NCAA Baseball Tournament Field Announced

The selections for the 2011 NCAA Division II baseball tournament are out, and eight teams from D-II South Nation made the field. 

In the Southeast Region, three teams from the Peach Belt Conference made the field, while in the South Region, the Gulf South Conference invited four teams, with West Florida serving as the host squad, while Stillman was the lone SIAC team to earn an NCAA bid, as the Tigers advanced as an automatic qualifier via winning the conference tournament.

In all, 48 teams nationwide earned berths to the NCAA tournament, with six teams selected from the Southeast Region, while eight teams advanced to the South Regional tourney.

Click on one of the following links to see the schedule for the NCAA regionals, which get underway Thursday for the Southeast Regional at Mount Olive, N.C., and Pensacola, Fla. for the South Regional.

Southeast Region

South Region

NCAA Softball Tournament Underway

The NCAA Division II softball tournament got underway at select campus sites throughout the nation Friday.  D-II South Nation was well represented, with five teams from the Peach Belt Conference advancing to the Southeast Regional, while three squads from the Gulf South Conference, as well as one from the SIAC, advanced to the South Regional.

Here are the pairings for both the Southeast and South Regionals, as follows:


Southeast Regional 1 (at Dahlonega, Ga.)


Southeast Regional 2 (at Hickory, N.C.)


South Regional 1 (at Huntsville, Ala.)


South Regional 2 (at Winter Park, Fla.)

Shorter applies for D-II status

It's official.  Shorter University in Rome, Georgia has applied to join the NCAA Division II ranks.  The current NAIA school plans to seek membership in the Gulf South Conference.  School officials have until June 1 to complete their application to the NCAA.


Click here for the full story, courtesy of the Rome (Ga.) News-Tribune, and Shorter University

Baseball Tournament Update

Southern Arkansas wins Gulf South crown (gscsports.org)

Augusta State staves off elimination (peachbelt.com)

UNC Pembroke advances to Peach Belt title game (peachbelt.com)

Baseball Postseason Update

May is here, and so is conference tournament time in both the Gulf South and Peach Belt Conferences, respectively.  The GSC tournament got underway at Millington, Tenn. Friday, while the PBC tourney gets started at Columbus, Ga. Sunday.   Click on the following link (s) below for complete coverage.


Gulf South Conference Tournament Website

Peach Belt Conference Tournament Bracket

Peach Belt Conference Tournament Website

Bonus Coverage

Stillman wins SIAC title (courtesy of the thesiac.com)