NEWARK, Del. - - The NCAA baseball committee announced its first seeded rankings of the 2025 season and the Wilmington University baseball team is ranked No. 4 in the East Region.

Through games played on April 27, the Wildcats are 30-18 overall and enter postseason play at the No. 2 seed in the South Division of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. The team they face in the CACC Tournament First Round best-of-three-series, Goldey-Beacom, is ranked second in the first poll.

Conference foe Jefferson tops the East Region poll followed by Goldey-Beacom in second. Bentley is third overall followed by the Wildcats in fourth. Northeast 10 rivals Franklin Pierce and Southern New Hampshire are No. 5 and 6, respectively followed by another CACC foe Dominican in seventh. The lone East Coast Conference team in the poll is Molloy at No. 8 followed by another CACC team Felician in ninth.

The committee will take seven teams into the NCAA East Regional Tournament, split into two brackets. The three conferences in the East Region (CACC, ECC, NE10) earn an at-large bid with four other teams getting in via an at-large selection.

Another ranking will be released on May 7 with the NCAA Selection Show set to be aired Sunday, May 11, on NCAA.com.

NCAA Division II East Region Rankings – Through Games April 27

1 – Jefferson – 33-13 (overall record) – 31-12 (in-region record)
2 – Goldey-Beacom – 33-15 – 33-15
3 – Bentley – 30-14 – 27-12
4 – Wilmington – 30-18 – 30-18
5 – Franklin Pierce – 28-17 – 28-17
6 – Southern New Hampshire – 28-12 – 28-12
7 – Dominican – 34-15 – 33-13
8 – Molloy – 26-16 – 26-15
9 – Felician – 32-16 – 32-13