Seventh-Seeded USC Aiken Softball Team Set to Play Second-Seeded Jaguars in PBC Tournament

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FLORENCE, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken softball team will enter the 2010 Peach Belt Conference Softball Tournament this weekend as the seventh seed.

The Pacers are slated to square off for the fifth time this season against the nationally-ranked and second-seeded Augusta State Jaguars in the first round at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 16 at Freedom Florence Recreation Complex in Florence, S.C.

The PBC Softball Tournament will be a double elimination style tournament and will begin with eight games on Friday, Apr. 16. The five semifinal games are scheduled for the next day, Saturday, Apr. 17 with the championship game slated for Sunday, Apr. 18.

The winner of the USC Aiken and Augusta State contest will go on to play the winner of the tournament host and No. 3 Francis Marion–No. 6 UNC Pembroke game later Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. The season will not be over for the losing team, however, as the loser of the USC Aiken-Augusta State game will go on to play the loser of the Francis Marion– UNC Pembroke game Friday evening at 6:30 p.m.

National No. 1 and top-seeded North Georgia will take on the eighth-seeded Lander Bearcats in the first set of games on Friday, while fourth-seeded Armstrong Atlantic State will face-off against the five seed of Flagler.

Last season, the Pacers advanced farther than any other softball squad in USC Aiken history. The 2009 Pacers became the first of Head Coach Jerry Snyder’s squads to reach the NCAA Division II Tournament.

The Pacers and Jaguars have tangled on the diamond four times already this season with Augusta State having claimed the narrow victory in all four games, but the Pacers pushed the nationally-ranked Jaguars into extra innings in two of the four games. 

Friday, April 16, 2010

Game 1: #1 North Georgia vs. #8 Lander                                                       11:00 a.m.
Game 2: #4 Armstrong Atlantic vs. #5 Flagler                                                 11:00 a.m.
Game 3: #2 Augusta State vs. #7 USC Aiken                                                  1:30 p.m.
Game 4: #3 Francis Marion vs. #6 UNC Pembroke                                              1:30 p.m.
Game 5: #1/8 Loser vs. #4/5 Loser                                                                4:00 p.m.
Game 6: #1/8 Winner vs. #4/5 Winner                                                            4:00 p.m.
Game 7: #2/7 Loser vs. #3/6 Loser                                                                6:30 p.m.
Game 8: #2/7 Winner vs. #3/6 Winner                                                            6:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Game 9:   Game 5 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser                                               11:00 a.m.
Game 10: Game 6 Winner vs. Game 7 Loser                                               11:00 a.m.
Game 11: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner                                             1:30 p.m.
Game 12: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner                                           1:30 p.m.
Game 13: Game 12 Winner vs. Game 11 Loser                                           4:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Championship Game: Game 11 Winner vs. Game 13 Winner                           12:00 p.m.
Game 15: (If Necessary)                                                                       2:30 p.m.