48 Team Tournament Starts Thursday
INDIANAPOLIS, IN—The NCAA Division II Baseball Committee has selected the 48 teams that will participate in the 2010 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship.
The championship provides for eight regional sites – six sites will host six teams, the West region will host four teams and the South region will host eight teams. All regionals are double-elimination tournaments and will be played at on-campus sites May 13-17. Regional champions will advance to the double-elimination championship finals May 22-29 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. The finals will be hosted by Mount Olive College and the town of Cary, North Carolina.
Nineteen conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2010 championship. Each conference and its automatic qualifier are listed below:
California Collegiate Athletic Association – UC San Diego
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference – Dominican (New York)
Conference Carolinas – Mount Olive
East Coast Conference – C.W. Post
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wayne State (Michigan)
Great Lakes Valley Conference – Southern Indiana
Gulf South Conference – Valdosta State
Heartland Conference – Incarnate Word
Lone Star Conference – Abilene Christian
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Central Missouri
Northeast-10 Conference – Stonehill
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota State Mankato
Peach Belt Conference – Columbus State
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – California (Pennsylvania)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – New Mexico Highlands
South Atlantic Conference – Catawba
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State (Georgia)
Sunshine State Conference – Tampa
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Seton Hill
In the 2009 championship, Lynn University captured its first national championship title with a 2-1 victory over Emporia State University.
This year marks the 43rd annual championship, and the second consecutive year that the finals have been held in Cary, North Carolina.
(Courtesy NCAA Release)
SITES/PAIRINGS:
*Denotes host institution
Atlantic Regional at West Lawn, Pennsylvania Bracket |
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1. | *Kutztown | 37-12 |
2. | West Chester 36-12 | |
3. | Seton Hill | 35-19 |
4. | West Virginia State | 31-14 |
5. | Mansfield | 32-18 |
6. | California (Pennsylvania) | 32-16 |
Central Regional at Farmington, New Mexico Bracket |
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1. | *New Mexico Highlands | 39-11 |
2. | Minnesota State Mankato | 40-13 |
3. | Mesa State | 36-18 |
4. | Winona State | 36-14 |
5. | Nebraska-Kearney | 36-18 |
6. | St. Cloud State | 37-15 |
East Regional at West Haven, Connecticut Bracket |
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1. | *Southern Connecticut State | 35-11-1 |
2. | Franklin Pierce | 36-14-1 |
3. | New Haven | 31-13 |
4. | Stonehill | 29-16 |
5. | C.W. Post | 31-15-1 |
6. | Dominican (New York) | 28-16 |
Midwest Regional at Evansville, Indiana Bracket |
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1. | *Southern Indiana | 43-12 |
2. | Grand Valley State | 34-14 |
3. | Northern Kentucky | 41-15 |
4. | Wayne State (Michigan) | 32-18 |
5. | Ashland | 35-20 |
6. | Indianapolis | 34-20 |
South Regional at Tampa, Florida Bracket |
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1. | Southern Arkansas | 43-8 |
2. | *Tampa | 42-8 |
3. | Valdosta State | 42-15 |
4. | Florida Southern | 39-14 |
5. | Rollins | 38-17 |
6. | West Florida | 36-18 |
7. | Florida Tech | 38-14 |
8. | Albany State (Georgia) | 33-19 |
Southeast Regional at Florence, South Carolina Bracket |
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1. | *Francis Marion | 38-12 |
2. | Columbus State | 42-10 |
3. | Georgia College | 35-15 |
4. | Mount Olive | 40-9 |
5. | Catawba | 40-11 |
6. | Erskine | 40-15 |
South Central Regional at Warrensburg, Missouri Bracket |
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1. | *Central Missouri | 47-8 |
2. | Abilene Christian | 46-13 |
3. | Emporia State | 42-14 |
4. | Incarnate Word | 40-16 |
5. | St. Mary’s (Texas) | 39-17 |
6. | Nebraska-Omaha | 32-18 |
West Regional at Compton, California Bracket |
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1. | UC San Diego | 48-7 |
2. | *Cal State Dominguez Hills | 40-18 |
3. | Cal State Chico | 35-18 |
4. | Hawaii Pacific | 37-10 |
For more information regarding the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship, log on to www.NCAA.com.