The 2024 NCAA Division III baseball tournament was the 48th edition of the NCAA Division III baseball tournament. The 60-team tournament began on Friday, May 17 and concluded with the 2024 Division III College World Series at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio, which started on May 31 and will end on June 6. It is the first Division III baseball tournament held in Ohio since 1987.
60 NCAA Division III college baseball teams were selected, with 41 earning automatic bids as conference champions and 19 earning at-large bids awarded by the NCAA Division III Baseball Committee. Teams were divided into fourteen regionals of four teams, each of which conducted a double-elimination tournament, and two regionals of two teams, each of which conducted a best-of-five series. Regional champions then faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three-game series, determined the eight participants in the championship.
In March 2024, Birmingham–Southern College announced that it would be closing on May 31 due to financial troubles. Its baseball team earned an at-large bid and raised $100,000 through a GoFundMe to compete, drawing national attention. The team won the Granville Super Regional and played its first game in the championship bracket on May 31, the day the university closed.
Misericordia won the national championship for the first time, defeating Wisconsin-Whitewater two games to one.
Schedule and venues On May 16, the NCAA Division III Baseball Committee announced the sixteen regional host sites.
Regionals May 17–19 Penn State Harrisburg Baseball Field, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Host: Penn State Harrisburg) Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium, Whitewater, Wisconsin (Host: University of Wisconsin–Whitewater) Copeland Park, La Crosse, Wisconsin (Host: University of Wisconsin–La Crosse) Big Red Baseball Field, Granville, Ohio (Host: Denison University) Legends Field, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: Transylvania University) Nobby's Ballpark, Cleveland, Ohio (Host: Case Western Reserve University) Woods Field, Marshall, Texas (Host: East Texas Baptist University) Govoni Field, Wellesley, Massachusetts, (Host: Babson College) Robert H. Wallace '53 Field, Cortland, New York (Host: State University of New York at Cortland) Captains Park, Newport News, Virginia (Host: Christopher Newport University) Tambur Field, Dallas, Pennsylvania (Host: Misericordia University) Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland (Host: Johns Hopkins University) Eastern Baseball Stadium, Willimantic, Connecticut (Host: Eastern Connecticut State University) Fisher Field, Berea, Ohio (Host: Baldwin Wallace University) Trinity Baseball Field, San Antonio, Texas (Host: Trinity University) Alumni Field, Claremont, California (Host: Pomona-Pitzer Colleges)
Super Regionals May 24–25 Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium, Whitewater, Wisconsin (Host: University of Wisconsin–Whitewater) Big Red Baseball Field, Granville, Ohio (Host: Denison University) Ben Hines Baseball Field, La Verne, California (Host: University of La Verne) Woods Field, Marshall, Texas (Host: East Texas Baptist University) Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium, Salisbury, Maryland (Host: Salisbury University) Captains Park, Newport News, Virginia (Host: Christopher Newport University) North Field, Beverly, Massachusetts (Host: Endicott College) Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park, Ashland, Virginia (Host: Randolph–Macon College)
College World Series May 31–June 6 Classic Park, Eastlake, Ohio (Host: North Coast Athletic Conference)
Bids
Automatic bids Conference School Record AEC 26–16 AMCCPenn State Behrend 25–11 ARC 29–14 ASC Concordia (TX) 27–16 C2CChristopher Newport26–9 CCC 39–2 CCIW Millikin 26–14 Centennial Johns Hopkins 32–9 E8 26–17 GNAC Mitchell 31–11 HCACHanover 30–15 LandmarkScranton 30–11 LEC Mass Dartmouth24–18–1 Liberty 31–9 MAC Commonwealth Alvernia28–16 MAC Freedom Misericordia33–9 MASCAC 26–14 MIAA Adrian29–12 MIAC 23–14 MWCBeloit22–15 NAC 23–9 NACC Benedictine32–12 NCACDenison39–6 NESCACMiddlebury27–10 NEWMAC Babson 29–11 NJAC Ramapo28–14 NWC Willamette 28–13 OAC Baldwin Wallace36–8 ODAC Lynchburg30–15 PAC Washington & Jefferson31–10 SAA Centre34–11 SCAC 23–18 SCIAC Pomona-Pitzer31–11 Skyline St. Joseph's (L.I.)33–12 SLIAC Spalding30–10 SUNYAC New Paltz29–13UAACase Western Reserve30–7 UMACCrown (MN)21–20 United East Keystone31–11 USA South North Carolina Wesleyan33–11 WIAC Wisconsin–Whitewater35–8
At-large bids Conference School Record ASC East Texas Baptist 36–8 C2CSalisbury28–9 HCACTransylvania 32–12 LandmarkCatholic 31–12 Elizabethtown31–12 LEC Eastern Connecticut State29–13 MAC Freedom Arcadia31–12 NESCACColby29–10 NEWMAC Salve Regina 33–8 NJAC Rowan27–13 ODACRandolph–Macon28–13 SAA Birmingham–Southern26–14 SCAC Trinity (TX)31–12 SCIACCal Lutheran25–13Claremont-Mudd-Scripps30–13La Verne26–12–1 SUNYAC Cortland30–12–1 United East Penn State Harrisburg34–9 WIAC Wisconsin–La Crosse31–13
Regionals and Super Regionals Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.
Whitewater Super Regional
Granville Super Regional
La Verne Super Regional
Marshall Super Regional
Salisbury Super Regional
Newport News Super Regional
Beverly Super Regional
Ashland Super Regional
Championship bracket The championship bracket was held at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio.
Bracket
Finals Sources:
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
See also 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament 2024 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament
References
External links Official Bracket at NCAA.com