MONTICELLO, Ark. – The 2024 Great American Conference Regular Season and Tournament Champion Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevil baseball team is heading to Warrensburg, Missouri for the NCAA DII Central Region Super Regional. UAM will take on the Mules in a best-of-3 series to decide who will represent the region in the 2024 NCAA DII College World Series.

For the first time since the 2019 season, the Boll Weevils earned a selection to the Central Region Tournament. UAM saw its first regional birth in 2014, dropping games to rival Southern Arkansas and Augustana to close out the season. Monticello reached the finals for the first time in the 2016 season, where they competed against this weekend's opponent, Central Missouri. UAM would drop the contest with the Mules, 7-4, but close the season with the program's first 40-win season. This is UAM's first Super Regional appearance in program history, as the NCAA implemented the Regional/Super Regional split to Division II baseball in 2019.

"We are extremely excited for our baseball team making it to Super Regional for the first time in school history," said UAM Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Hud Jackson. "Coach Harvey has done a great job of building an unbelievable baseball program here that continues to make big jumps on the national scene. We are so grateful to his staff, the players, and how they represent our university and Southeast Arkansas, and now the entire state of Arkansas. Go Weevils!"

Arkansas-Monticello has battled the Mules on seven separate occasions, trailing UCM in the all-time series two wins to five. The last meeting occurred in 2022 when the teams met at the Houston Astros Winter Invitational, which Central Missouri also hosts. The Boll Weevils came out of the contest with a 9-4 loss.

The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), released the latest NCA Division II Coaches Poll on Monday, voting UAM as the #16 team in the country and UCM as the #2.

PREVIEW (Regional Ranking)
Heading into the Super Regional, (#6) Arkansas-Monticello (35-22) and (#1) Central Missouri (50-8) will compete for a spot in the 2024 NCAA D-II College World Series. Both teams are coming off a 3-0 sweep of their respective Central Region pods, with the Boll Weevils advancing off an 11-4 win over Missouri Southern and a 13-2 victory over Augustana for the Mules.

Arkansas-Monticello came out of the Great American Conference Tournament as the Tournament Champions, meanwhile, Central Missouri advanced to the Regional Tournament after an 18-16 loss to Missouri Southern in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association finals.

In terms of offensive showcase, UAM boasts a team batting average of .298. UCM holds an overall batting average of .360. The Mules lead over the Boll Weevils in both slugging and on-base percentage. Monticello holds a .488 SLG and a .399 OBP, while Central Missouri sits with a .647 and .458.

On the bump, UAM holds an ERA of 5.72 throughout the 2024 season. UCM sits with a 5.45 ERA among its staff so far this year.

OFFENSIVE SHOWCASE
• Redshirt Freshman Camden Tanner leads the offense for Monticello, holding a .422 average throughout the year. Tanner also leads the team in slugging percentage with a .696, hitting a team-high, single-season record 86 hits, including 17 doubles and 13 home runs. He also leads UAM in on-base percentage with a .518.
• Kirk Woolf has also made a name in the Boll Weevil offense, with a .333 average on the year. Woolf has 14 doubles, 11 home runs, and two triples on the year while holding a .637 slugging and a .477 on-base percentages.
• The Mules' top three hitters are Chase Heath, Brennen van Breusegen, and Carter Young. Among the three are 52 home runs, 48 doubles, and 10 triples throughout Central Missouri's 2024 campaign.

PITCHING SHOWCASE
• Connor Irvine has the lowest ERA of starters on the Boll Weevil staff, boasting a 4.23 on the year. Irvine has a 9-1 record on the season with 88 strikeouts through 95.2 innings pitched in 2024.
• Charles Peacock has the second-lowest ERA of the weekend starters with a 5.87 on the year. Peacock holds a 3-4 record with a team-leading 95 strikeouts through 69.0 innings.
• Central Missouri's staff is led by Conner Wolf and Jack Kriesman. Wolf holds a 4.20 ERA with an 11-0 record on the year while striking out 80. Kriesman has a 6-1 record through 13 starts with 49 strikeouts and a 4.11 ERA.

Tickets:
Tickets for the tournament will be available for $2 and can be purchased at ucmathletics.com. Per Central Missouri event policy, all sales are final, and no refunds, exchanges, or returns will occur. Outside food and beverages are prohibited. Service animals are permitted. Visiting student, senior (60+), and military tickets are available for $4 and Youth (6-17) tickets are available for $3.

Day passes will be sold separately for Friday and Saturday.

Parking:
Parking is available in the lot immediately to the north and at the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center to the east of Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field. Please refrain from parking in the apartment complex parking lot to the north of Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field. In addition, parking is available at the Diamond Club apartment complex lot to the west of Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field. Fans who park in Diamond Club Apartments may not leave any trash in the parking lot. Please dispose of your trash appropriately.

For more information regarding the 2024 NCAA-II Central Region Super Regional, please click here.

Useful Links:
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