Mitchell Baseball Earns #4 seed in NECC Tournament

ATTLEBORO, Mass.- The Mitchell College baseball team (10-18, 5-5) has claimed the #4 seed for the 2009 NECC Baseball Tournament, which will be hosted by Southern Vermont College May 1-3, 2009. The Mariners have won four of their last six conference games, and they swept Newbury College this past weekend.

Southern Vermont College has claimed the top seed for the 2009 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Softball Championship, which begins the morning of Friday, May 1 in Bennington, Vt.  The Mountaineers (11-24 overall) earned the top spot in the upcoming NECC tournament after posting a 7-3 conference record. 

Elms College (16-16  overall) claimed the #2 seed going 7-3 in conference play, while Becker College (13-13-1, 7-3) will be the #3 seed.

NECC tiebreaker procedures were used to determine the #1, #2 and #3 seeds. All three teams were tied in NECC play at 7-3. In the next criterion of comparing records against higher ranked teams, there were none. In the fourth criteria, there were no common opponents amongst all three teams.

The seeding order was resolved in the fifth criterion of comparing winning percentages against opponents with a .500 or better winning percentage. Southern Vermont finished with a .167 percentage, Elms with a .154 percentage and Becker with a .125 percentage.

In quarterfinal action on Friday, May 1  #4 Mitchell will face #1 Southern Vermont at a 11:00 a.m. in game one, while #3 Becker will face #2 Elms at  3:00 p.m. in game two.

In Saturday's semifinals, the losing team from game one and the losing team from game two will meet at 10:00 a.m. in game three. Game four will see the winners of game one and game two at 1:00 p.m. Game five will have the winner of game three playing the losing team from game four at 4:00 p.m.

Saturday's action will begin at 11:00 a.m. with the winner of game four facing the winner of game five in game six for the championship title. If an upset occurs, there will be a game seven involving both teams scheduled at 3:00 p.m. 

2009 NECC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Quarterfinals • Friday, May

Game 1- #4 Mitchell (10-18, 5-5) at  #1 Southern Vermont (11-24, 7-3), 11:00 a.m.

Game 2- #3 Becker (13-13-1) vs. #2 Elms (16-16, 7-3), 3:00 p.m.

Semifinals • Saturday, May 2

Game 3-Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 10:00 a.m.

Game 4-Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 1:00 p.m.

Game 5- Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 4:00 p.m.

Semifinals and Championship Game • Sunday, May 3

Game 6-Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of game 5, 11:00 p.m.

Game 7- If necessary,  3:00 p.m.