Baseball Tournament Pairing Announced
April 26, 2004
The seeds for the CCC tournament have been announced and are as follows:
\#1 Salve Regina
\#2 Nichols
\#3 Eastern Nazarene
\#4 Endicott
\#5 Roger Williams
\#6 Colby Sawyer
\#7 Curry
\#8 Gordon
The eight participants are split into two 4-team, double-elimination brackets. Salve Regina, Endicott, Roger Williams and Gordon are in one and Nichols, Eastern Nazarene, Colby Sawyer and Curry are in the other. All games are played at the matchup's highest seed no matter what the tournament record of the team's may be.
In Endicott's bracket on Tuesday, April 27, \#1 Salve Regina hosts \#8 Gordon and \#4 Endicott hosts \#5 Roger Williams. The winners play each other on Wednesday, April 28 and the losers play each other on Wednesday as well. One team will be eliminated on Wednesday. On Friday, April 30 the loser of the winners' game plays the winner of the losers' game. The bracket finals are Saturday, May 1 and the championship game between the two bracket winners is Sunday, May 2.
The champion advances automatically to the NCAA, New England Regional Tournament to be held May 20-23.
TUESDAY, APRIL 27
Game \#1: (8) Gordon at (1) Salve Regina 3:00 p.m.
Game \#2: (5) Roger Williams at (4) Endicott 3:30 p.m.
Game \#3: (7) Curry at (2) Nichols 3:00 p.m.
Game \#4: (6) Colby-Sawyer at (3) Eastern Nazarene 3:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 (all games at higher seeds)
Game \#5: Loser, Game \#1 vs Loser, Game \#2 3:00 p.m.
Game \#6: Winner, Game \#1 vs Winner, Game \#2 3:00 p.m.
Game \#7: Loser, Game \#3 vs Loser, Game \#4 3:00 p.m.
Game \#8: Winner, Game \#3 vs Winner, Game \#4 3:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 30 (all games at higher seeds)
Game \#9: Winner, Game \#5 vs Loser, Game \#6 3:00 p.m.
Game \#10: Winner, Game \#7 vs Loser, Game \#8 3:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 1 (all games at higher seeds)
Game \#11: Winner, Game \#6 vs Winner, Game \#9 10:00 a.m.
Game \#12: Winner, Game \#8 vs Winner, Game \#10 10:00 a.m.
Game \#13: Winner, Game \#11 vs Loser, Game \#11 (if necessary) 2:00 p.m.
Game \#14: Winner, Game \#12 vs Loser, Game \#12 (if necessary) 2:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, MAY 2 (championship game (at higher remaining seed)
Game \#15: Winner, Game \#13 vs Winner, Game \#14 12:00 p.m.