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HELLO EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE 2025 NCAA BASEBALL DIVISION TWO SELECTION SHOW. I’M JACK KAISER, AND ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL THE BASEBALL MOMS WATCHING TONIGHT. 56 SCHOOLS WILL PARTICIPATE, ALL WITH THE GOAL OF BEING ONE OF THE EIGHT TO ADVANCE TO CARRY NORTH CAROLINA IN THE USA BASEBALL NATIONAL TRAINING COMPLEX MAY 30TH THROUGH JUNE 7TH. 22 TEAMS HAVE EARNED AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION INTO THE 2025 CHAMPIONSHIP THROUGH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE REMAINING 34 SPOTS IN THIS FIELD ARE FOR AT LARGE SELECTIONS. ALL REGIONALS ARE DOUBLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENTS AND WILL BE PLAYED MAY 15TH THROUGH 18TH. REGIONAL WINNERS WILL ADVANCE TO THE BEST OF THREE SUPER REGIONAL COMPETITION. MAY 23RD THROUGH 24TH IN THE SUPER REGIONAL. WINNERS WILL HEAD TO NORTH CAROLINA AT THE END OF MAY. ALL RIGHT. LET’S GO THROUGH EACH REGION AND WE WILL START OUT WEST AND STARTING WITH THE 4 OR 5 GAME POINT LOMA. SECOND PLACE IN THE PAC WEST FOR THE SEA LIONS THIS YEAR, WHO WERE THE NATIONAL RUNNER UP THREE YEARS AGO. POINT LOMA MADE IT TO CARRY AGAIN LAST SEASON, SO VOYAGING TO THE OPPOSITE COAST IS SOMETHING THE SEA LIONS ARE USED TO. MONTANA STATE BILLINGS. THE YELLOW JACKETS HAVE REACHED THEIR SECOND EVER REGIONAL AND FIRST SINCE 2019, COMING OUT OF THE MEAC, JACKSON BETANCOURT HAS HAD A FANTASTIC SEASON ON THE MOUND WITH A THREE, THREE, SEVEN ERA AND MONTANA STATE BILLINGS IS IN AND THE TOP SEED IN THE WEST IS NORTHWEST NAZARENE. THE NIGHTHAWKS ARE 25 AND THREE OVER THEIR LAST 28 GAMES, AND HAVE RACKED UP A PROGRAM RECORD 40 WINS THIS SEASON WITH A 402 E.R.A. NORTHWEST NAZARENE HAS ONE OF THE BEST PITCHING STAFFS IN THE COUNTRY THAT HELPED THE NIGHTHAWKS EARN THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT NEC TOURNAMENT TITLE ON FRIDAY, AND WILL SOAR INTO REGIONALS WITH MAMMOTH MOMENTUM. MOVING ON. THE THREE SEED IS THE CCHA TOURNAMENT CHAMPION, CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY. IT’S THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR THE OTTERS ARE REGULAR SEASON AND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPS. FOUR PLAYERS WITH DOUBLE FIGURE HOME RUNS. THE OTTERS BRING A BALANCED OFFENSE INTO THE POSTSEASON, AND THE SIXTH SEED BELONGS TO SAN FRANCISCO STATE FINISHED A GAME OUT OF FIRST IN THE CCHA THIS YEAR IN. THE GATORS WILL PLAY IN THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT REGIONAL AFTER A LONG DROUGHT SINCE 1995. MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM HAS HIT 18 HOMERS THIS YEAR, HELPING SAN FRANCISCO STATE BACK INTO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. AND LET’S LOOK AT THE TWO SEED AND HOST IN THE WEST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY. WESTMONT IS GOING TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. PERFECT REGION FOR THEM ELIGIBLE THIS YEAR AFTER TRANSITIONING FROM NAIA TO DIVISION TWO. WESTMONT WON THE PAC WEST REGULAR SEASON AND TOURNAMENT BEHIND THE TOP ERA IN THE LEAGUE. ALREADY CHAMPIONS AT THE NAIA LEVEL JUST TWO YEARS AGO, THE