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- PSAC Announces Softball
Tournament Seeding
- (April 27, 2008)
Lock Haven University will host the 2008
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Softball
Championship on Thursday, May 1 through Saturday,
May 3. The top three teams in the Eastern and
Westerns Divisions will battle in a
double-elimination tournament that grants the
champion automatic entry into the NCAA tournament.
Daily tickets for the tournament are $7 for adults,
$2 for students. Students currently enrolled
at PSAC member institutions will be admitted free
with a valid student ID.
Lock Haven earned the right to host the tournament
after clinching the Western Division's No. 1 seed,
finishing the regular season with a 40-6 overall
record, 19-1 PSAC West.
Kutztown joins the Lady Eagles as the other No. 1
seed. The Golden Bears clinched their second
consecutive Eastern Division title with a
record-breaking 44-10 mark, eclipsing last year's
win total by one game.
California and
Bloomsburg each claimed the No.2 seed in the Western
and Eastern Divisions, respectively.
California finished with a 26-14 overall record,
12-8 in the West and finished the season winning 14
of its last 22 contests.
Bloomsburg posted a 44-7 overall mark, 19-5 in the
East by starting off the season winning 26 of its
first 28 games, including an 18-game winning streak.
IUP wrapped up the 2008 campaign with a 16-24
overall record, 12-8 PSAC West. The Crimson
Hawks are making their fourth straight league
tournament appearance and last appeared in the PSAC
championship game in 2001 where they fell to
Bloomsburg, 2-1, in eight innings.
East Stroudsburg will make its second consecutive
appearance in the league championship after securing
the Eastern Division's third seed.
ESU
owns a 17-28 overall mark and finished 11-13 in the
PSAC East. The Warriors went 1-2 in the PSAC
tournament last year in its first appearance since
1981. The Warriors won the only PSAC softball
championship in school history in 1980.
Tournament Seeding
Eastern Division
1. Kutztown
2. Bloomsburg
3. East Stroudsburg
Western Division
1. Lock Haven
2. California
3. IUP
Tournament Schedule
Thursday, May 1
Game 1 - 10 am: East Stroudsburg vs California
Game 2 - Noon: Bloomsburg vs IUP
Game 3 - 2:30 pm: Kutztown vs Winner Game 1
Game 4 - 4:30 pm: Lock Haven vs Winner Game 2
Friday, May 2
Game 5 - 10 am: Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2
Game 6 - Noon: Loser Game 4 vs Loser Game 3
Game 7 - 2:30 pm: Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 4
Game 8 - 4:30 pm: Winner Game 5 vs Winner Game 6
Saturday, May 3
Game 9 - 11 am: Winner Game 8 vs Loser Game 7
Game 10 - 1 pm: Winner Game 7 vs Winner Game 9
Game 11 - 3 pm: If Necessary
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