Monday, April 19, 2004
PAIRINGS
ANNOUNCED FOR 2004 FOOD LION SAC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
Blue Hose seeded fourth
in upcoming SAC Tournament
ROCK
HILL, S.C. —
The Catawba College Indians, who went 17-4 in conference play
and won the regular season title by three games, are the top
seed for the 2004 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference baseball
tournament, which kicks off Thursday at Knights Stadium in
Fort Mill, S.C.
The
Indians (17-4, 37-14) will face eighth seed Mars Hill College
(5-16, 15-35) in the nightcap game at 8:15 p.m. Catawba is led
by Spence Southard,
who set the Catawba career record for RBIs with 156, Mark
Smith, who set a season record with 61 runs scored and Matt Baker, who set a school record with 150 total bases. The Lions
are led by Matt Reed,
who set a school record with 16 home runs this season.
The
tournament kicks off with fifth seed Carson-Newman College
(10-11, 28-23-1) meeting fourth seed Presbyterian College
(11-10, 25-23) at 9 a.m. The Eagles are led by junior
outfielder Nathan Gravley and ace pitcher Chad
Gills. The Blue Hose, the tournament’s defending
champion, is led by slugger and pitcher Kevin
White. White’s seven mound victories are among the best
in the nation.
Sixth
seed Lenoir-Rhyne College will face third seed Wingate
University at 12:45 p.m. Sophomore first baseman Matt Sigmon has developed into one of the best hitters in the
conference for the Bears (8-13, 23-23). The Bulldogs (13-8,
20-31) are led by shortstop David
Yount, who leads the team in batting average, hits, runs,
triples and stolen bases.
Seventh
seed Newberry College (6-15, 21-29) meets second seed Tusculum
College (14-7, 29-22) at 4:30 p.m. Stuart Kay set the Newberry career home run record with his 27th
homer. Tusculum was the preseason favorite to win the league
title. Guy O’Connell,
last year’s Baseball Player of the Year, is having another
strong year, while Robbie Bouman is riding a 35-game hitting streak.
Tournament
play continues with three games at Winthrop University and
three games at Knights Stadium on Friday. Three more games are
set for Saturday at Knights Stadium. The championship game
will be played Sunday at Knights Stadium at 1 p.m., with a
second game, if necessary, to follow.
Food Lion South
Atlantic Conference Tournament
At Knights Stadium, Fort Mill, SC
Thursday, April 22
Game
1: No. 5 Carson-Newman vs. No. 4 Presbyterian, 9 am
Game 2: No. 6 Lenoir-Rhyne vs. No. 3 Wingate, 12:45 pm
Game 3: No. 7 Newberry vs. No. 2 Tusculum, 4:30 pm
Game 4: No. 8 Mars Hill vs. No. 1 Catawba, 8:15 pm
Friday, April 23
(At
Winthrop University)
Game
5: L-R/WU loser vs. NC/TC loser, 9 am
Game 6: C-N/PC loser vs. MHC/CC loser, 12:45 pm
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 loser, 4:30 pm
Friday,
April 23 (At
Knights Stadium, Fort Mill, SC)
Game
7: L-R/WU winner vs. NC/TC winner, 9 am
Game 8: C-N/PC winner vs. MHC/CC winner, 12:45pm
Game 10: Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 4:30 pm
Saturday, April 24
(At
Knights Stadium, Fort Mill, SC)
Game
12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 10 am
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 2 pm
Game 13: Game 11 loser vs. Game 12 winner, 6 pm
Sunday, April 25
(At
Knights Stadium, Fort Mill, SC)
Championship
Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 13 winner, 1 pm
Game 15 (if necessary), Game 14 winner vs. Game 15 loser, 4 pm