WARRIORS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR A D2 CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST, WE ARE CALLING CATAWBA SOUTH ATLANTIC CHAMPIONS, WINNING FIVE STRAIGHT GAMES IN THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT AND NOW WITH 12 CONSECUTIVE WINS GOING INTO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AS A ONE SEED, CATAWBA MADE IT TO CARRY LAST SEASON, AND THEY LOOK POISED TO MAKE ANOTHER RUN. PLENTY OF RECENT SUCCESS IN LATE MAY EXPERIENCE FOR JIM GANN’S TEAM. NOW IN HIS 29TH SEASON AS HEAD COACH AND COMING IN AT THE EIGHT SPOT, THE LANDER BEARCATS, THEIR FIRST TRIP TO REGIONALS SINCE 2016. LANDER IS ON A REMARKABLE 14 GAME WIN STREAK THAT EARNED THE BEARCATS THE AUTOMATIC BID FROM THE PEACH BELT CONFERENCE. THE FOUR SEED IS YOUNG HARRIS COE REGULAR SEASON CONFERENCE CAROLINAS CHAMPS. THE MOUNTAIN LIONS REACHED THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP AND HEAD TO REGIONALS WITH 40 WINS. YOUNG HARRIS HAS THREE DIFFERENT PLAYERS WITH AT LEAST 15 HOME RUNS, CATALYZING THE TOP SLUGGING TEAM IN CONFERENCE CAROLINAS THIS SEASON, AND YOUNG HARRIS WILL MATCH UP WITH NORTH GREENVILLE. THE TRAILBLAZERS HAD A STELLAR SEASON IN CONFERENCE CAROLINAS AND WILL NOW PLAY IN THEIR SEVENTH STRAIGHT REGIONAL, WINNING IT ALL BACK IN 2022. GOOD PITCHING AND HOME RUNS IS A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL FORMULA IN NORTH GREENVILLE. EMBRACED IT, LEADING THE CONFERENCE IN ERA WHILE RANKING SECOND IN HOME RUNS AND THE AUTOMATIC QUALIFIER OUT OF CONFERENCE CAROLINAS AND HOSTING AS A TWO SEED BELMONT ABBEY. FIVE STRAIGHT WINS COMING OUT OF THE LOSER’S BRACKET IN THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT TO WIN THE PROGRAM’S FIRST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SINCE 2009. THAT’S ALSO THE SAME YEAR THAT BELMONT ABBEY MADE IT TO CARRY. COULD WE SEE THAT AGAIN THIS SEASON? FROM THE RED HOT CRUSADERS? AND THEIR FIRST MATCHUP IS WITH CARSON-NEWMAN. THE EAGLES STARTED THE YEAR WINNING THEIR FIRST TEN GAMES AND CLOSED OUT THE REGULAR SEASON WITH 37 WINS, 35 WINS IN THE REGULAR SEASON, 37 OVERALL WITH THE TOP ERA IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC, CARSON-NEWMAN WILL PLAY IN ITS FIRST REGIONAL SINCE 2008. AND LET’S LOOK AT THE THREE SIX SHOWDOWN, STARTING WITH LENOIR RHYNE, THE BEARS FINISHED SECOND IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC THIS SEASON, BUT LED THE CONFERENCE, BATTING 357, AND SOPHOMORE MACKENZIE WAINWRIGHT HAS HAD ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS IN THE NATION AT THE PLATE, BATTING 427 WITH 22 HOME RUNS. CONGRATS TO WAINWRIGHT AND LENOIR RHYNE MAKING THEIR SECOND NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE SINCE 2001. AND NOW TO NORTH GEORGIA BACK IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2017, NORTH GEORGIA WON A SHARE OF THE PEACH BELT REGULAR SEASON TITLE, GOING 23 AND FOUR IN CONFERENCE PLAY. AND LOOKING AT THE SOUTH CENTRAL, WE’VE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR SAINT EDWARDS IN AT THE FOUR SEED, THE HILLTOPPERS REACHED THE LONE STAR CHAMPIONSHIP BUT FELL TO ANGELO STATE. CONNOR COX HAS HAD A STELLAR YEAR IN THE BOX BATTING 419, AND SAINT EDWARDS WILL PLAY IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS, AND THE FIVE SEED IS LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN. 30 WINS IN THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE THIS YEAR, ENOUGH TO MAKE A THIRD CONSECUTIVE REGIONAL. BREVIN MCCOOL HAS THE SECOND MOST HOME RUNS IN THE COUNTRY WITH 30 LONGBALLS THIS YEAR, OVER DOUBLE HIS HOME RUN PRODUCTION IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS TWO YEARS AGO. RIDING THE MOMENTUM OF FOUR STRAIGHT TRIPS TO CARRY. ANGELO STATE IS THE TOP SEED IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL, RANKED NUMBER TWO NATIONALLY IN THE LATEST POLL. THE RAMS STARTED OUT THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT WITH A LOSS, BUT RATTLED OFF FOUR STRAIGHT WINS TO BECOME THE FIRST TEAM IN THE CURRENT PLAYOFF FORMAT TO WIN THE LONE STAR TOURNAMENT. COMING OUT OF THE LOSERS BRACKET AND HITS ARE JUST INEVITABLE FOR ANGELO STATE, BATTING 372 AS A TEAM TO LEAD THE NATION, THE RAMS WILL TRY TO MAKE IT FIVE STRAIGHT RUNS TO CARRY STARTING THIS WEEKEND AND JOINING THE SOUTH CENTRAL AS THE THREE SEED. COLORADO MESA REGULAR SEASON AND TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS IN THE MAC CAMERON CARTWRIGHT WAS SPECTACULAR THIS PAST WEEK, GOING 17 FOR 27 WITH 18 RBI OVER SIX GAMES. THE MAVERICKS BAT 363 AS A TEAM AND LED THE CONFERENCE IN ERA THIS YEAR AS WELL. REACHING THE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN ELUSIVE FOR COLORADO MESA SINCE 2019, WHEN THEY WERE THE NATIONAL RUNNER UP. PERHAPS THIS IS THE YEAR THE MAVERICKS RETURN AND THEY WILL FACE THE SIX SEED MSU DENVER. THE ROADRUNNERS HAVE NOW MADE THE NCAA TOURNAMENT THREE TIMES IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS, AND THEY’VE GOT THE NATION’S HOME RUN LEADER, EASTON AMUNDSON. 34 HOME RUNS TO LEAD THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THREE IN HIS LAST TWO GAMES. AND NOW TO THE TEAM WITH THE BEST PITCHING STAFF AT THE LONE STAR. UT TYLER IS THE TWO SEED AND WILL HOST. THE PATRIOTS HAVE A CONFERENCE LEADING 3.65 ERA, WHICH GUIDED THEM TO 43 WINS THIS YEAR. UT TYLER HAS MADE THE D-2 NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY, NOW QUICKLY FOLLOWING UP THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE IN 2023 AFTER TRANSITIONING FROM DIVISION THREE JUST SIX YEARS AGO. AND TO THE SOUTH. THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA TAKES OUR TOP SEED. 43 AND SEVEN THIS YEAR FOR THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMP AND NINE TIME TITLE WINNER, TAMPA WAS ALMOST UNBEATABLE AT HOME, GOING 26 AND ONE. AND GOOD NEWS FOR THE REGIONAL HOST. THEY’RE GOING TO BE AT HOME AGAIN. 26 AND ONE AT THE FRIENDLY CONFINES THIS YEAR, LEADING THE SPARTANS IN THE BOX THIS SEASON. JORDAN WILLIAMS BATTING 375 WHILE STARTING PITCHER C.J. WILLIAMS PUT TOGETHER AN IMPRESSIVE 2.36 ERA. PART OF ONE OF THE ELITE PITCHING STAFFS IN THE COUNTRY, RANKING THIRD NATIONALLY IN ERA. WE’LL SEE IF TAMPA CAN GO BACK TO BACK THIS SEASON, AND TAMPA WILL SEE ALBANY STATE. THE GOLDEN RAMS WON THE ACC TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018, TO THE 1412 VICTORY OVER SAVANNAH STATE LAST WEEK. MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE IS MOVING ON TO THE POSTSEASON AS A FOUR SEED, AND THIS IS JUST THE SECOND EVER TRIP TO REGIONALS FOR MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE, JOINING THEIR TEAM FROM 2018. 