By: Tyler Lobe, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
INTERACTIVE BRACKET INDIANAPOLIS --
The Cal Poly Pomona baseball team earned the No. 5 seed in the 2023 NCAA Division II West Regional Championship Tournament and will return to the site of this past weekend's CCAA Tournament on the campus of Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside to open on Thursday against No. 4 seed Point Loma (36-14). Cal State Monterey Bay (36-16), the CCAA Tournament champions, earned the top seed in the West Region and will serve as host for the West Regional #1. First pitch between CPP and PLNU on Thursday is at 11:00 am.The winner between CPP and PLNU will advance to Friday's game while the loser will face elimination against top seed and host CSUMB immediately following Thursday's opening game. A full schedule, as well as links to the West Region brackets are below.
The winner of the West Regional #1 bracket will meet the winner of the West Regional #2 bracket in the West Super Regional for a best-of-3 series the following weekend on May 26-27. No. 2 seed Cal State San Bernardino (38-17) serves as the host of the West Regional #2 bracket where No. 3 seed Azusa Pacific (34-17) and No. 6 seed Western Oregon (30-13) will open up the first round, also on Thursday.
The winner of next weekend's Super Regional will represent the West Region at the NCAA Division II World Series in Cary, North Carolina on June 3-10.
Click HERE to see the West Regional brackets. Each of the sub-regional tournaments are double-elimination formats.
Cal Poly Pomona reached the NCAA Tournament this season by virtue of an at-large bid. It will be the Broncos' eighth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 11 seasons, and the 15th NCAA Tournament appearance in the 63-year history of the program.
2023 NCAA DIVISION II BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
WEST REGIONAL #1
Hosted by Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside, Calif. - May 18-20
1. Cal State Monterey Bay (36-16)
4. Point Loma (36-14)
5. CAL POLY POMONA (28-21)
THURSDAY, 11:00 am - Game 1: #4 Point Loma vs #5 Cal Poly Pomona
THURSDAY, 2:00 pm - Game 2: #1 Cal State Monterey Bay vs Loser Game 1
FRIDAY, 12:00 pm - Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs Winner/Loser Game 2
SATURDAY, 12:00 pm - Game 4: TBD
SATURDAY, 3:00 pm - Game 5: TBD (If necessary)
WEST REGIONAL #2
Hosted by Cal State San Bernardino in San Bernardino, Calif. - May 18-20
2. Cal State San Bernardino (38-17)
3. Azusa Pacific (34-17)
6. Western Oregon (30-13)
SUPER REGIONAL
Hosted by Highest Remaining Seed -- May 26-27
Winner of West Regional #1 vs Winner of West Regional #2 (Best-of-3 Series)
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