Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
The Wright State baseball team will face a familiar foe in the NCAA regionals, taking on host Virginia Tech, the No. 4 overall seed, at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Raiders beat the Hokies 11-5 in the opener of a three-game series in Blacksburg, Va., in early March, but they dropped the next two games, 9-3 and 17-1.
Columbia and Gonzaga also will be part of the four-team double-elimination regional, which was announced Monday.
“We talk about it all year — that’s why guys came here. They came here to win a (league title) ring and play in a regional,” fourth-year coach Alex Sogard said. “I’m glad the seniors are going to get to experience that again. This group as a whole is younger from an experience standpoint. But they were at Tennessee last year, and they saw that atmosphere. That’s why we play those games early.”
The regional winner will be crowned Sunday and advance to the Super Regionals the following week. The College World Series will be played June 16-27 in Omaha, Neb.
