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Boston College Baseball Earns Spot In NCAA Tournament

BOSTON (CBS) -- The BC Eagles are soaring to the NCAA Tournament.

College baseball's field of 64 was announced on Monday, with Boston College earning their spot after a 31-20 season. Their road to Omaha will start in Oxford, Mississippi, where the three-seeded Eagles will face two-seed Tulane on Friday afternoon at 4 pm in the double-elimination first round.

The Eagles won 10 of their last 15 games in the regular season, but were eliminated by Georgia Tech in the opening round of the ACC Tournament. Boston Ceollege had impressive series wins over Louisville, North Carolina State and Virginia, the defending national champs, during the regular season.

This is the first time Boston College has made the NCAA Tournament since 2009, and the 10th time in school history.

 

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