May 22, 2005

Charleston, SC - The Citadel (23-32; 14-16 SoCon) baseball team, which earned a six-seed with its doubleheader sweep of Georgia Southern on Saturday, will face the third seeded Western Carolina (32-12 overall; 18-12 in the SoCon) Catamounts on Wednesday, March 25 at 7:30 pm in the opening round of the 2005 Southern Conference Tournament.

Western and The Citadel played for the SoCon Tournament title last season with the Bulldogs coming out of the loser's bracket to defeat the Catamounts twice to claim the championship. With those two wins, the schools have now each won seven games against the other at the annual event. That victory gave The Citadel its seventh tournament title and 19th overall league championship. The previous year, Western Carolina won both the SoCon regular season and tournament titles giving WCU 19 overall league championships, 10 regular season and nine in the tournament. Western and/or The Citadel have played for the SoCon tournament title in 19 of the 21 tournaments since 1984. The Cats have played for the SoCon tourney title 14 times, while the Bulldogs have played for it 10 times. (compliments of Mike Cawood, WCU)

The Bulldogs used seven wins in their last nine league games to advance from ninth place to sixth place in the final regular season standings.

2005 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

presented by Wendy's and Pepsi-Cola

May 25-28 • Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park • Charleston, S.C.

Wednesday, May 25

#4 Elon vs. #5 UNC Greensboro, 10:00 am

#1 College of Charleston vs. #8 Furman, 1:00

#2 Georgia Southern vs. #7 East Tennessee State, 4:00

#3 Western Carolina vs. #6 The Citadel, 7:30

Thursday, May 26

Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2, 10:00 am

Loser Game 3 vs Loser Game 4, 1:00

Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2, 4:00

Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 4, 7:30

Friday, May 27

Loser Gm 7 vs. Winner Gm 6, 10:00 am

Loser Gm 8 vs. Winner Gm 5, 1:00 pm Winners Bracket Championship, 4:30 pm

Losers Bracket Semifinal, 7:30 pm

Saturday, May 28

Loser Gm 11 vs Winner Gm 12, 12:00 pm

Championship Game (C-SET TV), 6:00 pm

Sunday, May 29 (if necessary) Second Championship Game, 2:00 pm

For more information please click here Southern Conference Tournament Headquarters