INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Marymount baseball is heading back to the NCAA Tournament, starting their trek at DeSales University against #4 Salve Regina in the NCAA Regionals this Friday. 

Marymount won the Atlantic East Conference Tournament for the second-straight year to earn the automatic qualifier hosted by the AEC. 

SCOUTING THE REGION

• This is the second-straight season that Marymount heads to the NCAA Tournament, after playing last year at the University of Lynchburg. 
• DeSales University is the hosting school of the regional, bringing in Marymount alongside #4 Salve Regina and Ramapo. 
• DeSales won the Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Championship to earn their bid. 
• Salve Regina lost in the final of the NEWMAC, but earned their fourth NCAA at-large bid in the last five seasons. 
• Ramapo College earned their third-straight NCAA Appearance in at-large fashion after going 29-12 overall on the season. 
• MU will take on Salve Regina in the first game this Friday. 

SCOUTING THE SAINTS

• The Saints won the Atlantic East Conference Tournament as the #2 seed, taking down #1 seeded Centenary University in the decisive game seven on Sunday, 
• The Saints have three hitters with an OPS over 1.000: Frances Swekosky, Evan Schick, and Quincy Via. 
• Swekosky leads the team with six home runs on the season, driving in a team-high 54 RBI. 
• Via, getting on-base at a .493 clip, has 58 stolen bags on the season, which leads all of Division III.
• Schick knocked 14 doubles this season and drove in 28 RBI.
• Junior Ben Smallwood leads the Saints on the mound, pitching to a 1.74 ERA in 62.0 innings pitched. He sported a 7-1 overall record this season. 
• Liam Progulske struck out 52 opposing hitters in 44.2 innings pitched. 
• Anthony Farmakides, named the Atlantic East Tournament MVP, knocked five home runs this season with 10 doubles, driving in 41 RBI. 

ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP

• The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 64 teams that will compete in the 2026 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.
• Of the 16 regional sites played Friday-Sunday, May 15-17, four teams will compete at sixteen regional sites. Regionals will use a double-elimination format.
• Forty-one conference champions qualified automatically.
• Winners of the sixteen regional tournaments will qualify for eight, best-of-three series at the super regionals, Friday-Saturday, May 22-23.
• The eight super regional winners will then qualify for the pool play double-elimination championship at Classic Auto Group Park in Eastlake, Ohio, Friday-Thursday, May 29-June 4, 2026.