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Nebraska baseball selected for Chapel Hill Regional

Joseph Maierby: Joseph Maier05/26/25JosephMaier29
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The Huskers’ path to Omaha begins in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. After punching its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with a Big Ten Championship game victory, Nebraska baseball learned its regional destination on Monday’s selection show.

Head coach Will Bolt’s squad will be the No. 3 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional, where No. 5 national-seeded North Carolina is the host. Oklahoma is the No. 2 seed and Holy Cross is the No. 4 seed in the regional. Nebraska will open the weekend against Oklahoma on Friday at 4 p.m. CT on ESPN+.

“This was an improbable type of scenario about a month and a half ago,” Bolt said following the selection show. “But the guys in the clubhouse, they just kept believing and that’s why we’re here.”

The Chapel Hill regional will begin on Friday, May 30 and last through Sunday, June 1 with a possible final game on Monday, June 2. It will mark the 14th time the Tar Heels have hosted an NCAA Regional.

North Carolina finished the season with a 42-12 record and is seeking a second-consecutive College World Series appearance. Oklahoma went 35-20 and has a current RPI ranking of No. 26. The Sooners’ ace, right-hander Kyson Witherspoon, ranks No. 18 in the country with a 2.47 ERA.

“We’re battle-tested and we’ve seen a lot of really good arms,” Bolt said. “The run that we made through the tournament was just like a regional in my mind. Just in terms of the ace pitching that we saw over the course of the four games.”

The Huskers won four consecutive games in the Big Ten Tournament to keep their season alive, taking down No. 4 Oregon and No. 13 UCLA along the way. They knocked the Ducks out of a top-eight national seed.

Nebraska returns to the NCAA Tournament for the 19th time in program history.

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Chapel Hill Regional Schedule

Friday:

Game 1: No. 5 North Carolina vs. Holy Cross @ 11 a.m. CT on ACC Network
Game 2: Nebraska vs. Oklahoma @ 4 p.m. CT on ESPN+

Saturday:

Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2

Sunday:

Game 5: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3
Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5

Monday:

Game 7 (if necessary): Rematch Game 6

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