INDIANAPOLIS â The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 56 teams that will compete in the 2017 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-one conference champions qualified automatically.
View all eight regional schedules
Winners of the eight regional tournaments will qualify for the double-elimination championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin, Friday-Tuesday/Wednesday, May 26- 30/31, 2017.
DATES/SITES/SEEDINGS:
Thursday â Sunday/Monday, May 18-21/22
South Region Hosted by Averett University, Danville, Virginia
1. Salisbury
2. LaGrange
3. Rowan
4. Emory
5. Otterbein
6. Roanoke
Mideast Region Hosted by Washington and Jefferson, Washington, Pennsylvania
1. Wooster
2. SUNY Cortland
3. La Roche
4. Washington and Jefferson
5. Misericordia
6. Keystone
7. DePauw
8. Earlham
Central Region Hosted by Webster University, Sauget, Illinois
1. Birmingham Southern College
2. Washington U. in St. Louis
3. Wartburg
4. Webster
5. North Central (Illinois)
6. Greenville
West Region Hosted by The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
1. Texas-Tyler
2. Cal Lutheran
3. Centenary (Louisiana)
4. Linfield
5. Concordia University Texas
6. Rhodes
Mid-Atlantic Region Hosted by Middle Atlantic Conference, York, Pennsylvania
1. Johns Hopkins
2. Shenandoah
3. Wheaton (Massachusetts)
4. RIT
5. Alvernia
6. Elizabethtown
7. SUNY Maritime
8. Lesley University
New York Region Hosted by SUNYAC, Syracuse, New York
1. Oswego State
2. Southern Maine
3. The College of New Jersey
4. Tufts
5. Castleton
6. Ithaca
New England Region Hosted by Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Harwich, Massachusetts
1. Massachusetts Boston
2. Arcadia
3. St. John Fisher
4. Salve Regina
5. Babson
6. Suffolk
7. Worcester State
8. Penn State-Berks
Midwest Region Hosted by Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin
1. Wisconsin-Whitewater
2. Concordia Chicago
3. Adrian
4. St. Scholastica
5. Wisconsin-La Crosse
6. St. Thomas (Minnesota)
7. Macalester
8. St. Norbert
Teams at the final site will be seeded to determine first round matchups.
Conferences receiving automatic qualifications are as follows:
| CONFERENCE | AUTOMATIC-QUALIFIER |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | La Roche |
| American Southwest Conference | Texas-Tyler |
| Capital Athletic Conference | Salisbury |
| Centennial Conference | Johns Hopkins |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | North Central (Illinois) |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Keystone |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Salve Regina |
| Empire 8 Conference | Ithaca |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Suffolk |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Earlham |
| Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Wartburg |
| Landmark Conference | Elizabethtown |
| Liberty League | RIT |
| Little East Conference | Massachusetts Boston |
| Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference | Worchester State |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Adrian |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Arcadia |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Misericordia |
| Midwest Conference | St. Norbert |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Macalester |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Lesley |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Tufts |
| New England Women's and Men's Athletics Conference | Babson |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | The College of New Jersey |
| North Atlantic Conference | Castleton |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Wooster |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | Penn State-Berks |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Concordia Chicago |
| Northwest Conference | Linfield |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Otterbein |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Roanoke |
| President's Athletic Conference | Washington and Jefferson |
| Skyline Conference | SUNY Maritime |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Greenville |
| Southern Athletic Association | Rhodes |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Cal Lutheran |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | Centenary (Louisiana) |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | Oswego State |
| USA South Athletic Conference | LaGrange |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | St. Scholastica |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
Pool B
| Emory |
| Washington U. in St. Louis |
Pool C
| Alvernia | St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
| Birmingham Southern College | SUNY Cortland |
| Concordia (Texas) | Rowan |
| DePauw | Webster |
| Shenandoah | Wheaton (Massachusetts) |
| Southern Maine | Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| St. John Fisher |
In Game 2 of the 2016 Division III championship series, Trinity (Texas) topped Keystone 10-7 to capture the first baseball title in school history.
