Baylor To Host Second-Straight NCAA Baseball Regional
7/21/2000 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 15, 2000
WACO, Texas - For the second-straight year, the Baylor Ballpark will host a four-team NCAA baseball regional tournament, May 26-28. Baylor was one of 16 universities selected as regional host sites, the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced Monday.
The three other teams participating in the Waco Regional at the 4,700-seat Baylor Ballpark, and the complete field of 64 postseason participants, will be announced Monday, May 22.
"I'm proud of our club because they have now earned the right to play at home in late May," head coach Steve Smith said. "We have accomplished some of our goals, but we still have some big ones out there -- and hosting an NCAA regional will only help in our pursuit of those remaining goals."
Baylor baseball season-ticket holders have until Tuesday, May 23, to retain their regular-season seat location by purchasing a tournament ticket. Tournament tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Wednesday, May 24. Tournament tickets are $60 for box seats and seats behind home plate, and $42 for all remaining chairback seats. Individual game tickets, which include the newly installed bleacher seats, will be sold the day of game only and are priced at $6-$12, depending on location. Individual game tickets for Baylor students are $4. Tickets can be purchased at the Floyd Casey Stadium Ticket Office or by calling the Baylor Athletic Ticket Office at (254) 710-1000.
"One of the exciting things that has happened to our baseball program over the last few seasons is the way Baylor fans and the Waco community have supported our ballclub," Smith said. "Having the opportunity to host a regional for a second-straight season is a huge testament to the way our fans have responded to our success."
Baylor hosted both a regional and super regional tournament in 1999, the first NCAA championship events ever hosted by the school.
The other 15 host schools announced Monday include: Arizona State, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Houston, Louisiana-Lafayette, LSU, Miami (Fla.), Minnesota, Mississippi State, Oklahoma (at Oklahoma City), Rutgers (at Montclair, N.J.), South Carolina, and Stanford.
