INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy baseball team earned the No. 5 spot in the latest NCAA Division II Midwest Regional rankings, released Wednesday. The announcement comes less than two hours after the
Greyhounds won a marathon game against Drury in the first round of the GLVC Championship Tournament.
The Hounds now sit one spot behind Lewis, who is the No. 1 seed in the GLVC Tournament, while they sit two and three spots respectively ahead of Illinois Springfield and Drury, who sit at No. 7 and No. 8 in this week's regional rankings.
The Greyhounds would be in the regional field if the tournament started today, with the top seven teams from the Midwest region all earning themselves a spot in the NCAA Tournament field.
The complete field of teams will be announced on NCAA.com on Sunday, May 11, with the NCAA DII Midwest Regional set to begin on Thursday May 15 and run through Saturday May 18. The top two seeds from each region will each host games that are a part of the seven-team double-elimination bracket. The winners of both sections of the bracket will then play a best-of-three series on May 22-24 in the NCAA DII Midwest Super Regional.
The complete Midwest regional rankings list can be found below.
MIDWEST REGIONAL RANKINGS
| RK |
TEAM |
OVERALL |
IN-REGION |
| 1. |
Davenport |
37-12 |
36-10 |
| 2. |
Grand Valley |
39-10 |
35-9 |
| 3. |
Ashland |
35-15 |
32-14 |
| 4. |
Lewis |
35-11 |
35-14 |
| 5. |
UIndy |
29-20 |
29-20 |
| 6. |
Northwood |
31-19 |
30-16 |
| 7. |
Illinois Springfield |
33-15 |
31-13 |
| 8. |
Drury |
31-21 |
30-18 |
| 9. |
Saginaw Valley |
27-20 |
27-20 |
