NCAA Baseball Regional Tournament Times Changed Due to National Television Coverage

Fayetteville, Ark. – Times for the NCAA Division I Fayetteville Baseball Regional have been changed to accommodate CSTV’s national broadcast. UAlbany will meet Arkansas, ranked 11th nationally in the Baseball America and USA Today/ESPN national polls, on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Razorbacks are hosting one of 16 regionals on June 1-4. Oklahoma State and Creighton are paired in the other first-round contest at 3:30 p.m.

Carter Blackburn is the play-by-play announcer for the Arkansas-UAlbany game. He will be joined in the booth by former major league player Kevin Stocker. CSTV is seen in more than 20 million homes via cable and satellite. CSTV is widely available on cable systems across the country, including Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, Cablevision, Charter, Insight, Bright House Networks, Mediacom, RCN, Advanced Cable and Bresnan. CSTV is also available on DIRECTV’s Total Choice Premier Package Channel 610 and DISH Network’s America’s Top 120 Package Channel 152.

UAlbany (29-27) is making its first-ever NCAA appearance after capturing the America East Conference championship. The Great Danes, who have won eight of their last 10 outings, including three straight in America East postseason play, own the second-highest win total in school history.

NCAA Fayetteville Regional Tournament Schedule (All Times Eastern)

Friday, June 1

Game 1 - #2 Creighton (44-14) vs. #3 Oklahoma State (38-19), 3:30 p.m.

Game 2 - #1 Arkansas (41-19) vs. #4 UAlbany (29-27), 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 2

Game 3 – Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3:30 p.m.

Game 4 – Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 3

Game 5 – Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 3:30 p.m.

Game 6 – Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7:30 pm.

Monday, June 4

Game 7 – Game 6 opponents (if necessary), 8:30 p.m.