SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Western New England has claimed the top seed for The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) baseball championship, which begins with opening-round games on Tuesday, May 3. The Golden Bears (32-8 overall) captured the top seed in the conference tournament after posting a stellar 20-2 record in TCCC play.

Four games are slated for Tuesday, May 3 at 3:00 p.m..  Top-seeded Western New England will host eighth-seeded Colby-Sawyer (14-20, 8-14), second-seeded Roger Williams (21-19, 15-7) will host seventh-seeded Curry (17-22, 9-13), third-seeded Endicott (27-13, 15-7) will host sixth-seeded Anna Maria (22-17, 13-9) and fourth-seeded Wentworth (22-13, 14-8) will host fifth-seeded Salve Regina (20-19, 14-8).

TCCC tiebreaking procedures were used to break deadlocks for second place and fourth place in the regular-season conference standings.  Both Roger Williams and Endicott tied for second place with identical 15-7 conference records.  RWU was awarded the #2 seed based on a 2-0 record in the teams’ conference series.  Both Wentworth and Salve Regina tied for fourth place with identical 14-8 TCCC records.  While the teams did split two games this season (step one), Wentworth earned the #4 seed by virtue of a victory over top-seeded Western New England (step two).

Tournament action will continue through the week, culminating with the championship game on Sunday, May 8 at 1:00 p.m.  The TCCC tournament champion will earn an automatic berth in the upcoming 2011 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship.

The highest seed will host each TCCC tournament game.

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