Chapel Hill Regional breakdown

The North Carolina baseball team is hosting a regional again in 2012 starting Friday, June 1.

Joining the Tar Heels in competition for a spot in the Super Regional will be East Carolina, St. John’s and Cornell. Here’s what you need to know.

The Tar Heels are the No. 1 Seed.

No. 2 Seed
School: East Carolina
Mascot: Pirates
Conference: Conference USA
Record: 35-22-1
RPI: 33
Head Coach (Alma Mater, year): Billy Godwin (Atlantic Christian ’86)
Record vs. UNC (last meeting): 25-49 (UNC 1-0 in 10 inn. 4/25/12)
Bid type: At Large
Location: Greenville, NC
Enrollment: 27,800

Top Hitter: John Wooten .333 avg, 36 RBI, 8 HR.
Top Pitcher: Kevin Brandt (7-6, 1.85 ERA).

Dating back to 1964, the Tar Heels and East Carolina have meet in the post season seven times including a super regional match up in 2009. UNC has won six of those games, the only loss coming in 1982, a 1-0 game.

No. 3 Seed
School: St. John’s
Mascot: Red Storm
Conference: Big East
Record: 37-21
RPI: 46
Head Coach (Alma Mater, year): Ed Blankmeyer (Seton Hall ’76)
Record vs. UNC (last meeting): 5-8 (UNC 8-4 2/28/12)
Bid type: Automatic (Big East Champs)
Location: Queens, New York City, NY
Enrollment: 21,000

Top Hitter: Matt Wessinger .348 avg, 45 RBI, 6 HR.
Top Pitcher: Sean Hagan (8-2, 2.58 ERA)

The last and only time UNC played St. John’s in the postseason was in the 1978 College World Series. UNC won that game 9-5 and current UNC coach Mike Fox was a member of that team.

No. 4 Seed
School: Cornell
Mascot: Big Red
Conference: Ivy League
Record: 31-15
RPI: 127
Head Coach (Alma Mater, year): Bill Walkenbach (Cornell ’98)
Record vs. UNC (last meeting): 6-13 (UNC 7-5 4/1/69)
Bid type: Automatic (Ivy League Champs)
Location: Ithaca, NY
Enrollment: 13,700

Top Hitter: Brian Billigen .362 avg, 38 RBI, 5 HR
Top Pitcher: Rick Marks (4-4, 3.09 ERA) Brian McAfee (6-0, 3.19 ERA)

Cornell has been in the NCAA tournament just once before and that was in 1977. The Big Red was eliminated that year by St. John’s.