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May 15, 2007

PRESTOSPORTS POWERS LIVE STATISTICS FOR 2007 NCAA DIVISION III NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, ECAC HOSTS EVENT AT WHITEHOUSE FIELD IN HARWICH, MASS. 

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Fans of the seven teams at the NCAA Division III New England Regional Baseball Championships will have an opportunity to follow all the action from Harwich, Massachusetts this week. Administrators from the tournament host, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), will publish live in-game statistics as they happen online via an exclusive interactive Flash viewer powered by PrestoSports. Catch all the action through the PrestoSports network at http://livestats.prestosports.com/ecac.  

Wheaton College (31-11), the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference champion, enters the tournament as the top seed. Little East Conference champion Eastern Connecticut State (34-10) garnered the second seed, while New England Small College Athletic Conference champion Williams College (25-8) is seeded third, Commonwealth Coast Conference champion Curry College (27-7) is fourth, at-large pick Keene State (29-13) is the fifth seed, Great Northeast Athletic Conference champion Western New England (27-10) sixth and North Atlantic Conference winner St. Joseph's (Maine) (30-10) grabbed the seventh seed.

Action kicks off on Wednesday, May 16. Curry meets Keene State at 9:30 a.m.  At 1 p.m. Williams squares off with Western New England.  In the 4:30 p.m. match up, Eastern Connecticut State faces off against St. Joseph's. The nightcap features top-seeded Wheaton taking on the loser of the Curry-Keene contest.  For the complete schedule and scenarios, please refer below.  

The double-elimination tournament continues through Saturday with the champion advancing to the NCAA Division III Championship. 

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2007 NCAA New England Regional Baseball Championship

Bracket
No. 1 Wheaton College (31-11)
No. 2 Eastern Connecticut State (34-10)
No. 3 Williams (25-8)
No. 4 Curry (27-7)
No. 5 Keene State (29-13)
No. 6 Western New England (27-10)
No. 7 St. Joseph's (Maine) (30-10) 

Wednesday, May 16 at Whitehouse Field
Game 1: No. 4 Curry vs. No. 5 Keene State, 9:30 a.m.
Game 2: No. 3 Williams vs. No. 6 Western New England, 1:00 p.m.
Game 3: No. 2 Eastern Connecticut State vs. No. 7 St. Joseph's (Maine), 4:30 p.m.
Game 4: No. 1 Wheaton vs. loser of Game 1, 8:00 p.m.


Scenario I
Thursday, May 17 (if seven teams remain after game 4):
Game 5: Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 3 - 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3 - 1:00 p.m.
Game 7: Loser of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 1 - 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 5 - 8:00 p.m.
 
Friday, May 18 (if five teams remain after game 8):
Game 9: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 7 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 10: Winner of Game 8 vs. Loser of Game 7 - 3:30 p.m.
Game 11: Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 9 - 7:00 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 19 (if two teams remain after game 11):
Game 12: Winner of Game 10 vs. Winner of Game 11 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 13: Rematch of Game 12 (if necessary) - 3:30 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 19 (if three teams remain after game 11):
Game 12: Winner of Game 10 vs. Loser of Game 11 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 13: Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 11 - 3:30 p.m.
 


Scenario II
Friday, May 18 (if four teams remain after game 8):
Game 9: Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 7 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 10: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 4 - 3:30 p.m.
Game 11: Loser of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10 - 7:00 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 19:
Game 12: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 11 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 13: Rematch of Game 12 (if necessary) - 3:30 p.m.
 


Scenario III
Thursday, May 17 (if six teams remain after game 4):
Game 5: Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 3 - 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3 - 1:00 p.m.
Game 7: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 1 - 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 5 - 8:00 p.m.
 
Friday, May 18:
Game 9: Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 7 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 10: Winner of Game 8 vs. Loser of Game 7 - 3:30 p.m.
Game 11: Winner of Game 10 vs. Loser of Game 9 - 7:00 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 19:
Game 12: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 11 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 13: Rematch of Game 12 (if necessary) - 3:30 p.m.
 
The winner will advance to the national tournament at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, on May 25-29.