College of Charleston passed over as host for NCAA baseball regional - Charleston Post Courier
The NCAA announced the 16 regional host sites Sunday night and the Cougars did not make the list. The host sites for the regionals were LSU, Illinois, Texas A&M, Miami, Dallas Baptist, Texas Christian, Cal State Fullerton, Florida, Houston, Santa Barbara, UCLA, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Missouri State, Oklahoma State and Florida State. In the end, the Cougars’ two losses to UNC Wilmington in the CAA Tournament proved to be too much overcome to host an NCAA baseball regional for the first time in school history. The Cougars finished the regular season with an RPI ranking of No. 18. The Cougars won the Gainesville Regional last year and advanced to the super regional in Lubbock, Texas, against Texas Tech. The Red Raiders beat the Cougars in back-to-back 1-0 games. “Obviously, we’re disappointed that we didn’t get to host a regional,” said College of Charleston coach Monte Lee. “We felt like we had a good enough resume to be one of the 16 host teams, but the committee felt differently. We would have loved to have hosted a regional and felt like we did enough during the regular season to put ourselves in that conversation. We’re excited about the opportunity to be in a regional and hopefully get to a super regional. Source: www.postandcourier.com
