The Virginia Cavaliers will make back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances after receiving an at-large bid. The Cavaliers were tabbed as the No. 2 seed for the the Greenville Regional in the NCAA DI Baseball Tournament. They will open play with Coastal Carolina Friday at 6 p.m. with the game to be aired on ESPN+.
The host school East Carolina will open with the fourth seed in the regional, Coppin State, at 1 p.m. Friday.
Virginia has reached the College World Series five times since 2009, tied for the second most in of any college baseball program. The Cavaliers are one of the six teams that went to Omaha last year that are part of the 2022 field. UVA has played in the NCAA Tournament in 16th time in 19 seasons under head coach Brian O’Connor.