Gainesville, FL

The Santa Fe College Saints Baseball team will participate in the FCSAA DI Baseball Championships beginning on Friday, May 3rd. This year the format will be different with four host sites holding the regional matchups. Each regional matchup winner will then proceed to Tampa for the final four of the FCSAA Baseball Championships which will be held at Yankee Stadium.

Saints Baseball earned a sixth seed and will square off against the third seed, the Florida SouthWestern State College Buccaneers. The Saints will travel to Fort Myers, Florida for the best-of-three game series. Opening pitch on Friday is set for 3PM EDT, with Game 2 of the series starting on Saturday at 2PM EDT and Game 3, if the teams should split, will be played Sunday at 1PM EDT.

The Saints went 1-2 against the Buccaneers in the regular season series matchup. The Saints played FSW at Santa Fe on April 4th and came up on the short end of the stick with a 16-10 loss as the Saints used seven different pitchers and scattered 13 hits in the loss. Game 2 at FSW was a different story as the Saints were victorious in a 5-4 win. Justin Jackson took the win for the Saints in Game 2. In the rubber match, Game 3, FSW sealed the run-rule win in five innings behind the strong pitching of Abel Albarran, and the Saints were held to one hit.  

The Saints will look to avenge the season series against the Bucs as both teams start postseason play at the FCSAA State Tournament on Friday, May 3rd.

More information, including the full bracket, can be found on the FCSAA website.

Fans can also watch online by going to the season schedule and clicking on the video option next to the date of the matchup.