Aggie Baseball to Open Men’s College World Series by Taking on Florida

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M will face a familiar foe to open play in the Men’s College World Series later this week.

The Aggies (49-13) will face Southeastern Conference rival Florida (34-26) at 6 p.m. Saturday (ESPN2) at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska.

Texas A&M lost two of three games it played against the Gators in mid-March in Gainesville, Florida.

In the other half of the bracket, Kentucky (45-14), also outside the SEC, will face North Carolina State (38-21).

The A&M-Florida winner will advance to face the Kentucky-North Carolina State winner at 6 p.m. Monday, while the losers will meet at 1 p.m. Monday in an elimination game.

In other first-round tournament games, North Carolina (47-14) will face the Virginia Cavaliers (46-13) in an Atlantic Coast Conference contest, while Tennessee (55-12) will face State of Florida (47-15).