{"id":1696,"date":"2026-05-25T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:34:09","slug":"florida-hosts-ncaa-regional-featuring-miami-among-four-teams-in-gainesville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1696","title":{"rendered":"Florida hosts NCAA regional featuring Miami among four teams in Gainesville"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>GAINESVILLE \u2014 The red-hot Florida baseball team will have chance to get back to the College World Series playing on the Gators\u2019 home field.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1694\">Miss Manners: Can I just ignore knocking when I\u2019m in a public bathroom?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coach Kevin O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s squad was awarded the No. 8 national seed in the 64-team NCAA Tournament and will host Miami (38-18) \u2014 the No. 2 seed in the Gainesville Regional \u2014 No. 3\u00a0Troy (32-29) and No. 4 Rider (33-18).<\/p>\n<p>UF opens at 1 p.m. Friday against Rider on ESPN+. Miami and Troy will meet at 6 p.m. on the ACC Network.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will meet Saturday. Florida and Miami met during the season\u2019s opening weeks, with the Gators prevailing 7-2 Feb. 27 and 8-4 Feb. 28. Inclement weather cancelled the third game of the series.<\/p>\n<p>Winners of 10 of their last 12 games and featuring a nation-best 15-7 record against top-25 opponents, the\u00a0Gators will host a Super Regional if they prevail during the double-elimination series, slated run Friday-Sunday at Condron Family Ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>Florida, ranked ninth by Baseball America and No. 11 in the RPI, closed the regular-season with three-straight SEC series and reached the conference tournament semifinals before squandering a 6-0 lead during an 8-7 loss to fourth-ranked Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1693\">Hurricanes earn No. 2 seed in NCAA baseball tournament, headed to Gainesville regional<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Gators have hosted a regional 13 times under O\u2019Sullivan and reached the NCAA Tournament in each of his 19 seasons in Gainesville.<\/p>\n<p>SEC Pitcher of the Year Aidan King, who is 8 -2, with a 2.48 ERA and 89 strikeouts in 84 innings, anchors the Gators\u2019 staff. Outfielder Blake Cyr, a senior who transferred from Miami in 2024, and sophomore third baseman Ethan Surowiec are the team\u2019s two leading hitters and earned spots on the SEC All-Tournament team.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cyr was 9-for-13 (.692\/) and had 19 total bases, while hitting two home runs, two doubles and a triple, while scoring six runs. He leads Florida with a .338 batting average while hitting 13 homers, 15 doubles, 56 RBI and scoring 50 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Surowiec was 6-for-12 with a homer, two doubles and four runs during the conference tournament. He leads Florida with 61 RBI and has 11 home runs, 14 doubles and 51 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore shortstop Brendan Lawson leads the Gators with 16 homers and 63 runs, while batting .308 with 43 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1691\">Asking Eric: This talk with my houseguest is likely to go south quickly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Edgar Thompson can be reached at egthompson@orlandosentinel.com<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida secured the No. 8 NCAA seed and will host Miami, Troy and Rider in the Gainesville Regional beginning Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-sports","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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