Courtesy GSU Sports Communications
ATLANTA- The Georgia State baseball team has earned the fourth seed in the 2011 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament and will begin play on Thursday at 3 p.m. against top seeded James Madison at UNC Wilmington’s Brooks Field. The Panthers (37-19, 17-13 CAA) defeated the Dukes (37-17, 21-9 CAA) in the teams’ season series, two games to one, in Harrisonburg, Va., April 9-10.
Georgia State is making its third straight appearance in the CAA Tournament, one of just two schools to accomplish the feat, winning the title in 2009.
Second-seeded Old Dominion (28-24, 19-11) will face off against third-seeded UNC Wilmington (30-26, 18-12) in the tournament’s other semifinal on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Action continues on Friday with a loser’s bracket game at Noon, followed by a winner’s bracket contest at 3:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., the winner of the loser’s bracket game will meet the loser of the winner’s bracket contest.
The CAA championship game is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 28. The champion will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Baseball Championship.
All Georgia State games will air live on WRAS-FM (88.5)
2011 CAA Baseball Championship
Brooks Field – Wilmington, N.C.
May 26
Game 1 – #1 James Madison vs. #4 Georgia State – 3 p.m.
Game 2 – #2 Old Dominion vs. #3 UNC Wilmington – 7 p.m.
May 27
Game 3 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 – 12 p.m.
Game 4 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Game 5 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4 – 7 p.m.
May 28
Game 6 – Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5 – 1 p.m.
Game 7 – Same two teams (if necessary) – 30 minutes after Game 6
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