MIAA ANNOUNCES BRACKET AND SEEDING IN BASEBALL

Emporia State earns the top seed

Josh Slaughter - The MIAA

Baseball | 5/7/2017 5:39:11 PM

Bracket

Kansas City, Mo. –
Emporia State won the MIAA regular season championship last weekend and will be the top seed in the MIAA Baseball Tournament as the bracket and seeding were announced today.
 
Games will be played starting on May 11 and run through May 14 from Warren Turner Field in Joplin, Mo. The first day will open with the 9 a.m. game featuring third seeded Lindenwood taking on sixth seeded Southwest Baptist. The second game of the day will pit second seed Missouri Western against seventh seed Northwest Missouri with a scheduled 12:30 p.m. start.
 
In the scheduled 4 p.m. game top seeded Emporia State will take on eighth seed Missouri Southern. In the final game of the first day fourth seeded Central Missouri will play fifth seeded Central Oklahoma in a scheduled 7:30 p.m. start.
 
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Game 1: #3 Lindenwood vs. #6 Southwest Baptist                       9 a.m.
Game 2: #2 Missouri Western vs. #7 Northwest Missouri           12:30 p.m. 
Game 3: #1 Emporia State vs. #8 Missouri Southern                   4 p.m. 
Game 4: #4 Central Missouri vs. #5 Central Oklahoma                7:30 p.m. 

Friday, May 12, 2017
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2                                        9 a.m.  
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4                                        12:30 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2                                 4 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4                                 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 13, 2017
Game 9: Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 5                                    9 a.m.
Game 11: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9                              12:30 p.m.
Game 10: Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 6                                  4 p.m.
Game 12: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 10                            7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 14, 2017     
Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11                                         If Necessary 9 a.m.
Game 14. Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12                              If Necessary 12:30 p.m.
Game 15: MIAA Championship                                                       4 p.m.

Schedule Notes
If Game #13 and #14 are not necessary the championship game will begin at 12:30 p.m.
If Game #13 is not necessary and #14 is played the game times will be Game #14 at 12:30 p.m. and Championship at 4 p.m.
If Game #14 is not necessary and #13 is played the game times will be Game #13 9 a.m. and Championship at 12:30 p.m.