While one dream became a reality, another dream dies for Auburn Baseball.
The Tigers defeated UCLA on Monday, 11-4 to claim the Auburn Regional title, and win their first regional at Plainsman Park since 1999.
Winning the regional crown in front of their home fans was an amazing feat and a very monumental moment in the history of the program. In addition to needing a win over UCLA, Auburn also needed Vanderbilt to defeat Oregon State in order to host next week’s Super Regional.
However, the latter did not happen. The Beavers defeated Vanderbilt, 7-6 on Monday to move on to the Super Regional round, and to keep their home-field advantage.
As a result, Auburn’s next stop on the road to Omaha is Corvallis, Ore. to face Oregon State, the no. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
With Auburn’s regional win, the Tigers head to their third Super Regional in five seasons. Auburn dropped two of three to Florida in Gainesville in 2018, after a tough-luck play that ended in a walk-off home run by Florida’s Austin Langworthy in the 11th inning in game three of the series. In 2019, Auburn outscored North Carolina, 25-16 in Chapel Hill to advance to the College World Series since 1997.
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