Baseball Developmental Championship Preview
GREENVILLE, S.C.– The inaugural Conference Carolinas Baseball Developmental Championship will take place on Monday, April 4 and Monday, April 11 on the campuses of Erskine, Barton and Francis Marion.
The event, which is a unique championship opportunity for developmental teams within Conference Carolinas, will consist of a preliminary round at Erskine and Barton on April 4 with the championship slated for April 11 at Francis Marion.
The Barton bracket will feature a doubleheader between Belmont Abbey and the Bulldogs at Nixon Field in Wilson, North Carolina. The doubleheader will begin at 12:30 p.m. on April 4 with game two to follow.
The Erskine bracket will be played at Grier Field in Due West, South Carolina and will feature a round-robin bracket with the Flying Fleet, Emmanuel and King. Erskine will face Emmanuel in the first game on April 4 at 10 a.m. with Emmanuel and King scheduled for game two at 1 p.m. and King and Erskine in the third contest at 4 p.m.
The winner of each bracket will advance to Florence, South Carolina to play in the championship on Monday, April 11 at 6 p.m. inside Sparrow Stadium at the Griffin Athletic Complex on the campus of Francis Marion.
More information can be found on the tournament webpage here.
Earlier this fall Conference Carolinas announced that a developmental championship will be held in men’s and women’s soccer, men’s basketball and baseball. The developmental teams will be composed of student-athletes that have either not competed at the varsity level in 2021-22 or have competed sparingly at the varsity level by the time of the championship.