Washington and Lee Seeded Eighth in South Region

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --- The Washington and Lee baseball team has been assigned to the South Region in the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament the, which the NCAA announced on Monday.

Eighth-seeded W&L (22-13) will take on host and top-seeded Salisbury (37-6) in the first round of the double-elimination tournament on Wednesday at 1:15 pm at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium in Salisbury, Md. The Generals will be making their first-ever NCAA appearance, while the Sea Gulls are making their 10th-straight trip to the tournament and their 15th overall.

Other teams selected to play in the South region include Shenandoah (28-6), North Carolina Wesleyan (27-19), Christopher Newport (24-11-2), Washington and Jefferson (33-12), York (Pa.) (27-14) and Johns Hopkins (24-14).

The regional runs from Wednesday through Sunday with the winners of each region advancing to the NCAA Finals to be held at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wis., on May 22-26.

This release is courtesy of the Washington and Lee sports information department.