Baseball Earns #2 Seed at BIG EAST
5/18/2013 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - By virtue of their win over St. John's on Saturday and Pittsburgh's loss at Louisville, the Seton Hall baseball team has earned the #2 seed in the upcoming 2013 BIG EAST Baseball Championship in Clearwater, Fla. The Pirates (18-6) will face #7 Notre Dame (10-14) in the first round on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. Should Seton Hall win, it will face the winner of the game between #3 Pittsburgh and #6 St. John's in the event's second round on Thursday. Notre Dame was the Pirates' only BIG EAST opponent to defeat them in a series. It was the first BIG EAST weekend of the year and the Fighting Irish won two of three games in Indiana. Louisville (20-4) won the regular season title. The top eight teams in the final regular-season standings qualify for the BIG EAST Championship, which features a double-elimination format through the semifinal round. The championship final is a winner-take-all affair Sunday, May 27, which will determine the BIG EAST’s automatic entrant to the NCAA Championship. The double-elimination round games will be carried live on ESPN3 and BigEastBaseball.com. Sunday’s final will be televised at noon ET on ESPNU. The tournament’s opening ceremonies and awards presentations will be Tuesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. at Bright House Field, followed by the third annual Big East Home Run Derby at 8 p.m. 2013 BIG EAST Baseball Championship Schedule Tuesday, May 21 Opening Ceremonies/Award Presentations/Home Run Derby - Gates open at 6 p.m.; ceremonies begin at 7 p.m. Home Run Derby Participants Connecticut – LJ Mazzilli Louisville – Zak Wasserman Notre Dame – Trey Mancini Pittsburgh – Elvin Soto Rutgers – Ross Costello St. John’s – Frank Schwindel Seton Hall – Connor Delepine
USF – Jimmy Falla Wednesday, May 22 - Four games (ESPN3 and BigEastBaseball.com) Game 1 – No. 6 St. John’s (23-33) vs. No. 3 Pittsburgh (40-15), 10 a.m. Game 2 – No. 7 Notre Dame (31-23) vs. No. 2 Seton Hall (36-17), 1 p.m. Game 3 – No. 8 Connecticut (30-25) vs. No. 1 Louisville (46-10), 5 p.m. Game 4 – No. 5 Rutgers (26-28) vs. No. 4 USF (35-20), 8 p.m. Thursday, May 23 - Four games (ESPN3 and BigEastBaseball.com) Game 5 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 10 a.m. Game 6 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 1 p.m. Game 7 – Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 5 p.m. Game 8 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 8 p.m. Friday, May 24 - Two games (ESPN3 and BigEastBaseball.com) Game 9 – Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 5, 4 p.m. Game 10 – Loser of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 7, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25 - Two, three, or four games (ESPN3 and BigEastBaseball.com) Game 11 – Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 9, 10 a.m. Game 12 – Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10, 1 p.m. Game 13 – Loser of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 11, 5 p.m. (if necessary) Game 14 – Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 12, 6:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. (if necessary; game would be at 6:30 if Game 13 is not necessary, 8 p.m. otherwise) Sunday, May 26 - Championship game (live television on ESPNU) Game 15 – Winner of Group 1 vs. Winner of Group 2, Noon All times Eastern
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USF – Jimmy Falla Wednesday, May 22 - Four games (ESPN3 and BigEastBaseball.com) Game 1 – No. 6 St. John’s (23-33) vs. No. 3 Pittsburgh (40-15), 10 a.m. Game 2 – No. 7 Notre Dame (31-23) vs. No. 2 Seton Hall (36-17), 1 p.m. Game 3 – No. 8 Connecticut (30-25) vs. No. 1 Louisville (46-10), 5 p.m. Game 4 – No. 5 Rutgers (26-28) vs. No. 4 USF (35-20), 8 p.m. Thursday, May 23 - Four games (ESPN3 and BigEastBaseball.com) Game 5 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 10 a.m. Game 6 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 1 p.m. Game 7 – Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 5 p.m. Game 8 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 8 p.m. Friday, May 24 - Two games (ESPN3 and BigEastBaseball.com) Game 9 – Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 5, 4 p.m. Game 10 – Loser of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 7, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25 - Two, three, or four games (ESPN3 and BigEastBaseball.com) Game 11 – Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 9, 10 a.m. Game 12 – Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10, 1 p.m. Game 13 – Loser of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 11, 5 p.m. (if necessary) Game 14 – Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 12, 6:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. (if necessary; game would be at 6:30 if Game 13 is not necessary, 8 p.m. otherwise) Sunday, May 26 - Championship game (live television on ESPNU) Game 15 – Winner of Group 1 vs. Winner of Group 2, Noon All times Eastern
Game notes and tournament central are coming soon.
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