From St. Josephs’ College, Clinton Hill

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – For the second straight year, the St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) baseball team has received a post-season berth and will head to Springfield, Illinois to compete in the 2014 United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Small College World Series.

Reaching the 20-win mark for the second straight season, the Bears (24-9) have earned the No. 6 seed for the 10-team, double-elimination tournament and will face No. 3 Penn State Greater Allegheny (28-9, 18-0 PSUAC) in their opening round matchup on Monday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. in Robin Roberts Stadium.

The Bears and Lions met in last year’s Small College World Series – the only meeting between the two squads – with the Lions prevailing 6-1 in the elimination matchup, winning five more games facing elimination before finishing as national runner up.

Tuesday’s second round matchups will pit the Bears against either No. 2 Lindenwood University-Belleville, No. 7 Selma University or No. 10 Robert Morris University Springfield.

Defending national champion University of Cincinnati Clermont has earned the overall No. 1 seed. The tournament will run from May 11-15 at Robin Roberts Stadium and Chamberlain Ballpark.

Winners of 13 of their last 14, the Bears will close out the regular season with a pair of doubleheaders this weekend facing Drew University on the road on Saturday and welcoming CCNY to James Madison High School on Sunday. Both twin bills will start at noon.

For more information on the 2014 USCAA Small College World Series, please visit http://baseball.theuscaa.com.

 

2014 USCAA Small College World Series Seeding

1. University of Cincinnati-Clermont

2. Lindenwood University-Belleville

3. Penn State Greater Allegheny

4. The Apprentice School

5. Briarcliffe College

6. St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn

7. Selma University

8. Victory University

9. Rochester College or PSUAC Champion

10. Robert Morris University-Springfield