Saints Get NCAA Bid

For the first time since 1999, the Saint Scholastica Saints baseball team received a bid to the 2005 NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Saints will play in the Whitewater Region hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. The Saints are just one of 42 teams that will play for the 2005 NCAA Divison III National Championship. The Tournament begins May 19 and the teams in each region will play in a double-elimination format for the chance to move on the Championship Bracket May 27-31 in Appleton, Wisconsin. The Saints received the #4 seed in the Whitewater region and will face the #1 seed, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the first round of the tournament. Here's the entire breakdown of the 2005 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament:

DATES/SITES/SEEDINGS:
May 19-22
Hosted by Chapman University, Orange, California
1. Chapman (32-8)
2. Linfield (33-7)
3. Texas Lutheran (33-8)
4. LaVerne (30-11)

Hosted by University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin
1. Wisconsin-Stevens Point (35-9)
2. Wisconsin-Whitewater (38-6)
3. St. Thomas (Minnesota) (30-10)
4. St. Scholastica (35-5-1)

Hosted by Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland
1. Salisbury (28-7-2)
2. Mary Washington (26-8)
3. Ferrum (21-12-1)
4. Hampden-Sydney (24-13)

Hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
1. Aurora (34-7)
2. Wartburg (31-9)
3. Illinois Wesleyan (32-11)
4. Edgewood (26-14)
5. Washington U. in St. Louis (31-8)
6. Ripon (22-13)

Hosted by Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, Boyertown, Pennsylvania
1. Rowan (37-7)
2. DeSales (31-8)
3. Alvernia (36-4)
4. The College of New Jersey (34-11)
5. Messiah (27-12-1)6. Franklin & Marshall (25-14)

Hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana
1. Wooster (33-7)
2. Manchester (30-12)
3. Otterbein (28-14)
4. Webster (24-11)
5. Millsaps (29-15)
6. Adrian (26-14)

Hosted by Eastern College Athletic Conference, Harwich, Massachusetts
1. Trinity (Connecticut) (31-7)
2. Suffolk (26-10)
3. Wheaton (Massachusetts) (29-10)
4. Amherst (23-7-1)
5. Worcester (24-15)
6. Salve Regina (24-17)

Hosted by Ithaca College, Auburn, New York
1. Cortland State (35-7-1)
2. Skidmore (26-12)
3. Centenary (23-17)
4. Ithaca (23-13-2)
5. Pittsburgh-Bradford (25-14)
6. Rhode Island College (19-19)

First round matchups for the championship site will be as follows:
Wisconsin-Whitewater regional winner vs. Eastern College Athletic Conference regional winner
Chapman regional winner vs. Illinois Wesleyan regional winner
Salisbury regional winner vs. Boyertown regional winner
Auburn regional winner vs. Rose-Hulman regional winner

2005 Division III Teams Announced