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COLUMBIA (WACH) - Call it the Rivalry Regional.

Three of the best college baseball programs in South Carolina, including arch-rivals USC and Clemson, plus a team from New York will battle at Carolina Stadium in the NCAA Division I Columbia Regional. 

USC is one of 16 regional hosts. South Carolina, Clemson, Coastal Carolina and Manhattan College will kick-off the regional Friday afternoon.

Clemson and Coastal Carolina will take the field at noon, and South Carolina and Manhattan will play at 4 p.m.  The games will be televised on ESPNU.

USC is also a "top 8" national seed, meaning it will host a Super Regional if it wins the regional.  In the national bracket, the Columbia regional is matched up with the Charlottesville Regional, hosted by the University of Virginia.

Click here to purchase tickets,  stop by the Athletics Ticket Office in Colonial Life Arena at 801 Lincoln Street, or call 803-777-4274 or 800-4SC-FANS (800-472-3267).