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FOREST, Va. --- The 2021 ODAC Baseball Tournament features a familiar feel to start the event, but the progression of the eight-team tourney takes on a new look this season. The field's top seed required tiebreakers to determine, with Randolph-Macon College earning the #1 position over the University of Lynchburg.
ODAC baseball moved to a best-of-three series format to start the tournament a couple of years go. That remains in effect this season with each of the top-four seeds hosting series on Saturday and Sunday, May 8-9. That format will continue throughout two more rounds of competition. Two more series will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16, at the higher of the two seeds for both matchups. The champion will be determined on Friday and Saturday, May 21-22, with the final series at the highest remaining seed. The previously mentioned dates should be considered flexible as the event works thru possible weather situations and graduation/commencement ceremonies.
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Randolph-Macon and Lynchburg split their regular season series, which forced the use of the second step in the league's tiebreaking protocols to separate the two teams. The ODAC's "Five-Point Tiebreaker" -- which compares results for the tied teams against all other members of the league in rank order and assigns point vaules for wins -- was applied to R-MC and LYN's conference profiles. The Yellow Jackets edged the Hornets for top-billing, but both teams will host quarterfinal series on the weekend.
Roanoke College and Shenandoah University will also host potential three-game sets next weekend as the third and fourth seeds, respectively. Shenandoah will square off with fifth-seeded Hampden-Sydney College in Winchester, while sixth-seeded Bridgewater College heads down I-81 to Salem to meet the Maroons.
Seventh-seeded Washington and Lee University travels over the mountain to the Hill City to play at Lynchburg. Eastern Mennonite University caps the field as the eighth seed and will head to Ashland for a showdown at Randolph-Macon.
For those looking to attend any of the tournament games, be sure to review the host schools' spectator policies. You can find each of those by clicking HERE. There will be no charge for admission to ODAC postseason events this spring.
Listed below is the entire schedule for the 2021 ODAC Baseball Tournament, which is subject to change due to event conflicts and inclement weather. For more information, visit any of the participating schools' websites and stop by the ODAC tournament website. Don't forget to become a fan of the ODAC on Facebook and follow @odacathletics on Twitter and Instagram.
2021 ODAC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
Saturday-Sunday, May 8-9 | Best-of-3 Series
Series 1: #8 Eastern Mennonite at #1 Randolph-Macon
Series 2: #5 Hampden-Sydney at #4 Shenandoah
Series 3: #7 Washington and Lee at #2 Lynchburg
Series 4: #6 Bridgewater at #3 Roanoke
Saturday-Sunday, May 15-16 | Best-of-3 Series
Series 5: Winner Series 1 vs. Winner Series 2 -- at higher seed
Series 6: Winner Series 3 vs. Winner Series 4 -- at higher seed
Friday-Saturday, May 21-22 | Best-of-3 Series
Series 7: Winner Series 5 vs. Winner Series 6 -- at higher seed