The Missouri Western baseball team earned the No. 4 seed in the MIAA Tournament this week in St. Charles, MO.

The Griffons finished the regular season in a tie for third place with Washburn at 26-13 in MIAA play, but the Ichabods have the tiebreaker as they took two of three games from MWSU in February.

Missouri Western is 34-16 overall and they’ll face No. 5 seed Missouri Southern in the first round Thursday at 7:30 p.m. from the Lou Brock Sports Complex in St. Charles.

The Lions are 32-18 this season and they went 22-17 in the MIAA.  Southern also won two of three games against Western this season.

The MIAA Tournament is double elimination as the championship will be played on Sunday.

Here are the first round matchups on Thursday:

No. 3 Washburn vs. No. 6 Northeastern State – 9:00 AM
No. 2 Emporia State vs. No. 7 Central Oklahoma – 12:30 PM
No. 1 Central Missouri vs. No. 8 Northwest Missouri State – 4:00 PM
No. 4 Missouri Western vs. No. 5 Missouri Southern – 7:30 PM