BY STEVE KRAH
Evansville (37-24) is one victory from being a stage away from the College World Series and one loss from the end of the 2024 baseball season.
Wes Carroll‘s No. 4 seed Purple Aces are 2-1 in the NCAA Division I Greenville Regional and face No. 1 seed East Carolina in a winner-take-all game at noon today (June 3) for the right to make it to a best-of-three super regional. The game is to air of ESPNU.
Winners of eight super regional series punch their ticket to Omaha.
The curtain came down for both Indiana State and Indiana.
No. 2 seed Indiana State had a 2-2 showing at the Lexington Regional. The Mitch Hannahs-coached Sycamores wound up the season at 44-15.
No. 3 seed Indiana went 1-2 in the Knoxville Regional. The Jeff Mercer-coached Hoosiers finished at 33-26-1.
No. 7 seed Indianapolis (41-20) lost in its first contest at the NCAA Division II World Series in Cary, N.C.
The Al Ready-coached Greyhounds play next in an elimination game on Tuesday, June 4.
No. 10 seed Indiana University Southeast saw its 2024 campaign come to a close by going 1-2 in the NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho.
In Brett Neffendorf’s first season as head coach, the Grenadiers finished 37-20.
Hope International (Calif.) wound up taking the red banner.
INDIANA COLLEGE BASEBALL
Records Through June 2
NCAA D-I
Indiana State 44-15 (22-5 MVC)
Evansville 37-24 (17-10 MVC)
Ball State 35-23-1 (18-12 MAC)
Purdue 33-24 (13-11 Big Ten)
Indiana 33-26-1 (15-9 Big Ten)
Notre Dame 27-25 (9-21 ACC)
Southern Indiana 27-32 (14-13 OVC)
Butler 20-35 (5-16 Big East)
Purdue Fort Wayne 19-37 (11-19 Horizon)
Valparaiso 14-38 (6-21 MVC)
NCAA D-II
Indianapolis 41-20 (29-7 GLVC)
Purdue Northwest 19-30 (8-22 GLIAC)
NCAA D-III
Hanover 31-17 (17-5 HCAC)
Anderson 25-19 (13-9 HCAC)
Rose-Hulman 25-19 (14-8 HCAC)
DePauw 23-17 (12-4 NCAC)
Wabash 22-18 (8-8 NCAC)
Franklin 20-22 (9-13 HCAC)
Earlham 15-22 (7-15 HCAC)
Manchester 14-21 (7-11 HCAC)
Trine 11-27 (3-18 MIAA)
NAIA
Oakland City 45-18 (17-7 RSC)
Taylor 42-16 (30-6 CL)
Saint Francis 40-19 (24-12 CL)
IU Southeast 37-20 (20-4 RSC)
Indiana Wesleyan 34-15 (27-9 CL)
IU-Kokomo 32-21 (18-6 RSC)
Indiana Tech 32-24 (24-8 WHAC)
Huntington 30-21 (23-13 CL)
Marian 25-27 (17-19 CL)
Calumet of St. Joseph 21-29 (14-18 CCAC)
Grace 18-31 (12-24 CL)
IU South Bend 18-32 (10-22 CCAC)
Goshen 12-36 (7-29 CL)
Bethel 11-35 (6-30 CL)
IUPU-Columbus 10-42 (2-22 RSC)
Junior College
Marian’s Ancilla 16-29 (3-22 MCCAA)
Vincennes 13-44 (5-29 MWAC)
Results Through June 2
NCAA D-I
Friday, May 31
Lexington Regional
Kentucky 10, Western Michigan 8
Illinois 4, Indiana State 1
Knoxville Regional
Indiana 10, Southern Mississippi 4
Tennessee 9, Northern Kentucky 3
Greenville Regional
Evansville 4, East Carolina 1
Virginia Commonwealth 1, Wake Forest 0
Saturday, June 1
Lexington Regional
Indiana State 6, Western Michigan 4
Kentucky 6, Illinois 1
Knoxville Regional
Southern Mississippi 6, Northern Kentucky 0
Tennessee 12, Indiana 6
Greenville Regional
East Carolina 7, Wake Forest 6
Evansville 17, Virginia Commonwealth 11
Sunday, June 2
Lexington Regional
Indiana State 13, Illinois 2
Championship
Kentucky 5, Indiana State 0
Knoxville Regional
Southern Mississippi 15, Indiana 3
Championship
Tennessee 12, Southern Mississippi 3
Greenville Regional
East Carolina 10, Virginia Commonwealth 7
East Carolina 19, Evansville 6
NCAA D-II
Saturday, June 1
NCAA D-II World Series
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 2, Indiana (Pa.) 1
Central Missouri vs. Angelo State (Texas)
Sunday, June 2
NCAA D-II World Series
Southern New Hampshire 7, Catawba (N.C.) 0
Tampa (Fla.) 9, Indianapolis 3
NAIA
Monday, May 27
NAIA World Series
Southeastern (Fla.) 12, Cumberlands (Ky.) 5
Hope International (Calif.) 12, IU Southeast 1
Rheinhardt (Ga.) 30, Arizona Christian 13
Georgia Gwinnett 12, Tennessee Wesleyan 6
Tuesday, May 28
NAIA World Series
Hope International (Calif.) 8, Arizona Christian 1
Tennessee Wesleyan 8, Southeastern (Fla.) 6
Rheinhardt (Ga.) 6, Georgia Gwinnett 4
Wednesday, May 29
NAIA World Series
Hope International (Calif.) 15, Georgia Gwinnett 11
Tennessee Wesleyan 6, Reinhardt (Ga.) 2
Thursday, May 30
NAIA World Series
Tennessee Wesleyan 3, Reinhardt (Ga.) 2
Friday, May 31
NAIA World Series
Championship
Hope International (Calif.) 14, Tennessee Wesleyan 6