Penn State Behrend Grabs a #4 seed in the Mid-Atlantic Regional

The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 54 teams that will compete in the 2009 Division III baseball championship. There were 35 automatic bids, with six bids set aside for teams not in one of those conference and 13 at-large bids to round out the field.

The Behrend Lions have been placed as the number four seed in the Mid-Atlantic regional hosted by Kean University at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, N.J.  Behrend will face-off against the number five seeded the College of New Jersey (TCNJ). TCNJ won the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship and received the conferences automatic bid into the tournament. Follow all the action via LIVE STATS.

The Mid-Atlantic Regional web site is made up of eight teams which include:

1. Kean (34-9)
2. Keystone (37-4)
3. Montclair State (26-17)
4. Penn State-Behrend (31-11)
5. TCNJ (24-16-1)
6. Elizabethtown (27-13)
7. Alvernia (26-15)
8. Penn State-Berks (21-20-1)

The Behrend Lions look to improve on their Regional record after going 0-2 in the first ever trip to the NCAA tournament a year ago.  The blue and white play TCNJ on Wednesday, May 13, at 10:00 a.m. in the first round of the regional.