(CARY, N.C.) After winning a third West Regional title in five seasons, PLNU Baseball is seeded No. 6 in the NCAA Division II World Series.
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Point Loma (49-11 overall) will play its first game against No. 3 seed Catawba (47-12), winners of the Southeast Regional, on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. PT / 1:30 p.m. ET in Cary, N.C. at the USA Baseball National Training Complex.
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PLNU, seeded second in the West Regional, won both games of its Super Regional against fifth-seeded Northwest Nazarene, prevailing by scores of 5-3 and 6-3.
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Catawba, the No. 1 seed in the Southeast Regional, won two games out of three against fifth-seeded Francis Marion to advance to Cary for the second time in three seasons.
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Point Loma and Catawba have never played each other.
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The winner will advance to play the victor between No. 2 seed Tampa (46-8), the two-time defending national champions, and No. 7 seed Bentley (44-15) on Monday at 3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET.
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The losers of those two contests will play an elimination game on Monday at 10:30 a.m. PT / 1:30 p.m. ET.
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The other side of the bracket features No. 1 West Chester, No. 4 Central Missouri, No. 5 Texas Tyler and No. 8 UIndy.
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