Baseball No. 8 Seed in PBC Tournament

Baseball No. 8 Seed in PBC Tournament

AMERICUS, Ga. -- The Georgia Southwestern baseball team has been selected as the eighth seed in the 2019 Peach Belt Conference Tournament that begins this Friday (May 10) at Drysdale Field on the campus of Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla. 

Throughout the three day tournament, GSW will play North Georgia Friday. On Saturday, they will play a doubleheader against Georgia College and Young Harris College.

The top eight teams in the PBC were split into two pools. Pool A will feature the 1, 4, 5 and 8 seeds while Pool B will have the 2, 3, 6 and 7 seeds. During the tournament, teams will play all other teams in their pool. The top team in each pool will meet for a winner-take-all championship game on Sunday.

All eight teams will play one game on Friday at Drysdale Field. On Saturday, Pool B will remain at Flagler while Pool A will move to St. John's River State College in Palatka, Fla. All teams will play two games on Saturday to complete pool play. Sunday's championship game will be held at Flagler.

The Hurricanes last appearance to the PBC Tournament was in 2017, where they went 1-2. They lost to North Georgia in the first round but beat Columbus State in the first elimination game. GSW turned around to face UNG who eliminated them from the tournament.  

 

PBC Tournament Pairing

Pool A Pool B
#1 North Georgia #2 Flagler College
#4 Young Harris  #3 USC Aiken
#5 Georgia College #6 Columbus State
#8 Georgia Southwestern #7 Francis Marion