North Carolina Earns No. 6 National Seed, Opens NCAA Play At 2 P.M. Friday

CHAPEL HILL --- North Carolina will be the #6 national seed and will host the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional starting Friday, June 1, at Boshamer Stadium, the NCAA announced Monday afternoon. Carolina will battle North Carolina A&T on Friday at 2 p.m. before Purdue and Houston face off in the regional's nightcap game at 7 p.m.

In a change for 2018, North Carolina will play the opening game on Friday in an effort to lessen the impact of potential weather delays as well as allowing for more time between games before Saturday's second game.

The Heels (38-18), winners of the ACC Coastal division, are making their 17^th appearance in 20 seasons of the Mike Fox era. This is the 31^st overall appearance for North Carolina in the NCAA tournament.

The Chapel Hill Regional champion will advance to face the winner of the DeLand Regional (Stetson, South Florida, Oklahoma State, Hartford) in the Super Regional round for the right to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Heels beat North Carolina A&T, 1-0, during a midweek game on March 13. The Aggies went 32-23 overall this season with a 16-8 conference record in the MEAC.

North Carolina last played Purdue in 2006 and are 8-1 all time against the Boilermakers. Carolina has never played Houston in program history.

Tickets packages for the weekend will go on sale Wednesday at noon. Single-game tickets will be available starting Thursday at noon. They will be $15 for a single game, $60 for full session tickets.

Parking will be available in the Rams Head Deck for $10 and in the Craige Deck for free (levels 5-9). Beginning at 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, there will also be free parking available in the Bowles Lot, the Raleigh Road Visitors Lot and on Stadium Drive. Disability parking is available for $10 in the Rams Head Deck. Ridge Road will be closed to through traffic for the weekend.

2018 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional Schedule
Friday, June 1
Game 1: #1 North Carolina (38-18) vs. #4 North Carolina A&T (32-23), 2 p.m.
Game 2: #3 Houston (36-23) vs. #2 Purdue (37-19), 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 2
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 1 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6 p.m.

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

Monday, June 4
Game 7, if necessary, 4 p.m.

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North Carolina Earns No. 6 National Seed, Opens NCAA Play At 2 P.M. Friday

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