MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. --- Game times and ticket prices have been announced for this week's NCAA Division II Southeast Baseball Regional, which will be held at Scarborough Field on the campus of Mount Olive College.

Second-seeded Tusculum (46-8) will face No. 5 seed Catawba on Thursday at 3 p.m. (EST). The six-team, double-elimination regional will start at 11 a.m. on Thursday as No. 3 Armstrong and No. 4 Francis Marion square off. Following the Tusculum/Catawba game, regional host and top seed Mount Olive will face No. 6 seed Lander at 7 p.m. to close out day one action.

The winner of the Tusculum/Catawba game will face the winner of the Armstrong/Francis Marion contest on Friday at 7 p.m. The loser of the Tusculum/Catawba game will face the loser of the Mount Olive/Lander game on Friday at 11 a.m. in an elimination game.

Ticket prices are $10 per day for adults and $5 per day for children (ages 12 and under). All-Session tickets will be available for $30 for adults and $15 for children (ages 12 and under).

Tusculum (South Atlantic Conference), Mount Olive and Armstrong Atlantic State University (Peach Belt Conference) all earned automatic berths by winning their respective conference tournaments. All three also claimed their respective regular-season conference championships. Francis Marion, Catawba and Lander claimed the three at-large bids.

Tusculum is making its sixth NCAA Division II postseason appearance in school history. The Pioneers advanced to the NCAA South Regional four times in 2003 (Lakeland, Fla.), 2005 (Lakeland, Fla.), 2007 (Tampa, Fla.) and 2008 (Tampa, Fla.). TC posted its fifth NCAA appearance in 2009 at the Southeast Regional in Aiken, S.C.

Of their six NCAA postseason trips, this will mark the fourth time the Pioneers have been the No. 2 in the regional (2005, 2007, 2008, 2012).

This will mark the second time that TC and Catawba have met in the NCAA postseason. Catawba defeated the Pioneers 5-1 on May 16, 2008 in the second round of the South Regional in Tampa, Fla.

TC's 46 wins are currently the most in the nation, second most in school history and tied for the third most in conference history, matching the 46-win campaign by Wingate in the 1995 season. TC needs one more victory to match Catawba's 47 wins in 2006 and four more to match the 50-14 slate posted by the Pioneers in 2007.

Tusculum's .852 won-loss percentage is on-pace to be a new single-season school and league mark. The school record is .781 by the 2007 squad, while Catawba's 38-7 record in 1992 was good enough for a .844 winning percentage.

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NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Scarborough Field ● Mount Olive College ● Mount Olive, N.C.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Game 3: 11 a.m. - No. 3 Armstrong vs. No. 4 Francis Marion
Game 2: 3 p.m. - No. 2 Tusculum vs. No. 5 Catawba
Game 1: 7 p.m. - No. 1 Mount Olive vs. No. 6 Lander

Friday, May 18, 2012
Game 4: 11 a.m. - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 5: 3 p.m. - Winner Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3
Game 6: 7 p.m. - Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3

(If FOUR teams remain after Game 6, the following procedures will be observed)

Saturday, May 19, 2012
Game 7: 11 a.m. - Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6
Game 8: 3 p.m. - Loser Game 6 vs. Winner Game 4
Game 9: 7 p.m. - Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8

Sunday, May 20, 2012 (Championship Sunday)
Game 10: Noon - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9
Game 11: TBA - Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 10 (if necessary)

(If FIVE teams remain after Game 6, the following procedures will be observed)

Saturday, May 19, 2012
Game 7: 11 a.m. - Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6
Game 8: 3 p.m. - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
Game 9: 7 p.m. - Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7

(If TWO teams remain after Game 9, the following procedures will be observed)

Sunday, May 20, 2012 (Championship Sunday)
Game 10: Noon - Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9
Game 11: TBA - If necessary, same teams as Game 10

(If THREE teams remain after Game 9, the following procedures will be observed)

Sunday, May 20, 2012 (Championship Sunday)
Game 10: Noon - Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 9
Game 11: TBA - Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10