2016 NCAA Championship Bracket | Regional Info

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy baseball program will be making its 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament when it meets #22 North Carolina State this Friday at 7 p.m. in the first round of the Raleigh Regional at the Wolfpack's Doak Field at Dail Park. Announced live on ESPNU, the 64-team NCAA tournament bracket was released on Monday. Also competing in the four-team Raleigh Regional are Coastal Carolina, the No. 2 seed, and Saint Mary's, the region's No. 3 seed.

The losing teams from Friday will meet in an elimination game at 2 p.m. Saturday, while the winners will play at 7 p.m. Saturday. The second elimination game will be contested at 1 p.m. Sunday, with the championship game slated for later that day at 6 p.m. If necessary, a second championship game will be played at 7 p.m. Monday.

TICKET INFORMATION

Raleigh Regional Tournament Books are currently on-sale to 2016 NC State Baseball Season Ticket Holders and Wolfpack Club Members. Raleigh Regional Tournament Books, if available, will go on sale to the general public on Tuesday, May 31st at 5:00 PM. To purchase tickets, please click HERE.

Single session tickets will go on sale Friday, June 3rd at 10:00 AM if any inventory becomes available.

Navy, the region's No. 4 seed, will be playing in its first NCAA Tournament since 2011. The Midshipmen are 42-14-1 and earned at automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament by winning the Patriot League title in a thrilling three-game series over Holy Cross, two games to one.

"This is a really exciting time for the program right now," exclaimed Navy head coach Paul Kostacopoulos. "The opportunity to be in the NCAA tournament and travel down to North Carolina in an area that loves college baseball is great. Getting a chance to play a perennial ACC power that was in the College World Series just a few years ago is an amazing opportunity."

At 35-20, overall, and 15-13 in ACC play, North Carolina State will be hosting a regional for the fifth time in program history. Under the guidance of 20th-year head coach Elliott Avent, the Wolfpack were the fifth seed in this past weekend's ACC Tournament and went 1-2 with a 7-5 victory over Georgia Tech and setbacks to Florida State, 7-3 and Miami, 8-7.

The second-seeded Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina are 44-15 and come in with an RPI of 12 after going 4-0 and winning the Big South Championship. Saint Mary's will be participating in its first-ever NCAA Tournament after defeating Gonzaga on Saturday in the finals of the West Coast Conference championship. The Gaels from Moraga, Calif. went 3-0 at the WCC tournament over the weekend.

"Winning an automatic bid as the Patriot League champion was a goal of team since last fall," said Kostacopoulos. "Now we have a new challenge and goal ahead of us and I know we are all looking forward to it."

All games of the regional will be streamed live on ESPN3.com.

The 64-team NCAA Tournament field is made up of 16 regionals, each featuring four teams, playing a double-elimination format. All 16 regionals are slated to be conducted from Friday, June 3, to Monday, June 6 (if necessary).

2016 NCAA Raleigh Regional Schedule

Friday, June 3
Game 1 - No. 2 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 3 Saint Mary's, 2 p.m.
Game 2 - No. 1 North Carolina State vs. No. 4 Navy, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 4
Game 3 - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 2 p.m.
Game 4 - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 5
Game 5 - Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 1 p.m.
Game 6 - Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4, 6 p.m.

Monday, June 6
Game 7 - Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6, 7 p.m. (if necessary)