ARTICLE: BIG (XII) Dreams Come to an End for UCF Baseball

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Knights eliminated in semifinal rout

“A SEMIFINAL!!” – Mae Green, Ted Lasso®, Season 2, Episode 9.

The Cinderella Story in the Big XII tournament comes to a close for the Knights following a 10-1 drubbing at the hands of the Oklahoma State Cowboys, who went on to defeat the Oklahoma Sooners for the Big XII tournament title.

With the way the tournament is formatted, despite entering the game undefeated in the tournament, the Knights found themselves in a win-or-go-home contest late Friday night. In another interesting aspect of this tournament format, the Knights found themselves once again being the “road” team for this neutral site setting.

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Big (XII) dreams come to an end for UCF Baseball

Sons of UCF is the brainchild of Adam Eaton and Michael Espinosa, two long-time friends and UCF alums, who also host the wildly popular Sons of UCF podcast.

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Florida State Seminoles (42-15, 17-12 ACC)

Conference Tournament Result: Atlantic Coast Conference Runner-Up

“(Wallace) played for UCF, so he knows how important it is for us … you have his passion and history of being here, he just wants to win.” – Pitcher Kyle Kramer.

A major one-year improvement for the Seminoles took place between 2023 and 2024. After posting their first losing season ever in 2023 (let’s pause here – can we take a moment to appreciate how ridiculous that statistic is? Their first season was in 1948), head coach Link Jarrett went to the portal which made for a remarkably quick rebuild, increasing their win total by 19 in just one year.

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UCF Baseball heads to Regionals

Sons of UCF is the brainchild of Adam Eaton and Michael Espinosa, two long-time friends and UCF alums, who also host the wildly popular Sons of UCF podcast.

www.sonsofucf.com

 

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Stetson Mad Hatters (40-20, 20-10 ASUN, 1-1 vs UCF)

Conference Tournament Result: Atlantic Sun Conference Champions

“You’re playing postseason baseball, so the games are going to mean a lot more.” – outfielder Jack Zyska. “Two really gutsy wins from us (in the Big XII tournament) … we had a really good shot at it.”

Someone the Knights have played this season! A big congratulations to the Hatters for winning their conference tournament. They will face Florida State to start off this bracket.

The Knights and Hatters split their two games this year, each team taking the win at home with neither win being necessarily one-sided [7-1 UCF, 5-3 Stetson].

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UCF Baseball heads to Regionals

Sons of UCF is the brainchild of Adam Eaton and Michael Espinosa, two long-time friends and UCF alums, who also host the wildly popular Sons of UCF podcast.

www.sonsofucf.com

 

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Alabama Crimson Tide (33-22, 13-17 SEC)

Conference Tournament Result: Southeastern Conference One-And-Done

“Everything steps up a level when you get to this type of competition, everyone got there because they’ve earned it, so you have to be locked in from pitch one to the last pitch of the game and every facet of your game has to be at its best, and we are certainly capable of doing that,” stated Knights catcher Danny Neri.

A regional rematch from 13 years ago when the Crimson Tide beat the Knights twice in the 2011 Tallahassee regional.

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UCF Baseball heads to Regionals

Sons of UCF is the brainchild of Adam Eaton and Michael Espinosa, two long-time friends and UCF alums, who also host the wildly popular Sons of UCF podcast.

www.sonsofucf.com