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Georgia Tech, Georgia earn national seeds, will host NCAA regionals

Georgia Tech's Luke Waddell (7) throws to first base during the ACC NCAA college baseball championship game against North Carolina in Durham, N.C., Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)

The road to Omaha will start in Athens and Atlanta. The NCAA announced Georgia and Georgia Tech will host baseball regionals this week.

Both teams also earned national seeds Monday, which means they will host super regionals if they advance.

The Yellow Jackets were named the No. 3 seed and their regional is paired with Chapel Hill. The Bulldogs were named the No. 4 seed and the Athens winner will face the Baton Rouge winner.

It will be the sixth time the Bulldogs have hosted a NCAA regional. They are one of eight teams that also hosted regional in 2018.

For Georgia Tech, it is the 12th time they have been named a regional host and the first since 2011.

The NCAA regionals will be held May 31-June 3.

ATLANTA REGIONAL:

  1. Georgia Tech
  2. Auburn
  3. Coastal Carolina
  4. Florida A&M

ATHENS REGIONAL:

  1. Georgia
  2. Florida Atlantic
  3. Florida State
  4. Mercer

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