INDIANAPOLIS – For the seventh time in eight seasons, the Augustana baseball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament. The NSIC Champion Vikings (41-13) earned the No. 5 seed in the Central Region and will head to Pittsburg, Kansas, to face fourth-seeded Northwest Missouri State.
 
Pittsburg State will serve as the host for the NCAA Central Region Pod No. 1 and is the No. 1 seed. They will play eighth-seeded Arkansas Tech to round out the pod.
 
In the region's first pod, No. 2 seed Rogers State plays host to No. 3 Central Missouri, No. 6 Minnesota State and No. 7 Missouri Southern.
 
The regional of four squads will have two games on Thursday, two Friday, two Saturday and potentially, the if necessary game on Sunday. The winner of the regional will move onto the Super Regional pitting the Central Region Pod No. 1 winner against the Pod No. 2 winner.
 
Stay tuned to GoAugie.com and the @AugieBaseball social media channels for information leading up to the regional, including game times.