Washington State University Athletics
Back in the Dance, Washington State Selected to Eugene NCAA Regional
May 25, 2026 | Baseball
PULLMAN, Wash. (May 25, 2026) – Washington State Baseball was selected to the Eugene Regional hosted by the University of Oregon, the NCAA selection committee announced Monday.
WSU (30-26) earns its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2010 and its 17th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history.
The Cougars, seeded third, will play two-seeded Oregon State in Friday's opening round and will join No. 11 national seed Oregon and fourth-seed Yale in the region.
WSU went 3-1 in the Mountain West Conference Tournament last week, beating Air Force Friday and San Diego State Saturday to advance to the championship round. SDSU won Sunday's opener 9-2 to force a winner-take-all title game that the Cougars claimed 14-4 in seven innings. It is Washington State's first conference title since winning the Pac-10 North in 1995 and the first overall conference title since beating UCLA in a playoff to win the 1976 Pac-8 title.
This season, the Cougars opened the season with an 8-4 win at Alabama and went on to record 17 road wins, the most by WSU since 2000, and seven series wins including six straight to close the season.
Cougar lefthander Nick Lewis earned Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year honors and enters the NCAA Tournament with a 9-2 record with 65 strikeouts and a 3.07 ERA in 91 innings. Infielder Gavin Roy, the MWC Tournament MVP, paces the club with a .372 batting average while Ryan Skjonsby leads the team with eight homers and 57 RBI.
Head coach Nathan Choate is in his third season leading the Cougars and earns his first trip to the NCAA Tournament in his seven years as a head coach.
WSU (30-26) earns its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2010 and its 17th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history.
The Cougars, seeded third, will play two-seeded Oregon State in Friday's opening round and will join No. 11 national seed Oregon and fourth-seed Yale in the region.
WSU went 3-1 in the Mountain West Conference Tournament last week, beating Air Force Friday and San Diego State Saturday to advance to the championship round. SDSU won Sunday's opener 9-2 to force a winner-take-all title game that the Cougars claimed 14-4 in seven innings. It is Washington State's first conference title since winning the Pac-10 North in 1995 and the first overall conference title since beating UCLA in a playoff to win the 1976 Pac-8 title.
This season, the Cougars opened the season with an 8-4 win at Alabama and went on to record 17 road wins, the most by WSU since 2000, and seven series wins including six straight to close the season.
Cougar lefthander Nick Lewis earned Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year honors and enters the NCAA Tournament with a 9-2 record with 65 strikeouts and a 3.07 ERA in 91 innings. Infielder Gavin Roy, the MWC Tournament MVP, paces the club with a .372 batting average while Ryan Skjonsby leads the team with eight homers and 57 RBI.
Head coach Nathan Choate is in his third season leading the Cougars and earns his first trip to the NCAA Tournament in his seven years as a head coach.
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