Baseball Headed to Annville, PA Regional
INDIANAPOLIS – The Mitchell College baseball team is one of 60 squads which will compete in the 2022 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, as announced by the NCAA on Monday afternoon.
The Mariners (30-11 overall) will be the fourth seed in the Annville, Pa. regional and will face top-seeded Rowan University (30-8 overall) in the opening round of the double-elimination tournament, which begins Friday, May 20. Game time is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. at McGill Field.
Friday's other game features third-seeded Lebanon Valley College (30-14 overall) against second-seeded Washington & Jefferson College (35-8 overall) at 1:30 p.m. Tournament action continues with three games on Saturday and the title round on Sunday.
Mitchell was one of 41 teams in the field that qualified automatically by winning its conference championship. The Mariners, under 11th-year head coach Travis Beausoleil, claimed the 2022 New England Collegiate Conference Championship by defeating top-seeded New England College twice in the title round. Mitchell is making its seventh overall NCAA appearance (2020, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011) and sixth under Beausoleil.
Rowan, ranked eighth in the country in the latest D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 poll, was an at-large (Pool C) selection out of the New Jersey Athletic Conference. The Profs were the top seed in the NJAC Championship but were eliminated after two games. A College World Series participant in 2021, Rowan is making its 28th NCAA appearance and fifth under head coach Mike Dickson.
Mitchell and Rowan will meet for the first time on Friday. The Mariners have also never faced either Lebanon Valley or Washington & Jefferson.
General admission tickets are $5 each day and can be purchased at the gate. Ticket sales begin one hour prior to the first game on each day.
Winners from the 16 regional tournaments will qualify for eight, best-of-three series at the super regionals on May 27-28. The eight super regional winners will then advance to the College World Series on June 3-7/8 at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
2022 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship
Annville, Pennsylvania Region Hosted by Lebanon Valley College
May 20-22, 2022
Friday, May 20
Game 1: Mitchell vs. Rowan, 10:00 a.m.
Game 2: Lebanon Valley vs. Washington & Jefferson, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 21
Game 3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 8:30 a.m.
Game 4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 12:00 p.m.
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 22
Game 6: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5, 11:00 a.m.
Game 7: If necessary