ANGELO STATE BASEBALL

South Central Regional
at Warrensburg, Mo.

1.    Central Missouri             44-7
2.    St. Mary's                         44-8
3.    Angelo State                   40-15
4.    Southern Arkansas       36-15
5.    Texas A&M-Kingsville    31-16
6.    St. Edward's                    35-14

Thursday, May 17
11:00 a.m. – No. 2 St. Mary's vs. No. 5 Texas A&M-Kingsville
3:00 p.m. – No. 1 Central Missouri vs. No. 6 St. Edward's
7:00 p.m. – No. 3 Angelo State vs. No. 4 Southern Arkansas

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Angelo State is headed to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship for the third time in program history and will open against Southern Arkansas at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Tompkins Field on the campus of the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo. 

AngeloSports.com caught up with Toby Semler, Quaid McKinnon, Brett Parsons, Lee Neumann, Austin Church, Zach Cohen, Ryan Greer and head coach Kevin Brooks before Monday's practice to talk about the upcoming tournament.  

Angelo State enters the national postseason tournament with a 40-15 record and having won 12 of its last 14 games. The Rams earned the automatic bid after winning the Lone Star Conference Baseball Championship last week. Central Missouri (44-7) is the tournament's top seed and will open against St. Edward's, while St. Mary's (44-8) is the second seed and plays Texas A&M-Kingsville (31-16). The tournament is double elimination with the winner advancing the DII World Series in Cary, N.C.

ASU, which has outscored its opponents 397-221 this season, is hitting .322 as a team through its first 55 games of the season and its pitching staff maintains a 3.72 earned run average. The Rams are 0-3 all-time against SAU, including a 7-0 loss this season that snapped a six-game winning streak to start the year. ASU split its season series against St. Mary's 1-1 and split its conference series against TAMUK 2-2. The Rams did not play St. Edward's or Central Missouri this season.