PANTHER SOFTBALL SET TO TAKE ON RICHARD STOCKTON IN ECAC METRO REGION TOURNAMENT

May 4, 2009

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y.-The SUNY College at Old Westbury softball team were selected Monday to the ECAC Division III Metro Tournament for the second consecutive season.  Old Westbury (22-13) is seeded-sixth in the year's tourney, and will travel to third-seeded Richard Stockton College (25-13) for a first-round battle Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. 

Old Westbury earned the ECAC invitation after posting a program record 22 wins this spring.  Old Westbury finished second in the Skyline Conference during the regular season, and registered a 2-1 record in the Skyline Conference Tournament to advance to the Championship game.  The Panthers were the sixth seed in last year's ECAC Tournament, and were defeated in the first round at third-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham, 13-1.

2009 ECAC Division III Metro Softball Championship

First Round - Wednesday, May 6
No. 7 SUNY Purchase (17-13) at No. 2 Montclair State (25-16), 5:00 pm
No. 6 SUNY Old Westbury (22-13) at No. 3 Richard Stockton (25-13), 4:00 pm.
No. 5 USMMA (18-16) at No. 4 Rutgers-Camden (22-18), 6:00 p.m.


Double Elimination (Day 1) - Saturday, May 9, 2009
Game 1: Kean University vs. No. 4/No. 5 winner, 10:00 am.
Game 2: No. 2/No. 7 winner vs. No. 3/No. 6 winner, 12:00 pm.
Game 3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 2:00 pm
Game 4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 4:00 pm

Championship (Day 2) - Sunday, May 10, 2009
Game 5: Loser of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 3, 10:00 am.
Game 6: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 4, 12:00 pm.
Game 7 (if necessary): Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser, 2:00 pm.

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