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BURLINGTON – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) is seeded fourth for the Region X/Southeast District baseball tournament that begins on Friday at Burlington Athletic Stadium.
The Red Hawks (39-14. 18-7 Region X) — ranked No. 15 in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) poll – open the tournament on Friday at 4 p.m., facing No. 5 seed Brunswick Community College (25-21, 14-10).
The winner of the CVCC-BCC game will face top seed Pitt Community College (28-10-1, 20-2) or No. 8 seed Southeastern Community College (20-19, 10-13) on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Other first-round match-ups include: No. 2 Patrick Henry (34-14-1, 16-5-1) against No. 7 Bryant & Stratton (27-22, 13-12), and No. 3 Pasco-Hernando (35-16) — the Region VIII champion from Port Richey, Fla. — facing No. 6 seed Wake Tech (27-16-1, 12-10-1).
The winner of the double-elimination tournament receives an automatic bid to the NJCAA Division II World Series on May 26 through June 2 at David Allen Memorial Ballpark in Enid, Okla.
The Red Hawks have reached the World Series twice (2012, 2015).
REGION X/SOUTHEAST DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
(Friday through next Tuesday at Burlington Athletic Park)
Friday’s games
G1, 10 a.m. – No. 3 Pasco-Hernando (Fla.) vs. No. 6 Wake Tech
G2, 1 p.m. – No. 2 Patrick Henry vs. No. 7 Bryant & Stratton
G3, 4 p.m. – No. 4 CVCC vs. No. 5 Brunswick
G4, 7 p.m. – No. 1 Pitt vs. No. 8 Southeastern
Saturday’s games
G5, 10 a.m. – Loser G1 vs. Loser G2
G6, 1 p.m. – Loser G3 vs. Loser G4
G7, 4 p.m. – Winner G1 vs. Winner G2
G8, 7 p.m. – Winner G3 vs. Winner G4
Sunday’s games
G9, 10 a.m. – Winner G6 vs. Loser G7
G10, 1 p.m. – Winner G5 vs. Loser G8
G11, 4 p.m. – Winner G7 vs. Winner G8
G12, 7 p.m. – Winner G9 vs. Winner G10
Monday’s games
G13, 3 p.m. – Loser G11 vs. Winner G12
G14, Championship, 7 p.m. – Winner G11 vs. Winner G13
Tuesday’s games
G15, (if neccessary), 1 p.m. – If winner of G11 loses G14
- Reported by CVCC Sports Information