By Baylee Pulliam–

Tucson, Ariz. — No. 3 seed University of Louisville baseball will take on No. 2 New Mexico State (35-22) in game one of the Tucson Regional round of the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament Friday.

Louisville (39-20) is fresh off an elimination game loss to South Florida that knocked them out of BIG EAST tourney play.

The double-elimination NCAA regional rounds run June 1-4 at campuses across the country. Full tournament schedule here.

Game one of the Tucson Regional at Hi Corbett Field will broadcast at 7 p.m. on ESPNU and ESPN3.

File photo from regular season play.