33 WINS THIS YEAR AND OVER 20 IN THE GULF. SOUTH MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE IS IN AND COMING OUT OF THE SUNSHINE STATE CONFERENCE. LYNN IS IN THE FIGHTING KNIGHTS RETURN TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016, AND LYNN IS ROLLING AT THE RIGHT TIME, GOING 23 AND SEVEN OVER ITS LAST 30 GAMES. COLE FOWLER HAS BEEN MARVELOUS THIS YEAR, BATTING 435. THAT’S TOP 15 IN THE COUNTRY AND HITTING 18 HOMERS. THE TWO SEED BELONGS TO FLORIDA SOUTHERN, A TOP 25 TEAM ALL SEASON IN THE PROGRAM WITH THE MOST APPEARANCES IN D2 TOURNAMENT HISTORY. THIS YEAR IS THE 44TH BID FOR THE MOCS, BUT THIS FEELS LIKE A SPECIAL ONE. THE MOCS HAD JUST 18 WINS LAST YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE TURNED IT AROUND UNDER FIRST YEAR HEAD COACH RICK ODET. FLORIDA SOUTHERN CAUSES HAVOC ON THE BASES, RANKING TOP FIVE IN THE COUNTRY WITH OVER 200 STEALS, A NEW PROGRAM RECORD AND WITH THEIR FIRST GULF SOUTH GULF SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 2015, WEST ALABAMA IS THE SEVEN SEED. JOE WATKINS LEADS THE TIGERS WITH 12 HOME RUNS IN A 316 BATTING AVERAGE, HELPING WEST ALABAMA TO THE AUTOMATIC BID. AND LET’S WELCOME WEST FLORIDA. THE ARGONAUTS WON IT ALL IN 2011 AND WILL NOW HEAD TO A THIRD STRAIGHT REGIONAL. WEST FLORIDA HAS REACHED THE REGIONAL FINAL EACH THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND PERHAPS SUPERS OR BEYOND, IS CALLING THE ARGOS THIS SEASON. AND FINALLY THE SIX SEED IS DELTA STATE. THE 2004 NATIONAL CHAMPS ARE IN THEIR 36TH NCAA TOURNAMENT IN PROGRAM HISTORY. THIS YEAR, THE STATESMEN WON THE GULF SOUTH REGULAR SEASON TITLE AND HAVE BEEN STRONG AT THE PLATE, LEADING THE CONFERENCE IN BATTING AVERAGE. IN THE MIDWEST, THE FOUR SEED BELONGS TO THE UINDY GREYHOUNDS IN THE FIELD FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON. UINDY HAS SHOWED PLENTY OF SPEED THIS YEAR, WITH OVER 150 STEALS RANKING TOP 15 IN THE COUNTRY. AUSTIN BODIE HAS BEEN A MONSTER THIS SEASON, BATTING FOR 11 AND UINDY, A PROGRAM THAT’S MADE IT TO CARRY TWO STRAIGHT SEASONS HAS THE CHANCE TO MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW, AND UINDY WILL FACE THE ASHLAND EAGLES OUT OF THE GREAT MIDWEST. THEY ARE A BALANCED TEAM, LEADING THE CONFERENCE IN BATTING AVERAGE AT 300 AND RANKING SECOND IN ERA. ASHLAND FELL IN A VERY COMPETITIVE REGIONAL LAST YEAR, AND THEY HAVE EARNED A FOURTH CONSECUTIVE BID THIS SEASON. THE TOP SEED DAVENPORT. THEY HAVE ROLLED THIS YEAR, PASSING 40 WINS AFTER JUST 20 WINS LAST YEAR. THE PANTHERS ARE DANCING FOR THE THIRD TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY. GLIAC CHAMPIONS IN THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT AND REGULAR SEASON. DAVENPORT LED THE CONFERENCE IN DOUBLES AND STEALS WITH OVER 100 IN BOTH CATEGORIES. JUSTIN JOHNSON HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS THIS YEAR WITH NINE HOME RUNS AND 17 DOUBLES TO HIS SEASON STAT LINE. AFTER A TOURNAMENT DROUGHT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, GRAND VALLEY STATE HAS REACHED BACK TO