Florida baseball will begin its 40th NCAA Tournament appearance overall and 17th under head coach Kevin O'Sullivan facing East Carolina in the Conway, S.C., regional on Friday, May 30.
The Florida Gators (38-20) rebounded from an 20-14 start overall and 1-11 start in SEC play to win 18 of their final 24 games and secure a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Regional that includes host No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina (48-11), No. 3 seed ECU (33-25) and No. 4 seed Fairfield (39-17). Stream Florida baseball vs. East Carolina, free trial
Florida will send sophomore righty Liam Peterson (8-3, 4.10 ERA) to the mound against East Carolina lefty Ethan Norby (7-5, 3.81 ERA).
Florida is 4-0 all-time against ECU, although the two schools haven't met since 1994. East Carolina earned an automatic bid to the tourn