Tickets available for tonights NCAA Regional

All-session tickets for the Louisville Regional are currently available online at GoCards.com or can be purchased by phone (502-852-5151) through the UofL Ticket Office. All-session tickets for the regional are $70 for reserved chairback seats and $45 for college students.

Fans are encouraged to purchase and pick up tickets in advance to avoid long will call lines on game day. Tickets can be picked up at the UofL Ticket Office, located at Gate 2 of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. No tickets will be mailed.

Single session tickets, including reserved chairback and general admission berm seating, will go on sale Friday, May 31 from 9 a.m., ET at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Ticket Office or at Jim Patterson Stadium starting at noon ET. Single session tickets will also be available online here on Friday at 9 a.m., with the option to print tickets at home.

THOMPSON HONORED

TUCSON, Ariz. - Louisville junior righthanded pitcher Jeff Thompson added another accolade to his terrific career as a Cardinal on Thursday when he was named Louisville Slugger Second Team All-America by College Baseball newspaper.

The 2013 BIG EAST Conference Pitcher of the Year and a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, Thompson (Greenville, Ind./Floyd Central HS) is 10-1 on the mound with a 2.09 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 90.1 innings pitched this season. Seven of Thompson's 14 starts have been scoreless outings and opposing batters are hitting just .174 against him. For his career, Thompson is 21-6 as a Cardinal with a 2.94 ERA and 213 strikeouts in 208.1 innings pitched.

Thompson is the 14th All-American honoree in head coach Dan McDonnell's seven seasons in Louisville.

Up next, the No. 8 Cardinals will host NCAA Regional action at Jim Patterson Stadium this weekend. Top-seeded Louisville will open against No. 4 seeded Bowling Green on Friday at 6 p.m., ET, while No. 2 seed Miami (Fla.) and No. 3 seed Oklahoma State will kick off the weekend on Friday at 2 p.m.