The NCAA announced Monday that the Canes will host a baseball regional for the 22nd time. The other teams coming to Miami for Friday's opening day are Bethune-Cookman, Mississippi and Missouri.

As the top seed, the Canes will play a relatively easy opening game vs. Bethune while Ole Miss and Mizzou face each other.

Canes Coach Jim Morris will likely save freshman ace Chris Hernandez for Saturday, when he would face the Mizzou-Mississippi winner.

No. 2 starter Eric Erickson will likely go vs. Bethune. Erickson has struggled lately, so Bethune might be just what ne needs to get back on track. Kiki Garcia and David Gutierrez would be available for later in the series along with star set-up man Kyle Bellamy and closer Carlos Gutierrez.