NCAA Regional Brackets
INDIANAPOLIS – As one of 20 automatic qualifiers announced during Sunday night's selection show, Trevecca Nazarene will represent the Great Midwest Athletic Conference in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Championship bracket as the No. 2 seed later this week.
Eight different regional sites were announced prior to the selection show hosting anywhere from 3 to 6 teams in each bracket played May 27-39.
The Trojans, Great Midwest regular season and tournament champions, will be headed to St. Charles, Mo., where Lindenwood University will serve as the Midwest Region host.
TNU (32-10 overall) will play in the double-elimination bracket with the first game on Thursday, May 27, at 4 p.m. ET against No. 5 seed Quincy (28-13 overall) from the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC).
Other first-round Midwest region matchups include No. 1 seed Illinois-Springfield vs. future Great Midwest member institution Northwood, the No. 6 seed at Noon ET, and No. 3 Davenport vs. No. 4 Lindenwood under the lights with an 8 p.m. ET first pitch.
All games will be played at the Lou Brock Sports Complex. This is TNU's first NCAA Division II Championship appearance in the Midwest Regional. Prior to the conference receiving a full AQ, the Trojans won the league's first three consecutive regular season and tournament titles.
The winner of TNU/Quincy would advance to face the winner of Davenport/Lindenwood. The loser would fall to the consolation bracket to face the loser of Illinois-Springfield/Northwood.
Trevecca Nazarene, guided by Great Midwest Coach of the Year Chase Sain, is currently ranked No. 22 and 23 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and the NCBWA Division II polls.
Regional winners will advance to the double-elimination finals June 5-12 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. The finals will be hosted by the University of Mount Olive and the town of Cary, North Carolina.
The national tournament field, reduced down to 42 teams this spring, includes at-large selections made by the national committee. The 2020 national championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.