NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The field is set for the 2019 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Championship, as the tournament gets underway this Saturday with four first-round, single-elimination games at the sites of the highest seeds. Saturday's four winners will advance to the 2019 double-elimination tournament, which will be held from May 9-11, at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury, Conn., and hosted by Post University.
For the second time in three years, Bloomfield College has earned a post-season birth after going, 14-18 in CACC play during 2019. Bloomfield's regular season record put them in the fourth and final spot in the league's North Division and they will square off with the tournaments overall number 1 seed on Saturday.
Felician University (South Division) and Post University (North Division) are the No. 1 seed in their respective divisions, with the Golden Falcons being the overall No. 1 seed for the tournament as they swept Post in a regular-season doubleheader. The winner of the 2019 CACC Baseball Championship will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II East Region Tournament, which will be held in mid-May at a site to be determined.
Directions to Lyndhurst Rec can be viewed at
www.felicianathletics.com/information/directions (second listing). As the contest is a CACC event,
all fans will be charged admission, payable by CASH ONLY, of $8 for adults and $4 for children, students (with ID) and senior citizens. Children age three years and younger will be admitted free.
2019 CACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDING
North Division
1. Post University
2. Dominican College
3. Nyack College
4. Bloomfield College
South Division
1. Felician University**
2. Wilmington University
3. Chestnut Hill College
4. Jefferson
** - No. 1 Overall Seed for Tournament
2019 CACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Saturday, May 4 (First Round, at the sites of the highest seeds, single elimination)
N#4 Bloomfield at S#1 Felician (1 p.m.)
S#3 Chestnut Hill at N#2 Dominican (7 p.m.)
S#4 Jefferson at N#1 Post (2 p.m.)
N#3 Nyack at S#2 Wilmington (2 p.m.)
Thursday, May 9 (Day 1 of Double-Elimination Tournament, at Municipal Stadium, Waterbury, Conn.)
Game 1: Highest Remaining Seed (11 a.m.)
Game 2: Two Remaining Seeds (2 p.m.)
Game 3: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser (5 p.m.) / Elimination Game
Friday, May 10 (Day 2, at Municipal Stadium, Waterbury, Conn.)
Game 4: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner (12 p.m.)
Game 5: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser (3 p.m.) / Elimination Game
Saturday, May 11 (Day 3, Championship Final, at Municipal Stadium, Waterbury, Conn.)
Game 6: Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner (12 p.m.)
Game 7: "If Necessary" Game
Sunday, May 12 (Day 4, Rain Date if one of the previous three days gets rained out)
ABOUT THE CACC
The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference is an NCAA Division II Conference composed of 14 institutions in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The member institutions are Bloomfield College, Caldwell University, Chestnut Hill College, Concordia (N.Y.) College, Dominican (N.Y.) College, Felician University, Georgian Court University, Goldey-Beacom College, Holy Family University, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University), Nyack College, Post University of Waterbury, University of the Sciences, and Wilmington University.