UW-La Crosse makes NCAA Tournament

Eagles to play at Whitewater regional

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) — The UW-La Crosse baseball team has been selected to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012. The bracket was announced early Monday morning.

The Eagles (26-16), a No. 4 seed, received an at-large berth after finishing second in the WIAC in the regular season and losing in the WIAC Tournament Championship Game.

One of 56 teams selected, UW-L will play in a regional tournament hosted by No. 1-seed UW-Whitewater. The other teams in the regional are No. 2-seed Heidelberg, No. 3-seed Concordia-Chicago, No. 5-seed Adrian and No. 6-seed St. Norbert.

There are eight regional sites; six teams will compete at four of them, while eight teams will compete at the other four. All regional sites use a double-elimination format.

Winners of the eight regionals will advance to the double-elimination championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, May 23-27.

UPDATE: UW-L’s first game is Wednesday vs. Concordia-Chicago at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Game #1 – UW-Whitewater (#1 seed) vs. St. Norbert, Wis. (#6) – Noon
Game #2 – Heidelberg, Ohio (#2) vs. Adrian, Mich. (#5) – 3 p.m.
Game #3 – Concordia-Chicago, Ill. vs. (#3) UW-La Crosse (#4) – 6 p.m.

Thursday, May 15, 2014
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – Noon
Game #5 – Winner Game #1 vs. Loser Game #3 – 3 p.m.
Game #6 – Winner Game #2 vs. Winner Game #3 – 6 p.m.

If four teams remain after game 6:
Friday, May 16, 2014
Game #7 – Winner Game #5 vs. Winner Game #6 – Noon
Game #8 – Winner Game #4 vs. Loser Game #6 – 3 p.m.
Game #9 – Loser Game #7 vs. Winner Game #8 – 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 17, 2014
Game #10 – Winner Game #7 vs. Winner Game #9 – Noon
Game #11 – If necessary, same teams as in game #10

If five teams remain after game 6:
Friday, May 16, 2014
Game #7 – Loser Game #5 vs. Loser Game #6 – Noon
Game #8 – Winner Game #4 vs. Winner Game #5 – 3 p.m.
Game #9 – Winner Game #6 vs. Winner Game #7 – 6 p.m.

If two teams remain after game 9:
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Game #10 – Winner Game #8 vs. Winner Game #9 – Noon
Game #11 – If necessary, same teams as in game #10

If three teams remain after game 9:
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Game #10 – Winner Game #8 vs. Loser Game #9 – Noon
Game #11 – Winner Game #9 vs. Winner Game #10 – 3 p.m.