The 21st-ranked University of Southern Indiana baseball team received an at-large berth to the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional as the fourth seed. The regional will be hosted by top-seeded Quincy University May 19-23 at QU Stadium.
The Screaming Eagles are making their sixth appearance in the Midwest Regional in the last 10 seasons and their 12th appearance overall in the NCAA II Tournament. USI has won the Midwest Regional three times (2007, 2010, 2014) and the NCAA II National Championship twice (2010, 2014).
USI’s (33-19) first round opponent is fifth-seeded Missouri University of Science & Technology (35-17). First pitch for USI’s first round game is to be announced and will be a match-up of the Great Lakes Valley Conference’s 2016 divisional winners.
In addition to the USI-Missouri S&T match-up, top-seeded Quincy (37-16) is scheduled to start the regional against eighth-seeded Alderson Broaddus (31-19); second-seeded Grand Valley State University (35-16-1) plays seventh-seeded Hillsdale College (32-22); and third-seeded University of Indianapolis (37-19) plays sixth-seeded Ashland University (31-20).
The automatic qualifiers in the regional are UIndy (GLVC), GVSU (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), and Alderson Broaddus (Great Midwest Athletic Conference).
Regional champions will advance to the double-elimination championship finals May 28-June 4 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. More information about the NCAA II Baseball Tournament can be found at NCAA.com.
