INDIANAPOLIS – The impressive season for the Millsaps College baseball team continues as the Majors earned a spot in the 2025 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, which was announced in an NCAA baseball selection show on Monday.
Millsaps (29-13, 13-5 SAA) advances to its ninth NCAA Regional in program history and first since 2015. The Majors have now made it in 1995, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2025.
East Texas Baptist University will be the host, with games being played at Woods Field in Marshall, Texas. The regional will feature a double-elimination format and take place Friday, May 16 through Sunday, May 18.
All games of the 2025 Marshall, Texas Regional will feature live video and live stats at gomajors.com.
2025 MARSHALL, TEXAS REGIONAL SCHEDULE
All games played at Woods Field in Marshall, Texas
Friday, May 16
Game 1 | 11 a.m. – No. 1 Trinity vs. No. 4 Huntingdon
Game 2 | 2:30 p.m. – No. 2 Millsaps vs. No. 3 ETBU
Saturday, May 17
Game 3 | 11 a.m. – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 4 | 2:30 p.m. – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 5 | 6 p.m. – Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
Sunday, May 18
Game 6 | 11 a.m. – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
Game 7 | 45 Min. Following – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (If necessary)
Regional Website |
Live Video |
Live Stats
Single-Session Tickets (good for all games played that day)
$15 – Adult
$10 – Senior Citizen/Veteran
$10 – Student & Children
Free – Child < 2="">
All-Session Tickets (good for all games played that day)
$40 – Adult
$25 – Senior Citizen/Veteran
$25 – Student & Children
Free – Child < 2="">
Tickets must be purchased at the entrance gate or online. The ticket manager is Reid Adams and may be reached at 903-923-2395.
TEAM PREVIEWS
No. 1 Trinity (TX) (NPI – 9 | 36-7, 27-3 SCAC)
Trinity University claimed the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Regular Season and Postseason titles and finished inside the top 10 of the NCAA Power Index.
The Tigers are led by SCAC Coach of the Year
Tim Scannell and 13 All-SCAC student-athletes. A quartet of All-SCAC First Team members include seniors
Maddox McDonald,
Brandon Nelson along with sophomore
Brandon Morio and freshman
Jace Clay.
McDonald has 48 RBIs, a .480 on-base percentage and a team-high 18 stolen bases. Nelson is batting .387 with 39 RBIs in 32 games.
Morio has impressed in 39.2 innings with a 1.59 ERA and 6-0 record. Clay is 5-1 with a 3.14 ERA in 57.1 innings and a team-best 55 strikeouts.
No. 2 Millsaps (NPI – 23 | 29-13, 13-5 SAA)
Millsaps College is helmed by
Jim Page,
Jackson Hailey and
Doug Fortenberry. The trio were named the SAA Baseball Coaching Staff of the Year after the Majors were picked sixth in the SAA Baseball Preseason Poll and earned the SAA Regular Season title.
The Majors had a dozen players make All-SAA First Team, Second Team or Honorable Mention, including SAA Baseball Athlete of the Year
Bradley Pelle and SAA Baseball Pitcher of the Year
Nick Tarantino. Both seniors made All-SAA First Team as well as classmates
Gray Berry and
Evan Scott.
Pelle has powered a team-high 14 homers, 68 hits, 58 RBIs and 15 steals. Tarantino owns a dominant 10-1 record with 85 strikeouts and a 2.94 ERA.
Berry has a team-high .527 on-base percentage and 64 runs scored. He also possesses 13 steals and 66 hits. Scott has tallied seven homers, 28 walks and a .489 on-base percentage.
No. 3 East Texas Baptist (NPI – 39 | 28-14, 11-5 ASC)
East Texas Baptist University will play host and are powered by 15 All-ASC baseball players. ASC Co-Freshman of the Year
Joaquin Costa and ASC Newcomer of the Year senior
Luke Bumpus highlighted the honors.
Costa has a .362 batting average and 24 RBIs, while Bumpus has an incredible .415 batting average and 51 hits. The Tigers are the American Southwest Conference Co-Regular Season Champions and won the ASC Postseason crown.
No. 4 Huntingdon (NPI – 93 | 22-19, 7-11 CCS)
Huntingdon College posted upsets in the Collegiate Conference of the South Baseball Tournament to earn the league's automatic qualification selection.
The Hawks posted two on the All-CCS teams. Junior
Brent Cadenhead was All-CCS First Team as a relief pitcher and All-CCS Second Team as a utility player.
Cadenhead enters the regional with nine saves and a 2.17 ERA in 29.0 innings pitched. At the plate, he has 37 hits, 16 RBIs and 16 walks.
The Majors and Hawks split a pair of matchups, with each team winning at home in seven innings. Huntingdon won, 11-0 on March 8 before Millsaps returned the favor, 15-5 on April 9.
MILLSAPS BASEBALL IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
- 2015 West Regional – Whitworth (7-6, W), Linfield (2-6, L), Trinity (3-5, L)
- 2013 College World Series – Southern Maine (1-2 - 10 inn, L), Ithaca (2-5, L)
- 2013 South Regional – Bridgewater (7-0, W), Salisbury (5-11, L), Methodist (8-2, W), Salisbury (7-0, W), Salisbury (7-6)
- 2009 Central Regional – Wartburg (5-3, W), Wisconsin-Whitewater (12-4, W), Carthage (5-12, L), Wisconsin-Whitewater (4-10, L)
- 2006 Central Regional – Webster (15-1, W), Aurora (11-3), Mount St. Joseph (13-5, W), Aurora (6-8, L), Aurora (11-12, L)
- 2005 Mideast Regional – Manchester (4-5, L), Adrian (3-4, L)
- 2003 Central Regional – Carthage (4-2 - 10 inn, W), Wartburg (12-13, L), Mississippi College (3-10, L)
- 1996 South Regional – Methodist (7-8, L), Emory (12-8 W), Ferrum (13-14, L)
- 1995 South Regional – N.C. Wesleyan (2-7, L), Bridgewater (5-4 - 11 inn, W), N.C. Wesleyan (6-16, L)
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
