ALLENDALE, Mich.  --  Missouri S&T Baseball is back in the NCAA Division II Regionals and will be traveling to Grand Valley State University for the second consecutive season. Their first-round game will be Thursday, May 14th at 11 a.m. EST against No. 5 Davenport University. The Miners enter the tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest, the highest seed that the program has received since the region expanded to eight teams.
 
About the Miners
The Miners enter the Midwest Regional after a strong showing at the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Tournament, reaching the Championship game before falling to Missouri-St. Louis. They hold a 34-18 overall record, earning the No. 4 seed in the region after a regular season that included a program record for games won in-conference as well as the team's first outright regular season conference title since 1972.

Starting ace Dylan Bates (O'Fallon, MO/Fort Zumwalt West) continued his stellar 2026 campaign in the GLVC Tournament, delivering a 6.2-inning, 8-strikeout performance in game one against the Drury Panthers. Bates earned GLVC All-Tournament Team honors for his work, being joined by fellow pitcher Dylan Wipf (Oak Park, IL/River Forest) who earned a save against Drury and closed out the final inning of S&T's 14-10 comeback victory against Indianapolis.

Garrett Meyer (Jacksonville, IL/Jacksonville) recorded seven RBIs at the GLVC tournament, setting a program record for RBIs in a single season with 64. Will Muench (Wentzville, MO/Timberland) and Drew Baugus (Kirkwood, MO/Kirkwood) led the team in batting during the tournament, hitting .600 and .533 while each recorded three RBIs. Baugus also added seven runs during the tournament, leading the tournament in that metric.
 
About the Panthers
The Davenport Panthers are 29-26 entering the Midwest Regional and hold a 28-22 record against region opponents. They are coming off their second consecutive appearance in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) Tournament Championship, falling short against #7 Grand Valley State in the title game. Their run to the championship game featured victories over Saginaw Valley State, Parkside, and a 12-5 victory over #15 Wayne State.

Starting pitcher Easton Remick leads the Panthers in ERA with a 4.60 mark that is seventh-best in the GLIAC. The redshirt sophomore has struck out 52 batters in 62.2 innings of work this year and holds a 5-4 record. He earned First Team All-GLIAC honors and was joined by relief pitcher Jaden Alberson who holds a 2.97 ERA.

First Team All-GLIAC honoree Dylan Pawenski leads the team in batting average with a .388, ranking fourth in the conference. Wyatt Epple's 83 hits are a team-high and third-most in the GLIAC, while Travis Liford's 20 doubles lead the conference and rank him 23rd in Division II.
 
What's Next
The regional is a double elimination format, with the winners and losers of the opening round set to play each other in the next. Either #1 Grand Valley State or #8 Kentucky Wesleyan will be up next for S&T depending on the outcomes of Thursday's games.
 
Sign up for our email blast at https://minerathletics.com/subscribe.aspx
Follow Miners Baseball on X and Instagram at @miners_bsb