2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Table:
Conference

School

Record

Berth Type

America East

Albany

29-27

Tournament Champion

ACC

North Carolina

48-12

Tournament Champion

Atlantic Sun

Jacksonville

34-26

Tournament Champion

A-10

Charlotte

47-10

Tournament Champion

Big East

Rutgers

38-19

Tournament Champion

Big South

Coastal Carolina

48-11

Tournament Champion

Big Ten

Ohio State

37-22

Tournament Champion

Big 12

Texas A&M

44-16

Tournament Champion

Big West

UC Riverside

37-19

Regular Season Champion

CAA

VCU

37-21

Tournament Champion

Conference USA

Rice

49-12

Tournament Champion

Horizon League

UIC

34-19

Tournament Champion

Ivy League

Brown

27-19

Championship Series Winner

MAAC

Le Moyne

34-17

Tournament Champion

MAC

Kent State

33-24

Tournament Champion

Mid-Con

Oral Roberts

40-15

Tournament Champion

MEAC

Bethune-Cookman

33-25

Tournament Champion

Missouri Valley

Creighton

44-14

Tournament Champion

MWC

TCU

46-12

Tournament Champion

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The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA Division I , whose members are located mainly in the Northeastern United States , specifically New England . Its nine members include the public flagship universities of three states , and one private university .
The Albany Great Danes baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University at Albany in Albany , New York , United States . The team is a member of the America East Conference , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I . It plays home games at Varsity Field on the university 's campus in Albany , New York . The Great Danes are coached by Jon Mueller .
The Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States . Headquartered in Greensboro , North Carolina , the conference consists of fifteen member universities , each of whom compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) 's Division I , with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , the highest levels for athletic competition in US-based collegiate sports . The ACC sponsors competition in twenty-five sports with many of its member institutions ' athletic programs held in high regard nationally . Current members of the conference are Boston College , Clemson University , Duke University , Georgia Institute of Technology , Florida State University , North Carolina State University , Syracuse University , the University of Louisville , the University of Miami , the University of North Carolina , the University of Notre Dame , the University of Pittsburgh , the University of Virginia , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , and Wake Forest University . ACC teams and athletes have claimed dozens of national championships in multiple sports throughout the conference 's history . Generally , the ACC 's top athletes and teams in any particular sport in a given year are considered to be among the top collegiate competitors in the nation . Also , the conference enjoys extensive media coverage . The ACC was one of the five collegiate power conferences , which had automatic qualifying for their football champion into the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) . With the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014 , the ACC is one of five conferences with a contractual tie-in to a New Year 's Six bowl game , the successors to the BCS . The ACC was founded on May 8 , 1953 , by seven universities located in the South Atlantic States , with the University of Virginia joining in early December 1953 to bring the membership to eight . The loss of South Carolina in 1971 dropped membership to seven , while the addition of Georgia Tech in 1979 for non-football sports and 1983 for football brought it back to eight , and Florida State 's arrival in 1991 for non-football sports and 1992 for football increased the membership to nine . Since 2000 , with the widespread reorganization of the NCAA , seven additional schools have joined , and one original member ( Maryland ) has left to bring it to the current membership of 15 schools .
The 2007 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season . They play their home games at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference . The Tar Heels won the ACC tournament title . They made the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as the third-overall seed , and advanced to the 2007 College World Series , finishing as the national runner-up .
The Atlantic Sun Conference , branded as the ASUN Conference , is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States . The league participates at the NCAA Division I level , and does not sponsor football . Originally established as the Trans America Athletic Conference ( TAAC ) in 1978 , its headquarters are located in Macon , Georgia . The conference has seen several changes in its membership in recent years . First , the 2014 departure of East Tennessee State University and Mercer University to the Southern Conference left the ASUN with eight members . Northern Kentucky University ( transitioning from NCAA Division II sports to Division I ) left the conference to join the Horizon League and was replaced by the New Jersey Institute of Technology ( NJIT ) , previously the only Division I basketball independent , in 2015 . The ASUN membership expanded to nine members in 2018 . The University of South Carolina Upstate ( USC Upstate ) left the ASUN to join the Big South Conference after the 2017-18 season , but two new schools joined . The University of North Alabama arrived from the Division II Gulf South Conference , and Liberty University left the Big South for the ASUN . The ASUN 's next change of membership will occur in 2020-21 with the arrival of Bellarmine University from the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference .
