Conference champions have been crowned across the world of Division 3 baseball, and NCAA play commences on Thursday.
The nine New England clubs still in contention have been spread across three of the eight regional tournament sites, with UMass Boston leading four teams staying local at Whitehouse FIeld in Harwich, Mass. Amherst, Southern Maine, and Westfield State were sent to top-seeded SUNY Cortland's bracket at Falcon Park in Auburn, N.Y., while Babson and Castleton are representing New England out in York, Pa.