KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association has announced its seedings and bracket for the 2025 MIAA Baseball Championship, hosted by Missouri Southern State University May 7-10 at Warren Turner Field in Joplin, Mo., and at Al Ortolani Field in Pittsburg, Kan.
The top ten teams from the regular season advance to the league's single-elimination postseason championship tournament.
The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team (25-24, 19-17 MIAA) has been tabbed as the No. 6 seed and will face the No. 3 seed Fort Hays State (32-15, 26-10 MIAA) in the quarterfinal round on Thursday, May 8 at 3 p.m., in Pittsburg, Kan.
First-year head coach
Tony Jandron takes the Bearcats to their first back-to-back MIAA Tournament appearance since the 2018-19 season.
The official schedule for the 2025 MIAA Baseball Championship is listed below. For more information on the Association's postseason baseball tournament, visit theMIAA.com/baseballchampionship.
MIAA REGULAR SEASON TITLES WON OR SHARED:
Central Missouri - 30; Northwest Missouri - 7; Emporia State - 6; Southeast Missouri State - 5; Missouri Southern - 3; Southwest Missouri State - 3; Missouri-Rolla - 2, Missouri Western - 1; Missouri-St. Louis - 1, Pittsburg State - 1
MIAA TOURNAMENT TITLES WON:
Central Missouri - 16; Missouri Southern - 3; Emporia State - 2; Nebraska-Omaha - 1; Lindenwood - 1
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE:
Opening Round - Wednesday, May 7
No. 7 seed Washburn vs. No. 10 seed Northeastern State (1 p.m. - Pittsburg, Kan.)
No. 8 seed Missouri Southern vs. No. 9 seed Emporia State (1 p.m. - Joplin, Mo.)
Quarterfinals - Thursday, May 8
No. 1 seed Central Missouri vs. 7-10 winner (12 p.m. - Joplin, Mo.)
No. 4 seed Central Oklahoma vs. No. 5 seed Rogers State (3 p.m. - Joplin, Mo.)
No. 2 seed Pittsburg State vs. 8-9 winner (12 p.m. - Pittsburg, Kan.)
No. 3 seed Fort Hays State 3 vs. No. 6 seed Northwest Missouri State (3 p.m. - Pittsburg, Kan.)
Semifinals - Friday, May 9
Game 7 | 1 p.m. | Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4
Game 8 | 4 p.m. | Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6
Championship Game - Saturday, May 10
Game 9 | 1 p.m. | Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8
