Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Rain Affects Scheduling at SBC Baseball Championship
5/22/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 22, 2008
LAFAYETTE, LA. - The 2008 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship has been postponed until Friday after four hours of rainfall made field conditions unplayable for the rest of the day.
Play was postponed as Troy and New Orleans were tied at 6 apiece in the bottom of the 9th inning.
The Sun Belt Conference office revised the remainder of the championship schedule as follows:
**ALL TIMES CENTRAL**
Friday, May 23
9 a.m. - Resumption of Game 5 (Troy 6, UNO 6 - B9)
10 a.m. - Game 7 (No. 6 ULL vs. No. 7 USA)
1:30 p.m. - Game 8 (No. 1 ULM vs. No. 5 WKU)
5 p.m. - Game 9 (G5 Winner vs. G7 Loser)
8:30 p.m. - Game 10 - (No. 4 FAU vs. G8 Loser)
Saturday, May 24
9 a.m. - Game 11 (G7 Winner vs. G9 Winner)
12:30 p.m. - Game 12 (G10 Winner vs. G8 Winner)
G13 (if necessary) - 40 minutes after Game 12 (G11 Winner vs. G11 Loser)*
G14 (if necessary) - 40 minutes after Game 13 (G12 Loser vs. G12 Winner)**
4 p.m. - Championship Game (if neither 'if necessary' games are needed)
Sunday, May 25
10 a.m. - Championship Game (if one or both 'if necessary' games are needed)
* Game 13 will be necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11
** Game 14 will be necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12
*** Championship Game will be played at 4 p.m. Saturday if neither if-necessary games are played
