INDIANAPOLIS – The Southern New Hampshire University baseball team received a selection to the NCAA Championship for the 12th time, earning the East Region's No. 1 seed, and will host a three-team pod at Penmen Field on May 16-18, the NCAA Selection Committee announced Sunday night when it released its field of 56 teams.
SNHU, which received an at-large bid, will host regional play for the seventh time, including the third time since 2019 and second straight season. The Penmen (31-17) will play their first game Thursday, May 16 (2 p.m.) when they host the loser of fourth-seeded Thomas Jefferson University (32-15) and fifth-seeded Franklin Pierce University (28-18).
The winner of East Regional I will advance to the May 24-25 East Super-Regional, where it will battle the winner of East Regional II, which is being played at second-seeded Molloy University (39-12) and also features third-seeded Post University (28-19), sixth-seeded Goldey-Beacom College (33-19) and the seventh-seeded University of New Haven (29-23). The team that comes away victorious will punch its ticket to the Division II College World Series at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C., from June 1-8.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for seniors (55+) and students. Children under 5-years-old will be admitted free of charge. SNHU faculty, staff and students with an ID will also receive free admission, courtesy Residence Inn Manchester Downtown (40 Lake Avenue, Manchester). Tickets will go on sale 90 minutes before the first game each day and will be available at the ticket booth at the entrance to Penmen Field. Cash and credit cards are accepted.
The Penmen, who have made 12 straight appearances (an NCAA Championship was not held in 2020), are 43-26 (.623) lifetime in the NCAA tournament and are the three-time defending East Region Champions. SNHU has advanced to the World Series five times, capturing regional crowns in 2012, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Southern New Hampshire has never met Jefferson in the NCAA postseason and is 5-3 all-time in the tourney versus Franklin Pierce. This season, the Penmen took three of four from the Rams on the road March 3-4 and then swept a three-game set from the Ravens on the road to end the regular season May 3-4.
Continue to check SNHUPenmen.com and all of the Penmen social media outlets for more information on the NCAA Division II East Regional I.
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Thursday, May 16
Game 1: (4) Jefferson vs. (5) Franklin Pierce – 11:00 a.m.
Game 2: (1) Southern New Hampshire vs. Loser Game 1 – 2:00 p.m.
Friday, May 17
Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. (1) Southern New Hampshire – 12:00 p.m. (if two teams remain after Game 2)
Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. (1) Southern New Hampshire – 12:00 p.m. (if three teams remain after Game 2)
Saturday, May 18
Game 4: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 3 – 11:00 a.m. (if two teams remain after Game 2)
Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 – 11:00 a.m. (if three teams remain after Game 2 and two teams remain after Game 3)
Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3 – 11:00 a.m. (if three teams remain after Game 2 and three teams remain after Game 3)
Game 5: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 4 – 2:00 p.m. (if necessary) (if two teams remain after Game 2)
Game 5: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 4 – 2:00 p.m. (if necessary) (if three teams remain after Game 2 and two teams remain after Game 3)
Game 5: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3 – 2:00 p.m. (if three teams remain after Game 2 and three teams remain after Game 3)
