Baseball | 5/12/2025 2:54:00 PM
The SUNY Brockport baseball team won the Empire 8 Conference Tournament Saturday, has earned an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Baseball Championships and will travel to host Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA for double elimination regional round action where the Golden Eagles will take on Methodist University (NC) on Friday, May 16 at 10 a.m.
The host Randolph-Macon (30-15), will welcome Brockport (36-3-2), Messiah (31-14), and Methodist (31-14) from May 16-18 for the regional rounds. Brockport and Methodist will play at 10am on Friday, May 16th to begin the action. Randolph-Macon will take on Messiah following the opener with a 1:30pm start on Friday.
With a double elimination format, the losing teams of day one will faceoff at 8:30am on Saturday and the winning teams will play at 12pm. A third game will be played on Saturday at 3:30pm in an elimination round. The remaining teams will play at 11am on Sunday with a second game if necessary to determine who advances to the super regional round.
Regional Schedule:
Friday, May 16th
Game 1 – Brockport vs Methodist, 10am
Game 2 – Randolph-Macon vs Messiah, 1:30pm
Saturday, May 17th
Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2, 8:30am
Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2, 12pm
Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4, 3:30pm
Sunday, May 18th
Game 6 – Winner Game 5 vs Winner Game 4, 11am
Game 7 – *If necessary, 45 minutes after Game 6 ends
The Golden Eagles are making their sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in program-history and their third NCAA appearance in the last four years. The last time the Golden Eagles made the NCAA Tournament was in 2023 when the Golden Eagles defeated Cortland in the SUNYAC Championship game and traveled to Arcadia University for NCAA's.
The Golden Eagles are heading to NCAA Regionals with a 36-3-2 overall record, finishing conference play with a 21-1-1 record in Empire 8 contests. Brockport rolled through the Empire 8 Conference Tournament, allowing just two runs in three games on their way to the Empire 8 title. Brockport's 36 wins are a new program-record.
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