DeLand, Fla. - For the seventh time in the last eight years, the Stetson University baseball team is going to the NCAA Tournament.  The Hatters were announced on Monday as the No. 3 seed in the Tallahassee, Fla. Regional and will face No. 2 Mississippi State.  Host Florida State is the No. 1 seed in the Regional and No. 6 seed nationally.  No. 4 seed Bethune-Cookman rounds out the Tallahassee bracket. 

The Hatters (41-19) won the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season title with a 21-6 record and reached the semifinals of the conference tournament.  Stetson's strong non-conference showing and lofty RPI aided in securing the program's first at-large bid since 2003. 

Stetson has been to five other Regionals in Tallahassee (1984, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2002) but this will be the Hatters first ever meeting with Mississippi State.  The Bulldogs went 33-20 overall and 15-13 in the SEC.  Stetson and Mississippi State will kick off the Regional with a 1:00 p.m. first pitch on Friday.

Florida State is 3-2 against the Hatters in post-season play.  The schools last met in 2005, with the 11^th-ranked Seminoles taking all four meetings. 

Bethune-Cookman and Stetson have a lengthy history but though they have played 65 times, the two schools have never met in the post-season.  Stetson is 55-10 lifetime against the Wildcats. 

The Regional begins Friday June 1 and runs through Monday June 4 at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium. 

2007 NCAA Tournament Bracket

Tallahassee Regional Schedule: 

Friday, June 1, 2007
Game 1: Mississippi State vs. Stetson - 1:00 pm
Game 2: Florida State vs. Bethune-Cookman - 7:00 pm

Saturday, June 2, 2007
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 - 1:00 pm
Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 - 7:00 pm

Sunday, June 3, 2007
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 - 1:00 pm
Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 - 7:00 pm

Monday, June 4, 2007
Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary) - 7:00 pm