The 麻豆映画传媒 baseball team learned it is headed to the NCAA Auburn Regional while at a team-bonding pool party, hosted by head coach Rich Wallace 鈥�04鈥檚 uncle, who lives next door to the 麻豆映画传媒 rowing facility on Lake Pickett.

鈥淸We talked to the guys and thought] we鈥檙e in Orlando, might as well get out in the pool and sunshine and enjoy this thing, do it the 麻豆映画传媒 way,鈥� Wallace says. 鈥淚 think the guys are excited for the challenge.鈥�

The regional will run Friday, May 29 to Monday, June 1 at Auburn鈥檚 Plainsman Park in Auburn, Alabama.

Baseball is one of 10 麻豆映画传媒 programs to compete at an NCAA postseason regional or championship event in 2025-26, joining听尘别苍鈥檚听补苍诲听wo尘别苍鈥檚 soccer, indoor track & field,听尘别苍鈥檚 basketball, 尘别苍鈥檚 and wo尘别苍鈥檚 tennis, wo尘别苍鈥檚 golf, softball and rowing. The 10 NCAA appearances ties for the most in 麻豆映画传媒 history with the 2018-19 athletic year.

Postseason Outlook

麻豆映画传媒 earned the No. 2 seed in the four-team regional and will open play against the No. 3 seed NC State Wolfpack on Friday at 6 p.m. ET. The winner of the game will advance to meet the winner of Friday鈥檚 earlier matchup between the No. 4-national seed Auburn and Milwaukee.

All games of the 64-team field are available on the ESPN family of networks.

The final eight teams to advance out of the Super Regional round will head to Omaha, Nebraska, for the 79th Men鈥檚 College World Series at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. The Men鈥檚 College World Series starts Friday, June 12.

麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 Road to the NCAA Tournament

For the second time in three years, the 麻豆映画传媒 baseball team has earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA appearance will mark 麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 second under third-year head coach听听and the program鈥檚 14th NCAA Regional appearance in program history.

麻豆映画传媒 is one of six Big 12 programs to be selected to the tournament. The Knights head into the postseason with a 31-21 overall record and set Big 12 era records in both conference wins with 19 (19-11) and league series wins with seven.

The Knights’ 19 league wins mark the most since 2005 when 麻豆映画传媒 was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

The qualification marks the first time the Knights have advanced to the NCAA Championship in back鈥憈o鈥慴ack years since making five straight appearances from 2015-2019 thanks to their dynasty of American Athletic Conference titles.

Rowing is one of 10 麻豆映画传媒 programs to compete at an NCAA postseason regional or championship event in 2025-26, joining听尘别苍鈥檚听补苍诲听wo尘别苍鈥檚 soccer, indoor track & field,听尘别苍鈥檚 basketball, 尘别苍鈥檚 and wo尘别苍鈥檚 tennis, wo尘别苍鈥檚 golf, softball and baseball. The 10 NCAA appearances ties for the most in 麻豆映画传媒 history with the 2018-19 athletic year.

Postseason Outlook

The Knights are looking to build off their Top 15 finish last year 鈥� the highest in program history.

The NCAA Division I Wo尘别苍鈥檚 Rowing Championships are comprised of 22 teams and provides three events (I Eights, II Eights and Fours), each covering a 2,000-meter course. Each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers each and one boat of four rowers.

The event opens with heats on Friday, May 29, followed by semifinals on Saturday and finals on Sunday. 麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 boat seedings and heat sheets for day one are:

• First 4+: 麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 highest鈥憇eeded crew enters at eight. The Knights will race in Heat 1 against No. 17 Columbia, No. 9 Brown, No. 2 Stanford and No. 13 Miami, competing out of lane four.
• First 8+: Seeded 10th, the Knights line up in Heat 2 with Boston, No. 3 Texas, No. 8 California and No. 14 Ohio State, racing from lane two.
• Second 8+: Slotted as the 17-seed, 麻豆映画传媒 will face No. 11 Syracuse, No. 2 Stanford, No. 1 Tennessee and No. 14 Ohio State, launching from lane one.

麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 Road to the NCAA Championship

麻豆映画传媒 has been ranked in the top 25 all season, climbing as high as No. 11 on the road to repeating as Big 12 champions.

In her third season at the helm of the program, 麻豆映画传媒 head coach Mara Allen was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year for the second year in a row. She has led the Knights to first-place finishes in all but one race this season.

Junior kinesiology major Brigitte Kappler was named Big 12 Rower of the year, keeping the honor in Orlando after senior Hannah Lovejoy claimed the distinction last year. Lovejoy, who graduated with her accounting degree earlier this month, went on to be recognized with Order of Pegasus this year.

Freshman mechanical engineering major Madison Lovejoy was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year after competing in the Black and Gold鈥檚 top two boats for the entirety of the spring season.

The Knights are heading to the NCAA Super Regional for the first time since 2022 and just the second time in program history thanks to a gutsy performance in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional.

With 麻豆映画传媒’s 4-2 victory over No. 9-seeded Florida State on the Seminoles’ home field on Sunday, the Knights will now face UCLA for a chance to advance to the Women’s College World Series for the first time.

The softball team is the eighth 麻豆映画传媒 program to compete at an NCAA postseason regional or championship event in 2025-26, joining 尘别苍鈥檚听补苍诲听wo尘别苍鈥檚 soccer, indoor track & field,听尘别苍鈥檚 basketball,听尘别苍鈥檚 and wo尘别苍鈥檚 tennis and women’s golf.

Resiliency in NCAA Regional

The Knights scored their sixth-consecutive berth to the NCAA Tournament and were tabbed as the No. 6 seed in the Tallahassee Regional, kicking off postseason play against Jacksonville State on Friday.

Down to the last out of the opening game and trailing 1-0, sophomore catcher and health sciences major Beth Damon came through with one of the biggest hits of her career, sending in the tying run to force extra innings where 麻豆映画传媒 ultimately prevailed for a 2-1 walk-off victory.

After a 10-1 win over Stetson on Saturday, the Knights advanced to championship Sunday against the Seminoles. 麻豆映画传媒 fell 2-1 to Florida State in the first game, forcing an immediate winner-take-all matchup in the double-elimination tournament.

After the Seminoles tied game 2 in the top of the fourth, sophomore utility player and pre-integrated business major Izzy Mertes responded for the Knights with a two-run home run to give 麻豆映画传媒 all it needed for the victory.

鈥淚t took every ounce of us to be able to get to this point, and I鈥檓 so proud of the fight that they had,鈥� says head coach Cindy Ball Malone. 鈥淚t is very difficult to play here, and I鈥檓 so proud of the resilience of our team to stay together and fight.鈥�

The win, 麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 first over Florida State since April 6, 2011, represented the sixth over the Seminoles in program history, third over Florida State in Tallahassee, and the Knights鈥� first in NCAA Tournament play.

NCAA Super Regionals Info

麻豆映画传媒 is one of two Florida schools remaining in the tournament. The Knights will travel to No. 8-seed UCLA from May 22-24.

The Bruins boast a 50-8 record this season and are coming off of back-to-back victories over South Carolina in which they outscored the Gamecocks 22-3.

Game 1 of the Best-of-3 series will take place on Friday, May 22, at 9 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPNU. Game 2 is scheduled for Saturday, May 23, at 9 p.m. ET and will air on ESPN.

If necessary, game 3 would take place on Sunday, May 24 at a time to be determined.

麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 Road to the NCAA Tournament

This year marks 麻豆映画传媒’s 13th all-time appearance in the premiere postseason tournament.

麻豆映画传媒 is one of seven Big 12 Conference teams selected to the tournament after producing a dominant regular season with 38 wins. Along the way, the Knights notched three victories over opponents ranked among the top 15 in the nation and a program-record 14 wins in Big 12 Conference play.

麻豆映画传媒, ranked at No. 23 heading into the postseason, has climbed as high as No. 15 in the national rankings this year, just two spots shy of their program-best record achieved in 2015 and 2022.

