Rain Forces A-Sun Format Change

Four to open in single-elimination; four-team double elimination to follow

Weather Forces Baseball Championship Format Change

MACON, Ga. – Two days of rain has forced a format change in the 2009 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championships. Unable to complete a six-team, double-elimination championship, the championship will begin with two single-elimination games, leading into a four-team, double-elimination championship.

The new championship will commence with the fourth-seeded Belmont Bruins facing the fifth-seeded Mercer Bears at 3:00 p.m. The Bears concluded their regular season by sweeping a three-game series with the Bruins in Nashville, Tenn., last weekend. The winner will face Jacksonville, the Championship’s top seed at 9:30 a.m. on Friday.

Third-seeded Stetson will take on ETSU, the sixth seed, at 6:30 p.m. in the second of the single-elimination games. The Hatters took three from the Buccaneers at home earlier in the month, outscoring the Bucs, 36-11. Lipscomb, the defending champion, waits as the reward for the winning club at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.

Friday’s play concludes with the two losing teams from the day’s first two contests playing an elimination game at 4:30 p.m. The day’s two winners will play at 8:00 p.m. with the victor earning a spot in the title game.

Revised Schedule of Events

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Game 1 3:00 p.m. No. 4 Belmont vs No. 5 Mercer

Elimination Game

Game 2 6:30 p.m. No. 3 Stetson vs No. 6 ETSU

Elimination Game

Friday, May 22, 2009

Start of Double Elimination Bracket

Game 3 9:30 a.m. No. 1 Jacksonville vs Winner Game 1

Game 4 1:00 p.m. No. 2 Lipscomb vs Winner Game 2

Game 5 4:30 p.m. Loser Game 3 vs Loser Game 4

Game 6 8:00 p.m. Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 4

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Start of Double Elimination Bracket

Game 7 11:00 a.m.

Game 8 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Game 9 1:00 p.m. If Necessary