The Elon Phoenix will enter the upcoming 2008 Southern Conference Baseball Championship as the number one seed after winning the regular season title outright with a 19-8 SoCon mark. The Phoenix finished one game ahead of College of Charleston (18-9) whose loss on the last day of the regular season gave Elon the title outright. It is the second SoCon title for Elon in three seasons.
Top-seeded Elonwill take on either eighth-seeded The Citadel or ninth-seeded Woffordon Wednesday, May 21 at Joe Riley Park in Charleston, S.C. at either 5p.m. or 8 p.m. The time will be determined following Tuesday’s games.
Also in Elon’s half of the bracket are fourth-seeded GeorgiaSouthern and fifth-seeded UNC Greensboro. The Phoenix went 9-3 duringthe regular season against teams in its bracket.
The other bracket will pit second-seeded College of Charlestonagainst either seventh-seeded Western Carolina or 10th-seeded Davidsonand third-seeded Furman against sixth-seeded Appalachian State.
This year’s tournament format uses two double eliminationbrackets. The winners of each bracket will play a single game for thetournament title on Sunday at 2 p.m. and will be tape delayedon SportSouth.
All of Elon’s tournament action can be heard live on 920 AM WPCM. Byron Tucker will have the call over the air and at elonphoenix.comstarting 15 minutes prior to the scheduled first pitch.
Visit www.elonphoenix.com for live stats and results of Elon’s run in Charleston. Visit www.soconsports.com for live video and full tournament results and information.