League Tournament Runs May 25-29 in Charleston
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Regular season champion Elon has earned the top seed at the 2011 Bennett Hospitality Southern Conference Baseball Championship presented by Carolina Ford Dealers.
The event begins Wednesday, May 25 at Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Park in Charleston, S.C., with the championship game scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 29.
The Phoenix, winners of their third SoCon regular season championship in the past four years and fourth overall, will battle No. 8 seed Western Carolina on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
UNCG, which was predicted to finish no higher than ninth in the league's preseason polls, earned the second seed and will open the tournament with a 9 a.m. matchup versus seventh-seeded Furman on Wednesday morning.
Samford finished in a three-way tie for third place in the league standings and grabbed the tiebreaker over Georgia Southern and College of Charleston. The Bulldogs are slotted for a first round matchup against No. 6 seed Appalachian State Wednesday at 1 p.m., while fourth-seeded Georgia Southern will face fifth-seeded College of Charleston in the nightcap at 9 p.m.
The top eight teams in the final Southern Conference standings qualified for the tournament, which features two four-team double-elimination brackets producing a single-elimination championship game at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 29. The tournament winner earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Baseball Championships.
Audio and video for each tournament game will be available at SoConSports.com.
2011 Bennett Hospitality Southern Conference Baseball Championship presented by Carolina Ford Dealers
Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park; Charleston, S.C.
May 25 (Wednesday)
Game 1: #2 UNCG vs. #7 Furman......................................... 9 a.m.
Game 2: #3 Samford vs. #6 Appalachian State..................... 1 p.m.
Game 3: #1 Elon vs. #8 Western Carolina............................. 5 p.m.
Game 4: #4 Georgia Southern vs. #5 College of Charleston... 9 p.m.
May 26 (Thursday)
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2............................. 9 a.m.
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4............................. 1 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2......................... 5 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4......................... 9 p.m.
May 27 (Friday)
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7........................... 3 p.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8......................... 7 p.m.
May 28 (Saturday)
Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9........................ 9 a.m.
Game 12: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10...................... 1 p.m.
Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11^.................... 5 p.m.
Game 14: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12^.................... 9 p.m.
May 29 (Sunday)
Championship Game........................................................... 2 p.m.
^ - If necessary
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