TCCC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRINGS ANNOUNCED; CURRY WINS THREE-WAY TIEBREAKER FOR TOP SEED; TOURNAMENT OPENS TUESDAY

Curry College has claimed the top seed for The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) baseball championship, which begins with opening-round games on Tuesday, April 27. The Colonels (25-11 overall) captured the top seed in the conference tournament after matching Western New England (28-8) and Endicott (25-13) with identical 17-5 records in TCCC play.

TCCC tiebreaking procedures were used to sort out the three-way deadlock for first place. In head-to-head play among the three tied teams, Curry claimed the top seed after posting a 3-1 record, compared to WNEC’s 2-2 record and Endicott’s 1-3 mark. WNEC and Endicott were then treated as a new tie.

In step one, WNEC and Endicott split their regular-season doubleheader. In step two, the teams were compared against other TCCC teams starting at the top of the standings. WNEC earned the #2 seed by virtue of a 1-1 record against top-seeded Curry, while Endicott claimed the #3 seed after going 0-2 against Curry.

A four-way tie for sixth place among Eastern Nazarene, Anna Maria, Gordon and Colby-Sawyer was also used to determine the final three seeds. In head-to-head play among the four tied teams, Eastern Nazarene and Anna Maria were both 4-2, while Gordon was 3-3 and Colby-Sawyer was 1-5. ENC and AMC emerged and were treated as a new tie.

In step one, Eastern Nazarene and Anna Maria split their regular-season doubleheader. In step two, Eastern Nazarene was awarded the sixth seed based on a 1-1 record against top-seeded Curry, as opposed to a 0-2 mark for Anna Maria, which was then seeded seventh.

Gordon and Colby-Sawyer returned to the top of the tiebreaking procedure and Gordon earned the eighth and final seed by virtue of their doubleheader sweep of Colby-Sawyer.

Four games are slated for Tuesday, April 27 at 3:00 p.m.. Top-seeded Curry will host eighth-seeded Gordon (16-18, 9-13), second-seeded Western New England will host seventh-seeded Anna Maria (19-17, 9-13), third-seeded Endicott will host sixth-seeded Eastern Nazarene (16-20, 9-13) and fourth-seeded Wentworth (24-12, 15-7) will host fifth-seeded Salve Regina (21-16, 12-10).

Tournament action will continue through the week, culminating with the championship game on Sunday, May 2 at 1:00 p.m. The TCCC tournament champion will earn an automatic berth in the upcoming 2010 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. The highest seed will host each TCCC tournament game.
The complete tournament schedule appears below.

2010 TCCC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Tuesday, April 27
Game 1 - #8 Gordon at #1 Curry, 3:00 p.m.
Game 2 - #7 Anna Maria at #2 Western New England, 3:00 p.m.
Game 3 - #6 Eastern Nazarene at #3 Endicott, 3:00 p.m.
Game 4 - #5 Salve Regina at #4 Wentworth, 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 28
Game 5 - Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 3:00 p.m.
Game 6 - Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner, 3:00 p.m.
Game 7 - Game 1 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser, 3:00 p.m.
Game 8 - Game 2 Loser vs. Game 3 Loser, 3:00 p.m.

Friday, April 30
Game 9 - Game 7 Winner vs. Game 5 Loser, 3:00 p.m.
Game 10 - Game 8 Winner vs. Game 6 Loser, 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 1
Game 11 - Game 5 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner, 10:00 a.m.
Game 12 - Game 6 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner, 10:00 a.m.
Game 13 - Game 11 Winner vs. Game 11 Loser, 2:00 p.m. *
Game 14 - Game 12 Winner vs. Game 12 Loser, *2:00 p.m. *
* If Necessary

Sunday, May 2
Championship Game (Two remaining teams), 1:00 p.m.

Note: To view the complete news release, please visit http://www.thecommonwealthcoastconference.com/sports/releases0910/bbpairings10.pdf. A printable tournament bracket may also be viewed at http://www.thecommonwealthcoastconference.com/sports/releases0910/bbbracket10.pdf. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your computer to view these files.