FORT WORTH, Texas - The 2015 America East Champion Stony Brook Seawolves begin their road to Omaha on Friday afternoon against the second-seeded N.C. State Wolfpack at 3:30 PM ET on ESPN3 in the Fort Worth Regional.
The Seawolves earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2012 when the program made a magical run all the way to the College World Series.
Since the NCAA went to the regional format in 1999, no America East team had received better than a No. 4 seed until this season as the Seawolves come in as the No. 3 seeded. They face No. 2 N.C. State in the first game of the regional while top-seed and host TCU takes on No. 4 Sacred Heart at 8 p.m. ET Friday. Here is the schedule for the regional:
Fort Worth Regional Schedule
Friday, May 29
Game 1 - No. 3 Stony Brook vs. No. 2 N.C. State, 3:30 PM ET
Game 2 - No. 1 TCU vs. No. 4 Sacred Heart, 8 PM ET
Saturday, May 30
Game 3 - Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser, TBD
Game 4 - Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, TBD
Sunday, May 31
Game 5 - Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser, TBD
Game 6 - Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, TBD
Monday, June 1
Game 7 - Game 6 Winner vs. Game 6 Loser (if necessary), TBD
NCAA Notes
- Stony Brook is the first team in conference history to receive a No. 3 seed in a regional under the current NCAA format. Every other team has been a No. 4 seed.
- Stony Brook won its 5th America East title, tied for the second-most in conference history and just one behind Delaware for the most in league history, with three-straight wins in the 2015 America East Championship.
- Stony Brook became the first team since the 2012 Seawolves to finish unbeaten in the championship.
- America East teams have won games in the NCAA Championship in four of the last six years, but have not won since Stony Brook’s run to the College World Series in 2012.
- The 2012 Seawolves were the first America East team under the current NCAA tournament format to advance to the College World Series. Stony Brook came out of the Coral Gables Regional by beating Miami, losing to UCF, then winning three-straight (one vs. Missouri State and two vs. UCF) to advance to the Baton Rouge Super Regional. They took the best-of-three series, 2-1, over LSU after losing game one.
- This is the second-straight year an America East team will face N.C. State to begin regional play. Binghamton dropped its opening game to the Wolfpack in Raleigh, N.C. last year.
- Overall, America East teams are 11-34 since the NCAA format change in 1999 which includes six wins by Stony Brook in 2012. America East teams have won nine games since 2009.