Columbia International will play Milligan at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the first game of the double-elimination portion of the Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament. Games will be played at Hunter Wright Stadium in Kingsport, Tenn.
The top 10 finishers in the 12-team NAIA conference qualified for the event. The bottom four seeds will meet in a pair of single-elimination games Tuesday for a spot in the eight-team double-elimination portion of the event.
Columbia International was 16-14 in league play and finished fifth in the standings. It lost two of three head-to-head meetings with Milligan. The Rams handed regular-season champion Tennessee Wesleyan two of its only four losses all season.
Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament
Hunter Wright Stadium, Kingsport, Tenn.
Tuesday, May 4
Game 1: No. 7 St. Andrews (25-17) vs. No. 10 Union (19-26), 10 a.m.
Game 2: No. 8 Truett McConnell (26-21) vs. No. 9 Bluefield (24-22), 2 p.m.
Wednesday, May 5
Game 3: No. 4 Milligan (27-21) vs. No. 5 Columbia International (28-24), 9 a.m.
Game
4: No. 3 Bryan (32-15) vs. No. 6 Point (22-22), noon
Game
5: No. 2 Reinhardt (31-17) vs. Game 1 winner, 4 p.m.
Game
6: No. 1 Tennessee Wesleyan (47-4) vs. Game 2 winner, 7
p.m.
Thursday, May 6
Game
7: Game 4 loser vs. Game 5 loser, 9 a.m.
Game
8: Game 3 loser vs. Game 6 loser, noon
Game
9: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m.
Game
10: Game 3 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 7 p.m.
Friday, May 7
Game 11: Game
7 winner vs. Game 9 loser, 9 a.m.
Game
12: Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 loser, noon
Game
13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 4 p.m.
Game
14: Game 10 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 7 p..m.
Saturday, May 8
Schedule will be finalized following the results of Game 13 and
14. If only one game, it will be played at 2 p.m. If there one 'if necessary' game
is needed, it will be played at 11 am with the championship game at 3 p.m. If
both 'if necessary games are needed, the games will be played at 11 a.m., 2 p.m.,
and 6 p.m.
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