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Salisbury and Penn State Harrisburg Punch Tickets to CAC Baseball Championship

Salisbury and Penn State Harrisburg Punch Tickets to CAC Baseball Championship

Top-seeded Salisbury and third-seeded Penn State Harrisburg both ran through their respective pods with perfect 3-0 records on the opening weekend of the CAC Baseball Tournament, advancing the Sea Gulls and Lions to next weekend's best-of-three CAC Championship series.

Salisbury will host Penn State Harrisburg in the CAC Championship beginning with game one next Friday at 3:30 p.m. Game two will take place on Saturday at 11 a.m., with the if necessary game three set for 2 p.m. 

In Salisbury, Md., the host Sea Gulls advanced to their seventh straight CAC Championship with an 11-3 victory over third-seeded York. Scott Ardoin led SU at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored. 

In Newport News, Va., Penn State Harrisburg advanced to its first-ever CAC Championship with an 8-2 triumph against host and second-seeded Christopher Newport. Bret Williams hit a three-run homer for the Lions, while Alex Cline went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. This marks Penn State Harrisburg's first-ever trip to the CAC baseball tournament championship. 


2018 CAC Baseball Tournament Schedule
(all CAC Tournament games are 9 innings):

First Weekend – Two Three-Team Pods at No. 1 Salisbury and No. 2 Christopher Newport

Pod A (1, 4, and 6 seeds) - at Salisbury
Day 1 - Friday, May 4
Game 1 - #6 York 17, #4 Frostburg State 5
Game 2 - #1 Salisbury 7, #4 Frostburg State 0
Game 3 - #1 Salisbury 7, #6 York 0

Day 2 - Saturday, May 5
Game 4 - #1 Salisbury 11, #6 York 3

Pod B (2, 3, and 5 seeds) - at Christopher Newport
Day 1 - Friday, May 4
Game 1 - #3 Penn State Harrisburg 12, #5 Southern Virginia 11
Game 2 - #2 Christopher Newport 17, #5 Southern Virginia 5
Game 3 - #3 Penn State Harrisburg 10, #2 Christopher Newport 9 

Day 2 - Saturday, May 5
Game 4 - #3 Penn State Harrisburg 8, #2 Christopher Newport 2

Second Weekend - Best-of-Three Championship Series at No. 1 Salisbury

Day 1 - Friday, May 11
Game 1 - #1 Salisbury vs. #3 Penn State Harrisburg, 3:30 p.m. 

Day 2 - Saturday, May 12
Game 2 - #1 Salisbury vs. #3 Penn State Harrisburg, 11 a.m.
Game 3 - (If necessary) - 2 p.m.