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Frostburg State Tops Southern Virginia in Final Game of Regular Season; CAC Baseball Tournament Matchups Set

Frostburg State Tops Southern Virginia in Final Game of Regular Season; CAC Baseball Tournament Matchups Set

In the final game of the CAC regular season, Frostburg State survived Southern Virginia by a 6-5 margin to finalize the seeding in the upcoming 2019 CAC Baseball Tournament.

Both No. 4 Penn State Harrisburg and No. 6 Southern Virginia will head to top-seeded Salisbury for a double-elimination pod, beginning Friday. 

The other three-team pod will be hosted by second-seeded Christopher Newport and includes No. 3 York (Pa.) and No. 5 Mary Washington. 

The CAC Tournament will feature the same format that debuted last season, with the winners of the opening weekend pods (May 3-4) meeting in a best-of-three championship series on May 10-11 at the highest remaining seed's home field. 

Opening-round contests will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, with No. 4 Penn State Harrisburg vs. No. 6 Southern Virginia in Salisbury, Md., and No. 3 York (Pa.) vs. No. 5 Mary Washington in Newport News, Va. 


2019 CAC Baseball Tournament Schedule
(all CAC Tournament games are 9 innings):

First Weekend – Two Three-Team Pods at No. 1 & No. 2 seeds

Pod A (1, 4, and 6 seeds) - at No. 1 Salisbury
Day 1 - Friday, May 3
Game 1 - #4 Penn State Harrisburg vs. #6 Southern Virginia, 9 a.m. 
Game 2 - #1 Salisbury vs. Game 1 loser, 12:30 p.m. 
Game 3 - #1 Salisbury vs. Game 1 winner, 4 p.m. 

Day 2 - Saturday, May 4 - IF THREE TEAMS REMAIN
Game 4 - #4 seed vs. #6 seed, 11 a.m. 
Game 5 - #1 seed vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m. 

Day 2 - Saturday, May 4 - IF TWO TEAMS REMAIN
Game 4 - 2-0 team vs. 1-1 team, 11 a.m. 
Game 5 (if necessary) - Same teams as Game 4, 2 p.m. 

Pod B (2, 3, and 5 seeds) - at No. 2 Christopher Newport
Day 1 - Friday, May 3
Game 1 - #3 York (Pa.) vs. #5 Mary Washington, 9 a.m. 
Game 2 - #2 Christopher Newport vs. Game 1 loser, 12:30 p.m. 
Game 3 - #2 Christopher Newport vs. Game 1 winner, 4 p.m. 

Day 2 - Saturday, May 4 - IF THREE TEAMS REMAIN
Game 4 - #3 seed vs. #5 seed, 11 a.m. 
Game 5 - #1 seed vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m. 

Day 2 - Saturday, May 4 - IF TWO TEAMS REMAIN
Game 4 - 2-0 team vs. 1-1 team, 11 a.m. 
Game 5 (if necessary) - Same teams as Game 4, 2 p.m. 

Second Weekend - Best-of-Three Championship Series at highest remaining seed

Day 1 - Friday, May 10
Game 1 - Team 1 vs. Team 2, 3:30 p.m. 

Day 2 - Saturday, May 11
Game 2 - Team 1 vs. Team 2, 11 a.m. 
Game 3 (if necessary) - Team 1 vs. Team 2, 2 p.m.