INDIANAPOLIS – It was new year, same result for the 12^th-ranked UNC Pembroke baseball team Sunday night as the Braves earned their fourth-straight berth into the NCAA Southeast Regional. The Black & Gold received the Conference Carolinas automatic qualifier bid by way of being crowned Conference Carolinas tournament champions. The berth marks the sixth time in the last seven full seasons the Braves have earned a spot in the 56-team field.

UNCP (42-12) will be the No. 4 seed in the three-team Catawba-hosted double-elimination tournament which begins Thursday and continues through Saturday. The Braves will battle fifth-seeded and former Peach Belt Conference foe, Young Harris (39-13), in Thursday's opening round.
 
Conference Carolinas regular season champion North Greenville received the No. 2 seed and will host the other side of the bracket with a four-team tournament in Tigerville, S.C. Joining the Crusaders will be No. 3 seed Mount Olive, No. 6 seed Wingate, and No. 7 seed Georgia College.

The Braves joined North Greenville as the only two programs in the Southeast Region to receive four-straight bids to NCAA postseason play.

The winner of each of the two brackets will lock horns in the best-of-3 NCAA Super Regional round, May 24-25, for the right to advance to the NCAA Division II World Series at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary.
 
Thursday's matchup will mark the 25th meeting between the Braves and Mountain Lions, with UNCP holding a 17-7 edge in the all-time series. The two squads have not met since the 2021 season when both programs were in the PBC.
 
Ticket information and game times for the 2024 NCAA Southeast Regional will be announced on Monday.