Rhodes selected to host 2011 NCAA South Regional

Rhodes selected to host 2011 NCAA South Regional

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The NCAA released the locations of the eight regional sites and SCAC member Rhodes College was selected to host the 2011 NCAA South Regional.

The regional will be held at USA Stadium in Millington, Tenn. This will be the first time Rhodes has hosted a regional for baseball.

USA Stadium was the official training site for the United States Olympic baseball team from 1986-1996, and has been the host for the 2010 and will also host the 2011 SCAC Baseball Championship.

This will mark the first time an SCAC team has hosted an NCAA baseball regional since the 2005 season when Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology hosted the Central Regional. It will also mark the fifth overall time an SCAC team has hosted a regional. Southwestern University hosted the West Regional in 1999, 2000, and 2002.

More information on USA Stadium can be found at www.usabaseballstadium.org.

The other regional sites for the 2011 Division III baseball playoffs are as follows:

New England Regional: Whitehouse Field (hosted by the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference)
New York Regional: Falcon Park (hosted by Cortland State)
Mid-Atlantic Regional:  FirstEnergy Park (hosted by Kean)
Mideast Regional: Don Schaly Stadium  (hosted by Marietta)
Central Regional: Horenberger Field (hosted by Illinois Wesleyan)
Midwest Regional: Prucha Field (hosted by UW-Whitewater)
West Regional: Walt Driggers Field (hosted by McMurry)

The eight regionals will be held May 18-22 with each regional champion advancing to the Championship round the following week in Appleton, Wis.