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