Oswego Baseball Earns Sixth-Straight Bid to Nationals
Oswego Sports Information
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 48 teams that will compete in the 2021 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship and Oswego State has earned a Pool C bid as the second seed in the Hartford, Connecticut Regional hosted by Trinity College. Regional play will take place from Thursday, May 27 until Sunday, May 30.
Oswego is 24-5 and was projected to earn a bid based off of their strong record (6-3) against regionally-ranked opponents, excellent strength of schedule and overall win percentage. The selection extends the Lakers' streak of appearances in the Championship to six-straight seasons, with the program having made appearances in the Division III World Series in 2017 and 2018.
Due to COVID-19 issues, the NCAA baseball tournament field was reduced for this season from 58 to 48 teams. Instead of the regional/super regional format that was first employed by Division III in 2019, the NCAA instead this year has temporarily gone back to six-team regionals, with each regional winner advancing to the NCAA Division III World Series June 4-9 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
2021 NCAA Division III Baseball Hartford, Conn. Regional
(hosted by Trinity College)
Thursday, May 27
Game 1: (#1 seed) Southern Maine (31-9) vs. (#6 seed) Johnson & Wales (Providence) (13-14), 11 a.m.
Game 2: (#2 seed) Oswego State (24-5) vs. (#5 seed) Husson (22-7), 2:30 p.m.
Game 3: (#3 seed) Wheaton (Mass.) (16-4) vs. (#4 seed) Salve Regina (14-5-1), 6 p.m.
Friday, May 28 Game 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 11 a.m.
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3, 2:30 p.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 6 p.m.
IF FOUR TEAMS REMAIN AFTER GAME 6
Saturday, May 29
Game 7: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 11 a.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 6, 2:30 p.m.
Game 9: Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 30
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, TBA
Game 11: Same teams as Game 10 (if necessary), TBA
IF FIVE TEAMS REMAIN AFTER GAME 6
Saturday, May 29
Game 7: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 11 a.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 2:30 p.m.
Game 9: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7, 6 p.m.
IF TWO TEAMS REMAIN AFTER GAME 9
Sunday, May 30
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, TBA
Game 11: Same teams as Game 10 (if necessary), TBA
IF THREE TEAMS REMAIN AFTER GAME 9
Sunday, May 30
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 9, TBA
Game 11: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, TBA
Other Regionals (PDF) (seeds in parentheses):
Auburn, N.Y. Regional (hosted by Wells College; Falcon Park)
(1) Eastern Connecticut State, (2) SUNY Cortland, (3) Keystone College, (4) Mitchell, (5) Tufts, (6) Merchant Marine
Marietta, Ohio Regional (hosted by Marietta College; Don and Sue Schaly Field at Pioneer Park)
(1) Rowan, (2) Marietta, (3) North Carolina Wesleyan, (4) St. John Fisher, (5) Rochester, (6) Penn St. Behrend
High Point, N.C. Regional (hosted by Greensboro College and High Point Downtown Stadium Foundation; Truist Point)
(1) Salisbury, (2) Washington & Jefferson, (3) LaGrange, (4) Lynchburg, (5) Birmingham-Southern, (6) Marymount (Va.)
Decatur, Ill. Regional (hosted by Millikin University; Workman Family Baseball Field)
(1) Washington (St. Louis), (2) Webster, (3) Denison, (4) Millikin, (5) Transylvania, (6) Illinois College
Collegeville, Minn. Regional (hosted by Saint John's University (Minn.); Becker Park)
(1) St. Thomas (Minn.), (2) Texas-Dallas, (3) York (Pa.), (4) Pacific (Ore.), (5) Chapman, (6) Scranton
St. Paul, Minn. Regional (hosted by Univ. of Northwestern-St. Paul; Reynolds Field)
(1) Trinity (Texas), (2) Aurora, (3) Misericordia, (4) Northwestern-St. Paul, (5) Saint Mary's (Minn.), (6) Johns Hopkins
Whitewater, Wis. Regional (hosted by Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Miller Stadium, Prucha Field)
(1) Adrian, (2) Wisconsin-Whitewater, (3) Texas Lutheran, (4) Penn St. Harrisburg, (5) Luther, (6) Salem St.
