Mid-Atlantic Region - Little Falls, N.J.
1. College of New Jersey (30-6-1)
2. Montclair State (N.J.) (34-6-1)
3. Rowan (N.J.) (30-10)
4. Ursinus (Pa.) (29-8)
5. Allentown (Pa.) (25-17)
6. Elizabethtown (Pa.) (25-13)

Mideast Region - Canton, Ohio
1. Ohio Wesleyan (40-7)
2. Marietta (Ohio) (43-5)
3. Allegheny (Pa.) (32-7)
4. Mount St. Joseph (Ohio) (27-13)
5. Thomas More (Ky.) (31-11)
6. Calvin (Mich.) (21-14-1)

Midwest Region - Oshkosh, Wis.
1. St. Olaf (Minn.) (34-5)
2. St. Thomas (Minn.) (28-12)
3. Wisconsin-Whitewater (26-14)
4. Benedictine (Ill.) (31-12)
5. Ripon (Wis.) (18-17)
6. Marian (Wis.) (25-21)

New England Region - Portland, Maine
1. Bridgewater State (Mass.) (27-7)
2. Suffolk (Mass.) (36-7)
3. Southern Maine (31-12)
4. Wheaton (Mass.) (28-10)
5. Trinity (Conn.) (21-7)
6. Endicott (Mass.) (23-12)

New York Region - Auburn, N.Y.
1. Cortland State (N.Y.) (31-7)
2. Ithaca (N.Y.) (23-12)
3. Rensselaer (N.Y.) (25-10)
4. Massachusetts-Dartmouth (20-20)
5. Old Westbury (N.Y.) (18-14-1)
6. Gwynedd-Mercy (Pa.) (24-16)

South Region - Salem, Va.
1. Virginia Wesleyan (32-8)
2. Salisbury State (Md.) (28-9-1)
3. North Carolina Wesleyan (25-15-1)
4. Emory (Ga.) (30-14)

West Region - Georgetown, Texas
1. George Fox (Ore.) (31-8)
2. Southwestern (Texas) (36-10)
3. Chapman (Calif.) (28-10-1)
4. Cal Lutheran (26-12-2)

CHAMPIONSHIP STRUCTURE: The Division III championship provides for a maximum field of 42 teams. It is the intent of the committee to select all teams on a regional basis. Conference champions shall qualify automatically.

Five six-team tournaments will be held May 18-21 and three four-team tournaments will be held May 18-20.

Winners of the eight tournaments will qualify for the double-elimination championship at Grand Chute, Wisconsin, May 26-30.

SELECTION PROCESS: Forty-two teams were selected. Twenty-nine conferences have been granted automatic qualification and eight independents were selected for the 2000 championship. Five remaining teams were selected on an at-large basis from automatic qualifying conferences.

CONFERENCES RECEIVING AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION:

Centennial Conference Ursinus (Pa.)
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Carthage (Wis.)
Commonwealth Coast Conference Endicott (Mass.)
Commonwealth Conference Elizabethtown (Pa.)
Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Carolina Wesleyan
Freedom Conference Allentown (Pa.)
Great Northeast Athletic Conference Suffolk (Mass.)
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Mount St. Joseph (Ohio)
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wartburg (Iowa)
Knickerbocker Baseball Conference Old Westbury (N.Y.)
Lake Michigan Conference Marian (Wis.)
Little East Conference Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Bridgewater State (Mass.)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Calvin (Mich.)
Midwest Conference Ripon (Wis.)
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference St. Thomas (Minn.)
New England Small College Athletic Conference Trinity (Conn.)
New England Women's and Men's Athletics Conference Wheaton (Mass.)
New Jersey Athletic Conference College of New Jersey
North Coast Athletic Conference Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio Athletic Conference Marietta (Ohio)
Old Dominion Athletic Conference Virginia Wesleyan
Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Gwynedd-Mercy (Pa.)
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Cal Lutheran
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Southwestern (Texas)
St. Louis Athletic Conference Westminster (Mo.)
State University of New York Athletic Conference Cortland State (N.Y.)
Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference Rensselaer (N.Y.)
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wisconsin-Whitewater

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: St. Thomas (Minnesota) and North Carolina Wesleyan staged an old-fashioned pitchers duel in the championship game June 1 in Salem, Virginia.

Wesleyan's Sean Fleming and Buddy Hernandez combined for a six-hit shutout to lead the Bishops to a 1-0 win over St. Thomas in a game that featured good defense, solid pitching and high drama.

Scoring, the one thing the game lacked, ended early. North Carolina Wesleyan's Scott Robeson smacked a single to lead off the game. After a sacrifice put Robeson on second base, Jeremy Stewart knocked him home with an RBI single.