ECAC Division III New England Baseball Championship

Cape Cod, Mass. - With a regular season record of 26-11, Bridgewater State College was selected as the number one seed in the 2005 ECAC Division III New England Baseball Championship. The tournament is an eight-team field with quarterfinal and semifinal games held at Bridgewater and at Curry on Friday and Saturday, and the championship game held at Bridgewateron Saturday afternoon.

In the first-round on Friday, May 20, No. 1 seed Bridgewater State will host No. 8 seed Brandeis University (16-14), while No. 4 seed Endicott College (24-14) will play No. 5 seed MIT (20-13) at Bridgewater. At Curry College, the No. 3 seed Curry (20-12-2) will host No. 6 Keene State College (22-15). Also playing at Curry, No. 2 Saint Joseph's College (32-9) will play No. 7 seed Babson College (19-18).

The first-round winners will advance to the semifinals on Saturday at the respective site that the first games were played. After the semifinal finale at Curry, the winner will travel to Bridgewater to meet that site's last team standing.

First Round - Friday, May 20 at Bridgewater State College
Game 1: No. 8 Brandeis (16-14) at No. 1 Bridgewater (26-11), Noon

Game 2: No. 4 Endicott (24-14) vs. No. 5 MIT (20-13), 3:30 p.m.

First Round - Friday, May 20 at Curry College

Game 3: No. 6 Keene State (19-18) at No. 3 Curry (20-12-2), Noon

Game 4: No. 2 St. Joseph's (32-9) vs. No. 7 Babson (19-18), 3:30 p.m.

Semifinals, Saturday, May 21 at Curry College

Game 5: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 11 a.m.

Semifinals and Championship, Saturday, May 21 at Bridgewater
Game 6: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 11 a.m.

Game 7: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner (will be played a half hour after team from Curry site arrives)