DIII Baseball Selection Committee announces 56 teams to compete in tournament
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. This was the first baseball title for SUNY Cortland.