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Erskine Baseball Selected to NCAA South Atlantic Regional
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Due West, SC---Following a record breaking season that has seen the Flying Fleet start off 23-0 and finish with a school record 44 wins, Erskine has been selected to compete in the NCAA South Atlantic Regional for the first time in school history. The tournament will begin Thursday May 15 in Mount Olive, NC and the Fleet will be the #6 seed and face #1 seed and the number one team in the country Mount Olive Trojans at 7:00 pm. The winner of the South Atlantic Regional joins the other seven regional champions at the national finals May 24-31 at Sauget, Ill. Thursdays first round gets underway at 11 a.m. as No. 3 seed USC Aiken takes on No. 4 seed North Georgia, followed by No. 2 seed Columbus State vs. No. 5 seed Belmont Abbey. Three games are scheduled Friday and Saturday at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. The championship game is slated for Sunday at 1 p.m. If a second championship game is necessary, that will be played at 5 p.m. Below is the schedule for the 2008 NCAA II South Atlantic Regional: Thursday, May 15, 2008* 11 a.m. Game 3: No. 3 USC Aiken vs. No. 4 North Georgia 3 p.m. Game 2: No. 2 Columbus State vs. No. 5 Belmont Abbey 7 p.m. Game 1: No. 1 Mount Olive vs. No. 6 Erskine *Game times adjusted to allow regional host to play in 7 p.m. game Friday, May 16, 2008 11 a.m. Game 4: Loser game 1 vs. Loser game 2 3 p.m. Game 5: Winner game 1 vs. Loser game 3 7 p.m. Game 6: Winner game 2 vs. Winner game 3 Saturday, May 17, 2008* 11 a.m. Game 7: Winner game 5 vs. Winner game 6 3 p.m. Game 8: Winner game 4 vs. Loser game 6 7 p.m. Game 9: Winner game 8 vs. Loser game 7 *Pairings will be adjusted if five teams remain after Game 6 Sunday, May 18, 2008* 1 p.m. Game 10: Winner game 7 vs. Winner game 9 5 p.m. Game 11: If necessary (same teams as Game 10) *Pairings will be adjusted if three teams remain after Game 9

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