ASC ULTIMATE TOURNAMENT CENTRAL!!!!
(Links to live video/audio/stats, box scores, recaps, postgame interviews, photos, updated bracket, etc.)
 

RICHARDSON, TX – The championship round of the 2011 American Southwest Conference Baseball Championship Tournament will be held May 6-8 (Friday-Sunday) at UTD Baseball Field on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas.

Playing for the conference championship and an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship along with host Texas-Dallas (27-16) will be Hardin-Simmons (30-12), Concordia Texas (27-15) and McMurry (17-25).

All games will be available for fans to follow through free live video, audio and statistics. Box scores, recaps, photos and postgame interviews from each game will also be available. To access all the links, visit the ASC Ultimate Tournament Central website at: www.ASCsports.org/Championships.

Action in the double-elimination event gets going on Friday with an 11 a.m. first pitch between McMurry and Concordia Texas. Texas-Dallas and Hardin-Simmons will battle at 3 p.m. later that day.

The losing teams from the first day will play an elimination game at 10 a.m. on Saturday, followed by a winner’s bracket tilt at 1 p.m. with a ticket to the title game on the line. The win-or-go-home semifinal is set for a 4 p.m.

The championship game will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, with an if-necessary contest coming 30 minutes after.

To advance to the double-elimination tournament, the four squads had to win best-of-three series last weekend. All took care of business in three games at home except for McMurry, which swept nationally-ranked East Division champion Texas-Tyler on the road 6-4 (13) and 5-4. Texas-Dallas toppled Texas Lutheran 2-7, 4-1 and 3-1; West Division co-champion Hardin-Simmons outlasted Mississippi College 12-14 (10), 8-6, 12-11 (14); and West Division co-champion Concordia Texas out-dueled Louisiana College 1-3, 19-9 (7) and 10-0 (7),

Earning Most Outstanding Player awards from the first round series were: McMurry senior catcher Bradd Baker; Texas-Dallas junior right-hander Marvin Prestridge; Hardin-Simmons junior outfielder Troy Tarrant; and Concordia Texas junior left-handed pitcher Scott Hays.

Two-time defending conference champion Texas-Tyler will be unable to defend its crown. Texas-Dallas and Hardin-Simmons will be looking for their first league title. McMurry (1998, 2001, 2004, 2008) is a four-time ASC champion, while Concordia Texas hoisted the conference title once in 2002.

NOTES: The West Division has produced 11 ASC titles compared to the East’s three. . . . The host team of the ASC tournament has prevailed seven of 14 times. . . . . The hosting rights for the championship round rotate each year between each division’s top remaining seed. . . . . The only returning all-tournament selection from 2010 is Hardin-Simmons senior first baseman Taylor Berlin. . . . Ticket prices are $7 for adults, $3 for students and free for children 6-years-old and under.  Each ticket is a day-pass and will provide admission to all games on that day only. No complimentary pass lists will be accepted. . . . Official short-sleeved tournament T-shirts will be available for $15, while programs will be $1 (cash or check only). . . . The address to UTD Baseball Field is: 800 West Campbell Road; Richardson, Texas; 75080.

PARKING: Fans need to be aware of the parking situation at UTD due to construction around the athletic venues. Visitors should avoid parking in Lot J, north of the field. It is suggested that fans park in the gravel parking lot just south of the baseball field. That lot may be accessed off west-bound Campbell Road approximately 100 yards past the main University entrance. For more information, visit this link: http://cometsports.utdallas.edu/sports/2009/1/9/ParkingStory.aspx?id=108

2011 AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT SERIES 

-CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-

May 6-8 (Friday-Sunday) 

Richardson, TX / UTD Baseball Field

 (Hosted by Texas-Dallas, highest remaining seed from East Division)
 

FRIDAY, MAY 6

Game 5: McMurry vs. Concordia Texas, 11 a.m.

Game 6: Texas-Dallas vs. Hardin-Simmons, 3 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 7

Game 7: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 10 a.m.

Game 8: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 1 p.m.

Game 9 (Semifinal): Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 4 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 8

Game 10 (Championship): Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, 1 p.m.

If necessary, Game 11: 30 minutes after.
 

ASC ULTIMATE TOURNAMENT CENTRAL!!!!
(Links to live video/audio/stats, box scores, recaps, postgame interviews, photos, updated bracket, etc.)