Tournament Bracket (pdf)
Lock Haven, Pa. - With the completion of Sunday and Monday's makeup games in the PSAC East, the tournament field for the 2011 PSAC Baseball Tournament has been set. PSAC East champion Millersville and PSAC West champion Mercyhurst have garnered the top seeds.
The Marauders will return to the tournament for the first time since 2008, when they last won the Eastern Division. They ran away with the division title this year, winning the crown by seven games over second place Shippensburg. Mercyhurst will be making its third straight tournament appearance in this, the school's third year in the PSAC, and the Lakers will be the West's top seed for the second time in three seasons. They were also the West No. 1 in 2009 when they finished as the tournament's runner-up.
Shippensburg will be the East No. 2 seed. Bloomsburg will return to the PSAC Tournament for the first time since 1997 as the Huskies are the No. 3 seed. East Stroudsburg swept its makeup doubleheader today at Mansfield to take the last spot out of the East with the No. 4 seed. The Warriors, which got a no-hitter from ace southpaw Jeremy Gigliotti today in Game 1, will be the East's fourth seed for the second straight season. Slippery Rock, which finished a game-and-a-half behind first place Mercyhurst in the West, will the West's No. 2 seed. Defending tournament champion California is the West's No. 3 seed while IUP is the West's No. 4 seed.
For the second straight season, the PSAC baseball tournament will be contested at Point Stadium in Johnstown, Pa. Play starts on Wednesday, May 11 and runs through Saturday, May 14. Tickets are $7 for a day pass, which will gain the ticketholder admission to all tournament games in a day. Students from PSAC institutions will be admitted free with a valid student ID.
PSAC Baseball Tournament Pairings/Schedule
Bracket A
W1 Mercyhurst
E2 Shippensburg
W3 California
E4 East Stroudsburg
Bracket B
E1 Millersville
W2 Slippery Rock
E3 Bloomsburg
W4 IUP
Tournament Schedule
Wednesday, May 11
Game 1 - (E2) Shippensburg vs. (W3) California, 9:30 a.m.
Game 2 - (W1) Mercyhurst vs. (E4) East Stroudsburg, 12:30 p.m.
Game 3 - (W2) Slippery Rock vs. (E3) Bloomsburg, 3:30 p.m.
Game 4 - (E1) Millersville vs. (W4) IUP, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 12
Game 5 - Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser, 9:30 a.m. (loser eliminated)
Game 6 - Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser, 12:30 p.m. (loser eliminated)
Game 7 - Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 3:30 p.m. (loser switches brackets)
Game 8 - Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 6:30 p.m. (loser switches brackets)
Friday, May 13
Game 9 - Game 5 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser, 9:30 p.m. (loser eliminated)
Game 10 - Game 6 Winner vs. Game 7 Loser, 12:30 p.m. (loser eliminated)
Game 11 - Game 9 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner, 3:30 p.m.
Game 12 - Game 10 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 14
If only one game needed
Game 13 - Championship Game, 1:00 p.m.
If two games needed
Game 13 - Game 11/12 Winner vs. Game 11/12 Loser, 12:00 p.m.
Game 14 - Championship Game, 3:00 p.m.
If three games needed
Game 13 - Bracket B (rematch of Game 11), 10:00 a.m.
Game 14 - Bracket A (rematch of Game 12), 1:00 p.m.
Game 15 - Championship Game, 4:00 p.m.