A door has opened for the Miami Hurricanes at the NCAA Gainesville Regional.
With a 1-0 win over the South Alabama Jaguars in the opening round Friday, the No. 2 seeded Canes (33-19, 20-15 ACC) advance to play South Florida in the winners’ bracket final at Florida Ballpark Saturday at 3 p.m.
The USF Bulls upset top-seeded Florida earlier Friday to send the Gators to the losers’ bracket. UF will play South Alabama Saturday at 11 a.m. in an elimination game.
Miami is now a win over South Florida away from moving on to the bracket championship, where they’d enjoy the bracket advantage of having two chances to beat their opponent in the double-elimination regional.