Field is Set for 2009 MAAC Baseball Championship
MAAC Sports
Edison, N.J. ? The 2009 MAAC Baseball Championship begins on Thursday, May 21, at Waterfront Park in Trenton, N.J.
In game one at 4:00 p.m., second-seeded Canisius College (33-20, 16-8 MAAC) will play number three seed Marist College (28-25, 15-9 MAAC). Manhattan College (34-16, 18-6 MAAC) earned the top seed in this year’s championship and will face fourth-seeded Rider University (26-21, 14-10 MAAC) in game two at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The winners of the first two contests will meet at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 22, with the losers battling in an elimination game at noon. The winner of game three will then face the loser of game four in a second elimination game at 7:00 p.m. The championship concludes on Saturday, May 23 with the championship game slated for 1:00 p.m. If necessary, a seventh and deciding game will be played at 4:00 p.m.
The winner of the 2009 MAAC Baseball Championship will receive the league’s automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
The 16 regional sites and hosts will be announced on the BottomLine of ESPN Networks and at www.ncaa.com at approximately 3:30 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, May 24.
The 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 64-team field, with first-round regional pairings and site assignments, will be revealed in a live, half-hour telecast on ESPN at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, May 25. The 30-minute program will originate from ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut.