Baseball Seeded Fifth in Mid-Atlantic Regional
INDIANAPOLIS – The Mitchell College baseball team is one of 56 squads which will compete in the 2015 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, as announced by the NCAA early Monday morning.
The Mariners (32-5 overall) will be the fifth seed in the Mid-Atlantic regional and will face fourth-seeded Salisbury University (29-4-1 overall) in the opening round of the double-elimination tournament, which begins on Wednesday, May 13. Game time is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. at Santander Stadium in York, Pa.
Wednesday's other games feature eighth-seeded Penn State Berks (20-17-1 overall) against top-seeded Kean University (34-10 overall) at 1:30 p.m., sixth-seeded Misericordia University (29-11 overall) against third-seeded Johns Hopkins University (27-11-1 overall) at 4:30 p.m. and seventh-seeded Catholic University (27-14-1 overall) against second-seeded Alvernia University (32-12 overall) at 7:45 p.m.
Tournament action continues with four games on both Thursday and Friday, starting at 10:00 a.m. each day, along with two games Saturday and one, if necessary, on Sunday. The winner of the regional advances to the eight-team NCAA Division III World Series, which will be held May 22-27 at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wis.
Mitchell was one of 40 teams in the field that qualified automatically by winning its conference championship. The Mariners, under fourth-year head coach Travis Beausoleil, slugged their way out of the loser's bracket to claim the 2015 New England Collegiate Conference Baseball Championship and earn the automatic berth. Mitchell is making its third overall NCAA appearance (2014, 2011) and second under Beausoleil.
Salisbury, ranked fourth in the country in the latest D3.baseball.com Top 25 Poll, finished as runner-up in the Capital Athletic Conference after losing to second-ranked Frostburg State University in the finals. The Sea Gulls are making their 21st appearance in the NCAA Tournament and their 16th consecutive trip. The game will mark the first meeting between the two programs.
General admission tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for seniors, students and children under 12 years old (children under 3 are free) and can be purchased at the gate.
2015 NCAA Division III Baseball Mid-Atlantic Regional
Co-Hosted by the Middle Atlantic Conference, York Revolution and Sport York in York, Pa.
1. Kean (34-10)
2. Alvernia (32-12)
3. Johns Hopkins (27-11-1)
4. Salisbury (29-4-1)
5. Mitchell (32-5)
6. Misericordia (29-11)
7. Catholic (27-14-1)
8. Penn State Berks (20-17-1)