LA GRANDE, Ore. - The field has been set for the 2015 Cascade Collegiate Conference Softball Tournament presented by U.S. Bank the Conference office announced today.
The tournament will be hosted by regular season champion Oregon Tech May 1-3. The Owls earned the first automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament and the league's second AQ will go to the tournament winner. OIT (22-6 CCC, 38-12) is also the # 1 seed in the tournament.
Concordia University (21-7 CCC, 40-14) is seeded #2 followed by Corban University (18-10 CCC, 35-15). The # 4 seed belongs to the University of Great Falls. UGF will be an associate member of the CCC in 2016 and represents the Frontier Conference in the CCC post-season for 2015. Rounding out the tourney field is Southern Oregon University (13-15 CCC, 32-24) as the # 5 seed.
A full tournament preview story will be posted on Friday May 1.
Tournament Schedule
Friday, May 1st
Game 1 @ 9:00 am – #4 UGF vs #5 SOU
Game 2 @ 11:30 am – #2 CU vs #3 Corban
Game 3 @ 2:00 pm – #1 OIT vs. Winner of game 1
Game 4 @ 4:30 pm – Loser of game 1 vs. Loser of game 2 (loser eliminated)
Saturday, May 2nd
Game 5 @ 11:00 am – Winner of game 2 vs Winner of game 3
Game 6 @ 1:30 pm – Winner of game 4 vs. Loser of game 3 (loser eliminated)
Game 7 @ 4:00 pm – Loser of game 5 vs Winner of game 6 (loser eliminated)
Sunday, May 3rd
Game 8 @ 11:00 am – Winner of game 5 vs Winner of game 7
Game 9 @ 30 minutes after completion of game 8 (if needed)