[UPDATED: June 7, 8:59 a.m.]
The Gators were one of nine teams to rip through the regional round with three straight wins, and now they will host a familiar opponent.
Mississippi State, the unlikely winner of the Atlanta regional, will begin a best-of-three super regional series at McKethan Stadium on Friday.
Here is the schedule:
Game 1: Friday, 12 p.m., ESPN2
Game 2: Saturday, 12 p.m., ESPN2
Game 3*: Sunday, 1 p.m., ESPN
* – if necessary
The Bulldogs (37-23) were the No. 3 seed in Atlanta, but took down No. 2 Southern Miss in the opener Friday and knocked out top seed Georgia Tech on Sunday.
The Gators’ bracket, meanwhile, went exactly according to seeding. Florida, the top seed in the regional and No. 2 overall in the NCAA Tournament, finished first followed by Miami, Jacksonville and Manhattan.
The Gators finished off Miami with an 11-4 win Sunday afternoon.
Florida (48-16) beat Mississippi State three out of four games this year. In a regular-season series in Starkville, Miss., the Gators lost the opener, then won the next two games 18-0 and 3-1.
They followed up with a 7-5 win over the Bulldogs in the SEC Tournament on May 25.
This is Florida’s third straight super regional appearance. Mississippi State has not reached this round since 2007.