FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The storybook season is not over yet. The Fairfield University Baseball team became the first MAAC baseball team ever to earn an at-large bid in the NCAA Championships as they were selected to the Austin Regional hosted by Texas. The Stags were picked as a three seed in the regional and will take on Arizona State on Friday at 7pm.

"I'm super proud of the players and coaches that supported us and was with us during this great run this year," Head Coach Bill Currier said. "I'm so excited to extend the historical season further and anxious to get out of our conference and test out team among the nation's best."
 
The Stags will compete in the second NCAA Regional in program history and the first since they played in the Lubbock Regional in 2016.
 
Fairfield earned the at-large bid with an outstanding 37-3 record, with a .925 winning percentage the highest in NCAA Division I history. The Stags set a program record with 37 victories during the campaign and also set a conference record with a 28-game winning streak to begin the season.
 
Their success helped the Stags earn the program's first-ever national ranking as they reached No. 23 in Baseball America and in the top-25 in Collegiate Baseball News. The Stags have been ranked in the top-10 in national RPI in all but five polls this season and currently sit third in the rankings.
 
The Stags will be heading to the Austin Regional hosted by the number two team in the country, the Texas Longhorns. Fairfield is joined by Southern University and Arizona State, the Stags' first opponent in the regional.
 
The Sun Devils, the number two seed in the region, bring a 32-20 overall mark and a 16-14 mark in the Pac-12.
 
The Stags will bring statistically one of the best pitching staffs in the country to the Regionals as the lead the country in ERA (2.75) and WHIP (1.03).
 
Fairfield will open up Regional play against Arizona State on Friday at 7pm EST on ESPN3.