INDIANAPOLIS —
Edward Waters University is headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history, earning the No. 8 seed in the NCAA Division II Baseball South Regional, the NCAA announced Sunday.
The 56-team field features 21 automatic qualifiers and 35 at-large bids, with the Tigers set to face top-seeded host University of West Florida on Thursday, May 14, at 2 p.m. EDT at Jim Spooner Field in Pensacola, Florida.
Sixteen campus sites will host double-elimination regional tournaments before advancing to best-of-three super regionals. The eight super regional winners will move on to the championship finals at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina.
Edward Waters earned the SIAC automatic bid following its 4-0 run at the 2026 SIAC Baseball Tournament, marking its second title in the last three seasons while continuing a milestone season for head coach Reginald Johnson, who surpassed 400 career wins.
The winner of the Edward Waters-West Florida matchup will advance to meet the winner of No. 5 Lee vs. No. 4 Delta State on Friday, May 15, at 6 p.m. EDT.
2026 NCAA DII BASEBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Regionals: Thursday May 14 – Sunday, May 17
Super Regionals: Thursday, May 21 – Saturday, May 23
Finals: Friday, May 29 – Saturday, June 6
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2026 NCAA DII Baseball Selection Show
2026 NCAA DII Baseball Tournament – Interactive Bracket
2026 NCAA DII Baseball Tournament – Regional Brackets
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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