Newberry Wins SAC Baseball Regular Season Title, Seeds for 2023 Baseball Championship Announced
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Newberry is the South Atlantic Conference Baseball Regular Season Champion, as the Wolves finished the SAC portion of their 2023 schedule with a 19-4 record and an overall record of 36-9. The Wolves will be the No. 1 seed in the South Atlantic Conference Baseball Championship, which will begin with the opening round on April 28-30, and concluding with a best-of-three series on May 7-8.
Wingate finished the regular season with an 18-6 record placing them in the No. 2 slot. Catawba finished with a 16-7 conference record to receive the No. 3 seed. Carson-Newman finished the season with a 15-8 record giving them the No. 4 spot, while Lenoir-Rhyne finished with a 15-9 SAC record earning the No. 5 seed. Lincoln Memorial ended the season with a 13-11 record in SAC play to earn the No. 6 seed.
Anderson earned the No. 7 seed with a SAC record of 12-11, and Tusculum picked up the No. 8 seed with an 11-13 league record.
Tusculum and Limestone both finished the regular season with records of 11-13. Tusculum won the tiebreaker thanks to a 2-1 head-to-head record.
The double elimination 2023 SAC Baseball Championship will begin on April 28-30, with seeds 1, 4, 5, and 8 playing at Newberry's Smith Road Baseball Complex in Newberry, S.C., and seeds 2, 3, 6, and 7 heading to the Wingate's Ron Christopher Stadium in Wingate, N.C. The two remaining teams after the opening round will meet for a best-of-three series at the Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tenn. on May 7-8 to determine the 2023 SAC Baseball Champion.
Friday, April 28 (Newberry, S.C.)
Game 1: #5 Lenoir-Rhyne vs #4 Carson-Newman, 3:00 p.m.
Game 2: #8 Tusculum vs #1 Newberry, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, April 28 (Wingate, N.C.)
Game 1: #6 Lincoln Memorial vs #3 Catawba, 3:00 p.m.
Game 2: #7 Anderson vs #2 Wingate, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 29 (Newberry, S.C.)
Game 3: Winner Gm 1 vs Winner Gm 2, 11 a.m.
Game 4: Loser Gm 1 vs Loser Gm 2, 2:45 p.m.
Game 5: Loser Gm 3 vs Winner Gm 4, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 29 (Wingate, N.C.)
Game 3: Winner Gm 1 vs Winner Gm 2, 11 a.m.
Game 4: Loser Gm 1 vs Loser Gm 2, 2:45 p.m.
Game 5: Loser Gm 3 vs Winner Gm 4, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 30 (Newberry, S.C.)
Game 6: Winner Gm 5 vs Winner Gm 3, 12:00 p.m.
Game 7: Loser Gm 6 vs Loser Gm 6, 3:00 p.m. (if necessary)
Sunday, April 30 (Wingate, N.C.)
Game 6: Winner Gm 5 vs Winner Gm 3, 12:00 p.m.
Game 7: Loser Gm 6 vs Loser Gm 6, 3:00 p.m. (if necessary)
Sunday, May 7 – Monday, May 8 (Kodak, Tenn.)
Championship Series
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