The Jacksonville Dolphins baseball team represents Jacksonville University , which is located in Jacksonville , Florida . The Dolphins are a NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference . They began competing in Division I in 1969 and joined the Atlantic Sun Conference in 1999 after 20 years in the Sun Belt Conference . The Jacksonville Dolphins play all home games on-campus at John Sessions Stadium . Since their promotion to Division I in 1969 , the Patriots have played in 14 NCAA Tournaments , advancing as far as the regional final in 1976 . Over their 20 seasons in the Sun Belt Conference , they won two conference regular season titles and one conference tournament . Over their 21 seasons in the Atlantic Sun Conference ( formerly the Trans America Athletic Conference ) , they have won two conference regular season titles and four conference tournaments . Since the program 's inception in 1957 , 11 Patriots have gone on to play in Major League Baseball , highlighted by three-time All-Star Daniel Murphy .
The Atlantic 10 Conference ( A-10 ) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's ( NCAA ) Division I . The A-10 's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern Seaboard , as well as some in the Midwest - Massachusetts , New York , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , Virginia , Ohio , and Missouri as well as in the District of Columbia . Although some of its members are state-funded , half of its membership is made up of private , Catholic institutions . Despite the name , there are 14 full-time members , and two affiliate members that participate in women 's field hockey only . The current commissioner is Bernadette McGlade , who began her tenure in 2008 .
The Charlotte 49ers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Charlotte , North Carolina , United States . The team is a member of Conference USA , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I. Charlotte 's first baseball team was fielded in 1979 . The team plays its home games at Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium in Charlotte , North Carolina . The 49ers are coached by Robert Woodard .
The Big East Conference was a collegiate athletics conference that consisted of as many as 16 universities in the eastern half of the United States from 1979 to 2013 . The conference 's members participated in 24 NCAA sports . The conference had a history of success at the national level in basketball throughout its history , while its shorter ( 1991 to 2013 ) football program , created by inviting one college and four other associate members ( their football programs only ) into the conference , resulted in two national championships . In basketball , Big East teams made 18 Final Four appearances and won seven NCAA Championships ( UConn with three , Villanova , Georgetown , Syracuse , and Louisville with one each ) . Of the Big East 's full members , all but South Florida attended the Final Four , the most of any conference , though Marquette , DePaul , Notre Dame , Rutgers , Cincinnati , and Pittsburgh made all their trips before joining the Big East . In 2011 , the Big East set the record for the most teams sent to the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Championship by a single conference with eleven out of their sixteen teams qualifying . In football , the Big East entered competition as a conference in 1991 , after inviting five football colleges to become members of the Big East , joining three teams from the Big East whose football teams were competing as Division I independents ( Boston College , Pittsburgh and Syracuse ) to form a new Division I football league . The strength of this league earned the Big East an automatic berth in the Bowl Championship Series , when that series was created in 1998 . The Big East won two national football championships , both by University of Miami . Between 2005 and 2012 , four of the more successful football schools left the Big East for other conferences , starting a process that led to a complete realignment of the Big East in 2013 . On July 1 , 2013 , the non-football playing schools ( also known collectively as the secular Catholic 7 ) formed a non-football playing conference that retains the Big East Conference name . The remaining six football-playing members , three of whom had only joined the Big East in 2005 when the earlier exodus had started , joined with four schools from other conferences to become the American Athletic Conference ( The American ) , which is the Big East 's legal successor .
Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball is the varsity intercollegiate team representing Rutgers University in the sport of college baseball at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . The team plays its home games at Bainton Field on campus in Piscataway , New Jersey . The Scarlet Knights are members of the Big Ten Conference , which they joined prior to the 2014 season .