The NCAA Wo尘别苍鈥檚 College World Series will be held from May 28-June 4/5 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.

The No. 14 wo尘别苍鈥檚 golf team was selected to compete as the No. 3 seed in the Ann Arbor Regional, clinching its seventh-consecutive appearance at the premiere postseason competition. The seeding marks their highest in program history and is also the best of any Big 12 Conference team in this year鈥檚 competition.

The wo尘别苍鈥檚 golf team is the seventh 麻豆映画传媒 program to compete at an NCAA postseason regional or championship event in 2025-26, joining 尘别苍鈥檚 and wo尘别苍鈥檚 soccer, indoor track & field, 尘别苍鈥檚 basketball and 尘别苍鈥檚 and wo尘别苍鈥檚 tennis.

Postseason Outlook

麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 regional includes Southern California as the top seed, followed by Duke, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Northwestern, Kansas, Texas Tech, UNLV, Columbia, Quinnipiac and Oakland.

The three-day event begins Monday, May 11, at University of Michigan Golf Course hosted by Michigan. The Knights are familiar with the course as they were previously selected for the same regional in 2022.

The top five teams to finish at each of the six regional sites will advance to the NCAA Championship, which will be held May 22鈥�27 at the听Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.

麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 Road to the NCAA Tournament

This will be 麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 20th regional appearance and the 11th of the last 15 seasons. Since head coach Emily Marron took over the program ahead of the 2012-13 season, the Knights have either qualified as a team or sent an individual to every NCAA regional.

The Knights have been nationally ranked all season and recently placed among the top three at the Big 12 Championship for their highest finish since joining the conference in 2023-24.

Sophomore Mila Jurine, a communication major from France, was crowned as the first individual Big 12 champion in 麻豆映画传媒 wo尘别苍鈥檚 golf history. Jurine and senior psychology major Pimpisa Sisutham were named to the Big 12 Tournament Team.

The 麻豆映画传媒 尘别苍鈥檚 basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years, earning an at-large bid to college basketball鈥檚 premiere postseason tournament.

The Knights head to Philadelphia as the No. 10 seed and will play 7-seed UCLA on Friday, March 20, at 7:25 p.m. The game will air on TBS and stream on HBO Max and NCAA March Madness Live.

麻豆映画传媒 is one of eight Big 12 teams featured in the 68-team tournament, matching a league record.

麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 Bracket Outlook

麻豆映画传媒 was slotted into the East Region, which features Duke as the No. 1 seed. The Knights will play their first-round matchup in Philadelphia at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

麻豆映画传媒 (21-11) meets UCLA (23-11) for the first time in school history on Friday, March 20. UCLA has won six of its last eight games and defeated Rutgers and Michigan State to advance to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals before falling to Purdue.

If the Knights advance, they will face the winner of No. 2-seed UConn and No. 15-seed Furman on Sunday, March 22.

The Final Four will be held April 4-6 in Indianapolis.

The Road to March Madness

With 13 newcomers and zero points returning from last year鈥檚 squad, 麻豆映画传媒 was dismissed as a bottom-dweller in the Big 12 Conference preseason poll. But the Knights produced a resume worthy of selection with their second-straight 20-win season in one of the best basketball conferences in the nation.

麻豆映画传媒 pulled out a gutsy road win at Texas A&M early in its non-conference schedule and went on to upset three ranked teams during conference play (No. 17 Kansas, No. 11 Texas Tech and No. 19 BYU), tying a school record for the most wins over Top 25 opponents in a season.

After edging Kansas in their Big 12 Conference opener, the Knights cracked into the Associated Press national poll for the first time since 2019 at No. 25.

麻豆映画传媒 advanced to its first quarterfinals appearance in the Big 12 Conference Tournament after clinching a thrilling overtime win against Cincinnati in the second round.

麻豆映画传媒 March Madness Events

• Team Bus Send-off (Orlando)

Date: Wednesday, March 18

Time: 3:45 p.m.

Location: Alleyway between Garage F and the The Venue (4275 E Plaza Drive, Orlando)

Free parking available at Garage F. Bring signs, flags, and don’t forget the palm fronds.