BACK REGIONALS AND THIS YEAR THEY ARE THE TWO SEED IN A HOST 41 AND 12 ENTERING THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AND LED BY COLLIN BRADLEY ON THE MOUND WITH A 2.31 ERA. BRADLEY LEADS A GRAND VALLEY STATE PITCHING STAFF WITH A 3.37 ERA. SITTING ATOP THE GLIAC AND RANKING TOP FIVE IN THE COUNTRY, AND GRAND VALLEY STATE WILL MATCH UP WITH MISSOURI S AA. THE MINERS TOOK HOME THE GLVC TOURNAMENT TITLE EARLIER TODAY TO CLAIM THE AUTOMATIC BID. IT’S THE FOURTH EVER NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE FOR MISSOURI. S AND T IN FROM THE GLVC. ALSO, THE LEWIS FLIERS HAVE EARNED AN AT LARGE BID. THE FLIERS WERE GLVC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS FOR THE SIXTH TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY, BEHIND A DOMINANT SEASON AT THE PLATE, BATTING 343 AS A TEAM WHICH RANKS TOP TEN IN THE COUNTRY. LEWIS HASN’T BEEN IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT SINCE 2013, SO AFTER 12 YEARS, THE WAIT IS OVER. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FLIERS. AND WITH THE AUTOMATIC BID FROM THE GREAT MIDWEST, NORTHWOOD IS IN. THE TIMBERWOLVES ROLLED THROUGH THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT WITH OUTSTANDING PITCHING AND DEFENSE. THEY HAD A 1.88 ERA IN JUST ONE ERROR IN FOUR GAMES. NORTHWOOD HAS NOW MADE THE NCAA TOURNAMENT EIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS AFTER HAVING NEVER MADE THE TOURNAMENT BEFORE 2017. AND GOING EAST FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON. LET’S WELCOME GOLDEY-BEACOM. THE LIGHTNING WENT 23 AND 11 IN THE MEAC. ANTHONY CHARLES HAS 11 HOME RUNS AND 39 STEALS THIS SEASON. A TOP TEN MARK IN THE COUNTRY. THE FIVE SEED IS FRANKLIN PIERCE, THE NORTHEAST TEN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS AT 20 AND FIVE IN CONFERENCE PLAY. SEVEN STRAIGHT REGIONAL APPEARANCES FOR THE RAVENS, WHO SLUGGED THEIR WAY TO 77 HOME RUNS THIS YEAR, LEADING THE CONFERENCE AND RANKING TOP 15 IN THE COUNTRY. WE’LL SEE IF THAT POWER CAN HELP CARRY FRANKLIN PIERCE DEEP INTO MAY IN THE TOP SEED BELONGS TO THE JEFFERSON RAMS, GOING TO A SECOND STRAIGHT REGIONAL AND MAKING THEIR FOURTH APPEARANCE IN PROGRAM HISTORY. JEFFERSON SET A PROGRAM RECORD FOR WINS THIS YEAR, LED BY CENTRAL ATLANTIC PLAYER OF THE YEAR JAVON HERNANDEZ. HE SPEARHEADS THE MOST DYNAMIC BASERUNNING TEAM IN THE COUNTRY. 35 STOLEN BASES FOR HERNANDEZ HIMSELF AND 231 FOR THE RAMS, WHICH LEADS THE NATION. JEFFERSON WILL BE A FORCE IN THE EAST. OUR NEXT TEAM IS THE WILMINGTON WILDCATS. THE TWO SEED HOSTING AND BACK IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2022. WHAT A TERRIFIC SEASON FOR WILMINGTON, FINISHING SECOND IN THE CAA SOUTH DIVISION AND MAKING A RUN ALL THE WAY TO THE CAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP TO GIVE THE WILDCATS A BID IN THIS YEAR’S FIELD. IN THE SEVEN SEED BELONGS TO THE EAST COAST CONFERENCE CHAMPION MOLLOY. THE LIONS TOOK THE CROWN FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN FIVE SEASONS, BEHIND A STRONG PITCHING STAFF, WITH AN ERA JUST ABOVE FOUR AND MOVING DOWN THE BRACKET TO THE THREE SEED IN THE EAST. FELICIAN IS IN 38 WINS COMING OUT OF THE CAA. THIS IS THE SECOND TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR THE GOLDEN FALCONS, WHO STUNNED JEFFERSON IN THE CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS AND WITH THE NORTHEAST TEN CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE BAG. PACE HAS AN AUTOMATIC BID AND THE SIX SEED IN THE EAST. THE SETTERS HAVE WON SEVEN STRAIGHT AND WILL COMPETE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY. NOW TO THE CENTRAL AND WE’LL START WITH THE CENTRAL MISSOURI MULES. HISTORICALLY A REGULAR POWERHOUSE IN THIS TOURNAMENT WITH 34 APPEARANCES AND TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. 29 AND SEVEN TO WIN THE MIAA REGULAR SEASON. AND JACOB STEELE IS BATTING 390, LEADING THE CONFERENCE. CENTRAL MISSOURI EXCEEDED 50 WINS LAST YEAR AND REACHED THE DIVISION TWO WORLD SERIES. PERHAPS ANOTHER JOURNEY TO CARRY WILL START AGAIN THIS WEEKEND, AND WITH AN AUTOMATIC BID FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN HARDING, IS IN SECURING THEIR POSTSEASON SPOT. EARLIER TODAY, THE BISONS TOPPED HENDERSON STATE TO WIN THEIR FIRST EVER GREAT AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT. THAT’S NOW TWO STRAIGHT REGIONALS AND THREE OVERALL FOR HARDING IN PROGRAM HISTORY. AND COMING IN AT THE NUMBER FOUR POSITION, IT’S A SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR THAT CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GETS TO HEAR ITS NAME CALLED. THE BRONCOS ARE LED BY SENIOR CADEN ROBERTSON AT THE PLATE THIS SEASON WITH 22 HOME RUNS. THAT RANKS TOP FIVE IN THE NATION IN. THE FIVE SEED IS FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN CONFERENCE. ARKANSAS TECH THE WONDER BOYS REGULAR SEASON CONFERENCE CHAMPS AND DANCING FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. COLE DAWSON IS BATTING 394, IMPROVING HIS BATTING AVERAGE BY OVER 140 POINTS FROM LAST YEAR. DAWSON AND THE WONDER BOYS ARE HEADING TO REGIONALS. AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SEASON IT’S BEEN FOR MINNESOTA STATE. JUST SIX LOSSES ALL YEAR AND RUNNING AWAY WITH A NORTHERN SUN REGULAR SEASON AND TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP. THE MAVERICKS ARE TOP 15 IN THE NATION IN HOME RUNS AND WALKS AND MAKE IT 42 APPEARANCES ALL TIME IN THE DIVISION TWO NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR MINNESOTA STATE, THE SECOND MOST OF ANY PROGRAM BEHIND FLORIDA SOUTHERN. AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TWO SEVEN MATCHUP IS ARKANSAS ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO, AN AT LARGE TEAM OUT OF THE GREAT AMERICAN. IT’S A SECOND STRAIGHT BID FOR THE BOLL WEEVILS, LED BY SENIOR CHAZ PAPI, WHO’S BATTING 396 WITH SIX RBI ON THE SEASON. OUR THREE SEED IS THE SECOND PLACE TEAM IN THE MIAA PITTSBURG STATE. THE GORILLAS LED THE CONFERENCE IN ERA AND RANKED TOP TEN IN THE NATION IN DOUBLES THIS YEAR. RICKY SANCHEZ HAS 19 OF THOSE DOUBLES WITH THREE PITTSBURG STATE PLAYERS BATTING OVER 360. THE GORILLAS HAVEN’T BEEN TO REGIONALS SINCE 2018. THAT OFFICIALLY CHANGES IN 2025 FOR PITTSBURG STATE. AND ROUNDING OUT THE CENTRAL IS HENDERSON STATE. AFTER MISSING REGIONALS THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE REDDIES REACHED THE GREAT AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AND WILL NOW PLAY DEEPER INTO MAY. AND FINALLY IN THE ATLANTIC. