Alabama baseball’s NCAA Tournament journey begins on Friday, when the Crimson Tide is scheduled to play its first game in the Hattiesburg regional. Rob Vaughn’s UA squad is set to face off with Miami to open the double-elimination regional.

Alabama baseball is still alive in the NCAA Tournament, but it suffered a blow from No. 3 seed Miami on Friday. Updates on when the Tide play again.

The top two seeds in the Hattiesburg Regional found themselves in the losers' bracket after sustaining Friday upsets: Alabama went down first, losing 5-3 to No. 3 seed Miami. In the night game, the No. 16 national seed Golden Eagles were blown out by No. 4 seed Columbia 11-4.

Alabama dropped the opening game of the Hattiesburg Regional on Friday afternoon, falling by a final score of 5-3.

It's win-or-go home for Alabama baseball. Here's the Tuscaloosa News' score prediction for the Tide against No. 16 national seed Southern Miss.