News digest, May 8

Division II selection show is Sunday

The NCAA Division II baseball selection show will be streamed at 10:30 p.m. at NCAA.com. North Greenville will undoubtably will be at at-large selection - perhaps as the top seed - in the Southeast Regional. 

Conference Carolinas Tournament champion UNC Pembroke and the champions of the Peach Belt and South Atlantic Conferences will receive automatic bids to compete in the Southeast Regional.

Flagler and Georgia College are playing a best-of-three series for the Peach Belt Conference title in Milledgeville, Ga., and Lincoln Memorial and Wingate will play a best-of-three series for the SAC title in Asheboro, N.C.

Peach Belt Conference regular-season Lander is hopeful of being an at-large selection.
Announcement

Preview notes

* South Carolina (Georgia)
Gamecocks

Bulldogs

* USC Upstate (at Maryland)
Spartans

Terrapins

Rankings

Official NCAA regional rankings
* Southeast: 1. Catawba. 2. North Greenville. 3. Mount Olive. 4. UNC Pembroke. 5. Young Harris. 6. Lander. 7. Lincoln Memorial. 8. Barton. 9. Wingate.
NCAA

* NCBWA DII national: 1. Tampa. 3. North Greenville. 

* NCBWA DII Southeast region: 1. North Greenville. 2. UNC Pembroke. 3. Catawba. 4. Mount Olive. 5. Young Harris. 6. Lander. 7. Georgia College. 8. Lincoln Memorial. 9. Barton. 10 Georgia Southwestern.

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