Mid-South Conference Baseball Tournament Opening Round matchups set

Baseball | Mon, Apr. 26, 2021 at 10:20 AM

MSC Baseball Tournament Bracket

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The 2021 Mid-South Conference Baseball Tournament Opening Round matchups are set, conference officials announced on Monday morning.

Eleven teams make up the tournament field, led by regular-season champion Cumberlands (Ky.). The Patriots (40-6, 16-4 in the MSC) earned the lone bye into the six-team double-elimination tournament which begins Thursday, May 6, at Bowling Green Ballpark.

The remaining five spots will be determined this week as 10 teams compete in five opening-round best two-out-of-three series. The opening-round series will be played at the higher seeds.

• No. 11-seed Pikeville (Ky.) (12-31, 6-18) at No. 2-seed Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (22-21, 15-7)
• No. 10- seed Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (11-22, 7-15) at No. 3-seed Georgetown (Ky.) (30-16, 14-7)
• No. 9-seed Shawnee State (Ohio) (20-23, 8-15) at No. 4-seed Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (20-20, 13-11)
• No. 8-seed Cumberland (Tenn.) (22-21, 7-11) at No. 5-seed Bethel (Tenn.) (18-17, 13-11)
• No. 7-seed Thomas More (Ky.) (21-25, 11-11) at No. 6-seed Campbellsville (Ky.) (16-17, 11-11)

The opening round schedule — with days and times — will be determined later today.

The tournament will be reseeded for the final site once the six teams have been determined.

The double-elimination tournament begins on Thursday, May 6 with the championship game slated for Sunday, May 9.

The two teams that reach the championship game will earn the Mid-South Conference’s two automatic bids into the NAIA National Tournament field.