The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I . Originally a non-football conference , the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 . Its football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) . The Big South , founded in 1983 , is firmly rooted in the South Atlantic region of the United States , with full member institutions located in North Carolina , South Carolina , and Virginia . Associate members are located in Alabama , Georgia , and New Jersey .
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball program has been the university 's most consistent program in terms of success . Head Coach Gary Gilmore ( 903-464-1 at CCU , 1,156-566-3 overall ) has led the Chanticleers to 16 NCAA Regional appearances and three Super Regional appearances since being hired in 1996 . The program has received # 1 regional seeds on five occasions ( 2005 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2018 ) and won 50+ games in 2005 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , and 2016 . In addition , the Chanticleers hosted NCAA Regionals in 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , and 2018 . The program hosted a Super Regional in 2010 . Future Chicago White Sox major league pitcher Brad Goldberg played for the team in 2009-10 , making 18 appearances ( 17 in relief ) in those two seasons . In 2010 Coastal went 29-0 in Big South play , winning both the regular season Big South Championship and the Big South Tournament Championship plus the Regional , but lost in the Super Regionals 2-0 to the University of South Carolina . In 2016 , Coastal went 21-3 in Big South play , winning the regular season Conference Championship and the Conference Tournament . In the 2016 post-season , Coastal won the Raleigh Regional by beating the NC State Wolfpack 2-0 . The Chanticleers went on to beat the LSU Tigers 2-0 in the Baton Rouge Super Regionals , and ultimately got to the 2016 CWS Final and defeated Arizona two games to one to win the National Championship . The title game finished mere hours before Coastal officially left the Big South Conference , the school 's home since 1983 ( 1984 baseball season ) , for the Sun Belt Conference . The state 's governor Nikki Haley proclaimed July 1 , 2016 , the day after the title game and also Coastal 's first official day as a Sun Belt member , Chanticleer Baseball National Championship Day throughout South Carolina .
The Big Ten Conference ( stylized B1G , formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference ) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States . It is based in Rosemont , Illinois . For decades the conference consisted of 10 universities , while the present conference has 14 member institutions . They compete in the NCAA Division I ; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , formerly known as Division I-A , the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport . The conference includes the flagship public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska , as well as two additional public land-grant schools and a private university . The Big Ten Conference was established in 1895 when Purdue University president James H. Smart and representatives from the University of Chicago , University of Illinois , University of Michigan , University of Minnesota , Northwestern University , and University of Wisconsin gathered at Chicago 's Palmer House Hotel to set policies aimed at regulating intercollegiate athletics . In 1899 , Indiana University and the University of Iowa joined the conference to increase the membership to nine schools . In 1905 , the conference was officially incorporated as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives . The conference is one of the nation 's oldest , predating the founding of the NCAA by a decade , and was one of the first collegiate conferences to sponsor men 's basketball . Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations . All institutions except full member University of Nebraska and associate member Notre Dame are members of the Association of American Universities . Large student enrollment is a hallmark of Big Ten Universities , as 12 of the 14 members feature enrollments of 30,000 or more students .
The Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team is the college baseball team of The Ohio State University . The program , founded in 1881 , was the first athletic team in Ohio State history . Bill Davis Stadium in Columbus , Ohio has been the home field of the program since 1997 . The team won a National Title in 1966 , and also 14 Big Ten Titles throughout the team 's history . It is currently coached by Greg Beals . Ohio State has produced many professional baseball players , such as major leaguers Steve Arlin , Frank Howard , Nick Swisher , Barry Bonnell , Dave Burba , and Fred Taylor .
The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving , Texas . The conference consists of ten full-member universities . It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) for all sports . Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ; formerly Division I-A ) , the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition . Its ten members , in the states of Iowa , Kansas , Oklahoma , Texas , and West Virginia , include eight public and two private , Christian schools . Additionally , the Big 12 has 11 affiliate members - eight for the sport of wrestling , one of which is also a member in women 's equestrianism ; one for women 's gymnastics ; and two for women 's rowing . The Big 12 Conference is a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) nonprofit organization incorporated in Delaware . The Big 12 Conference was founded on February 25 , 1994 . The eight members of the former Big Eight Conference joined with Southwest Conference schools Texas , Texas A & M , Baylor , and Texas Tech to form the new Big 12 Conference , which commenced competition on August 31 , 1996 . The conference 's current 10-campus makeup resulted from the 2010-13 Big 12 Conference realignment , in which Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference , Colorado joined the Pac-12 , and Missouri and Texas A & M joined the Southeastern Conference . TCU and West Virginia joined from the Mountain West and Big East Conferences respectively to offset two of the departing schools , bringing the conference to its current strength . The Big 12 Conference , like others involved in the realignment , has kept its name primarily for marketing purposes ; the conference has high name recognition and remains one of the Power Five conferences which are considered the primary contenders to produce a College Football Playoff champion team in any given year .
The Texas A & M Aggie baseball team represents Texas A & M University in NCAA Division I college baseball . The Aggies have competed in the Southeastern Conference since 2013 . The Aggies play home games at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park . The team is led by head coach Rob Childress .
The Big West Conference ( BWC ) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I . The conference was originally formed in 1969 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association ( PCAA ) , and in 1988 was renamed the Big West Conference . The conference stopped sponsoring college football after the 2000 season .
The UC Riverside baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of the University of California , Riverside , located in Riverside , California , United States . The program has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big West Conference since the start of the 2002 season . The program 's home venue is the Riverside Sports Complex , located on the university 's campus . Alumnus and former major leaguer Troy Percival was named the program 's head coach ahead of the 2015 season . The program has won two Division II national championships . It has appeared in four Division II College World Series and 12 NCAA Tournaments ( two in Division I ) . It has won eight California Collegiate Athletic Association championships and one Big West Conference championship . As of the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season , 16 former Highlanders have appeared in Major League Baseball .
The Colonial Athletic Association ( CAA ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina . Most of its members are public universities , and the conference is headquartered in Richmond . The CAA was historically a Southern conference until the addition of four schools in the Northeast ( of five that joined from rival conference America East ) after the turn of the 21st century , which added balance to the conference . The CAA was founded in 1979 as the ECAC South basketball league . It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 when it added championships in other sports ( although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports ) . As of 2006 , it organizes championships in 21 men 's and women 's sports . The addition of Northeastern University in 2005 gave the conference the NCAA minimum of six football programs needed to sponsor football . For the 2007 football season , all of the Atlantic 10 Conference 's football programs joined the CAA football conference , as agreed in May 2005 .
VCU Rams baseball represents Virginia Commonwealth University in all NCAA Division I baseball competitions . This program , established in 1971 , is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference . The Rams possess an 867-792-5 record with a 155-81 record in-conference ( CAA ) . The head coach for the Rams is Shawn Stiffler , who replaced Paul Keyes after Keyes ' death in 2013 . Significant past events are : First place CAA finishes in 1997 , 1998 , & 2003 ; 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , & 2010 CAA Tournament champions , 8 NCAA Tournament appearances since 1996 ; and an average of 30 or more wins ( 56 game schedule ) in each of the past 11 seasons .
Conference USA ( C-USA or CUSA ) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States . The conference participates in the NCAA 's Division I in all sports . C-USA 's offices are located in Dallas , Texas .
The Rice Owls baseball team is the interscholastic baseball team representing Rice University in Houston , Texas , United States . The Owls have appeared often in the NCAA Tournament since the tenure of head coach Wayne Graham began in 1992 . The program has participated in every tournament since 1995 and won the national championship in 2003 , the first national championship for Rice athletics in any team sport . Rice is a member of the NCAA Division I Conference USA . Previously , it has played in the now-defunct Southwest Conference and in the Western Athletic Conference . From 1997-2008 , Rice won 12 consecutive regular season titles in its conference or division . Nine of the championships came in the Western Athletic Conference , while the final three came in Conference USA . The streak ended in 2009 when East Carolina won the regular-season conference title ; however , Rice won the post-season tournament . Rice subsequently won the 2010 , 2011 , 2012 and 2013 regular-season C-USA titles . The Owls are coached by Matt Bragga . Rice plays its home games at Reckling Park on the Rice campus in Houston . Rice is also a yearly participant in the Houston College Classic , held since 2001 at the Houston Astros ' Minute Maid Park .
