Tournament News

Friday, July 30, 2010

The lower seeds prevailed in the first two games of the CVCL tournament as Catawba Valley (#5) overcame a two run deficit by scoring four runs in their half of the ninth inning to snatch the 7-5 victory in Game 1 from Fuquay Varina (#4).

In Game 2, West Virginia (#6) upset the third seeded Carolina Hurricanes by the score of 7-5

The number two seed, Central Virginia, broke the underdogs' streak by besting seventh seed Roanoke 10-4 to complete Friday's schedule.

All seven league teams, including top seeded Kernersville, will be in action on Saturday with games starting at 10am.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Kernersville began its defense of the CVCL Tournament title on Saturday with a 7-2 win over Catawba Valley. Kernersville jumped to an early 6-1 lead and cruised into Sunday's Winner Bracket game between the winner of West Virginia and Central Virginia who play later today.

In the first game of the Loser Bracket on Saturday, Carolina needed eight innings to drop a determined Roanoke squad by the score of 2-1, eliminating the Rails from the tournament.

The next game featured two Winner Bracket teams. Proving that their upset victory over third seeded Carolina on Friday night was no fluke, the Wild pulled off an even bigger upset by downing the number two seed, Central Virginia, by a score of 7-6. West Virginia will try to continue their magic on Sunday with a 1pm game with first seeded Kernersville for a birth in the Championship game.

Number five seed Catawba Valley rebounded from a defeat by Kernersville earlier in the day with a convincing win over Carolina by a margin of 7-2. With the loss, Carolina is eliminated.

The Saturday nightcap between once beatens Fuquay Varina and Central Virginia presented yet another surprise as number two seed Central Virginia was eliminated by Fuquay Varina 3-0.

Fuquay Varina will now face Catawba Valley at 4pm Sunday with the winner advancing to a second game immediately following and the loser going home.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Kernersville punched their ticket into the championship game with a 4-0 win over red-hot and previously unbeaten West Virginia. The Wild, which knocked off the number two and three seeds, couldn't find the answer to Kernersville's defense and solid pitching from Nick Oelker and Luke Wilhelm.

West Virginia moved into the Loser Bracket and faced Catawba Valley who was a 5-1 over Fuquay Varina in an elimination game played earlier in the day.

With the chance to meet Kernersville in the finals, Catawba Valley and West Virginia closed out the day's schedule. The loser would face elimination and the winner would have to beat Kernersville twice on Monday to claim the title.

Unable to produce enough runs as they had also done earlier in the day, West Virginia fell to Catawba Valley by a score of 6-2.

Catawba Valley and Kernersville will meet at 5pm on Monday for the League Tournament Championship. A win by Catawba Valley would force the second game which would be played immediately following the completion of the first contest.