NEWARK, Del. - - Following a two-year hiatus, the Wilmington University baseball team is back in the NCAA Division II East Regional Tournament after winning the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament Championship on Sunday. It is the eighth regional appearance in the Wildcats' NCAA era.

After making the East Regional Tournament five years in a row, culminating in the 2015 NCAA Division II East Regional Tournament Championship, the Wildcats missed the festivities in 2016 and 2017. The Wildcats first made the trip in 2007, and returned in 2009 before going each year from 2011 to 2015.

The Wildcats (34-19) earned the second seed in the double-elimination tournament hosted by top-seeded University of New Haven in Pleasantville, N.Y., at Pace University's Peter X. Finnerty Field. The Wildcats open the tournament against second seeded and reigning East Regional Tournament Champions St. Thomas Aquinas on Thursday at 3:00 p.m.

The winner of the East Regional Tournament advances to the NCAA Division II World Series in Cary, N.C.

Follow The Action of the 2018 NCAA Division II East Regional Tournament:
NCAA Baseball East Regional Tournament Central
Live Stats for all tournament games
Live Stream for all tournament games

Ticket Information:
Tickets will be available at the game to Peter X. Finnerty Field each day.
Adults: $8.00
Children/Seniors: $5.00
College Students with ID: $5.00
Children under two-years-old will be admitted free of charge

Wilmington in the East Regional Tournament:
2007: #1 Franklin Pierce def. #6 Wilmington, 4-1; #5 Bryant def. #6 Wilmington, 5-1
2009: #6 Wilmington def. #1 Dominican, 10-1; #4 Dowling def. #6 Wilmington, 3-2; #6 Wilmington def. #5 Assumption, 10-1; #3 Adelphi def. #6 Wilmington, 9-6
2011: #4 Southern Connecticut State def. #3 Wilmington, 2-1; #1 Adelphi def. #3 Wilmington, 6-5
2012: #5 Wilmington def. #2 Le Moyne, 1-0 (10 inn.); #3 Franklin Pierce def. #5 Wilmington, 7-1; #1 Southern New Hampshire def. #5 Wilmington, 6-3.
2013: #6 Franklin Pierce def. #1 Wilmington, 7-0; #1 Wilmington def. #2 St. Thomas Aquinas, 8-1; #1 Wilmington def. #3 New Haven, 11-0; #1 Wilmington def. #4 Southern New Hampshire, 2-1 (10 inn.); #6 Franklin Pierce def. #1 Wilmington, 5-1
2014: #3 Wilmington def. #4 St. Thomas Aquinas, 4-0; #5 Dowling def. #3 Wilmington, 6-1; #1 Southern New Hampshire def. #3 Wilmington, 4-3
2015: #4 Wilmington def. #3 Southern New Hampshire, 3-2; #4 Wilmington def. #2 Stonehill, 4-3; #6 St. Thomas Aquinas def. #4 Wilmington, 7-3; #4 Wilmington def. #1 Franklin Pierce, 5-3; #4 Wilmington def. #6 St. Thomas Aquinas, 11-9

Overall: 11-13

Season and All-Time Series vs. East Region Tournament Participants:
#1 University of New Haven Chargers: 2018 – 0-1; All-Time – 2-3; Regionals – 1-0
#2 St. Thomas Aquinas College Spartans: 2018 – 0-0; All-Time – 4-2; Regionals – 2-1
#3 Le Moyne College Dolphins: 2018 – 0-1; All-Time – 1-1; Regionals – 1-0
#4 Southern New Hampshire University Penmen: 2018 – 0-1; All-Time – 6-8; Regionals – 1-2
#5 Franklin Pierce University Ravens: 2018 – 0-0; All-Time – 5-7; Regionals – 1-4
#6 Merrimack College Warriors: 2018 – 0-0; All-Time – 3-2; Regionals – 0-0
#7 Wilmington University Wildcats

2018 NCAA Division II East Region Tournament Game Schedule:
Thursday, May 17 - at Finnerty Field (Pleasantville, N.Y.)
Game 1 :: No. 3 Le Moyne (33-15-1) vs. No. 6 Merrimack (31-19) :: 11:00 a.m.
Game 2 :: No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (36-13) vs. No. 7 Wilmington (Del.) (33-19) :: 3:00 p.m.
Game 3 :: No. 4 Southern New Hampshire (35-15) vs. No. 5 Franklin Pierce (32-13) :: 7:00 p.m.

Friday, May 18 - at Finnerty Field (Pleasantville, N.Y.)
Game 4 :: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 :: 11:00 a.m. :: elimination game
Game 5 :: No. 1 New Haven (37-10) vs. Winner Game 3:: 3:00 p.m.
Game 6 :: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 :: 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 19 - at Finnerty Field (Pleasantville, N.Y.)
Game 7 :: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5 :: 11:00 a.m. :: elimination game
Game 8 :: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 6 :: 3:00 p.m. :: elimination game
Game 9 :: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 :: 7:00 p.m. 

Sunday, May 20 - at Finnerty Field (Pleasantville, N.Y.)
Game 10 :: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 :: 12:00 p.m. :: elimination game
Game 11 :: Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 9 :: 4:00 p.m. :: elimination game

Championship - Monday, May 21 - at Finnerty Field (Pleasantville, N.Y.)
Game 12 :: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11 :: 12:00 p.m. 
Game 13 (if necessary) :: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11 :: 4:00 p.m.