Sunday, May 23, 2021

North Greenville is No. 4 seed as Southeast Regional host

North Greenville is bidding for a 
trip to the NCAA Division II World Series


Host North Greenville will play Wingate in the first round of the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional in Tigerville. The Crusaders' opening game will by at 3 p.m. Thursday at Ray and Bea Dillard Field on the NGU campus.

Seeds and pairings for the Southeast Regional and seven other regionals were announced Sunday night at NCAA.com

North Greenville (33-11), the Conference Carolinas Tournament champion, is the fourth seed in the six-team, double-elimination event. Wingate (30-12), the tournament champion in the South Atlantic Conference, is the third seed.

SAC regular-season champion Catawba (32-9) is the No. 1 seed and will face Peach Belt Conference Tournament champion Columbus State (29-14), the sixth seed.

Mount Olive (35-10), the Conference Carolinas regular-season champion, is the second seed and will play Peach Belt Conference regular-season UNC Pembroke (29-13), the fifth seed.

Newberry and North Georgia were the two other teams the NCAA was considering for at-large bids, but the three selections went to the three regular-season champions in the region.

The eight regional champions advance to the NCAA Division II World Series June 5-12 in Cary, N.C. 

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination
Thursday, May 27
Game 2: No. 2 Mount Olive (35-10) vs. No. 5 UNC Pembroke (29-13), 11 a.m.
Game 1: No. 3 Wingate (30-12) vs. No. 4 North Greenville (33-11), 3 p.m.
Game 3: No. 1 Catawba (32-9) vs. No. 6 Columbus State (29-14), 7 p.m.
Friday, May 28
Game 4: Game 2 loser vs. Game 3 loser, 11 a.m.
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 1 loser, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 29
Game 7: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 loser, 11 a.m.
Game 8: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 30
Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, noon
Game 11: Game 10 winner vs. Game 10 loser, if necessary, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday's game numbers are out of order, likely to allow North Greenville to play later in the day

All 8 NCAA Division II regional brackets

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