Old Dominion to Face Florida Atlantic in Opening Round of C-USA Championship

IRVING, Texas – The Old Dominion University baseball team earned the No. 4 seed in the 2021 Conference USA Baseball Championship and will take on No. 5 seed Florida Atlantic on Wednesday, May 26 at 10 a.m. at the brand new J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park in Ruston, Louisiana, May 26-30. 
 
Earlier this season in Boca Raton, ODU took 3-of-4 games from FAU. The Monarchs won on Friday, 7-2, as Kyle Battle hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to snap a 2-2 tie. ODU swept the Saturday doubleheader by scores of 10-3 and 8-2. FAU won the Sunday finale, 4-0.
 
ODU ends the regular season with a pair of games at Louisiana Tech on Thursday, May 20 and Friday, May 21. 
 
Charlotte is the No. 1 seed and takes on No. 8 seed Middle Tennessee, while Louisiana Tech won the C-USA West Division and earned the No. 2 seed. They take on No. 7 seed UTSA. The final first round matchup features No. 3 seed Southern Miss against No. 6 seed WKU.
 
ODU (No. 23), LA Tech (No. 14), Southern Miss (No. 19) and Charlotte (No. 20) are all ranked in the top-25 by D1Baseball.com.  
 
Game Schedule
Wednesday, May 26 (available on ESPN+)
Game 1               (4) Old Dominion vs. (5) Florida Atlantic 9:00a
Game 2               (1) Charlotte vs. (8) Middle Tennessee   12:30p
Game 3               (2) Louisiana Tech vs. (7) UTSA                 4:00p
Game 4               (3) Southern Miss vs. (6) WKU                  7:30p
 
Thursday, May 27 (available on ESPN+)
Game 5               Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2               9:00a
Game 6               Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2        12:30p
Game 7               Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4               4:00p
Game 8               Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4        7:30p
 
Friday, May 28 (available on ESPN+)
Game 9               Winner Game 5 vs. Loser game 6            3:00p
Game 10             Winner Game 7 vs. Loser game 8            6:30p
 
Saturday, May 29 (available on ESPN+)
Game 11             Winner Game 6 vs. Winner game 9         9:00a
Game 12             Winner Game 8 vs. Winner game 10      12:30p
Game 13             Same teams as Game 11                            4:00p (if necessary)
Game 14             Same teams as Game 12                            7:30p (if necessary)
 
Sunday, May 30 (televised by CBS Sports Network)
Championship Game                                                               1:00p
 
All Times Central