BUIES CREEK, N.C.- Campbell, in search of its first-ever A-Sun conference tournament championship, recently added a notch on its belt as freshman second baseman Ellis Lowe was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman team, the league office announced today.

Lowe, a native of San Diego, Ca., started all but one game at second base this season and was Campbell's only player to be recognized in the leagues postseason awards. One of Campbell's most consistent hitters this season, Lowe carried a team-high 16 game hitting streak from March 20 to April 9 and was second on the team in batting average (.336) and hits (71). Lowe, who recorded at least one hit in 44 games this season, grabbed eight doubles and 22 RBI and was also one of five Camel players to swipe ten or more bags. Current teammate Ryan Hamme, who was named both to the second team all-conference and all-freshman squads in 2006, is the last Camel to gain all-freshman honors.

No. 6 seeded Campbell (20-35, 13-20 A-Sun) will make its first A-Sun Tournament appearance since 2006 and face off against the No. 1 seed Lipscomb Bisons at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 21 at Melching Field at Conrad Park. Campbell, who entered the 2006 event in the No. 6 slot, eventually lost to the top-seeded Jacksonville Dolphins and was downed by East Tennessee State to ends its 2006 campaign. Campbell has never won an A-Sun championship and is 4-14 in the tournament since joining the league in 1994.

Winning games in the tournament is not a long shot as Campbell has topped every team in the event at least once this season, including taking two-of-three from Lipscomb (28-27, 19-14 A-Sun) last weekend. Campbell, needing to win a minimum of two games to get a berth in the tourney, outscored the Bisons 22-19 and grabbed wins in the first two contests. Campbell owns the all-time series over Lipscomb 8-7.

Wednesday's pitching match up will look very similar to the first game of last weekend's series as Lipscomb's Rex Brothers and Campbell's Ryan Hamme will most likely be facing off. Brothers, the league's preseason pitcher of the year, carried a no-hitter through the first three innings but ran into a road block as Campbell posted seven runs in the fourth inning en route to a 10-5 victory. Hamme, a junior from Wilmington, N.C., picked up the win in the contest after allowing two earned runs in six innings of work.

Campbell also features one of the most prolific strikeout artists in the A-Sun in Justin Lilly. Lilly, a senior from Raleigh, N.C., not only led the Camels in wins this season (5), but is tied for tenth in the league in strikeouts (60) and fifth in strikeouts looking (22). Lilly posted two consecutive complete game ten strikeout performances in which he was named A-Sun Pitcher of the Week.

The Camels, who are five stolen bases away from breaking the 2001 team's record of 104, have been tyrants on the base paths this season as they rank second in the league in swipes (100) behind Gardner-Webb. Brandon Scott leads the attack as he not only owns the career record with 79, but broke Campbell's single season record last weekend by taking his 32^nd, 33^rd and 34^th bags of the year. Scott finished the regular season as the A-Sun's leader and currently ranks 14^th in the country in the category.

Campbell claimed Big South Championships in 1988 and 1990 in which the Camels went 7-0 in tournament games those years. The Camels' topped Baptist 17-0 in the title game in '88 and dropped Coastal Carolina by a score of 5-2 in '90. Campbell's only trip to a regional was in '90, as teams were not granted automatic bids in '88.

The state of Florida has been dominant in the A-Sun Tournament as the title has been handed to a team in the state the last 14 years. In 2007 Jacksonville was crowned champion, but the Dolphins will not have a chance to defend the championship as they were swept by Kennesaw State to drown out their hopes. Stetson was triumphant in 2006.

Also featured in the 2008 version of the A-Sun Tournament is No. 2 seeded Mercer, No. 3 Belmont, No. 4 Gardner-Webb and No. 5 Stetson. Belmont will face Gardner-Webb at 3 p.m. on Wednesday and Stetson will clash with Mercer in the night cap. The winner of Campbell vs. Lipscomb will take on the loser of Belmont vs. Gardner-Webb in the tournament's quarterfinal.

Live audio and statistics will be available via Campbell's official athletic website www.GoCamels.com for all Camel games, while every tournament game can be viewed on ASun.TV.

2008 Atlantic Sun Postseason Awards

1^st Team All-Conference:

SP Richard Bleier* FGCU
SP Brandon McClurg LIP

SP Carlo Testa BEL

RP J.J. Crumbley FGCU

C Caleb Joseph LIP

1B Jason Peacock FGCU

2B Jacob Robbins KSU

3B Anthony Russell ETSU

SS Casey Frawley STET

OF Justin Bass STET

OF Ozzie Borrell FGCU

OF Carlo Testa BEL

DH Travis Martin UNF

* Unanimous Selections

2^nd Team All-Conference:

SP Pete Woodworth FGCU

SP Andy Mauldin STET

SP Kyle Bowley UPST

RP Tyler Stohr UNF

C Jeremy Gillan JU

1B Jeremy Cruz STET

2B Mikel Alvarez FGCU

3B Robert Crews STET

SS Chad Knight UNF

OF Brock Miller GWU

OF Jay Morrow KSU

OF John Dortch MER

DH Bubbie Spake GWU

DH Joe Winker MER

All-Freshman Team:

Joe Winker* MER

Robert Crews* STET

Nate Woods BEL

Mikel Alvarez FGCU

Ellis Lowe CAM

Paul Hoilman ETSU

Chris Sale FGCU

Blake Green UPST

Matt Loosen JU

Ryan Rodebaugh KSU

Sean Emory STET

Matt Zeblo BEL

Richie Erath FGCU

* Unanimous Selections

Player of the Year: Jason Peacock, FGCU

Pitcher of the Year: Richard Bleier, FGCU*

Freshman of the Year: Robert Crews, STET

Coach of the Year: Dave Tollet, FGCU
*Unanimous Selection