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.
Please visit www.oldwestburypanthers.com for
more information on softball or any of the other Panther athletic
teams.