FLORIDA — Florida State and Florida are headed to the NCAA Super Regionals later this week after winning their Regional tournaments over the weekend.
FSU, seeded No. 15, will head to the Norman (Okla.) Super Regional, where it will take on No. 2 Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Thursday in a best-of-three rematch of last year’s national championship. Fourth-ranked Florida will face Baylor at noon Friday to start the best-of-three Gainesville Super Regional.
The Seminoles advanced to their 10th super regional round in 11 years by going 3-0 at the Tallahassee Regional. To wrap up the Tallahassee title, they pounded Auburn 10-4 at the Seminole Softball Complex. Earlier in the tournament, FSU edged Chattanooga 3-2 on Friday and then outslugged UCF 5-1 on Saturday.
The Gators pounded South Alabama 9-1 on Sunday to wrap up its undefeated run in the Gainesville Regional. Florida also had defeated South Alabama 9-1 on Saturday and shut out Florida Gulf Coast 6-0 on Friday.
Florida universities were well-represented at the Regionals, with UCF, Florida Atlantic and Florida Gulf Coast University also competing. But they all were in the same two regionals, and only one team could advance out of each.
UCF rallied past Auburn 11-6 in Game 1 but then fell to Auburn 2-1 Saturday night after its loss to FSU earlier in the day. FAU lost to South Alabama 1-0 on Friday and to FGCU 3-2 on Saturday. FGCU fell to South Alabama 5-1 later Saturday.
Spectrum Sports Staff
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