BEL AIR, Md., May 9, 2019 – After claiming the Eastern District Championship for the first time a year ago, the Monroe College Mustangs baseball team has its sights set on a return to Grand Junction, Colo. for their second straight appearance in the Alpine Bank Junior College World Series. To get there, the Mustangs must navigate their way through a challenging four-team field at the 2019 Eastern District Championship Tournament, hosted by Region XX Champion Harford Community College.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:
Where:
Harford Varsity Baseball Field
Harford Community College
Bel Air, Md.
 
Tournament Seeding:

1. Harford Community College (46-7, Region XX Champion)
2. Spartanburg Methodist College (31-16, Region X Champion)
3. Potomac State College of WVU (31-11, Region XX Runner-Up)
4. Monroe College (29-17, Region XV Champion)

Click the links above to learn more about each team
 
Tournament Schedule:
Friday, May 10
Game 1 - 2:00 PM: #3 Potomac State vs. #2 Spartanburg Methodist
Game 2 - 6:00 PM: #1 Harford vs. #4 Monroe
 
Saturday, May 11
Game 3 - 11:00 AM: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 4 - 2:30 PM: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 (elimination game)
Game 5 - 6:00 PM: Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 (elimination game)
 
Sunday, May 12
Game 6 - 11:00 AM: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5
Game 7 – If necessary, rematch of Game 6, 30 minutes after Game 6
 
GAME DAY COVERAGE (Provided by Harford)
Live Stats
Live Video
 
TICKETS
Tickets can be purchased for $10 the day of each game at the main gate leading into the Harford Sports Complex. There will also be a $15 three-day tournament pass available.
 
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The Eastern District Championship is a four-team, double-elimination tournament. First-round winners advance into the winner's bracket, while first-round losers move into the loser's bracket and face elimination in each game the rest of the way. Home team will be determined via coin flip.
 
WHAT'S AT STAKE?:
The winner of the 2019 Eastern District Championship will advance to the 2019 Alpine Bank Junior College World Series, hosted at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, Colo.
 
FAMILIAR FOE:
Among the four-team field, Harford is the only team that the Mustangs played during the 2019 season. Harford claimed a 2-1 series victory on its home field, picking up an extra-inning win in the series opener before splitting the doubleheader the next day. The Fighting Owls finished the year 28-1 overall at home, meaning the Mustangs handed Harford its only home defeat this season.
 
LAST YEAR:
Monroe and Harford are the only two teams in this year's field that participated in the 2018 Eastern District Championship, which was hosted by Monroe at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. The Mustangs and Fighting Owls faced off in the first round, seeing the Mustangs win, 7-5, to advance into the winner's bracket. Harford then took on ASA College in the weekend's first elimination game, falling, 9-5.
 
The Mustangs went on to defeat USC Sumter and become the first team to advance to the Championship round of the tournament. ASA then took down USC Sumter as well, making for an all-Region XV Championship. The Mustangs defeated ASA, 8-1, to win their first-ever Eastern District Championship.
                                     
AB­OUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 30 teams competing across nine sports. There are 19 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as club men's and women's rugby, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Monroe Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus as of the fall of 2017, has 11 teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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