MARSHALL, Texas—For the third year in a row, East Texas Baptist University will host the NCAA Division III baseball and softball regional tournaments. ETBU is one of three institutions in NCAA Division III to host both regionals this week, joining Case Western Reserve (Ohio) and Salisbury University (Md.).
 
The NCAA Division III softball tournament starts on Thursday and continues through Saturday. ETBU is the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament at 40-3. They have hosted six straight NCAA regional tournaments and the National Championship Tournaments in 2023 and 2024. They are the reigning national champions and have a 234-29 record at Bell Park at Taylor Field, the past 12 years with three straight undefeated regular seasons on their home field.
 
No. 1 ETBU, No. 12 Belhaven University (Miss.), the University of St. Thomas Houston, and Marymount University (Va.) will be in the Marshall, Texas Regional at Bell Park at Taylor Field.
 
On Friday, Tiger Ballpark at Woods Field will host four teams in ETBU, No. 7 Trinity (Texas), Millsaps College, and Huntingdon University (Ala.). ETBU has won 101 games at home over the past five years and is 18-5 this year. They are the no. 3 seed in the Marshall, Texas Regional Tournament and ranked no. 21 in the Perfect Game poll.
 
Below is the schedule for this weekend:

Thursday
SB - 11:00 a.m. – ETBU vs. Marymount
SB – 1:30 p.m. – UST vs. Belhaven
 
Friday
SB – 11:00 a.m. – Winner G1 vs. Winner G2
BB – 11:00 a.m. – Trinity vs. Huntingdon
SB – 1:30 p.m. – Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 – elimination game
BB – 2:30 p.m. – ETBU vs. Millsaps College
SB – 4:00 p.m. – Loser G3 vs. Winner G4 – elimination game

Saturday
SB – 11:00 a.m. – Winner G3 vs. Winner G5 – Championship Game
BB – 11:00 a.m. – Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 – elimination game
SB – 1:30 p.m. – if game (if needed) – Championship Game 2
BB – 2:30 p.m. – Winner G1 vs. Winner G2
BB – 6:00 p.m. – Winner G3 vs. Loser G4 – elimination game
 
Sunday
BB – 11:00 a.m. – Winner G4 vs. Winner G5 – Championship Game
BB – 2:30 p.m. – if game (if needed) – Championship Game 2
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Baseball Regional Sites
Mount Union
Case Western Reserve*
Denison
ETBU*
Penn St. – Harrisburg
Johns Hopkins
La Verne
Webster
UW-Lacrosse
Bridgewater St.
Randolph Macon
Lynchburg
Gustavus Adolphus
Adrian College
Kean
Salisbury*
*host for both baseball/softball regionals
 
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Softball Regional Sites
Trine
Moravian
Illinois Wesleyan
Case Western Reserve*
Gettysburg
Rowan
Ithaca
ETBU*
Linfield
Saint Mary's (MN)
Huntingdon
Christopher Newport
UW-Oshkosh
Salisbury*
Washington University-St. Louis
Virginia Wesleyan
*host for both baseball/softball regionals