The Horizon League is a 10-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I , whose members are located in and near the Midwestern United States . The Horizon League was founded in 1979 as the Midwestern City Conference . In 1985 , the conference changed its name to Midwestern Collegiate Conference and then the Horizon League in 2001 . The conference started with a membership of six teams and has fluctuated in size with 24 different schools as members at different times . Currently , the League has 10 members , following Valparaiso leaving to join the Missouri Valley Conference and IUPUI joining the league on July 1 , 2017 . The conference 's next membership change will occur on July 1 , 2020 with the arrival of Purdue University Fort Wayne ( PFW ) . The Horizon League does not sponsor football .
The UIC Flames are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Chicago . They are called the Flames as a reference to the Great Chicago Fire , and their team colors are navy blue and fire engine red . The Flames participate in NCAA Division I athletics as part of the Horizon League in baseball , basketball , cross-country , soccer , softball , swimming , tennis , track , and volleyball . The Flames also compete in gymnastics in the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League . Garrett Klassy is the current athletic director after Jim Schmidt retired on 1 August 2017 after 25 years .
The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eight private universities in the Northeastern United States . The term Ivy League is typically used to refer to those eight schools as a group of elite colleges beyond the sports context . The eight members are Brown University , Columbia University , Cornell University , Dartmouth College , Harvard University , the University of Pennsylvania , Princeton University , and Yale University . Ivy League has connotations of academic excellence , selectivity in admissions , and social elitism . While the term was in use as early as 1933 , it became official only after the formation of the NCAA Division I athletic conference in 1954 . Seven of the eight schools were founded during the colonial period ( Cornell was founded in 1865 ) , and thus account for seven of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution . The other two colonial colleges , Rutgers University and the College of William & Mary , became public institutions instead . Ivy League schools are generally viewed as some of the most prestigious in the world , and are ranked among the best universities worldwide by U.S. News & World Report . All eight universities place in the top seventeen of the 2020 U.S. News & World Report national university rankings , including four Ivies in the top three ( Columbia and Yale are tied for 3rd ) . In the 2019 U.S. News & World Report global university rankings , three Ivies rank in the top ten ( Harvard 1st , Columbia 7th , and Princeton 8th ) and six in the top twenty-three . Undergraduate-focused Ivies such as Brown University and Dartmouth College rank 99th and 197th , respectively . U.S. News has named a member of the Ivy League as the best national university in each of the past 18 years ending with the 2018 rankings : Princeton eleven times , Harvard twice , and the two schools tied for first five times .
The Brown Bears are the sports teams that represent Brown University , an American university located in Providence , Rhode Island . The Bears are part of the Ivy League conference . Brown 's mascot is Bruno . Both the men 's and women 's teams share the name , competing in 38 National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I sports . In football , the Bears , along with all other the Ivy League teams , compete in the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) .
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ( MAAC , /mæk/ ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated in NCAA Division I , consisting of eleven schools coming from three states of the northeastern United States : Connecticut , New Jersey , and New York . The members are all relatively small private institutions , many of them Catholic or formerly Catholic , the only exceptions being three private but secular institutions : Rider University and the conference 's two newest members , Monmouth and Quinnipiac Universities . The conference headquarters is located in Edison , New Jersey . The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference sponsors 22 sports and has many associate member institutions . Richard J. Ensor is the commissioner of the MAAC , a post he has held since 1988 .
The Le Moyne Dolphins are the athletic teams that represent Le Moyne College , located in Syracuse , New York , in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sporting competitions . The Dolphins compete as members of Northeast-10 Conference . Le Moyne has been a member of the NE-10 since 1996 . More than 75 percent of students are estimated to participate in some form of athletics at Le Moyne . In 2008-9 , there were about 300 undergraduate student-athletes , who maintained an overall GPA of 3.09 . All of Le Moyne 's athletes participate in service activities , and are particularly active in raising funds for the Make a Wish Foundation . The Le Moyne Men 's basketball team gained national attention when it defeated Division I powerhouse Syracuse 82-79 in a November 2009 exhibition game . Matt Bassett has been serving as the Athletic Director since 2007 . He is only the third Director of Athletics in the College 's history .
The Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois . Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan , with single members located in Illinois , Indiana , and New York . For football , the MAC participates in the NCAA 's Football Bowl Subdivision . The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland , Ohio , and has two members in the nearby Akron area . The MAC has been referred to as the Conference of Quarterbacks because of the accomplishments of numerous former players in the National Football League . The conference also ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates .
The Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Kent State University in Kent , Ohio , United States . The team competes at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) as a member of the Mid-American Conference . The head coach is retired Major League Baseball player Jeff Duncan , who was hired in June 2013 . Baseball was established at Kent State in 1914 and the team was known as the Normal Nine . It is the second-oldest athletic team at Kent State University after the men 's basketball team . Kent State began play in the Mid-American Conference in 1951 , winning their first conference title in 1964 and making their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament . Through the 2018 season , the Flashes have won 15 Mid-American Conference regular-season titles , 12 MAC tournament titles , 12 MAC East division titles , and have made 14 NCAA tournament appearances . The 2012 season marked the team 's first appearance in the College World Series . Home games are held at Schoonover Stadium , the team 's home field since 1966 . The stadium , previously known as Gene Michael Field , was renovated in 2005 and received additional upgrades in 2007 , 2008 , and 2013 . Additionally , the Flashes have an indoor practice facility , the David and Peggy Edmonds Baseball and Softball Training Facility , which opened in 2014 . Kent State has produced a number of players who have gone on to play professionally at the Major League level , including Thurman Munson , Andy Sonnanstine , Emmanuel Burriss , and Dustin Hermanson .
The Summit League , or The Summit , is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States from Indiana and Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the West , with additional members in the Western state of Colorado and the Southern state of Oklahoma . Founded as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982 , it was rebranded as the Mid-Continent Conference in 1989 . On June 1 , 2007 , the conference changed its name from the Mid-Continent Conference . League headquarters are in Sioux Falls , South Dakota . The membership currently consists of nine full members plus four associate members . In July 2020 , the University of Missouri-Kansas City will return as a full member after a seven-year absence with the new athletic identity of the Kansas City Roos , while Purdue University Fort Wayne will leave for the Horizon League . A total of 31 schools have been full members , but the only charter member remaining in the league today is Western Illinois University .
The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team is the intercollegiate baseball team of Oral Roberts University . It plays in the NCAA Division I Summit League . The team won the Mid-Con and Summit League regular season and tournament titles for 15 years straight between 1998 and 2012 . Upon returning to the Summit League , the team repeated the feat in 2015 and 2016 . In 2006 , they advanced to the NCAA Super Regional .
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference ( MEAC ) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities ( HBCUs ) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States . It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I , and in football , in the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) . Currently , the MEAC has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in baseball ( since 1994 ) , men 's basketball ( since 1981 ) , women 's basketball ( since 1982 ) , football ( 1996-2015 ) , softball ( since 1995 ) , men and women 's tennis ( since 1998 ) , and volleyball ( since 1994 ) . Bowling was officially sanctioned as a MEAC governed sport in 1999 . Before that season , the MEAC was the first conference to secure NCAA sanctioning for women 's bowling by adopting the club sport prior to the 1996-97 school year .
The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach , Florida . They compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision primarily competing in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference ( MEAC ) for all sports . Bethune-Cookman fields 15 teams , 7 men 's and 8 women 's , and have won 31 MEAC titles ; 14 in baseball , 1 in bowling , 1 in men 's cross country , 2 in women 's cross country , 3 in football , 2 in women 's indoor track and field , 6 in softball and 2 in women 's tennis in history of their athletic program
The Missouri Valley Conference ( also called MVC or simply The Valley ) is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States . Currently , its members are located in the midwestern United States .
