MONMOUTH, Ore. --- The Western Oregon baseball team was given the sixth seed in this upcoming week's NCAA West Regional when the brackets were announced Sunday.

The Wolves (30-13) will take on No. 3 Azusa Pacific (34-17) 11 a.m. Thursday with No. 2 CSU San Bernardino (38-17) set to play the loser of that game 2 p.m. Thursday in the double-elimination event.

This will be WOU's third-straight trip to the NCAA West Regional after winning its second consecutive regular season GNAC title and GNAC Championships.This is the program's 10th trip to the NCAA postseason since moving to NCAA Division II in 2002 and is the first time the Wolves have made it three years in a row.

Last season the Wolves went 0-2 at the regionals, losing to CSU Monterey Bay 6-3 before falling to Azusa Pacific 10-6. Overall WOU is 7-18 all-time in NCAA postseason play.

As far as facing Azusa Pacific, the Wolves are 3-6 all-time against the Cougars. The last win came in the 2021 NCAA West Regional - a 16-5 victory in Nampa, Idaho (the Wolves finished as regional runner-up that season).