Thanks to a dominant performance in the Mountain West tournament, Fresno State is going to UCLA for an NCAA baseball regional.

The other teams in the bracket are are the top-seeded Bruins, No. 2 seed UC Irvine, and No. 3 seed Arizona State.

The Bulldogs (31-27, 18-12 MW) will take on the Bruins (42-16, 22-8 Big Ten) at 1 p.m. in the opener at Jackie Robinson Stadium. UC Irvine (41-15, 24-6 Big West) and Arizona State (35-22, 18-12 Big 12) square off in the second game Friday of the double-elimination regional.

Arizona State is riding a four-game losing streak and coming off a 2-0 loss to BYU in the Big 12 Tournament.

Nebraska blanked UCLA, 5-0, in the Big Ten tournament title game while UC Irvine fell 6-4 to Cal Poly SLO  in the Big West title game in Fullerton.

Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals next week, and the final eight go to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning June 13.

Gray Repeats as MW Tournament MVP

Fresno State trounced San Jose State 9-1 in the tournament finale Saturday at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona.

Fresno State third baseman Murf Gray was named tournament MVP for the second straight season and was joined on the all-tournament team by three teammates: pitcher Bryce Armstrong, outfielder Sky Collins and shortstop Lee Treviño