CLEMSON — In order for Clemson baseball to reach its first College World Series since 2010, it must go through Florida.

The No. 6 national seed Tigers (44-14) will host the Gators (32-28) in a best-of-three series starting Saturday (2 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

Florida emerged from the Stillwater Regional as a No. 3 seed Monday after defeating No. 11 overall seed Oklahoma State twice in the regional finals. It is the Gators' 16th appearance in the NCAA super regionals.

Here's what to know about the Florida baseball team.

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The Gators, the No. 2 national seed last year, reached the College World Series for the first time since 2018 but lost two of three in the championship game to LSU.

With lofty expectations to make it back to Omaha this season, Florida made the NCAA tournament with only a 28-27 record. It saved its best play for the 64-team tournament. The Gators defeated No. 2 seed Nebraska in the first game 5-2, then lost 7-1 to Oklahoma State.

The Gators made the regional finals after outpacing the Cornhuskers 17-11 in an elimination game and took down the Cowboys 5-2 on Sunday and 4-2 on Monday to advance to the super regional.

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Clemson must be on high alert about Jac Caglianone, who is arguably the best two-way player in the country. On the mound, he has a 4.57 ERA, the best among Florida's qualified starters, struck out 76 batters and allowed 56 hits. The southpaw's four-pitch arsenal consists of a fastball, slider, cutter and changeup.

In his start against Oklahoma State on Saturday, though, Caglianone struck out eight but allowed four home runs.

Offensively, Caglianone possesses raw power. The junior is third in the nation with 31 home runs after having the most last year with 33. He belted two during the Stillwater Regional. He also leads the Gators in batting average (.410) and significantly reduced his strikeouts (23 in 2024 from 58 in 2023).

Florida's pitching stifled Oklahoma State to advance to super regionals

The Cowboys earned a national seed in part because of their ability to outscore their opponents. They led the Big 12 in runs (498), home runs (118) and RBIs (460).

Yet Florida contained Oklahoma State to two runs in each game of the regional finals and did not allow a home run. Its pitchers struck out 15 batters and left 11 Cowboys on base Sunday. The same happened Monday with its staff striking out seven hitters and stranding seven OSU baserunners.

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Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan coached at Clemson for nine seasons

It will be a reunion among coaches this weekend as Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan returns to Clemson. He was an assistant at Clemson from 1999-2007.

O'Sullivan worked with Clemson coach Erik Bakich in 2002 and under Tigers program developer Jack Leggett during those nine seasons before landing the Gators job. He was a part of Clemson's journey to three College World Series in 2000, 2002 and 2006.

This will be O’Sullivan's first time coaching against Clemson since joining Florida and will be the first time these schools face each other since 1983.

NCAA Baseball tournament: Clemson Super Regional schedule, bracket, TV info for Clemson vs. Florida

At Doug Kingsmore Stadium; best-of-three format

Saturday, June 8

Game 1: Florida at Clemson 2 p.m. ET on ESPN

Sunday, June 9

Game 2: Florida at Clemson 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN

Monday, June 10

Game 3 (if necessary): Florida at Clemson TBA on TBD

Derrian Carter covers Clemson athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at dcarter@gannett.com and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DerrianCarter00

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