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Southern
and NC A&T begin baseball playoff run on June 3
May 30, 3005
The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced all 64 participants and 16 regional
sites for the 59th annual NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Each regional
field features four teams, playing a double-elimination format.
Southern University and NC A&T will begin regional play on Friday, June
3. A&T will face Clemson University and Southern will travel to New Orleans
to face Tulane.
The Aggies (27-25) earned the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference automatic bid
after defeating Norfolk State in the MEAC Championship on May 1, claiming its
first title since the 1993 season and its third overall.
Clemson and Tulane were two of 16 teams selected to play host to regional
tournaments. Oral Roberts and the College of Charleston are the other two participants
in the Clemson Regional.
Southern earned an automatic bid in the Regional after winning the Southwestern
Athletic Conference Tournament with a dramatic 6-5, 15-inning victory over
Prairie View A&M in Birmingham, Ala. The Jaguars enter the Regional 29-15
on the year, including the SWAC West title courtesy of a 17-7 mark in league
action. Alabama and Louisiana-Lafayette will meet in the second game of the
New Orleans Regional.
Thirty Division I conferences received an automatic berth in the field of
64, along with 34 at-large selections.
The 59th Men's College World Series begins play Friday, June 17, at Rosenblatt
Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
2005 NCAA Clemson Regional Schedule
Friday, June 3, 2005
#2 College of Charleston vs. #3 Oral Roberts, 3:00pm
#1 Clemson vs. #4 North Carolina A&T 7:00pm
Saturday, June 4, 2005
Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Sunday, June 5, 2005
Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
Monday, June 6, 2005
Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary)
2005 NCAA New Orleans Regional Schedule
Friday, June 3
Game 1: No. 1 Tulane vs. No. 4 Southern, 2:30 p.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 Louisiana-Lafayette, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 4
Game 3: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser, 2:30 p.m.
Game 4: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 5
Game 5: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser, 2:30 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, June 6
Game 7: Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, 6:30 p.m. (if necessary)
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