. UC has six wins against Top 25 opponents this season as well, a school record. Individually, The Bearcats had six all-conference selections and Big 12 Player of the Year Kerrington Cross, the fifth conference player of the year honoree in program history.
The 64-team field is broken up into 16, four-team regionals that feature a double-elimination format. Regional winners will advance to NCAA Super Regionals at campus sites to be determined. Super Regional play begins Friday, June 6 and the Men's College World Series in Omaha, Neb. will begin Friday, June 13.
// TICKET INFORMATION
Due to limited availability, fans are encouraged to purchase tickets through the secondary market. Tennessee's official re-sale marketplace will go live on Tuesday, May 27 at 10:00 a.m. at this link. A limited number of single-session standing room only tickets will be sold to the general public at the Lindsey Nelson Stadium ticket window starting 90 minutes prior to first pitch of each session.
Head Coach Jordan Bischel
Redshirt Senior Kerrington Cross
Sophomore Nathan Taylor
Senior Lauden Brooks
// KNOXVILLE REGIONAL SCHEDULE
Game times and TV designations will be updated as they become available and are always subject to change.
Friday, May 30
Game 1 – No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Cincinnati, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Game 2 – No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Miami (OH), 6 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Saturday, May 31
Game 3 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, TBD (TBD)
Game 4 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, TBD (TBD)
Sunday, June 1
Game 5 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, TBD (TBD)
Game 6 – Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 4, TBD (TBD)
Monday, June 2
Game 7 (if necessary) – Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6, TBD (TBD)
// CINCINNATI IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
2019 – Corvallis Regional
- May 31: Cincinnati 7, Oregon State 6
- June 1: Michigan 10, Cincinnati 4
- June 2: Creighton 6, Cincinnati 1
- May 23: Miami (Ohio) 3, Cincinnati 0
- May 24: Southern Illinois 6, Cincinnati 1
- May 27: Cincinnati 8, Michigan State 7
- May 28: Cincinnati 11, Southern Illinois 10
- May 29: Southern Illinois 6, Cincinnati 2
- May 29: Southern Illinois 10, Cincinnati 7
- May 29: Oklahoma State 4, Cincinnati 0
- May 30: Cincinnati 3, Oklahoma State 2
- May 31: Oklahoma State 1, Cincinnati 0
- May 29: Cincinnati 3, Michigan 1
- May 30: Western Michigan 8, Cincinnati 1
- May 31: Michigan 2, Cincinnati 1
- May 30: Ohio 8, Cincinnati 6
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For up-to-the-minute updates, follow @GoBearcatsBASE on X/Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.