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USA Today
29-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
How to buy tickets to the 2025 Auburn Regional
How to buy tickets to the 2025 Auburn Regional Buy tickets today to ensure that you are a part of the home-field advantage. After missing the tournament last season, Auburn baseball returns to the NCAA Tournament in 2025 in a familiar place, as a host of an NCAA Regional Plainsman Park will be buzzing this weekend, and tickets are selling fast. If you are interested in cheering on the Tigers this weekend, be sure to buy tickets from StubHub before heading out to the ballpark. Tickets to Auburn's regional opener against Central Connecticut are available for a great price, starting as low as $20 for general admission seating within the War Eagle Wall, Tiger Terrace, or Plainsman Patio. Ticket prices remain consistent throughout the weekend, with general admission seating providing the best value for those who want to watch the action live. The 2025 Auburn Regional marks the third time in four years that Auburn has hosted an NCAA Regional, which is a stretch that has never been accomplished before in program history. This year's field includes NC State, Stetson, and Central Connecticut, with the winner advancing to face the winner of the Conway Regional, hosted by Coastal Carolina. This year's Auburn Regional is different, as Auburn has the chance to host its first-ever Super Regional. Homefield advantage will be key for the Tigers this weekend, so make sure to secure your tickets to see the action live. Click here for a look at the 2025 Auburn Regional schedule. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__


USA Today
26-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Who will Auburn baseball play in this week's Auburn Regional?
Who will Auburn baseball play in this week's Auburn Regional? Auburn is ready to host an NCAA Regional for the third time in four seasons. Auburn baseball has locked in a regional host seed for the third time in four seasons, and has now learned its opponents for the 2025 Auburn Regional that will begin this weekend at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Alabama. The Tigers will welcome NC State, Stetson, and Central Connecticut to Plainsman Park for this weekend's Auburn Regional. Stetson and Central Connecticut enter the NCAA Tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments while NC State finished fourth in the ACC with a 33-19 overall record, and a 17-11 record against conference foes. Auburn grabbed the No. 4 overall seed in this year's tournament, which puts them in position to host a super regional should they handle business this weekend on the Plains. The Tigers join fellow SEC teams Vanderbilt, Texas, and Arkansas by grabbing a top-four seed, with LSU and Georgia also grabbing a top-eight seed from the conference. Auburn baseball returns to the regional host seat after taking a giant step forward in 2025. After missing postseason play in 2024 with a 27-26 overall record and an 8-22 mark in SEC play, Auburn finished the 2025 season 20-games over .500 (38-18), and winning 56% of its games against SEC competition at 17-13. The Tigers bumped its overall team batting average 26 points from .276 in 2024 to .302 this season, while also improving its totals in home runs, runs scored, and strikeouts. The biggest improvement came in pitching, where Auburn made giant strides in every major category. Auburn lowered its ERA from 5.94 in 2024 to 4.76 in 2025. Auburn also struck out 59 more batters this season while issuing 29 fewer walks. Auburn's opponents' batting average dropped 40 points from .286 to .246. Here is a closer look at the 2025 Auburn Regional field. No. 1 Auburn Tigers 2025 record: 38-18 Conference: SEC RPI ranking: No. 3 Strength of schedule: No. 1 Record against quadrant 1 teams: 15-12 No. 2 NC State Wolfpack 2025 record: 33-19 Conference: ACC RPI ranking: No. 35 Strength of schedule: No. 32 Record against quadrant 1 teams: 7-9 No. 3 Stetson Hatters 2025 record: 39-19 Conference: Atlantic Sun RPI ranking: No. 65 Strength of schedule: No. 167 Record against quadrant 1 teams: 3-6 No. 4 Central Connecticut Blue Devils 2025 record: 28-14 Conference: Northeast Conference RPI ranking: No. 211 Strength of schedule: No. 298 Record against quadrant 1 teams: 0-1 Which regional is Auburn paired with? The Auburn Regional is paired with the Conway Regional, which will be hosted by the No. 13 seed Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Should Auburn win the Auburn Regional this weekend, they will host the winner of the Conway regional next week at Plainsman Park. He is a look at which teams to keep an eye on as the weekend unfolds. No. 1 Coastal Carolina (RPI No. 11) No. 2 Florida (RPI No. 17) No. 3 East Carolina (RPI No. 74) No. 4 Fairfield (RPI No. 84) Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__