Stillman College baseball headed to NCAA Divison II South Region tourney

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama  --  After winning the 2013 SIAC Baseball Championship, the Stillman Tiger baseball team finds itself on the road again ... this time to participate in the 2013 NCAA Division II South Region Tournament.  The Tigers will be one of six teams participating in the four-day tournament with the winner advancing to the Division II World Series in Cary, North Carolina.

The region will feature several national powers as four of the last seven NCAA II national champions will be among the field. Host institution Tampa won the 2006 and 2007 championships and will be joined by fellow Sunshine State Conference member Florida Tech.  Last season's region and national runner-up Delta State will join West Florida, who won the 2011 crown as it represented South Region and Gulf South Conference, along with the 2013 GSC champion Valdosta State.

This will be the 6th time in seven years that Stillman will participate in the South Region Tournament.  Last season, the Tigers and head coach Dony Crawford made history by winning their opening round game against host school Tampa 6-5 in 13 innings before continuing to turn heads defeating Nova Southeastern 6-4 and UAH 11-5.  The Tigers fell in the regional final to Delta State.

 

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Following is the complete schedule for the 2013 NCAA II South Regional:

Thursday, May 16, 2013 Game 1 - No. 1 Tampa vs. No. 6 Stillman, 11 a.m.
Game 2 - No. 2 Delta State vs. No. 5 Valdosta State, 3 p.m.
Game 3 - No. 3 Florida Tech vs. No. 4 West Florida, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 17, 2013
Game 4 - Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 11 a.m.?
Game 5 - Winner of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 3, 3 p.m.
Game 6 - Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Game 7 - Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6, 11 a.m.
Game 8 - Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 4, 3 p.m.
Game 9 - Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Game 10 - Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9, 12 p.m.
Game 11 - Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9 (if necessary), 3:15 p.m.

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