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ROCK HILL, SC- The Winthrop baseball team earned the No. 3 seed in the 2015 Big South Conference Tournament sponsored by Hardee's and Enterprise Rent- A-Car and will face No. 6 Campbell on Tuesday. The game will begin 45 minutes after the conclusion of Game 1 between No. 2 Coastal Carolina and No. 7 Charleston Southern that begins at 9:30 a.m.

The last time the two teams met was in the 2014 Big South Conference Tournament Final, when the Camels defeated the Eagles 9-1. Campbell leads the all-time series 19-23.

The Eagles (38-17, 16-8 Big South) secured the No. 3 seed for the third time with their fourth straight sweep of a conference series, going undefeated in its final twelve conference matches against Longwood, Charleston Southern, Presbyterian and Asheville. The Eagles ended the regular season a 13-game conference winning streak which is the longest in program history. The Winthrop offense finished the year hitting .301 which is first in the conference and 25^th in the nation and the highest regular season batting average since 2010.

The Eagles have qualified for the tournament 25 times, with four championships, five runner-up titles and a record of 48-42.

The Camels (31-23, 12-12 Big South) earned the No. 6 seed after winning their final conference series against No. 25 Coastal Carolina. Campbell leads the conference in team pitching, combining for an ERA of 3.39 and holding opponents to a .265 batting average. After clinching the Big South Tournament Title in 2014, the Camels went 2-1 in the NCAA Regional with two losses to No. 1 South Carolina.
The winner will play the winner of the first game between Coastal Carolina and Charleston Southern on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. while the losing team will play the loser of the first game on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

Radford clinched the No. 1 seed and the Big South regular season championship while Coastal Carolina is just above Winthrop in the No. 2 spot. No. 4 Liberty and No. 5 High Point face each other for the fourth time in a week after concluding the regular season with a series against each other. No. 7 Charleston Southern and No. 8 Longwood round out the seeding.

The Tournament schedule is listed below:

Tuesday, May 19 (Big South Network)
Game 1: #2 Coastal Carolina vs. #7 Charleston Southern, 9:30am
Game 2: #3 Winthrop vs. #6 Campbell, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 1 
Game 3: #1 Radford vs. #8 Longwood, 4:30pm
Game 4: #4 Liberty vs. #5 High Point, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 3
Wednesday, May 20 (Big South Network)
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 9:30am
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 5
Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 4:30pm
Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 7
Thursday, May 21 (Big South Network)
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 3:00pm 
Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 9 |
Friday, May 22 (ESPN3)
Game 11: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, 10:00am
Game 12: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 10, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 11
Game 13: if necessary, 5:00pm, 7 innings
Game 14: if necessary, 45 minutes after conclusion of Game 13, 7 innings
Saturday, May 23 - Championship Game (ESPN3)
Winner Game 11 or 13 vs. Winner Game 12 or 14, 4:00pm