College of Charleston (39-17, 20-7) claimed the No. 1 seed for the 2007 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament. Western Carolina (40-16, 20-7), which finished in a tie with the Cougars for the regular-season crown, earned the No. 2 seed. College of Charleston won the tie-breaker having defeated the Catamounts all three times during the regular season.

The double-elimination tournament opens on Tuesday, May 22 at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, S.C. All 10 teams qualified for the tournament which features a double-elimination format that culminates in the championship game on Saturday, May 26.

The first game will feature No. 8 seed Furman (19-35, 11-16) vs. No. 9 seed Wofford (25-31, 8-19). No. 7 seed The Citadel (30-25, 12-15) will take on No. 10 seed Davidson (19-33, 8-19) in first round single-elimination games.

No. 4 seed Appalachian State (32-24, 14-13) will play No. 5 seed UNC Greensboro (28-28, 14-13) at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23. The Mountaineers beat the Spartans twice to close out the regular season. No. 1 seed College of Charleston will play the winner of Furman/Wofford at 1:00 p.m. No. 2 seed Western Carolina against the winner of The Citadel/Davidson contest and No. 3 seed Elon (29-27, 15-12) takes on No. 6 seed Georgia Southern (33-26, 13-14).

The single-game tournament attendance record of 5,419 was set in 2003 for an opening round game between The Citadel and the College of Charleston. The all-tournament attendance record was set in 2004 when more than 35,000 fans attended Riley Park, an average of 2,343 per game. Over 350,000 patrons have attended the 17 previous SoCon Baseball Tournaments held in Charleston.

College of Charleston topped The Citadel, 5-4, to win the 2006 Southern Conference Championship. The Cougars earned the league’s automatic NCAA tournament berth and Elon earned an at-large bid.

Tournament Schedule

May 22 (Tuesday)

Game 1:            Furman (Seed 8) vs. Wofford (Seed 9), 12:00 p.m.

Game 2:            The Citadel (Seed 7) vs. Davidson (Seed 10), 3:30 p.m.

May 23 (Wednesday)

Game 3:            Appalachian State (Seed 4) vs. UNC Greensboro (Seed 5), 10:00 a.m.

Game 4:            College of Charleston (Seed 1) vs. Furman/Wofford (Game 1 winner), 1:00 p.m.

Game 5:            Western Carolina (Seed 2) vs. The Citadel/Davidson (Game 2 winner), 4:00 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.*

Game 6:            Elon (Seed 3) vs. Georgia Southern (Seed 6), 4:00 p.m./7:30 p.m.*

May 24 (Thursday)

Game 7:            Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 10:00 a.m.

Game 8:            Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 1:00 p.m.

Game 9:            Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 4:00 p.m.

Game 10:          Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 7:30 p.m.

May 22 (Friday)

Game 11:          Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 9, 10:00 a.m.

Game 12:          Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 10, 1:00 p.m.

Game 13:          Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 4:30 p.m.

Game 14:          Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 7:30 p.m.

May 26 (Saturday)

Game 15:          Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 13, 12:00 p.m.

Game 16:          Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 15, 7:00 p.m.

May 27 (Sunday)

Game 17:          if necessary, 2:00 p.m.

*- Games involving The Citadel will be played at 7:30 p.m.