FROM NCAA PRESS RELEASE
INDIANAPOLIS—The NCAA Division II Baseball Committee has selected the 48 teams that will participate in the 2008 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship.
The regionals will be comprised six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments. Eight regional competitions will be played May 15-18, at eight on-campus sites. Regional champions will advance to the double-elimination championship finals May 24-31 at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois, which will be hosted by Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville and the University of Missouri, St. Louis.
Nineteen conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2008 championship. Each conference and its automatic qualifier are listed below:
California Collegiate – Sonoma State
Conference Carolinas – Mount Olive
CACC – Caldwell
East Coast – C.W. Post
Great Lakes Intercollegiate – Grand Valley State
Great Lakes Valley – TBD (Inclement weather)
Gulf South – Delta State
Lone Star – Texas A&M-Kingsville
Mid-America Intercol. – Central Missouri
North Central – Nebraska-Omaha
Northeast-10 – Franklin Pierce
Northern Sun Intercollegiate – Concordia-St. Paul
Peach Belt – North Georgia
PSAC – Kutztown
RMAC – Nebraska-Kearney
South Atlantic – Tusculum
SIAC – Stillman
Sunshine State – Tampa
West Virginia Intercollegiate – West Virginia State
In the 2007 championship, Tampa claimed its fourth championship title by defeating Columbus State, 7-2.
This year marks the 41st annual championship, and the 1st year that the finals have been held in Sauget, Illinois.
SITES/PAIRINGS: Central Regional at Emporia, Kansas
*Denotes host institution
1. *Emporia State 48-8
2. Nebraska-Omaha 42-11
3. Wayne State (Nebraska) 40-11
4. Central Missouri 41-15
5. Minnesota State Mankato 27-23
6. Concordia-St. Paul 27-14
North Atlantic Regional at Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1. West Chester 41-14
2. West Virginia State 36-12
3. Concord 35-13
4. *Pittsburgh-Johnstown 35-17-1
5. Shippensburg 34-23
6. Kutztown 30-24
North Central Regional
Due to inclement weather in the north central region, the rankings will be released at noon, May 12.
Northeast Regional at Rindge, New Hampshire
1.*Franklin Pierce 38-12
2. Bryant 38-17
3. Southern Connecticut State 33-15
4. Caldwell 32-17
5. Dowling 28-17
6. C.W. Post 29-25
South Regional at Tampa, Florida
1. *Tampa 38-9-1
2. Tusculum 40-13
3. Catawba 40-16
4. Florida Tech 35-18-1
5. Carson-Newman 41-16
6. Stillman 26-24
South Atlantic Regional at Mount Olive, North Carolina
1. *Mount Olive 49-5
2. Columbus State 39-15
3. South Carolina-Aiken 43-13
4. North Georgia 37-19
5. Belmont Abbey 40-20
6. Erskine 44-11
South Central Regional at Cleveland, Mississippi
1. *Delta State 45-9
2. Southern Arkansas 44-9
3. West Alabama 45-11
4. Abilene Christian 43-15
5. Ouachita Baptist 43-14
6. Texas A&M-Kingsville 31-29
West Regional at Chico, California
1. Sonoma State 46-13
2. UC San Diego 41-16
3. *Cal State Chico 39-15
4. Cal State Stanislaus 37-21
5. Western Oregon 39-17
6. Nebraska-Kearney 33-25
