NCAA Tournament game between UC Irvine, Oregon State suspended until Monday

The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, also known as the NCAA Tournament or Regionals, is an annual baseball tournament held to determine the national champion of men's college baseball in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The tournament begins with a series of regional tournaments, which consist of four teams each, playing a double-elimination format. The winners of each regional tournament advance to the Super Regionals, which are best-of-three series.

In the 2023 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, UC Irvine (UCI) and Oregon State (OSU) were set to face off in the Super Regional round on May 26 and 28, following both teams' victories in their respective Regional tournaments. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, their series was postponed and rescheduled to begin on Monday, May 29, instead.

UCI, the representative from the Fullerton Regional, finished as the tournament champions after defeating Cal State Fullerton twice and eliminating Texas Tech and Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Oregon State, hailing from the Corvallis Regional, secured their spot in the Super Regionals by winning their last three games against Stanford and eliminating both LSU and Vanderbilt.

The Super Regional series between UCI and OSU will determine which team advances to the College World Series (CWS) in Omaha, Nebraska. The CWS is the final event of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship and is held annually at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. The double-elimination format tournament consists of eight teams, and the winner is crowned the national champion of college baseball.

In summary, UC Irvine and Oregon State were scheduled to play each other in the Super Regional round of the 2023 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship following their Regional tournament victories. However, their series was postponed and is now set to begin on Monday, May 29. The winner of this best-of-three series will advance to the College World Series to compete for the national championship.