PROVIDENCE, R.I. – American Athletic Conference baseball teams went 2-1 in the first day of the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship as UConn and East Carolina scored Friday victories.
UConn, the American Athletic Conference tournament champion, was a 7-6 winner against Georgia Tech in the Gainesville Regional, while East Carolina took a 9-1 win against Bryant in the Charlottesville Regional to advance to Saturday’s winners’ bracket games. Tulane, The American’s regular-season champion, fell 7-2 to Boston College in the Oxford Regional and will play an elimination game Saturday.
UConn 7, Georgia Tech 6
Freshman Tim Cate – the American Athletic Conference Rookie Pitcher of the Year – scattered three hits and struck out six in 6.