UCLA No. 2 Seed in NCAA Tournament's Long Beach Regional

Four Pac-10 Conference teams earned berths in the NCAA Tournament, including UCLA, Arizona State, Arizona and Oregon State.

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LOS ANGELES - UCLA has earned a No. 2 seed at the NCAA Tournament's Long Beach Regional, as announced by the NCAA baseball tournament selection committee Monday morning.

The Bruins (30-26) will make their third NCAA Regional appearance in the last four years when they face No. 3 seed Pepperdine (35-20) at 3 p.m. on Friday, June 1 at Long Beach State's Blair Field.

No. 1 seed Long Beach State (37-18) will face No. 4 seed Illinois-Chicago (34-19) at Blair Field on Friday. First pitch between the Dirtbags and Flames is set for 7 p.m.

UCLA won both games against Pepperdine during the regular season.

The Bruins defeated Pepperdine, 6-2, at home on April 17 and won, 4-1, in Malibu, Calif., on May 8.

The Bruins will make their 14th appearance in an NCAA Regional, marking the program's first back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths since the 1999 and 2000 seasons.

Last season, UCLA finished 1-2 as the No. 2 seed at the NCAA Tournament's Malibu Regional at Pepperdine.

Four Pac-10 Conference teams earned berths in the NCAA Tournament, including UCLA, Arizona State, Arizona and Oregon State.

Long Beach State Regional Schedule

Friday, June 1

3:00 p.m. - Game 1: No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 3 Pepperdine

7:00 p.m. - Game 2: No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 4 Illinois-Chicago

Saturday, June 2

3:00 p.m. - Game 3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2

7:00 p.m. - Game 4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2

Sunday, June 3

2:00 p.m. - Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4

6:00 p.m. - Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5

Monday, June 4

6:00 p.m. - Game 7: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 (if necessary)

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