May 11, 2009
D-III Regionals Schedule
NCAA Release
INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 54 teams that will compete in the 2009 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.
Six teams will compete at five first-round sites; eight teams will compete at three first-round sites. All first rounds will use a double-elimination format. Thirty-five conference champions qualified automatically.
Winners of the eight first-round tournaments will qualify for the double-elimination championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin, May 22-26.
DATES/SITES/SEEDINGS:
May 13-17
Hosted by Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan
1. Heidelberg (36-7)
2. Wooster (35-8)
3. Marietta (29-15)
4. Adrian (31-9)
5. Concordia Chicago (33-13)
6. Rose-Hulman (31-12)
Hosted by Augustana College (Illinois), Moline, Illinois
1. Carthage (32-6)
2. Millsaps (32-8)
3. Wis.-Whitewater (26-17)
4. Washington-St. Louis (25-10)
5. Wartburg (27-18)
6. Fontbonne (25-17)
Hosted by Eastern Connecticut State University, Mansfield, Connecticut
1. Eastern Conn. St. (35-6)
2. Southern Me. (35-7)
3. Trinity (CT) (29-5)
4. WPI (28-11)
5. Suffolk (30-9)
6. Westfield St. (23-15)
7. Husson (31-12)
8. Babson (22-18)
Hosted by Kean University, Lakewood, New Jersey
1. Kean (34-9)
2. Keystone (37-4)
3. Montclair St. (26-17)
4. Penn St.-Behrend (31-11)
5. TCNJ (24-16-1)
6. Elizabethtown (27-13)
7. Alvernia (26-15)
8. Penn St.-Berks (21-20-1)
Hosted by Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
1. Pomona-Pitzer (35-5)
2. Texas-Tyler (38-10)
3. Cal Lutheran 31-9)
4. George Fox (33-9)
5. Chapman (26-14)
6. Hendrix 22-21)
Hosted by Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland
1. Salisbury (37-6)
2. Shenandoah (28-6)
3. N.C. Wesleyan (27-19)
4. Christopher Newport (24-11-2)
5. Wash. & Jeff. (33-12)
6. York (PA) (27-14)
7. Johns Hopkins (24-14)
8. Wash. & Lee (22-13)
Hosted by Skyline Conference and State University of New York at Farmingdale, Farmingdale, New York
1. Cortland St. (30-12)
2. Ithaca (29-8)
3. Rensselaer (31-9)
4. Farmingdale St. (26-13)
5. Western New Eng. (29-15)
6. Clarkson (21-19)
Hosted by University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
1. St. Olaf (29-12)
2. St. Thomas (31-10)
3. St. Scholastica (35-5)
4. St. Norbert (23-13)
5. Wis.-Stevens Point (29-14)
6. Beloit (28-7)
First-round matchups for the championship site will be as follows:
Augustana (IL) regional winner vs. Adrian regional winner
Kean regional winner vs. Eastern Conn. St. regional winner
Salisbury regional winner vs. Skyline/Farmingdale St. regional winner
Linfield regional winner vs. Wis.-Oshkosh regional winner
Conferences receiving automatic qualification are as follows:
Conference Automatic-Qualifier Team
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Penn St.-Behrend
American Southwest Conference Texas-Tyler
Centennial Conference Johns Hopkins
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Carthage
Colonial States Athletic Conference Keystone
Commonwealth Coast Conference Western New Eng.
Commonwealth Conference Elizabethtown
Freedom Conference Alvernia
Great Northeast Athletic Conference Suffolk
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Rose-Hulman
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wartburg
Liberty League Clarkson
Little East Conference Eastern Conn. St.
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Westfield St.
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Adrian
Midwest Conference Beloit
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference St. Olaf
New England Small College Athletic Conference Trinity (CT)
New England Women's and Men's Athletics Conference Babson
New Jersey Athletic Conference TCNJ
North Atlantic Conference Husson
North Coast Athletic Conference Wooster
North Eastern Athletic Conference Penn St.-Berks
Northern Athletics Conference Concordia Chicago
Northwest Conference George Fox
Ohio Athletic Conference Heidelberg
Old Dominion Athletic Conference Wash. & Lee
President's Athletic Conference Wash. & Jeff.
Skyline Conference Farmingdale St.
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pomona-Pitzer
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hendrix
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Fontbonne
State University of New York Athletic Conference SUNY Cortland
USA South Athletic Conference N.C. Wesleyan
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wis.-Stevens Point
Pool B
Chapman
Ithaca
St. Scholastica
Salisbury
Washington-St. Louis
York (PA)
Pool C
Cal Lutheran
Chris. Newport
Kean
Marietta
Millsaps
Montclair St.
Rensselaer
St. Thomas (MN)
St. Norbert
Shenandoah
Southern Me.
Wis.-Whitewater
WPI
In the 2008 Division III championship game, Trinity College (Connecticut) defeated Johns Hopkins University 5-4.
The 2009 NCAA Spring Seasonal Show will air on CBS at 2 p.m. Eastern time, Saturday, July 4, and will include highlights from the championship.
