The University of Hartford baseball team has made its first NCAA Division I tournament.
The team just won its first-ever American East Championship, beating Stony Brook 9-4 on Saturday. The Hawks saw a program-best this season – winning 16 games in league play.
The NCAA Tournament will begin Friday, June 1, with four teams playing in a double-elimination bracket. The university’s Department of Athletics held a Selection Show Watch party Monday at World of Beer in West Hartford, where the team learned where they’d be headed.
The Hawks will travel to DeLand, Fla., for the first round of the tournament, facing the top-seeded Stetson Hatters at 7 p.m. South Florida and Oklahoma State will also play in DeLand.
Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell is a former University of Hartford Hawk.
