Bulldogs make field of 54 in NCAA Baseball Championship posted 5/12/08
AC earns at-large bid and will travel to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

The Adrian College baseball team is one of 14 NCAA Division III teams to earn an at-large bid and will join 53 other teams in the post-season field to play for the 2008 National Championship as announced by the National Baseball Committee on Monday.

The Bulldogs will travel once again to Terre Haute, Ind. to compete in the Mideast Regional hosted by the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology as the No. 5 seed. The regional is made up of six teams representing the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC), the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC), and the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). The Mideast Regional is also the only regional where each team will be entering with at least 30 wins on the season.

Heidelberg College (37-8) will enter the regional as the top seed after winning the OAC and earning the conference’s automatic bid. The No. 2 will be the College of Wooster (34-9), who earned an at-large bid while winning the NCAC Eastern Division title. MIAA champion Calvin College (32-8) will be the third seed in the regional.

Regional host Rose-Hulman (31-13) enters play this week with the No. 4 seed after gaining an at-large bid. The Bulldogs (30-10) are the fifth seed, and HCAC champion Transylvania (31-12) rounds out the regional as the No. 6 seed.

Regional play begins on Wednesday with each team squaring off at times that are still to be announced. To follow the NCAA post-season, visit www.rose-hulman.edu/sports/baseball/08regional for live stats and audio broadcasts. For a full listing of the 54 teams who made the field and the regional seedings, visit NCAA.com.