Posted: Apr 23, 2012

AMCAT Baseball’s Quest for GNAC Title Begins Tuesday

Paxton, Mass. – The Anna Maria College baseball team, fresh off another 20-win campaign, will start their quest for a Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship on Tuesday afternoon, April 24, against Emerson College. The AMCATS were seeded #3 in the conference while Emerson is in the sixth slot. Anna Maria concluded the regular season with a 20-14 overall record that included an 11-5 GNAC mark. AMC will host Emerson, in a first round match-up at Quinsigamond Community College, first pitch is slated for 3:00pm.

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GNAC Release

The St. Joseph's Maine Monks have already reached a 30 win season, and clinched the top seed in the playoffs with a remarkable conference record of 14-2, and overall record of 32-5.

Johnson & Wales (13-3, 25-15) earned a close second place finish with only three conference losses, and was one of the teams to defeat the top-seeded Monks. Anna Maria (11-5, 20-14) earned a third place finish, and Suffolk (11-5, 17-20-1) took fourth place. Rounding out the final two playoff spots is #5 Albertus Magnus (7-7, 13-9) and #6 Emerson (6-10, 12-25).

The GNAC tournament will be a six team tournament bracket with the First Round beginning Tuesday, April 24th at #3 Anna Maria and #4 Suffolk with St. Joseph's ME and Johnson & Wales receiving byes.

TOURNAMENT BRACKET

Rankings and Schedule:

#1 St. Joseph's Maine

#2 Johnson & Wales

#3 Anna Maria

#4 Suffolk

#5 Albertus Magnus

#6 Emerson

Tuesday, April 24^th: FIRST ROUND

GAME 1: #5 Albertus Magnus @ #4 Suffolk - Time TBD

GAME 2: #6 Emerson @ #3 Anna Maria - @ Quisigamond College @ 3:00pm

Thursday, April 26^th: QUARTER FINALS