INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 8 ranked UWF baseball team was named one of 16 regional hosts for the 2023 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship as announced on Sunday night. UWF will be the second seed in the South Region and host games at Jim Spooner Field beginning Thursday, May 18.
 
UWF (37-15) will face seventh seed Florida Southern (32-18) at 3:30 p.m. Central time. Third seed Montevallo (38-14) and sixth seed Barry (32-17) will open the regional at noon that day.
 
The double elimination bracket will see two games played Thursday-Saturday beginning at noon, with a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m. if necessary. Tampa is hosting the other part of the South Regional. The winners of the UWF and Tampa regionals will meet in the South Super Regional, May 26-27. The eight Super Regional winners will advance to the NCAA Championship in Cary, North Carolina, June 3-10.
 
Fans can purchase an All-Tournament Pass for the tournament with tickets ranging from $12-20. Additionally, they can purchase a day pass with prices ranging from $5-8. Children under the ages of 2 get into the tournament for free. The first 100 UWF students with a valid Nautilus Card get in for free courtesy of the UWF Athletics Department.

UWF is making its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance and third in the last four years (there wasn't an event in 2020). The Argos are 21-15 all-time in NCAA postseason play and 7-3 at home.
 
This marks the third time UWF has hosted an NCAA regional. The Argonauts won the event in 2011 on their way to capturing the national championship that season, and hosted two years ago before losing in the title game.