The Creighton Bluejays baseball team represents the Creighton University in NCAA Division I college baseball . Creighton competes as a member of the Big East Conference and plays its home games at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha . Creighton 's baseball team played its first Big East season in 2014 . They are coached by Ed Servais who is entering his twelfth season as head coach of the Bluejays . His record at Creighton is 389-230 ( .628 winning percentage ) . The team plays its home games at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha , also the home of the College World Series , an event which the Bluejays baseball programs serves as the official host school for , providing each of the schools in the tournament practice facilities , training assistance , and assisting with game scoring . Prior to the opening of TD Ameritrade Park , the program played games at the Creighton Sports Complex and Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in South Omaha , which was also the home of the NCAA College World Series and the Omaha Royals ( now known as the Omaha Storm Chasers ) of the Pacific Coast League .
The Mountain West Conference ( MW ) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) ( formerly I-A ) . The MW officially began operations in July 1999 . Geographically , the MW covers a broad expanse of the Western United States , with member schools located in California , Colorado , Hawaii , Idaho , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah , and Wyoming . Craig Thompson has served as Commissioner of the MW since its founding in 1999 . The charter members of the MW included the United States Air Force Academy , Brigham Young University , Colorado State University , San Diego State University , the University of New Mexico , the University of Nevada , Las Vegas , the University of Utah , and the University of Wyoming . Before forming the Mountain West Conference , seven of its eight charter members had been longtime members of the Western Athletic Conference , and half of these had been charter members of that conference from 1962 . Overall , each school that has ever been either a full or football-only member of the MW spent at least three years in the WAC before joining the Mountain West .
The TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represents Texas Christian University in NCAA Division I baseball . The Frogs have competed in the Big 12 Conference since 2013 and previously competed in the Mountain West , Conference USA , Western Athletic Conference and Southwest Conference . Since February 2003 , the Horned Frogs have played their home games at Lupton Stadium , located on the TCU campus in Fort Worth , Texas . The Frogs are led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle , the winningest coach in TCU baseball history , whose many coaching accolades include 8 conference coach of the year awards and being named the 2010 National Coach of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and 2016 National Coach of the Year by Baseball America .
The Northeast Conference ( NEC ) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports except football , which competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) , formerly Division I-AA . Participating schools are located principally in the Northeastern United States . The conference was named the ECAC Metro Conference when it was established in 1981 . The original eleven member schools were Fairleigh Dickinson University , the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University ( whose athletic program has now merged with that of LIU 's Post campus into a single athletic program ) , Loyola College in Maryland ( left in 1989 ) , Marist College ( left in 1997 ) , Robert Morris University , St. Francis College ( NY ) , Saint Francis College ( PA ) , Siena College ( left in 1984 ) , Towson State University ( left in 1982 ) , the University of Baltimore ( left in 1983 ) and Wagner College . The conference 's name was changed to its present form on August 1 , 1988 . Other names considered were Big North , Great North , North Shore , Northern , Northeastern , Eastern and Eastern Private Intercollegiate . The Northeast Conference has expanded eight times since 1981 . The expansions and additions from the original charter members were in 1985 ( Monmouth University , which left in 2013 ) , 1989 ( Mount St. Mary 's University ) , 1992 ( Rider University , which left in 1997 ) , 1997 ( Central Connecticut State University ) , 1998 ( Quinnipiac University and the University of Maryland , Baltimore County which respectively left in 2013 and 2003 ) , 1999 ( Sacred Heart University ) , 2008 ( Bryant University ) , and 2019 ( Merrimack College ) . The Northeast Conference 's rank was largest at 12 in 2008 with the addition of Bryant University ; it dropped to 10 in 2013 with the departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac for the MAAC , and returned to 11 with the 2019 addition of Merrimack . The most recent changes were announced in 2018 and took effect with the 2019-20 school year . First , on September 10 , the NEC announced it would add Merrimack .
The Monmouth Hawks baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Monmouth University in West Long Branch , New Jersey , United States . The team is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I . The team plays its home games at Monmouth Baseball Field in West Long Branch , New Jersey . The Hawks are coached by Dean Ehehalt .