Auburn baseball earned a top four national seed in the NCAA tournament and will host a regional at Plainsman Park beginning Friday.

The Tigers regional will consist of Central Connecticut State, Stetson and NC State. Auburn will take on four-seed Central Connecticut State in its first game.

Here’s a full breakdown of what to know ahead of the tournament.

Central Connecticut State

Record: 28-14

Tournament history: This will be the Blue Devils fifth time playing in the NCAA tournament since 2017 with the last appearance coming in 2023.

Players to watch: Aidan Redahan, Chris Brown, Wyatt Cameron, Vincent Borghese and Antonio Ducatelli were named to All-NEC teams.

NC State

Record: 33-19

Tournament history: The Wolfpack has made an NCAA Regional appearance in 19 of the past 22 tournaments since 2003. NC State made the trip to Omaha last postseason.

Players to watch: Chris McHugh, Dominic Fritton, Ryan Marohn Anderson Nance and Ty Head were all named to All-ACC teams.

Stetson

Record: 40-20 record

Tournament history: The Hatters was named co-champions with Florida Gulf Coast after the ASUN tournament was cancelled due to weather. Stetson will make its 20th all-time appearance at Regionals.

Players to watch: Landon Moran, Ty Van Dyke, Jake Gorelick, Isaiah Barkett, and Jordan Taylor earned ASUN All-Tournament Team honors. Taylor was named Co-MVP.

First pitch for NC State and Stetson is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday. The Tigers game with Central Connecticut State fill start at 6 p.m. and both games will be streaming on ESPN+.

Jerry Humphrey III covers Auburn sports forAL.com. You can follow him on X at @Jerryhump3or email him at [email protected].