May 10, 2009

2009 NCAA Baseball Selections

NCAA RELEASE

INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division II Baseball Committee has selected the 48 teams that will participate in the 2009 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 14-18. Regional champions will advance to the double-elimination championship finals May 23-30 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 2009 championship. Each conference and its automatic qualifier are listed below:

California Collegiate Athletic Conference - UC San Diego
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference - Wilmington (Delaware)
Conference Carolinas - Belmont Abbey
East Coast Conference - Adelphi
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Grand Valley State
Great Lakes Valley Conference - Northern Kentucky
Gulf South Conference - Southern Arkansas
Heartland Conference - Texas Permian Basin
Lone Star Conference - Abilene Christian
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association - Nebraska-Omaha
Northeast-10 Conference - Franklin Pierce
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference - Minnesota State Mankato
Peach Belt Conference -
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference - West Chester
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference - Colorado State-Pueblo
South Atlantic Conference - Catawba
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Stillman
Sunshine State Conference - Barry
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Shepherd

In the 2008 championship, Mount Olive College captured its first national championship title with a 6-2 victory over Ouachita Baptist University.

This year marks the 42nd annual championship, and the first year that the finals have been held in Cary, North Carolina.

SITES/PAIRINGS:
Central Regional at Grand Junction, Colorado
*Denotes host institution
1.   *Mesa State   39-13
2.   Minnesota State Mankato   38-15
3.   Wayne State (Nebraska)   42-13
4.   New Mexico Highlands   39-18
5.   Southwest Minnesota State   27-13
6.   Colorado State-Pueblo   39-20

Atlantic Regional at Kutztown, Pennsylvania
1.   West Chester   42-10
2.   *Kutztown   33-15
3.   Shepherd   33-16
4.   Mercyhurst   35-15
5.   West Virginia State   31-13
6.   Concord   27-13

Midwest Regional at Chillicothe, Ohio
1.   *Ashland   41-13-1
2.   Grand Valley State   41-13-1
3.   Southern Indiana   37-17
4.   Northern Kentucky   40-20
5.   Indianapolis   40-19
6.   Rockhurst   35-21

East Regional at Rindge, New Hampshire
1.   Dominican (New York)   37-12
2.   *Franklin Pierce   36-16
3.   Adelphi   31-14
4.   Dowling   30-15
5.   Assumption   32-18-1
6.   Wilmington (Delware)   27-27

South Regional at Magnolia, Arkansas
1.   *Southern Arkansas   49-9
2.   Barry   44-9
3.   West Alabama   37-14
4.   Tampa   38-15
5.   Lynn   38-16
6.   Florida Southern   38-14
7.   Valdosta State   41-19
8.   Stillman   35-20

Southeast Regional at Aiken, South Carolina
1.    *South Carolina Aiken    39-17
2.    Francis Marion    36-13-1
3.    Georgia College    37-17
4.    Catawba    35-16
5.    Tusculum    36-16
6.    Belmont Abbey    34-24

South Central Regional at Warrensburg, Missouri
1.   *Central Missouri   41-13
2.   Abilene Christian   43-17
3.   Angelo State   43-18
4.   Emporia State   42-12
5.   Nebraska-Omaha   40-18
6.   Texas Permian Basin   39-17

West Regional at Keizer, Oregon
1.   UC San Diego   36-12
2.   *Western Oregon   33-12
3.   Sonoma State   32-14
4.   Cal State Dominguez Hills   34-21