Baseball | 5/11/2025 4:40:00 PM

WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The 2025 MIAA Regular Season Champion University of 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 15-18 at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field in Warrensburg, the NCAA announced late Sunday night, May 11.

The Mules will be one of two hosts for the four-team regional tournaments. UCM and the No. 2 seed Minnesota State, 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 22-24.

The team advancing out of the Super Regional will earn a spot in the NCAA-II College World Series May 30-June 7 in Cary, N.C.

Central Missouri will face eighth-seeded Harding Thursday, May 15, at 2 p.m. CT in the opening round of the regional.

The other first round contest will be Thursday at 6 p.m. CT and will feature No. 4 seed Central Oklahoma vs. No. 5 seed Arkansas Tech.

The tournament, which is double-elimination, will continue through Saturday, May 17, unless an if-necessary game seven is forced, which will be played Sunday, May 18.

Tickets for the 2025 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.

For more information regarding the 2025 NCAA-II Central Region tournament, please click here.