ATLANTA — The fourth-seeded UIC baseball team (27-28-1) continues play in the NCAA Atlanta Regional on Saturday with a 1 p.m. (CT) elimination game against the loser of Saturday's earlier opening-round game between No. 2 seed Oklahoma (32-21) or No. 3 seed The Citadel (35-24). The Flames' Saturday regional matchup from Georgia Tech's Mac Nease Park at Russ Chandler Stadium will be televised on ESPN+ and can be heard live and free of charge on the Flames Network.
UIC is 0-2 against The Citadel, having traveled to Charleston, S.C., to face the Bulldogs twice during the opening weekend of the 2025 season. Should the Flames face Oklahoma, it would be UIC's first-ever meeting against the Sooners.
REGIONAL NOTES
- UIC is making its seventh NCAA regional appearance and first since 2019, when it went 0-2 at the Louisville Regional. The Flames are 2-13 all-time in NCAA postseason play, with those two wins coming in back-to-back regionals in 2007 (4-1 opening-round win over host and top-seeded Long Beach State) and 2008 (9-5 elimination-game win over Dallas Baptist at the College Station Regional).
- Senior first baseman Will Flanigan carved his place in UIC baseball history on Friday with a pair of home runs in the Flames' regional opener against Georgia Tech. Flanigan is the first UIC player to homer twice in an NCAA Tournament game.
- Junior second baseman Jake Busson cracked his 19th home run of the season on Friday against Georgia Tech, extending his Missouri Valley Conference lead in that department. He also moved into sole possession of third place on UIC's single-season home runs list, trailing only Scott Ota (20 in 2019) and Kendall Ewell (21 in 2024).
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