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April 11, 2005


USA South Baseball Tournament Pairings Announced

FAYETTEVILLE,
NC -- The 2005 USA South Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament pairings have been announced by the league office and the Ferrum College Panthers have drawn the #2 seed.  The tournament is being played at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Virginia.

2005 USA South Baseball Tournament Bracket

Methodist College has earned the regular season title and will play as the top seed in this week's tournament.  Ferrum is the #2 seed, followed by #3 Christopher Newport University, #4 North Carolina Wesleyan, #5 Greensboro College, #6 Shenandoah University, and #7 Averett University.

Tournament Seeds
1. Methodist (24-9, 13-5 USA South);  2. Ferrum (16-10-1, 9-5);  3. Chris. Newport (22-13, 10-7);
4. N.C. Wesleyan (21-14, 10-8);  5. Greensboro (20-14, 8-7);  6. Shenandoah (19-16, 8-11);  
7.
Averett (6-30, 1-17)

The tournament opens Thursday, April 14, with a play-in game between #6 Shenandoah and #7 Averett at 3 p.m.  On Friday, April 15, #4 N.C. Wesleyan will meet #5 Greensboro at 10 a.m.  The winner of the play-in game will then face #3 Christopher Newport at 1:15 p.m.  At 4:30 p.m., Methodist will play the winner of the NCW/Shenandoah game.  Ferrum will then face the winner of the CNU/play-in winner game at 7:45 p.m.

The double-elimination tournament continues Saturday through Monday, April 16-18.  For more coverage on the 2005 USA South Baseball Tournament, please visit the league web site at www.usasouth.net.
 

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