Championship Field Set

APPLETON, Wis. - The 2010 NCAA Baseball Championship field is set and Shenandoah University is slated for the final game on day one of the eight-team tourney.

Shenandoah (38-8) will open the eight-team, double-elimination tournament on Friday at 7:45 p.m. CDT (8:45 p.m. Eastern Time) against Central Region Champion Illinois Wesleyan.

The Titans, a member of the CCIW and located in Bloomington, earned a Pool A berth into the 2010 NCAA Tournament field with a CCIW Tournament championship.

This will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools in any sport.

The winner of the SU/IWU game will face the winner of the Heidelberg (Ohio) vs Johns Hopkins (Md.) contest on Saturday at 7:45 p.m. CDT. Heidelberg, the OAC Tournament champs, won the Mid-East Regional while the Centennial champion Blue Jays won the Mid-Atlantic.

The losers of those SU/IWU and HC/JHU contests will face-off in an elimination game at 1:15 Saturday.

The complete game schedule is below.

Friday, May 28 (all times CDT)
#1 10 a.m. State University of New York-Cortland (36-8-1) vs. UW-Stevens Point (33-16)
#2 1:15 p.m. University of Massachusetts-Boston (32-15) vs. Linfield College (Ore.) (34-11)
#3 4:30 p.m. Heidelberg University (Ohio) (40-6) vs. Johns Hopkins University (Md.) (43-5)
#4 7:45 p.m. Shenandoah University (Va.) (38-8) vs. Illinois Wesleyan (27-20)

Saturday, May 29
#5 10 a.m. Loser of Game #1 vs. Loser of Game #2
#6 1:15 p.m. Loser of Game #3 vs. Loser of Game #4
#7 4:30 p.m. Winner of Game #1 vs. Winner of Game #2
#8 7:45 p.m. Winner of Game #3 vs. Winner of Game #4

Sunday, May 30
#9 Noon Winner of Game #6 vs. Loser of Game #7
#10 3:30 p.m. Winner of Game #5 vs. Loser of Game #8
#11 7 p.m. Winner of Game #7 vs. Winner of Game #8

Monday, May 31
#12 Noon Loser of Game #11 vs. Winner of Game #9 or Winner of Game #10
#13 3:30 p.m. Winner of Game #11 vs. Winner of Game #9 or Winner of Game #10

Tuesday, June 1 (If Two Teams Remain)
#14 11 a.m. Winner of Game #12 vs. Winner of Game #13
#15 2:30 p.m. If Necessary, Same Teams As Game #14

Tuesday, June 1 (If Three Teams Remain)
#14 11 a.m. Winner of Game #12 vs. Winner of Game #13
#15 2:30 p.m. Winner of Game #11 vs. Winner of Game #14

***Appleton (Wis.) is Central Time Zone