INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The University of Texas at Tyler baseball team is headed to the NCAA Championships for the third-straight season. The 11th-ranked Patriots will be the fifth seed in the Abilene Regional where they will face Chapman on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

The NCAA announced Sunday that six teams are headed to McMurry University’s Walt Driggers Field for the 2011 NCAA Division III West Division Region Baseball Championships. The field includes three Texas teams in Concordia-Texas University, UT Tyler and No. 17 Trinity University. In addition, No. 5Linfield University (Ore.), No. 12 Chapman University (Calif.) and No. 19 University of the Redlands (Calif.) will make the trip east to Abilene.

Concordia-Texas (30-15) out of Austin, was the American Southwest Conference automatic qualifier after the Tornados won their first conference tournament championship in school history. UT Tyler (33-6) received an at-large selection by the NCAA out of the ASC after placing first in the ASC’s East Division. Trinity (33-11) out of San Antonio won the Southern Collegiate Athletic Association tournament championship for the automatic bid.

University of the Redlands (29-11), located in Redlands, Calif., took the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship tournament crown to advance to Abilene. Chapman University out of Orange Calif., earned an at-large bid with a 29-11 record. Chapman won the NCAA III West Region championship the last time it was hosted at McMurry’s Walt Driggers Field in 2008.

For information on tickets call McMurry’s ticket office at 325.793.4633. Tickets will be $6 per day for adults and $4 for students and senior citizens.

Abilene is one of eight sites of the 55-team NCAA Division III Baseball Regional Championship field. Six teams will compete at four regional sites; seven teams will compete at one regional site; eight teams will compete at three regional sites. All regionals will use a double-elimination format. Thirty-eight conference champions qualified automatically.

Winners of the eight regional tournaments will qualify for the double-elimination championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin, May 27-31.

The schedule for the 2011 NCAA West Region is tentatively set as follows with start times and dates subject to change:

Wednesday, May 18

Game One: #6 Concordia-Texas (30-15) vs. #1 Linfield (31-9), Noon
Game Two: #5 Texas-Tyler (33-6) vs. #2 Chapman (29-11), 3:30 p.m.
Game Three: #4 Trinity (33-11) vs. #3 Redlands (29-11), 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 19

Game Four: Loser of Game One vs. Loser of Game Two, Noon
Game Five: Winner of Game One vs. Loser of Game Three, 3:30 p.m.
Game Six: Winner of Game Two vs. Winner of Game Three, 7 p.m.

If Four Teams Remain After Game Six:

Friday, May 20

Game Seven: Winner of Game Five vs. Winner of Game Six, noon
Game Eight: Winner of Game Four vs. Loser of Game Six, 3:30 p.m.
Game Nine: Loser of Game Seven vs. Winner of Game Eight, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 21

Game 10: Winner of Game Seven vs. Winner of Game Nine, Noon Game 11 if necessary, 4 p.m.

If five teams remain after Game Six:

Friday, May 20

Game Seven: Loser Game Five vs. Loser Game Six
Game Eight: Winner of Game Four vs. Winner of Game Five
Game Nine: Winner Game Six vs. Winner Game

If two teams after Game Nine:

Saturday, May 21

Game 10: Winner of Game Eight vs. Winner of Game Nine, Noon Game 11 if necessary

If three teams remain after Game Nine:

Saturday, May 21

Game 10: Winner of Game Eight vs. Loser of Game Nine, Noon
Game 11: Winner of Nine vs. Winner of Game 10, 4 p.m.