Campbellsville University to open NAIA Baseball Tournament in Chicago area

Posted by John Humphress on May 17, 2010

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Campbellsville University learned early Friday evening that it will play its first round games of the 2010 NAIA Baseball National Tournament in Joliet, Ill., located 40 miles southwest of Chicago.

The Tigers will be the No. 2 seed in the five-team tournament and will face host team, No. 3 University of Saint Francis in the first round. Cumberland University (Tenn.), ranked No. 2 nationally, will be the No. 1 seed and host the winner of the tournament’s opening game between No. 4 Robert Morris (Ill.) and No. 5. Mayville State (S.D.).