Charleston, S.C. The Citadel Baseball, finishing the regular season with a 30-25 mark, prepares to take on Davidson in the play-in round of the Southern Conference Tournament on Tuesday, May 22 at 3:30 p.m. at Riley Park. The Bulldogs earned the seven seed, while the Wildcats are 10th. If the Dogs should win their first round game, they will continue on to double-elimination play and face second-ranked Western Carolina on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
The Bulldogs are forced to participate in the single-elimination round for the first time after its inception in 2006. Prior to 2006, only the top eight teams in the Southern Conference made the double-elimination tournament.
Every Citadel baseball tournament game can be heard on CNN Radio 1450 AM or on CitadelSports.com with Darren Goldwater and Michael McLaurin calling all the action. Fans can also access the SoCon video broadcast at CitadelSports.com.
LAST TIME OUT: The Bulldogs dropped two of three games to Furman last weekend in Greenville, S.C. to end the regular season with a 12-15 SoCon record. The Dogs fell, 4-2, in game one due to a Paladin walk-off home run. The Citadel's offense came alive in game two as they hammered out four round-trippers and downed Furman, 13-5. The Paladins went up 7-0 by the third inning in game three and the Dogs were unable to rebound as they could only come within four, making the final 7-3.
#7 THE CITADEL (30-25, 12-15 SoCon) VS. #10 DAVIDSON (19-33, 8-19 SoCon): The Bulldogs won two of three at Davidson to take the regular season series. The Dogs lost game one, 6-4, but rebounded to win 25-14 and 9-4. The Citadel scored in every inning and freshman Richard Jones smacked two home runs in their 25-run triumph. Senior Jamie Maxwell picked up his first win of the season in game three. Including 2007, the Bulldogs hold an 87-40 advantage in the all-time series. Head coach Fred Jordan is 32-13 when facing the Wildcats.
THE BULLDOGS, WILDCATS AND THE SOCON TOURNAMENT: The Citadel and Davidson have met five other times in SoCon Tournament play, three times in the first round and twice in the second round. The Bulldogs are 5-0 when playing Davidson in the tournament and 3-0 when the Wildcats are their first round foe, all in the Jordan era. The first time the two met was in the second round of the 1994 tourney where the Dogs earned a 10-4 victory and went on to win the tournament title. Below is a year-by-year of the The Citadel and Davidson in the SoCon Tournament:
Year Round Outcome/Score
1994 2nd W, 10-4 SoCon Tournament Champions
1997 1st W, 18-8
1998 1st W, 11-2 SoCon Tournament Champions
2000 1st W, 6-2
2004 2nd W, 10-1 SoCon Tournament Champions
LAST TIME OUT IN THE SOCON TOURNAMENT: In 2006, the Bulldogs entered the SoCon Tournament as the No. 5 seed. The Citadel went 4-2 in tournament play as they defeated fourth-seeded Georgia Southern, 6-3. The Dogs fell, 12-3, to Regular Season Champions, Elon before knocking out No. 6 Western Carolina, 4-2, with a ninth inning rally. The Citadel had a rematch with top-seeded Elon and downed the Phoenix, 14-11, to make it to the championship game. The Diamond Dogs fell to No. 2 College of Charleston, 5-4, to be the tournament runner-up.
THE CITADEL ALL-TIME IN THE SOCON TOURNAMENT: The Citadel has played 78 SoCon Tournament games since the inception of the tournament in 1984. The Bulldogs are 53-25 in SoCon Tournament games dating back to 1984 when the first tournament was held in Cullowhee, N.C. The tournament took a four year hiatus and returned in 1988. Of note, the Bulldogs have never been lower than the five seed except on two occasions. The Dogs were No. 6 in 2005 and are now No. 7 in 2007. The Bulldogs have enjoyed seven tournament championships, with six of those seven coming with Jordan at the helm.
THE SOCON TOURNEY, CHARLESTON, RILEY PARK AND FRED JORDAN: Since the SoCon Tournament moved to Charleston in 1990, The Citadel has posted 47 wins and 23 losses in 70 games. The Dogs have recorded a 28-13 record in Riley Park, where the tournament has been held since it opened in 1997. In the Fred Jordan era of Citadel baseball (1992-present), the Bulldogs hold a 43-21 won-loss mark in SoCon Tourney play.
THE DOGS' RECORD BY SEED: The following is breakdown of The Citadel's record by seed. The Bulldogs have never been lower than sixth prior to this season and have winning records as the one, two, four and five seeds. Their lone losing record in the tournament is as the three seed with a 3-8 record.
Seed Record Winning %
One 13-4 .765
Two 14-6 .700
Three 3-8 .272
Four 7-4 .636
Five 9-2 .818
Six 2-2 .500
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