2025 NCAA Baseball Regionals Preview

By Will DeBoer

5/15/2025 10:00:00 AM

The Rundown

The seventh-ranked Salisbury University baseball team's run for a fourth College World Series berth in five seasons will begin from the friendly confines of “The Don.” The Sea Gulls will host the four-team, double-elimination Salisbury Regional of the 2025 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament beginning on Friday, May 16. SU will joust with Johnson & Wales (Providence) at 1:30 p.m. that day, with a showdown between Baldwin Wallace and Ramapo slated for 10 a.m.

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Tournament Schedule

Friday, May 16

Game 1 - Ramapo vs. Baldwin Wallace - 10 a.m.

Game 2 - JWU (Providence) vs. Salisbury - 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 17

Game 3 - G1 Loser vs. G2 Loser - 8:30 a.m.

Game 4 - G1 Winner vs. G2 Winner - 12 p.m.

Game 5 - G3 Loser vs. G4 Winner - 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 18 - Regional Finals

Game 6 - G4 Winner vs. G5 Winner - 11 a.m.

Game 7 - G6 Rematch (if necessary) - 45 min. following

Live Video (NCAA Champs Pass)

Live Stats

Regional Central

NCAA Tournament Info

#21 Andrew Kell | 2024 Consensus Second-Team All-American, 2025 All-C2C Honorable Mention

The 2025 Sea Gulls

#17 Tyler Villa | 2025 All-C2C First Team

#13 Dylan Winebrenner | 2025 C2C Player of the Year

#34 Noah Burroughs | 2025 C2C Rookie of the Year

#2 Danny Sheeler | 3x All-C2C First Team

Salisbury finished the regular season with a 31-8 record, winning nine straight games from Mar. 29-Apr. 13, and won their fourth Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Tournament championship in five years by defeating Christopher Newport 15-4 in the finals.
The Sea Gulls ranked seventh in the final NCAA Power Index (NPI) of the regular season, posting a mark of 61.280 in that metric.
SU played nine games that made the NCAA Tournament field, going 7-2 with wins over Oswego State (2x), TCNJ, PSU-Harrisburg, Marymount (Va.), Randolph-Macon, and Messiah and losses against Johns Hopkins and Catholic.
Salisbury ranked eighth in the final regular season D3Baseball/NCBWA Poll on May 13. The Sea Gulls opened the year at No. 7, reaching as high as sixth and never falling below ninth.
The Sea Gulls extended the second-longest NCAA Tournament streak in Division III by qualifying for its 25th consecutive dance dating back to 2000. Only Cortland (32) holds a streak longer than SU's.
Catcher Dylan Winebrenner was named C2C Player of the Year, the fifth straight Salisbury player (Meekins, Caster, Sheeler, Kell) to win the honor
Outfielder Noah Burroughs became the second straight Sea Gull (Cole Williams) to earn C2C Rookie of the Year
Eleven Sea Gulls were recognized on the All-C2C Teams:
First Team (8) - SPs Tyler Villa, Aidan Brinsfield; RP Bryce Sterling; C Dylan Winebrenner; 1B Danny Sheeler; 2B Max Ehrhardt; 3B Jackson Inman; OF Noah Burroughs
Honorable Mention (3) - DH Andrew Kell, SP Cole Williams, RP Josh Rivera
Team - 8th in SAC (46), 16th in Runs/G (9.4), 23rd in HBP (92), 25th in SLG (.492), 30th in HR/G (1.05), 31st in OBP (.431), 35th in 3B (17), 39th in Runs (367), 41st in HR (41), 42nd in SF (27), 72nd in BA (.313), 80th in BB (198)
Noah Burroughs - 144th in BA (.394)
Max Ehrhardt - 11th in SAC (10), 12th in SAC/G (0.27)
Danny Sheeler - 26th in Runs/G (1.38), 48th in Runs (54)
Bryce Sterling - 25th in SV (6)
Tyler Villa - 136th in ERA (3.09)
Trent Waire - 19th in SAC (19), 22nd in SAC/G (0.24)
The 2025 NCAA Regionals will mark the ninth time in program history Salisbury has hosted a national postseason round, with games played at the old SU Baseball Field, Arthur W. Perdue Stadium, and Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium.
The Sea Gulls are 10-13 over 24 games in national tournament home games dating back to 1978.
1978: NCAA Regional (2-2)
2002: NCAA Regional (2-2)
2005: NCAA Regional (0-2)
2009: NCAA Regional (1-2)
2019: NCAA Regional (1-2)
2022: NCAA Super Regional (2-1)
2023: NCAA Super Regional (2-0)
2024: NCAA Super Regional (0-2)
2025: NCAA Regional

Salisbury Game Notes

Scouting Report

Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets

Ramapo Roadrunners

JWU (Providence) Wildcats

Baldwin Wallace earned its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament bid and 12th in program history. The Yellow Jackets earned the third seed in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament, rallying past second-seeded Ohio Northern 9-6 in the championship.
Top Player: Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Jr. OF) - .338 BA, 31 R, 25 XBH, 40 RBI, 1.121 OPS
Top Pitcher: Vince Dolcemaschio (Sr. RHP) - 8-1, 2.57 ERA, 77.0 IP, 14 BB, 58 K
Ramapo returns to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year and 14th time overall. The Roadrunners picked up an at-large bid from the New Jersey Athletic Conference despite losing twice as the fifth seed in the league tournament.
Top Player: Zack Bailey (Gr. INF) - .342 BA, 38 R, 18 XBH, 28 RBI, 1.013 OPS
Top Pitcher: Jack Martin (Sr. RHP) - 6-2, 1.99 ERA, 63.1 IP, 11 BB, 72 K
Johnson & Wales (Providence) is in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the past five years. The Wildcats earned the automatic bid out of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference, earning the top seed in the league tournament and defeating second-seeded Mitchell 5-2 in the finals.
Top Player: Trevor Juan (Sr. OF) - .369 BA, 36 R, 16 XBH, 52 RBI, 1.015 OPS
Top Pitcher: Aidan Vining (Jr. LHP) - 9-0, 2.21 ERA, 85.2 IP, 11 BB, 108 K

#22 Cole Williams | 2024 C2C Player of the Year, 2025 All-C2C Honorable Mention

What's At Stake

The winner of the Salisbury Regional advances to the Super Regionals, which runs from Friday, May 23 through Saturday, May 24 at a location to be determined.
The 2025 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship will be held from May 30 through June 5 at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio.

The Rundown

Tournament Schedule

The 2025 Sea Gulls

Scouting Report

What's At Stake

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