Full Bracket
CARY, N.C.- The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released the Division II Baseball National Finals bracket on Sunday afternoon. The NCAA Division II Baseball committee reseeds the eight Regional Champions to set the schedule for the National Finals at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary and West Chester (44-10) was selected as the number one overall seed heading into the Tournament on Friday. The top-seeded Golden Rams will face the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) in their first game in Cary since 2022 on Friday night at 6 p.m.
West Chester will face U Indy, who completed an improbable run through the Midwest Regional as the seventh seed after starting the Regional with a loss to Illinois-Springfield in the opening game. The Golden Rams and Greyhounds have not met since March 2012, when West Chester swept a doubleheader in Davenport, Florida, with 11-2 and 7-1 victories over UIndy.
West Chester is 54-40 in the NCAA Tournament in its history, entering play on Friday night after going 5-0 through the Atlantic Regional Tournament, and is also 11-6 in National Finals appearances, with the team's last appearance coming in 2022, when the Golden Rams went 2-2.
With a win on Friday night, West Chester will advance in the Winners Bracket to start the National Finals for the first time since 2017 and will face the winner of #4 Central Missouri vs #5 Texas-Tyler on Sunday, May 31 at 6 p.m. With a loss, West Chester would play its first elimination game of the Tournament at 1:30 on Sunday afternoon.
The Finals bracket is split into two four-team brackets, with the bracket, including defending National Champion Tampa, who is the second seed, along with third-seeded Catawba, sixth-seeded Point Loma, and seventh-seeded Bentley, who is the lone other regional one seed to advance to Cary.
Additional information, including ticket prices and a full preview of Friday's game, will be available later this coming week.
