NCAA.com | May 16, 2016 2016 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship released Share INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 56 teams that will compete in the 2016 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. Six teams will compete at four regional sites and eight teams will compete at four regional sites. All regionals will use a double-elimination format. Forty conference champions qualified automatically. Winners of the eight regional tournaments will qualify for the double-elimination championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin, May 27- June 1/2, 2016. DATES/SITES/SEEDINGS: May 27- June 1/2 South Region Hosted by Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia 1. Emory 2. Birmingham-Southern 3. Shenandoah 4. Marietta 5. Huntingdon 6. Thomas More Mideast Region Hosted by Washington and Jefferson, Washington, Pennsylvania 1. La Roche 2. Randolph-Macon 3. Wooster 4. The College of New Jersey 5. Ohio Wesleyan 6. Johns Hopkins 7. St. Joseph's (Long Island) 8. Widener Central Region Hosted by Webster University, Sauget, Illinois 1. Wisconsin-Whitewater 2. Wartburg 3. Augustana (Illinois) 4. Washington U. in St. Louis 5. Rose-Hulman 6. Westminster (Missouri) West Region Hosted by Whitworth University / Spokane Sports Comm., Spokane, Washington 1. Trinity (Texas) 2. Cal Lutheran 3. Case Western Reserve 4. Whitworth 5. Texas-Tyler 6. Pacific Lutheran Mid-Atlantic Region Hosted by Misericordia University, Moosic, Pennsylvania 1. Misericordia 2. St. John Fisher 3. Salisbury 4. Haverford 5. UMass Boston 6. Kean 7. Salve Regina 8. Penn State - Berks New York Region Hosted by SUNY Cortland, Auburn, New York 1. SUNY Cortland 2. Ramapo 3. Frostburg State 4. Susquehanna 5. Union (New York) 6. Castleton New England Region Hosted by Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut 1. Wheaton (Massachusetts) 2. Oswego St. 3. Tufts 4. Keystone 5. Suffolk 6. Mitchell 7. Eastern Connecticut State 8. Salem State Midwest Region Hosted by Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin 1. Wisconsin-La Crosse 2. Concordia Chicago 3. North Central (Illinois) 4. St. Scholastica 5. Saint John’s (Minnesota) 6. Luther 7. Kalamazoo 8. Beloit First-round matchups for the championship site will be as follows: South vs. New York West vs. Midwest Mid-Atlantic vs. New England Central vs. Mideast Conferences receiving automatic qualification are as follows: Conference Automatic-Qualifier Team Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference La Roche American Southwest Conference Texas -Tyler Capital Athletic Conference Salisbury Centennial Conference Haverford College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Augustana (Illinois) Colonial States Athletic Conference Keystone Commonwealth Conference Widener Commonwealth Coast Conference Salve Regina Freedom Conference Misericordia Great Northeast Athletic Conference Suffolk Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Rose-Hulman Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Luther Landmark Conference Susquehanna Liberty League Union (New York) Little East Conference Eastern Connecticut State Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Salem State Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kalamazoo Midwest Conference Beloit Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Saint John’s (Minnesota) New England Collegiate Conference Mitchell New England Small College Athletic Conference Tufts New England Women's and Men's Athletics Conference Wheaton (Massachusetts) New Jersey Athletic Conference Ramapo North Atlantic Conference Castleton North Coast Athletic Conference Wooster North Eastern Athletic Conference Penn State - Berks Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Concordia Chicago Northwest Conference Pacific Lutheran Ohio Athletic Conference Marietta Old Dominion Athletic Conference Randolph-Macon President’s Athletic Conference Thomas More St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Westminster (Missouri) Skyline Conference St. Joseph's (Long Island) Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Cal Lutheran Southern Athletic Association Birmingham-Southern Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Trinity (Texas) State University of New York Athletic Conference SUNY Cortland USA South Athletic Conference Huntingdon Upper Midwest Athletic Conference St. Scholastica Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wisconsin-La Crosse Pool B Emory Case Western Reserve Pool C Frostburg State Johns Hopkins Kean The College of New Jersey North Central (Illinois) Ohio Wesleyan Oswego St. St. John Fisher Shenandoah Washington U. in St. Louis Wisconsin-Whitewater Wartburg Whitworth In the 2016 Division III championship game, SUNY Cortland SUNY Cortland topped Wisconsin-La Crosse, 6-2, in game two of the championship series to win the 2015 DIII Baseball Championship. 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