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The No. 3 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team has earned an at-large berth to the 2015 NCAA Division III Tournament and will compete this week in the Midwest Regional at UW-La Crosse, the NCAA announced early Monday morning.

The region's No. 1 seed, the Warhawks will take on eighth-seeded Ripon to start NCAA play Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. at Copeland Park.

The winner of Wednesday's game will face the winner of the No. 4 St. John's (Minn.)/No. 5 Coe (Iowa) game Thursday at 4:30 p.m. The losers of Wednesday's games will play each other in an elimination game Thursday at 10 a.m.
 
UW-Whitewater (33-9 overall), the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season champion for the third straight season, received one of 14 Pool C, or at-large, berths into the 56-team field.
 
The Warhawks will be joined at Copeland Park in La Crosse by Coe (Iowa), Concordia Chicago, Ripon, St. John's (Minn.), St. Scholastica (Minn.), Washington (Mo.) and UW-La Crosse. Brackets for each regional have yet to be released.
 
The Warhawks will make their eighth straight appearance in the national tournament and 19th in the program's history. UW-Whitewater has advanced to the NCAA Division III or NAIA World Series seven times, including four times in the last 11 years.
 
See below for the complete Midwest Regional game schedule.

Wednesday, May 13
Game #1: No. 4 St. John's (Minn.) vs. No. 5 Coe (Iowa), 10 a.m.
Game #2: No. 1 UW-Whitewater vs. No. 8 Ripon, 1:15 p.m.
Game #3: No. 3 Washington (Mo.) vs. No. 6 Concordia Chicago, 4:30 p.m.
Game #4: No. 2 UW-La Crosse vs. No. 7 St. Scholastica (Minn.), 7:45 p.m.

Thursday, May 14
Game #5: Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2, 10 a.m.
Game #6: Loser Game #3 vs. Loser Game #4, 1:15 p.m.
Game #7: Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2, 4:30 p.m.
Game #8: Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #4, 7:45 p.m.

Friday, May 15
Game #9: Winner Game #6 vs. Loser Game #7, 10 a.m.
Game #10: Loser Game #8 vs. Winner Game #5, 1:15 p.m.
Game #11: Winner Game #7 vs. Winner Game #8, 4:30 p.m.
Game #12: Winner Game #9 vs. Winner Game #10, 7:45 p.m.

Saturday, May 16
Game #13: Winner Game #12 vs. Loser Game #11, 12 p.m.
Game #14: Winner Game #11 vs. Winner Game #13, 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 17
Game #15: Winner Game #14 vs. Loser Game #14, TBA (if necessary)