The Miami Hurricanes squandered an opportunity to put themselves firmly in the driver’s seat of the Gainesville Regional.
With top regional seed Florida already eliminated, second-seeded Miami missed its chance to streamline its way to the regional final with 10-2 loss to No. 4 seed South Florida in a winners’ bracket game that saw an 82-minute weather delay on Saturday night at Florida Ballpark.
Instead of UM starting the regional 2-0 with its toughest competition already out and two cracks at whichever team comes up through the losers’ bracket, it’s USF in that prime position.
The Hurricanes face South Alabama in an elimination game and12 p.