The Cats begin their march to Omaha at noon against the Bulldogs of UNC Asheville in Spartanburg, S.C. and will send sophomore southpaw and preseason All-American A.J. Reed to the mound.  Reed made five starts and 16 appearances in route to a 5-3 record and 2.52 ERA last year and was named a consensus freshman All-American.  Reed’s last appearance on the mound came in an a nine inning losing effort  in the infamous 21 inning game against Kent State in Gary.

UNC Asheville is coming off  a 25-30 (12-12, Big South) season and return four starters.  The Bulldogs will start senior right-hander Dean Roland who was 5-6 with a 3.92 ERA.

Radio: Dick Gabriel will have the call on WWTF 1580-AM (formerly WGVN) in Lexington and on UKAtheltics.com

Twitter: Dean Bowling has the coverage today and you can follow him here

The Cats will play twice more over the weekend against USC Upstate on Saturday at 4pm and Niagara on Sunday at noon.