WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The 2024 MIAA Regular Season Champion Central Missouri Mules baseball team has earned the top seed in the NCAA-II Central Region and will host a four-team regional tournament May 16-19 at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field in Warrensburg, the NCAA announced Sunday, May 12.

The Mules will be one of two hosts for the four-team regional tournaments. UCM and the No. 2 seed Missouri Southern, will each host.

The winners of each regional will then meet in a best-of-three Super Regional series at the site of the highest remaining seed May 24-25.

The team advancing out of the Super Regional will earn a spot in the NCAA-II College World Series June 1-8 in Cary, N.C.

Central Missouri will face eighth-seeded Minnesota State Thursday, May 16, at 2 p.m. CT in the opening round of the regional.

The other first round contest will be Thursday at 6 p.m. and will feature No. 4 seed Augustana (S.D.) vs. No. 5 seed Central Oklahoma.

The tournament, which is double-elimination, will continue through Saturday, May 18, unless an if-necessary game seven is forced, which will be played Sunday, May 19.

Tickets for the 2024 NCAA-II Central Regional are now available for purchase online at UCMAthletics.com/tickets.

Ticket Prices (NOTE: All tickets are PER DAY):
Adults: $12 | Visiting Students/Seniors (60 years & older)/Military: $8 | Youth (ages 6-17): $6 | UCM Students: FREE courtesy of UCM President's Office

Parking:
Parking is available in the lot immediately to the north and at the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center to the east of Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field. Please refrain from parking in the apartment complex parking lot to the north of Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field. In addition, parking is available at the Diamond Club apartment complex lot to the west of Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field. Fans who park in Diamond Club Apartments may not leave any trash in the parking lot. Please dispose of your trash appropriately.

For more information regarding the 2024 NCAA-II Central Region tournament, please click here.