FROM NCAA PRESS RELEASE
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 56 teams that will compete in the 2012 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.
Six teams will compete at four regional sites and eight teams will compete at four regional sites. All regionals will use a double-elimination format. Thirty-eight conference champions qualified automatically.
Winners of the eight regional tournaments will qualify for the double-elimination championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wis., May 25-29.
| DATES/SITES/PAIRINGS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hosted by Rhodes, Millington, Tenn. | ||
| 1 | Birmingham-Southern | (35-7) |
| 2 | Washington U. in St. Louis | (28-12) |
| 3 | DePauw | (33-12) |
| 4 | Emory | (26-12) |
| 5 | Webster | (31-11) |
| 6 | Illinois Wesleyan | (29-15) |
| Hosted by Kean, Lakewood, N.J. | ||
| 1 | Keystone | (35-5) |
| 2 | Kean | (33-10) |
| 3 | Alvernia | (30-12-1) |
| 4 | Ramapo | (31-13) |
| 5 | Neumann | (30-13) |
| 6 | Haverford | (24-17) |
| 7 | Drew | (22-19) |
| 8 | Daniel Webster | (23-17) |
| Hosted by Marietta, Marietta, Ohio | ||
| 1 | Marietta | (37-6) |
| 2 | Washington and Jefferson | (35-8) |
| 3 | Adrian | (35-8) |
| 4 | St. John Fisher | (29-10) |
| 5 | Westminster (Pa.) | (33-9) |
| 6 | Wooster | (27-16) |
| 7 | Manchester | (25-19) |
| 8 | La Roche | (25-16) |
| Hosted by Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wis. | ||
| 1 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | (33-7) |
| 2 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | (33-9) |
| 3 | North Park | (29-15) |
| 4 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | (29-16) |
| 5 | Concordia Chicago | (33-12) |
| 6 | St. Scholastica | (33-9) |
| 7 | Aurora | (36-8) |
| 8 | St. Norbert | (26-11) |
| Hosted by the Eastern Connecticut State, Mansfield, Conn. | ||
| 1 | Wheaton (Mass.) | (34-8) |
| 2 | St. Joseph’s (Maine) | (35-5) |
| 3 | Trinity (Connecticut) | (32-9) |
| 4 | Keene State | (31-13) |
| 5 | Western New England | (33-11) |
| 6 | Southern Maine | (27-17) |
| 7 | Bowdoin | (25-18) |
| 8 | Bridgewater State | (30-13) |
| Hosted by the SUNY-Farmingdale, Farmingdale, N.Y. | ||
| 1 | SUNY Cortland | (30-7-1) |
| 2 | Farmingdale State | (29-10) |
| 3 | Ithaca | (27-8-1) |
| 4 | Misericordia | (36-8) |
| 5 | Skidmore | (30-15) |
| 6 | Castleton | (33-14) |
| Hosted by Christopher Newport, Newport News, Va. | ||
| 1 | Christopher Newport | (30-7) |
| 2 | Salisbury | (31-7) |
| 3 | Shenandoah | (29-11) |
| 4 | Rowan | (30-13) |
| 5 | Lynchburg | (34-8) |
| 6 | Messiah | (19-23) |
| Hosted by Linfield, McMinnville, Ore. | ||
| 1 | Concordia (Texas) | (36-9) |
| 2 | Trinity (Texas) | (34-10) |
| 3 | Whitworth | (26-13-1) |
| 4 | La Verne | (25-14) |
| 5 | Coe | (27-15) |
| 6 | Saint John’s (Minn.) | (29-14) |
First-round matchups for the championship site will be as follows:
• Rhodes regional winner vs. Eastern Connecticut State regional winner
• Farmingdale State regional winner vs. Kean regional winner
• Wisconsin-Whitewater regional winner vs. Christopher Newport regional winner
• Marietta regional winner vs. Linfield regional winner
| CONFERENCE | SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | La Roche |
| American Southwest Conference | Concordia (Texas) |
| Capital Athletic Conference | Salisbury |
| Centennial Conference | Haverford |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | North Park |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Keystone |
| Commonwealth Conference | Messiah |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Western New England |
| Freedom Conference | Misericordia |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | St. Joseph’s (Maine) |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Manchester |
| Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Coe |
| Landmark Conference | Drew |
| Liberty League | Skidmore |
| Little East Conference | Southern Maine |
| Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference | Bridgewater State |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Adrian |
| Midwest Conference | St. Norbert |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Saint John’s (Minn.) |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Daniel Webster |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Trinity (Conn.) |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletics Conference | Wheaton (Mass.) |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Kean |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Wooster |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | Castleton |
| Northern Athletics Conference | Aurora |
| Northwest Conference | Whitworth |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Marietta |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Lynchburg |
| President’s Athletic Conference | Westminster (Pa.) |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Webster |
| Skyline Conference | Farmingdale State |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | La Verne |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | Birmingham-Southern |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | SUNY Cortland |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Christopher Newport |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | St. Scholastica |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| Pool B | |
| Ithaca | |
| Washington U. in St. Louis | |
| Pool C | |
| Alvernia | |
| Bowdoin | |
| Concordia Chicago | |
| DePauw | |
| Emory | |
| Illinois Wesleyan | |
| Keene State | |
| Neumann | |
| Ramapo | |
| Rowan | |
| Shenandoah | |
| St. John Fisher | |
| St. Thomas (Minn.) | |
| Trinity (Texas) | |
| Washington and Jefferson | |
| Wisconsin-Whitewater | |
In the 2011 Division III championship game, Marietta defeated Chapman 18-5 to win its fifth national championship in baseball.
