Baseball Headed To Baton Rouge Regional
May 28, 2012
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Oregon State baseball team will be making a program-record fourth consecutive postseason appearance when it heads to the Baton Rouge Regional as announced by the NCAA on ESPNU Monday morning.
The Beavers will be the No. 2 seed at the regional, which is hosted by LSU (Southeastern Conference). The Tigers are the No. 1 seed.
Oregon State will open the regional against No. 3 Belmont (Atlantic Sun Conference) while LSU takes on No. 4 Louisiana-Monroe (Sun Belt Conference).
LSU is the No. 7 national seed.
The Beavers are advancing to their seventh postseason under head coach Pat Casey and 13th all-time in the program's history. OSU is 38-24 (.619) all-time in the postseason and 21-15 (.583) in Regional games.
Casey owns 87 percent (33) of the Beavers' all-time victories and the club is 16-5 (.761) in regional games with him at the helm.
The four straight trips - 2009, 2010, 2011 and now 2012 - snaps the previous record of three from 2005-07. The Beavers advanced to the College World Series in each of those three years.
Oregon State advances to the 2012 postseason with a 38-18 overall record after sweeping No. 5 Oregon this past weekend. The three victories put OSU's Pac-12 Conference record at 18-12, which tied Arizona State and Stanford for fourth, just two games behind co-champions Arizona and UCLA.
The Beavers' 38 wins equals the 2011 club's regular season victory total.
Oregon State has never met LSU, Belmont nor Louisiana-Monroe.
LSU enters the regional with a 43-16 overall record and finished first in the SEC's Western Division with a 19-11 record.
Belmont finished first in the Atlantic Sun this season with a 17-10 league record. The club finished the season 39-22 overall.
Louisiana-Monroe, the No. 4 seed, takes a 31-28 record into the regional and finished fourth in the Sun Belt this season with a 15-15 league mark.
Game times and dates for the regional are expected to be announced later on Monday. The games will be held at Alex Box Stadium.
Check osubeavers.com for ticket information as well as game times and dates.
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