Will Troy baseball host a super regional? What coach Skylar Meade said
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One week ago, Troy baseball waited with bated breath to find out its NCAA Tournament fate.
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The Trojans heard their name called for the Gainesville Regional. Seven days later, they left the Sunshine State with a trophy in hand.
Now, the men of Troy don’t need to leave the Yellowhammer State again, unless it’s on a plane bound for Omaha.
The Trojans won the Gainesville Regional final 10-2 over host and No. 8 seeded Florida. Now, they’ll host their first ever super regional vs. Little Rock, which swept the Hattiesburg Regional as the No. 4 seed.
The Trojans were only going to host if Little Rock won. It’s a feeling Meade experienced as a player at Louisville in 2007.
“It was one of the coolest things ever, and for me to be able to tell my players,” Meade said. “It doesn’t matter who we are playing. We’re going to be ready to go.”
Meade, who praised the support of the Troy fans who traveled to Gainesville, joked he will pay off the fire marshal to allow 19,000 fans into Riddle-Pace Field, which has a capacity of 2,500.
“It’s really awesome for the fans, especially those who made the trip down here or those who have been a Trojan much longer than I have,” Meade said. “I’ve only been a Trojan for four years, 11 months, but there are those who have been it for 70 years, and they get to rock the Power T really hard right now.”
Noah Ram covers Florida Gators athletics and Gainesville-area high school sports for The Gainesville Sun, GatorSports.com and the USA TODAY Network. Contact him at [email protected]. Follow him on X @Noah_ram1 and on Instagram @Ramreporter.
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