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CALIFORNIA VULCANS OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2010, THE VULCANS ARE DANCING CALIFORNIA RIGHT AT HOME WITH THE WEATHER WARMING UP IN MAY. HIS BATTING 329 AS A TEAM RANKING TOP 25 IN THE NATION AND MAKE IT FIVE STRAIGHT REGIONAL APPEARANCES FOR SETON HILL. THE GRIFFINS ARE ONE OF TWO TEAMS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE, WITH 20 CONFERENCE WINS, AND PITCHING HAS BEEN THE STORY FOR SETON HILL THIS YEAR. THEY’VE GOT THE TOP ERA IN THE COUNTRY, LED BY IAN CORN, NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION WITH AN ERA OF 1.51. ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE, SETON HILL IS TOP 25 IN THE NATION IN STEALS, AND THE ONE SEED BELONGS TO THE MILLERSVILLE MARAUDERS. REGULAR SEASON AND TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE. MILLERSVILLE HAS JUST EIGHT LOSSES ON THE YEAR, AND WILL HEAD TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON. MATTHEW WILLIAMS HAS SLUGGED 15 HOME RUNS FOR A STRONG MILLERSVILLE LINEUP WITH A PITCHING STAFF LEADS THE CONFERENCE IN STRIKEOUTS. THE MARAUDERS WILL BE A HANDFUL IN THE ATLANTIC AS THE TOP SEED. EAST STROUDSBURG IS OFFICIALLY IN AS THE THREE SEED. THE WARRIORS FINISHED WITH THE SECOND MOST WINS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE THIS YEAR, AND HAVE NOW REACHED A FOURTH CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT. DEFENSE. DRAWING WALKS. HOME RUNS. THAT’S BEEN THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS FOR EAST STROUDSBURG. AND DENNIS PIERCE HAS INDEED BEEN A MENACE AT THE PLATE, BATTING 366 WITH 15 HOME RUNS, HELPING LEAD THE WARRIORS INTO THE NATIONAL FIEL. IN THE SIX SEED IS FAIRMONT STATE COMING OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN EAST. A STRONG SURGE IN THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT HELPED PUSH THE FIGHTING FALCONS INTO THIS YEAR’S FIELD. AND FINALLY, LET’S WELCOME WEST CHESTER, A CONFERENCE CHAMPION AND NUMBER ONE SEED LAST YEAR. WEST CHESTER FINISHED WITH 43 WINS LAST SEASON AND HAS WON IT ALL TWICE, GOING BACK TO 2017. IN 2012, KYLE LAZAR HAS BEEN DYNAMIC ON THE MOUND WITH A SUB THREE ERA, AND THE GOLDEN RAMS TROT INTO REGIONALS ONCE AGAIN, THIS TIME HOSTING AS THE TWO SEED. OKAY. THE FIELD IS SET. ALL REGIONALS BEGIN THIS WEEKEND AND ARE DOUBLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENTS. REGIONAL WINNERS WILL ADVANCE TO THE BEST OF THREE SUPER REGIONALS. MAY 23RD THROUGH 24TH. SUPER REGIONAL WINNERS WILL ADVANCE TO THE DOUBLE ELIMINATION CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS. MAY 30TH THROUGH JUNE 7TH AT THE USA BASEBALL NATIONAL TRAINING COMPLEX IN CARY, NORTH CAROLINA. THE FINALS WILL BE HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT OLIVE AND CARY. FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE NCAA DIVISION TWO BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. LOG ON TO W-W-W. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE STUDENT ATHLETES COMPETING IN THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENT. 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