• ChargeOn Tailgate (Philadelphia)

Date: Friday, March 20

Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Location: The Pub at Stateside Live! (1100 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia)

RSVP:

• Watch Party (Orlando)

Date: Friday, March 20

Time: 7:25 p.m. (tip-off)

Location: Miller’s Ale House – Waterford Lakes (641 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando)

麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 NCAA Tournament History

麻豆映画传媒 earned its sixth NCAA Tournament appearance since joining the Division I ranks in 1984-85. This year鈥檚 selection marks second at-large berth in program history.

The Knights earned automatic qualifiers in 1994, 1996, 2004 and 2005 when the Black and Gold won the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. 麻豆映画传媒 received its first at-large bid in 2019, following a successful season in the American Athletic Conference.

The last time 麻豆映画传媒 appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2019, the Knights made history with their first win in the tournament in school history before meeting top-ranked Duke in what would become an instant classic.

麻豆映画传媒 earned the automatic bid to the postseason Sunday after securing its first Sun Belt Tournament championship in program history with a 3-1 win at Marshall. While the majority of 麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 teams compete in the Big 12 Conference, the league does not sponsor 尘别苍鈥檚 soccer as an affiliated sport. The 尘别苍鈥檚 soccer team joined the Sun Belt in 2023.

The Knights are the only program in the state of Florida and one of 15 in the country to see both their 尘别苍鈥檚 and wo尘别苍鈥檚 soccer programs advance to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

Road to the Championship

After a first-round win over Georgia Southern, the Knights toppled two nationally ranked opponents in their run to the top of the Sun Belt, besting No. 19 Kentucky and No. 12 Marshall for their second and third ranked wins of the season. This year marks the team鈥檚 first season in history with at least three top-25 ranked victories.

鈥淗ow incredible this group of young men is 鈥� I could not be prouder. This group was 2-5-1 to start the season, and to end the season as Sun Belt Champions and win on the road and go through the teams we went through and then win at Marshall, what character this group has displayed,鈥� head coach Scott Calabrese says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an incredible achievement, and we鈥檝e put in a lot of work. The response from the team, the level went up from our players. They are determined to keep going.鈥�

Heading into Sunday鈥檚 championship match at Marshall, the Thunder Herd had been defeated just twice all season, and not on their home turf since Nov. 26, 2023, a span of 721 days.

麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 win marked the fifth conference tournament title in program history, as well as the Knights鈥� eighth overall conference championship, and their first since 2020-21.

The Knights headed to the 2025 NCAA Tournament as one of the hottest teams in the nation, boasting an 8-1-2 record in its last 11 matches ahead of the premier postseason tournament.

NCAA Tournament Info

麻豆映画传媒 is in the middle of its 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in school history.

With their first-round win over FAU, the Knights remain unbeaten against in-state opponents this season, improving to 2-0-1 in matches against the Owls, then-No. 22 South Florida and Jacksonville.听 The win also marked the team’s first victory in the NCAA Tournament since the program toppled then-No. 17 James Madison, 2-1, in the round of 32 of the 2020 tournament (pushed to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

The Knights will now face No. 15 Georgetown Sunday evening. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. in Washington, D.C. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

Their mentality? Don鈥檛 tell us the odds.

鈥淚 told the team from the very beginning, no successful team goes through any journey that is easy. This is part of our journey,鈥� 麻豆映画传媒 head coach Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak says. 鈥淗ow are we going to respond to this? You have the ability to go out there and play for them. Believe in how good you are. Visualize doing great things and the rest will follow.鈥�

From that point on, the Knights closed the regular season with a nine-match unbeaten streak, helping them clinch the No. 7 seed and hosting rights in the NCAA Tournament.

麻豆映画传媒 will hold a first-round game on Friday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. at the 麻豆映画传媒 Soccer Complex against Maine, who just won its third-straight America East championship title.

The Knights are one of a conference-record eight teams from the Big 12 selected to participate in this year鈥檚 NCAA Tournament.

