March 13, 2012
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By Eric DeSalvo
UCFAthletics.com
ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - Central Florida baseball fans can enjoy another showdown of top-20 collegiate baseball teams on Wednesday night.
No. 19 UCF will host No. 10 Miami at 6:35 p.m. at the UCF baseball complex. Tickets cost just $12, and fans can purchase them in advance through Ticketmaster.
The Miami game comes one week after the Knights set a school record for the largest series attendance when a total of 5,851 fans watched two home games against Florida State.
The Knights (13-4) and Hurricanes (12-3 entering Tuesday's game) are old rivals who first played during UCF's inaugural season in 1973. They played once in 2011 and twice in 2010 - including a 6-3 UCF win in Coral Gables in March 2010 -- following a 15-year hiatus in the series.
On the mound for UCF will be senior Ray Hanson (Long Beach, Calif.), who recorded five solid innings of work against No. 6 FSU last week. The 6-foot-7 righty will be opposed by LHP Steven Ewing, who started Miami's last two games against UCF.
The game will be broadcast live on Bright House Sports Network, which is on channel 1147 for Bright House Networks digital cable subscribers. Comcast subscribers will be able to tune in to CSS Sports for the broadcast.
Former UCF quarterback Kyle Israel, who led the Knights to their first Conference USA championship in 2007, is scheduled to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh-inning stretch.