Winning its division in the first year of baseball divisional play in the SLIAC, the Webster University baseball team enters the 2015 SLIAC Baseball Tournament as the #1 seed in the West and overall. This year's tournament will be hosted by Greenville College in Greenville, IL, on May 7-9. The tournament is played in a double elimination format.
The Gorloks finished 10-2 in the West, and 18-4 overall in the conference. This is the ninth straight year Webster has finished first in the SLIAC in regular season play. The Gorloks have won the tournament five straight years, and eight of the last nine years the tournament has been played. The Gorloks, ranked #22 in both the latest ABCA and d3baseball.com national polls, are 29-11 overall.
For fans planning on attending the tournament, Webster University students with a Webster I.D. will be admitted FREE. Ticket costs are $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for children (ages 5-16) and students with other SLIAC institutional IDs. Fans under age 5 are admitted free.
Greenville is located off I-70, about 60 miles from St. Louis. Take either I-270 east to I-70 east, or from 44/64 across the Poplar Street bridge, take 55 north to I-70 east. Take I-70 east to exit #45, left on 127, left on 40, right on Elm to Bond County Fairgrounds.
Tournament Schedule
Thursday, May 7Game 1- #1 (East) Greenville 10. #2 (West) Westminster 7
Game 2- #2 (West) Webster 7 #3 (East) Spalding 2
Game 3- Westminster 6 Spalding 5
Friday, May 8Game 4- Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 9Game 5- Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 10 a.m.
Game 6- Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5, TBA
Game 7- If Necessary, immediately following Game 6
For a preview of the tournament teams, click
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