A look at the Charlottesville Regional teams

The NCAA baseball tournament gets underway today with the Charlottesville Regional. There are 16 other regionals happening around the country this weekend with four teams in each regional for a total of 64 tournament teams, (approximately) like the basketball tournament. The regionals are double-elimination format. The winners of each regional advance to the super regionals, which are eight, two-team matchups where, to advance, the winning team must win two out of three games (it is the Sweet 16 of college baseball). The eight winners then advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

Virginia faces Bucknell at 2 p.m. and Liberty takes on Arkansas at 7 p.m. today. Virginia's game will be on ESPN3.com and the Liberty-Arkansas matchup will be ESPNU. The losers of those games will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday in an elimination game. The winners will meet at 8 p.m. The winner of the first game Saturday and the loser of the second game Saturday will play Sunday at 1 p.m. in an elimination game. The winner of that game will face the winner of the second Saturday game at 8 p.m. Sunday. If the team with one loss going into that game loses, it is out and the winner moves on to super regionals. Should the team with zero losses lose that game, the two teams will play another game Monday at 7 p.m. in an elimination game. And now a closer look at the teams:

No. 1 seed Virginia
National seed: No. 3
Record: 44-13, 22-8 ACC; went 1-2 in the ACC tournament
Last 10 games: 6-4
Team batting average: .277

Batting average leaders: John La Prise (.367), Joe McCarthy (.305), and Branden Cogswell (.295)
RBI leaders: Papi (47), McCarthy (44), and Brandon Downes (34)
HR leaders: Papi (10), Downes (7), and McCarthy (6)
SB leaders: McCarthy (11), Daniel Pinero (9), and Downes (9)
Team ERA: 2.36
Expected starting rotation (for each team, from Andrew Ramspacher of The Daily Progress): Artie Lewicki (5-1, 1.99 ERA), Nathan Kirby (8-1, 1.48) and Brandon Waddell (7-1, 2.73)

No. 4 seed Bucknell
National seed: None
Record: 30-19-1, 15-5 Patriot League; went 4-0 in Patriot League semifinals and finals; lost two of three to Columbia after Patriot League championship
Last 10 games: 7-3
Team batting average: .249
Batting average leaders: Joe Ogren (.324), Anthony Gingerelli (.312), and Brett Smith (.303); team was lead in batting average by Corey Furman (.388), but he is hurt
RBI leaders: Ogren (28), Gingerelli (27), and Jon Mayer (23)
HR leaders: Gingerelli (5), Mayer (2), and Rob Krentzman (1)
SB leaders: Smith (9), Ogren (6), and Gingerelli (3)
Team ERA: 3.41
Expected starting rotation: Bryson Hough (8-3, 4.37), Dan Weigel (7-5, 2.94), Andrew Andreychik (5-4, 3.56)

No. 2 seed Arkansas
National seed: None (No. 24 in Baseball America poll)
Record: 38-23, 16-14 ACC; went 3-2 in SEC tournament
Last 10 games: 7-3
Team batting average: .263
Batting average leaders: Brian Anderson (.311), Clark Eagan (.311), and Joe Serrano (.299)
RBI leaders: Anderson (49), Eric Fisher (43), and Tyler Spoon (36)
HR leaders: Fisher (9), Anderson (6), and Spoon (3)
SB leaders: Andrew Benintendi (15), Anderson (9), and Serrano (8)
Team ERA: 2.63
Expected starting rotation: Chris Oliver (8-4, 2.45), Trey Killian (4-8, 2.18), Zack Jackson (2-2, 1.80)

No. 3 seed Liberty
National seed: None (spent time in top 25 poll this season)
Record: 41-16, 23-3 Big South; went 2-2 in Big South tournament
Last 10 games: 5-5
Team batting average: .276
Batting average leaders: Ryan Seiz (.362), Alex Close (.324), and Dalton Britt (.300)
RBI leaders: Close (45), Seiz (42), and Danny Grauer (40)
HR leaders: Seiz (12), Close (8), and Grauer (7)
SB leaders: Ashton Perritt (18), Britt (6), Will Shepherd (5), and Nick Lacik (5)
Team ERA: 2.62
Expected starting rotation: Trey Lambert (11-2, 2.10), Blake Fulghum (4-3, 3.16), and Parker Bean (7-2, 2.71)