2013 GNAC Baseball Tournament Bracket Released

BOSTON, Mass. – Following the completion of Monday's Great Northeast Athletic Conference baseball contests, the 2013 GNAC Baseball tournament bracket is now available.

Johnson & Wales University and Saint Joseph's College (ME) both finished the year with 13-3 GNAC records with the Wildcats having the tie-breaker and the No. 1 seed in the tournament while the Monks will try to defend their title as the No. 2 seed. Both squads get first round byes, avoiding the single elimination round of the tournament.

Suffolk University (12-4) earns the No. 3 seed and will host No. 6 Norwich University who earned the final slot in the tournament via a three-way tie breaker between Anna Maria and Albertus Magnus. The game will be played in Quincy, Mass. at Adams Filed at 6:30 PM.

The No. 4 seed goes to Lasell College (8-8) as the Lasers will host No. 5 Albertus Magnus College on 4/24 at 6:00 PM at Brandeis College.

The first round winners will join JWU and SJM in a double-elimination tournament with the first games at the site of the highest seeds with all weekend play taking place at Rivier University's Holman Stadium

The winner of the 2013 GNAC Baseball tournament will earn an automatic qualifying bid into the 2013 NCAA Division III Baseball championship tournament.