No. 13 Kansas Ready to Host First Ever Lawrence Regional

Friday, May 29

Lawrence, Kan.

12 p.m. CT

University of Kansas

Northeastern

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No. 13 Kansas Ready to Host First Ever Lawrence Regional

5/28/2026 9:05:00 AM | Baseball

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Kansas (42-16, 22-8 Big 12) at Lawrence Regional
When	Friday, May 29 – Monday, June 1
Where	Lawrence, Kan. // Hoglund Ballpark
Watch	Friday
Radio	Jayhawk Sports Network + 810 AM/FM 92.3, 92.9, 101.7, 105.9
Live Stats	Stats
Game Notes	Kansas
Tournament Central	Tournament Central
Social Media	@KUBaseball \| @kubaseball \| Facebook

Probable Starting Pitchers
Day	Kansas	Northeastern
Fri. 12 p.m. CT	TBD	TBD

LAWRENCE, Kan. – No. 13 Kansas Baseball will host a regional at Hoglund Ballpark this week for the first time ever. Kansas will face Northeastern in the first game of the regional on Friday at 12 p.m. CT on ESPN+.

"It's four unbelievable teams that have all played really good baseball," head coach Dan Fitzgerald said. "I think where you play certainly matters, but it's a super challenging draw. This is an incredibly tough field in the NCAA Tournament."

Kansas (42-16, 22-8 Big 12) is appearing in the postseason in back-to-back seasons for just the second time in school history and the seventh time overall. KU received an automatic bid after becoming the first team to win the Big 12 regular season title outright and the Big 12 Tournament title since Texas in 2009.

The Jayhawks went 3-0 in the conference tournament. That included a 9-0 shutout of No. 9 West Virginia on May 23 in the championship game. The shutout was the second all-time in the Big 12 title game (2005). In the quarterfinals, Savion Flowers hit a walk-off solo home run in the 10th inning to lift Kansas to an 8-7 win

Kansas won the Big 12 title outright with 22 league wins this season. It was the first regular season conference championship for Kansas since 1949 as a member of the Big Seven and only the fourth in school history (1923, 1924, 1949).

KU has hit 102 home runs this season, only two shy of last year's school record of 104. Kansas has four hitters with at least 10 home runs this season (Tyson LeBlanc – 21, Josh Dykhoff – 15, Augusto Mungarrieta – 15, Tyson Owens – 14). LeBlanc has hit a team-high 21 home runs this season, tied for the most in a season in KU history with Tony Thompson in 2009.

Northeastern (38-20, 22-8 CAA) won the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament for the second consecutive year to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. After dropping the first game of the CAA tournament, Northeastern won the next four games to claim its second straight CAA Tournament title. Northeastern leads the country with 210 stolen bases this season. The next closest team in Division I baseball is 29 stolen bases behind.

FANS COMING TO THE GAME
For a smoother entry into Hoglund Ballpark, fans are encouraged to show up early. Gates at Hoglund Ballpark open two hours prior to first pitch. For more information on all aspects of the Lawrence Regional, please click here.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
All games of the Lawrence Regional will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks, with Victor Rohas (play-by-play) and Connor Wanhanen (analyst). The first game for Kansas will be on ESPN+. Fans can also listen to the games on 101.7/105.9/92.9 FM in Lawrence, 810 AM in Kansas City and 92.3 FM in Wichita, along with the Jayhawk Sports Network on KUAthletics.com and the Kansas Jayhawks app.

Live statistics can be found here, while live updates will also be provided on the team's official X page @KUBaseball.

BIG 12 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Following the first Big 12 Tournament title for Kansas in 20 years, five Jayhawks were named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team.

Tyson LeBlanc, Augusto Mungarrieta, Savion Flowers, Dominic Voegele and Cade Baldridge all earned a spot on the team. LeBlanc was also named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. The five selections were the most ever for Kansas in a Big 12 Tournament.

SERIES HISTORY
Kansas and Northeastern have only played once before in baseball. That matchup came on Feb. 28, 2015 in the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida. Kansas won that game by a score of 6-4.

UP NEXT
Kansas will move on to play in super regionals next weekend against the winner of the Atlanta Regional in a three-game series for the right to play in the College World Series or its season will come to an end.