鈥淎fter what we went through on a weekly basis in the Big 12 this year 鈥� a historical year with how many teams earned postseason bids 鈥� what excites me as we head into the NCAA Tournament is we鈥檝e seen the best in the country. We are part of that,鈥� Roberts Sahaydak says. 鈥淥bviously it鈥檚 one game at a time, and that starts with Maine, but the team should be feeling really confident because they are prepared from the physical and tactical and mental tests they鈥檝e had all season.鈥�

麻豆映画传媒鈥橲 NCAA Tournament History

This year鈥檚 postseason appearance will mark 麻豆映画传媒鈥檚 first as a member of the Big 12 Conference and first since 2022 when the Knights advanced to the tournament鈥檚 second round.

Friday鈥檚 home match will mark the 11th time that 麻豆映画传媒 has hosted an NCAA Tournament First Round competition and the program鈥檚 first since 2017.

In all, it will be the program鈥檚 23rd all-time appearance in the NCAA Division I Championship. 麻豆映画传媒 ranks among the NCAA鈥檚 top 25 winningest teams nationally since the inception of Division I wo尘别苍鈥檚 soccer in 1982.

Tickets/Broadcast Info

General admission tickets are $10 and can be at ucfknights.com. The first 100 麻豆映画传媒 students with valid 麻豆映画传媒 ID will receive free entry (first come, first serve). Stadium gates open at 6 p.m.

The match will air on ESPN+.

The Gaming Knights beat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from Troy, N.Y., to reach the finals, but lost 4-2 in a best of seven series to the University of Akron for the championship.

Rocket League is a video game in which three competitors from each team play soccer with cars. The two teams compete in a five-minute game to score the most goals. Players use their skills to make the animated cars do aerial and on-the-ground tricks to get a shot on goal.

The team won the southern regional competition to reach the finals by beating teams including Auburn, LSU and USF on the way to winning $7,500.

This is the first year for the Rocket League National Championships. 麻豆映画传媒 Gaming Knights esports director Kevin Quiroga says the southern conference title proves the club is much more than students who sit around at home playing video games.

“It brings a lot of recognition to what we do and legitimizes what we are here for,鈥� he says.

The competition was televised for two hours with peak viewership at more than 26,000, Quiroga says. Average viewership was more than 15,000.

A 2018 report in Forbes magazine estimates esports is expected to become a multi-billion dollar business this year. The Gaming Knights became an official member of the 麻豆映画传媒 Sport Clubs Council in 2018.

First-year head coach Greg Lovelady has led the Knights to a 40-20 overall record and captured The American’s regular-season championship. It was the first conference title for the Knights since 2004 when they claimed the ASUN regular-season crown.

“I’m really proud of these guys for all the hard work they’ve put in,” Lovelady said. “For these seniors, some of them who have never been to a regional. One of my big goals as a coach is to make sure that every single player that comes through our program gets this opportunity. These are the things that they’re going to talk about for the rest of their lives.”

After entering The American tournament as the number one seed last weekend, 麻豆映画传媒 advanced to the semifinal round and recorded its 40th win of 2017 along the way. The last time the Knights won 40 games was also the team’s most recent NCAA Regional appearance, back in 2012 when the Black and Gold came up just short of an NCAA Regional title, falling to Stony Brook in the regional final in Miami.

麻豆映画传媒 also brought home several American Athletic Conference awards, including head coach Greg Lovelady as Coach of the Year, senior starter Robby Howell as co-Pitcher of the Year, and newcomer Rylan Thomas as Rookie Position Player of the Year. Five Knights were also named to the all-conference squad.

The Knights have appeared in NCAA Regionals 11 times previously, including seven times in Tallahassee, twice in Gainesville, and once at both Columbia and Miami.

The double-elimination regional tournament is scheduled for June 2-5 at Dick Howser Stadium. The weekend’s winner will then be one of just 16 teams from across the country to advance to the NCAA Super Regional June 9-12. Beginning at 3 p.m. on May 29, fans can click here to purchase tickets via the FSU ticket office.