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Durham Lords Media Release
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Wild day at CIBA Nationals comes to an end – Durham advances to the semi-finals

OSHAWA, Ont. – Day two at the CIBA National baseball championship has come to an end, setting up a great final day of baseball action on Sunday beginning at 9 a.m.

At the end of round robin play, Durham, Cape Breton and Ottawa all advanced to the semi-final round with records of 2-1. St. Clair, Concordia and Western all finished at 1-2, and will have to play tie-breakers Sunday morning, with one team advancing to the semi-finals.

After a seventh inning comeback victory over the Concordia Stingers to end the day, Durham College booked their spot in the semi-finals where they will play Cape Breton University at 12 p.m. at Kirky Field in Pickering.
 
The other semi-final will take place at Kinsmen Memorial Stadium at 3 p.m., following two tie-breaker games. Western and St. Clair will play in the first tie-breaker game at 9 a.m., with the winner advancing to play Concordia in the second tie-breaker at 12 p.m. (tie breaking formula was used to determine the seeding for the matches). The winner of the second tie breaker game will meet Ottawa in the semi-finals schedule for 3 p.m.

The national title has been moved to 6 p.m. at Kinsmen Memorial Stadium
 
For the latest details on the championship and for all information, please visit the championship host site at www.durhamlords.com/ciba or sign up for Durham College e-news at http://www.durhamlords.com/fanzone/fanzone.html.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS/SCHEDULE (All times LOCAL: Eastern Standard Time)

Game 1: Western defeated St. Clair 9-0
Game 2: Ottawa defeated Concordia 8-1
Game 3: Durham defeated Cape Breton 19-11
Game 4: Ottawa defeated St. Clair 6-5
Game 5: Concordia defeated Western 6-0
Game 6: St. Clair defeated Durham 15-6
Game 7: Cape Breton defeated Western 7-6
Game 8: Durham defeated Concordia 2-1
Game 9: Cape Breton defeated Ottawa 3-0

Sunday, October 25

Tie Breaker #1
Western vs. St. Clair (9 a.m.) – Kinsmen

Tie Breaker # 2
Concordia vs. Winner of Tiebreaker #1 (12 p.m.) – Kinsmen

Semi-Final #1
Durham vs. Cape Breton (12 p.m.) – Kirky

Semi-Final #2
Ottawa vs. Winner of Tiebreaker #2 (3 p.m.) - Kinsmen

Championship Final
Winners of Semi-Finals (6 p.m.) - Kinsmen


FINAL ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS
Ottawa 2-1
Cape Breton 2-1
Durham 2-1
Concordia 1-2
Western 1-2
St. Clair 1-2
*The top four teams will advance to the semi-finals on Sunday

Game 3: Durham defeated Cape Breton 19-11
DUR: 0-7-1-0-6-5-0 (19-17-6)
CBU: 1-2-1-0-3-4-0 (11-8-1)

Players of the Game
Ethan Boston (DUR)
RJ Barrett (CBU)


Game 4: Ottawa defeated St. Clair 6-5
Ottawa: 1-0-2-1-1-1-0 (6-9-1)
St. Clair: 0-2-0-2-0-0-1 (5-4-2)

Players of the Game
Matti Emery (OTT)
Curtis Waggot (SCC)


Game 5: Concordia defeated Western 6-0
Western: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 (0-3-2)
Concordia: 0-0-2-0-3-1-X (6-9-1)

Players of the Game
Rob Wakefield (WES)
Julien Tucker (CON)


Game 6: St. Clair defeated Durham 15-6
St. Clair: 1-3-0-11-0-0-0 (15-10-0)
Durham: 0-3-0-3-0-0-0 (6-13-1)

Players of the Game
Jon Thiebaud (DUR)
Dale Kryway (SCC)


Game 7: Cape Breton defeated Western 7-6
Western: 1-0-0-0-1-3-1 (6-5-2)
CBU: 1-0-0-3-1-0-2 (7-10-3)

Players of the Game
Josh Spooney (CBU)
Paul Lytwynec (WES)


Game 8: Durham defeated Concordia 2-1
DUR: 0-0-0-0-0-0-2 (2-6-3)
CON: 0-0-0-0-1-0-0 (1-3-0)

Players of the Game
James Rowe (DUR)
Alex Gagnon (CON)


Game 9: Cape Breton defeated Ottawa 3-0
OTT: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 (0-4-1)
CBU: 0-0-0-0-3-0-X (3-2-1)

Players of the Game
Justin Brewer (CBU)
Dante Cacciato (OTT)

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Scott Dennis
Sports Information and Marketing Coordinator
Durham College and UOIT Athletics
905.721.2000 Ext. 2784 (P)
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