Baseball earns #2 seed in SLIAC Tournament

May 9, 2012  - The Fontbonne University men's baseball team has earned the #2 seed in this weekend's St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Tournament held at Glik Park in Highland, Illinois.

Fontbonne (19-21 overall; 16-8 SLIAC) will take on #3 seed Greenville College on Thursday at 5:00 pm in the second game of the tournament. The first game, scheduled for 2 pm, will feature #1 seed Webster University against #4 Westminster College.

This is the fourth straight year the Griffins have qualified for the SLIAC Tournament. The last time Fontbonne won the SLIAC Tournament was in 2009 when the claimed the championship as the tournament's #4 seed.

The winner of the SLIAC Tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Div. III National Baseball Tournament. Here is the schedule for the entire SLIAC Tournament:

Thu.
Game 1 – #1-Webster vs. #4-Westminster, 2:00 pm
Game 2 – #3-Greenville vs. #2-Fontbonne, 5:00 pm
Game 3 – Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 8:00 PM

Fri.
Game 4 – Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 5:00 pm
Game 5 – Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 8:00 pm

Sat.
Game 6 – Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBD
Game 7 – if necessary, TBD

Admission to the tournament is $5 for adults and $2 for students from participating schools and children ages 5-16. Children under 5 are free.