The Seasiders (16-7), who shared the PacWest Championship with Hawai‘i Hilo, claimed the automatic qualifier after sweeping the season series vs. the Vulcans this year.
As the eighth seed, the Seasiders will battle #6 in the nation and West Region top seed Cal State San Bernardino at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Coyotes (25-2) claimed the right to host the eight-team bracket after putting together a spectacular season that featured a California Collegiate Athletic Association title.
Cal State San Bernardino is unbeaten at home this year.
The winner of the match between the Seasiders and the Coyotes will face either fourth-seed UC San Diego (18-8) or fifth-seed Sonoma State (17-9) in the second round on Friday.
The flipside of the West Region bracket features second-seed Seattle Pacific (24-2) vs. seventh-seeded Cal State Los Angeles (16-10) and third-seed Western Washington (19-3) battling sixth-seeded Alaska-Anchorage (18-8).
BYU-Hawaii has faced two of the teams in the West Region bracket this season, losing to Sonoma State 3-1 and to Seattle Pacific 3-0 in early September.
The NCAA II National Championship Tournament features a 64-team field broken down into eight regions of eight teams. The eight regional champions will converge on Louisville, KY, Dec. 2-4 to determine the national champion.
-- www.thepacwest.com
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