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Wooster Selected for NCAA Div. III Tournament, to Play in Webster Regional

Baseball Regional Celebration 2022 NCAA Div. III Baseball Bracket

The College of Wooster baseball team's 2022 season will continue, with the Fighting Scots announced as one of the 18 Pool C (at-large) selections by the NCAA when the 60-team championship field was released on Monday afternoon. Wooster is off to Lloyd Hopkins Field in Alton, Illinois, to take part in the Webster University (Missouri) four-team, double-elimination regional. Wooster (30-14) plays Bethel University (Minnesota) (33-9) on Friday, May 20 at 5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT. Host Webster (37-6) takes on Crown College (Minnesota) (30-13) in Friday's first game at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT.

There are 16 regionals taking place across the country (14 four-team regionals and two best-of-five series). The 16 winners will meet next week at eight sites for a best-of-three series super regional with the eight winners advancing to the 2022 NCAA Div. III National Championships, which will be held June 3-8 at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

This marks Wooster's 32nd Div. III Tournament appearance, and the Scots sport a 70-67 all-time record in NCAA postseason games. Wooster trails Marietta College (40), Ithaca College (39), and Eastern Connecticut State University (36) when it comes to all-time tournament appearances. Wooster last made the national field in 2019, the first year of the four-team regional, super regional, national championships format. The Scots won the Wooster Regional before bowing out against Heidelberg University in the Heidelberg Super Regional. Wooster has made the national championships (Div. III "World Series") six times – 1989, 1994, 1997, 2005, 2009, and 2018. There, Wooster has two national runner-up (1997, 2009) finishes.

More information, including a full regional schedule, ticket information, media coverage, and Wooster's postseason notebook, will be posted on WoosterAthletics.com when available.