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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell will be the No. 6 seed in the 2015 Big South Baseball Championship, facing No. 3 Winthrop Tuesday in game two of the tournament.
The game will be played 45 minutes after the conclusion of the No. 2 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 7 Charleston Southern opener, scheduled for a 9:30 a.m. start.
Campbell (31-23, 12-12 Big South) secured the No. 6 seed in the 2015 Big South Championship with a series win over No. 25 Coastal Carolina. The Camels defeated the nationally ranked Chanticleers twice on the weekend, topping a ranked team for the second and third time in eight days. CU also defeated No. 9 California 5-3 last week.
The Camels will face third-seeded Winthrop in their tournament opener next week. The teams have not faced each other this season, last meeting in the 2014 Big South Championship game. Campbell won 9-1 to advance to the NCAA Regionals, claiming the program's third Big South title, and first since 1990.
The Eagles finished the regular season 38-17 overall, clinching the No. 3 seed in next week's Big South Conference tournament after finishing the regular season 38-17 overall and 16-8 in conference play. Winthrop ended the season on a 13-game conference winning streak and swept its last four conference series.
Radford earned the No. 1 seed with a 20-4 conference record, with Coastal Carolina taking the No. 2 seed behind a 17-7 mark.
Winthrop (16-8) is the No. 3 seed while Liberty (16-8) is No. 4 and High Point (14-10) is the No. 5 seed. Charleston Southern (10-14) and Longwood (9-15) round out the tourney seeding.
The 2015 Big South Baseball Championship features the top eight teams in the league and will be played on the campus of Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs, N.C., on May 19-23. The first three days of games will air on the Big South Network, while the semifinals and winner-take-all championship game will air exclusively on ESPN3. The winner of the championship game receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Baseball Tournament.
The conference championship schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, May 19 (Big South Network)
Game 1: #2 Coastal Carolina vs. #7 Charleston Southern, 9:30am
Game 2: #3 Winthrop vs. #6 Campbell, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 1
Game 3: #1 Radford vs. #8 Longwood, 4:30pm
Game 4: #4 Liberty vs. #5 High Point, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 3
Wednesday, May 20 (Big South Network)
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 9:30am
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 5
Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 4:30pm
Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 7
Thursday, May 21 (Big South Network)
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 3:00pm
Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 9 |
Friday, May 22 (ESPN3)
Game 11: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, 10:00am
Game 12: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 10, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 11
Game 13: if necessary, 5:00pm, 7 innings
Game 14: if necessary, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 13, 7 innings
Saturday, May 23 - Championship Game (ESPN3)
Winner Game 11 or 13 vs. Winner Game 12 or 14, 4:00pm
