The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø baseball team will serve as the host for a Regional Round in the upcoming 2023 NCAA Baseball Championship Tournament for the first time in College history, as announced by the NCAA on Monday afternoon.
The Mariners (31-8 overall), who recently won their third consecutive and ninth overall New England Collegiate Conference Championship, will welcome Wheaton College (MA), Tufts University, and Husson University to New London for the three-day double elimination Regional which is set to begin on Friday, May 19. Third-seeded ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø will begin their quest for their first Regional title when they play second-seeded Tufts on Friday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 1:30pm. Prior to that game, the weekend will kick off when top overall seed Wheaton battles Husson at 10:00am. Tournament action continues with three games on Saturday and the title round on Sunday.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø was one of 41 teams in the field that qualified automatically by winning its conference championship. The Mariners, under 12th-year head coach Travis Beausoleil, claimed the 2023 New England Collegiate Conference Championship by defeating second-seeded Eastern Nazarene College 15-2. ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø is making its eighth overall NCAA appearance (2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011) and seventh under Beausoleil.
Wheaton (MA) was ranked #8 in the final d3baseball.com Top 25 Poll of the regular season and earned an automatic bid by defeating Babson College 10-2, to capture the New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic ConferenceTournament Baseball Championship, while the Jumbos also earned an automatic bid by capturing their seventh New England Small College Athletic Conference title with a 12-1 win over Middlebury College. The Eagles of Husson are making their third straight NCAA Tournament appearance after edging SUNY Cobleskill 4-1 in the North Atlantic Conference championship game.
The Mariners are 0-1 all-time against Tufts, having suffered an 8-1 setback on the opening day of play at the 2016 NCAA Division III New England Regional. Meanwhile, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø has never faced Wheaton (MA), and is 8-1 all-time against Husson, most recently sweeping a doubleheader against the Eagles at home in late March.
General admission tickets are $5 each day and can be purchased at the gate.
2023 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship
New London, Conn. Regional
Hosted by ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø
May 19-21, 2023
Friday, May 19
Game 1 – #1 Wheaton College vs. #4 Husson University – 10:00am
Game 2 – #2 Tufts University vs. #3 ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø – 1:30pm
Saturday, May 20
Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 – 8:30am
Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – Noon
Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 – 3:30pm
Sunday, May 21
Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 – 11:00am
Game 7 – IF NECESSARY – 45 minutes after Game 6
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