TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State will be heading to the Lexington Regional as the Sycamores join No. 2 and regional host Kentucky, Illinois, and Western Michigan for the 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament.
 
The Sycamores earned the No. 2 seed in the Lexington Regional and will open play against No. 3 Illinois on Friday, May 31, with first pitch set for 7 p.m. ET. The game will be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
 
All-Session tickets for the Lexington Regional go on sale on Tuesday, May 28, at 9 a.m. ET. Single Session tickets (based on availability) will go on sale Thursday, May 30, at 9 a.m. The link to purchase tickets can be found here.
 
The Lexington Regional features a pair of teams familiar to the Sycamores as Indiana State has lined up against Illinois twice in the 2024 season splitting with the Fighting Illini with both teams winning their respective home game. The Sycamores made the trip to Lexington early in the 2023 season traveling to Kentucky Proud Field for a three-game series over the March 3-5 weekend with UK taking all three games in the series.

ISU last took on Western Michigan back in the 2011 season and has an all-time record of 29-18 against the Broncos dating back to their inaugural contest in 1977.
 
Indiana State advances to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the last five seasons and second time during the stretch as an at-large recipient. The Sycamores won the MVC Tournament in both the 2019 and 2023 seasons to clinch the conference's outright bit, while receiving invitations in both 2021 and this season.
 
ISU enters the postseason having consistently been ranked or receiving votes in all major national collegiate baseball polls throughout the 2024 season reaching as high as No. 14 in the Perfect Game poll, sitting in top 15 since April 15. Indiana State has also been inside the top-10 in the NCAA RPI Rankings for a majority of the season and finished the MVC Tournament ranked No. 10 overall in the standings.
 
Indiana State continued to live up to its reputation of playing anyone, anywhere, at any time throughout the 2024 season as the Sycamores posted a 26-11 record away from the friendly confines of The Bob. Their 26 wins on the road or at neutral sites marked Indiana State as the most by any school sitting within the NCAA RPI top 100, while their nine neutral site victories tied ISU with Oregon State for the most in NCAA Division I.
 
Indiana State opened Missouri Valley play in mid-March and continued one of the longest series winning streaks in program history. The Sycamores won all nine regular season conference series for the second consecutive season extending their streak to 19 consecutive conference series wins dating back to 2022.
 
Indiana State secured the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title for the second consecutive season with a 22-5 mark in Valley play to win the outright title by five games. The Sycamores advanced their way to the MVC Championship Game in the conference tournament for the fourth time in the last five completed seasons before falling in the title game against Evansville.
 
The Sycamores' 42 wins heading into the postseason marked the third time Indiana State has hit the 40-win plateau since 2019 and 13th time in program history.
 
The Sycamores featured a whole team approach to the field in the 2024 season with ISU wrapping up the regular season leading the Missouri Valley in conference play in nearly every single major team statistical category including batting average (.314), hits (296), slugging (.588), on-base percentage (.419), fielding percentage (.986), ERA (3.77), strikeouts (288), and opponent batting average (.224). Additionally, Indiana State finished second in runs scored (220), second in home runs (66), and second in RBIs (209).
 
The Sycamores were well-represented on the MVC's All-Conference teams with 10 players receiving recognition including Brennyn Cutts (Pitcher of the Year), Grant Magill (Defensive Player of the Year), and Head Coach Mitch Hannahs (Dan Callahan Coach of the Year) earning some of the league's top honors for the regular season.
 
Luis Hernandez (1B), Randal Diaz (SS), Cutts (SP), and Zach Davidson (RP) were all honored on the MVC First Team, while Mike Sears (3B), Magill (C), Parker Stinson (OF), Dominic Listi (OF), Luke Hayden (SP), and Cam Edmonson (RP) were all named to the Second Team. Hernandez, Josue Urdaneta (2B), Magill, and Adam Pottinger (OF) were all named to the Valley's All-Defensive team.
 
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