Gaston College defends Region 10 baseball title starting on May 3 in Lexington, S.C.
Gaston College begins its Region 10 baseball title defense next Friday, May 3 when the four-day Region 10 tournament begins at Lexington, S.C., County Stadium.
The Rhinos, ranked No. 2 in the National Junior College Athletic Association poll, are the No. 2 seed in the tournament.
Gaston College will take a 49-6 overall record and 20-4 league mark into the event when it faces No. 7 seed USC Salkehatchie (4-43, 2-22) in at 4:30 p.m. on May 3.
Regular season champion Florence-Darlington Tech (46-9, 21-3), ranked No. 3 nationally, gets a first-round bye.
Other May 3 opening round pairings have No. 4 seed USC Lancaster (28-25, 9-15) facing No. 5 seed USC Sumter (23-27, 9-15) at 10 a.m., No. 3 seed Spartanburg Methodist (38-14, 15-9) facing No. 6 USC Union (22-23, 8-16) at 1 p.m. and Florence-Darlington Tech facing the winner of the 10 a.m. game at 7:30 p.m.
Gaston College won the 2023 Region 10 title in its first-ever postseason baseball games last season as part of its path to a historic NJCAA World Series appearance.
This season, only the Region 10 tournament winner advances to the East district tournament held May 10-11. The East district tournament champion then advances to the 10-team World Series hosted May 25-June 1 in Grand Junction, Col.
Here's the full Region 10 tournament schedule:
(Friday, May 3)
Game 1 - USC Lancaster vs. USC Sumter, 10 a.m.
Game 2 - Spartanburg Methodist vs. USC Union, 1 p.m.
Game 3 - Gaston College vs. USC Salkehatchie, 4:30 p.m.
Game 4 - Florence-Darlington-Tech vs. Game 1 winner, 7:30 p.m.
(Saturday, May 4)
Game 5 - Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6 - Game 2 loser vs. Game 3 loser, 1 p.m.
Game 7 - Game 1 loser vs. Game 5 loser, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8 - Game 4 loser vs. Game 6 winner, 7:30 p.m.
(Sunday, May 5)
Game 9 - Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 10 - Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 11 - Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 loser, 4:30 p.m.
(Monday, May 6)
Game 12 - Game 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 11 a.m.
Game 13 (if necessary) - If Game 11 winner wins Game 12, approximately 2 p.m.