Regular Season Leads to Milestones, Success, and No. 2 Seed in MSC Championships
MCKENZIE, Tenn. -The Bethel Wildcats captured their 30th win of the season with a 11-6 victory over Campbellsville Saturday in Campbellsville, Kentucky.
Bethel moved to 30-12 overall and 10-8 in the Mid-South Conference.
It was the sixth time in Coach Rusty Thompson's tenure his team has won 30 or more games in a season. Coach Thompson is in his 17th season as head coach of the Wildcats. Thompson recorded his 400th career victory back in February. He has a career mark of 413-343-3 with the Wildcats. Thompson is assisted by Nick Thompson (17th season) and Lee Whitaker) 7th season).
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Mid-South Conference officials announced the MSC Baseball Tournament bracket on Saturday following the conclusion of the regular season.
Cumberlands (Ky.) is the top seed in the conference tournament after capturing the MSC regular season championship with a 17-1 conference record and a 44-6 overall record.
The tournament gets underway on Wednesday, May 1 at Bowling Green Ballpark in Bowling Green, Ky. Sixth-seeded Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (20-18, 8-16) and No. 7 seed Cumberland (Tenn.) (18-24, 5-13) get the tournament underway with a single elimination game at 4:30 p.m. CT.
Lindsey Wilson earned the six seed over Cumberland winning the season series 2-1.
The double elimination bracket begins on Thursday with top-seeded Cumberlands taking on the Lindsey Wilson/Cumberland winner at 11 a.m. CT.
Second-seeded Bethel (Tenn.) (30-12, 10-8) takes on fifth-seeded Campbellsville (Ky.) (22-19, 7-11 at 2:30 p.m. CT. Third-seeded Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (30-16-1, 10-8) takes on No. 4 seed Georgetown (Ky.) (28-21, 9-9) at 6 p.m. CT Thursday.
Bethel earned the No. 2 seed over Freed-Hardeman by having the head-to-head tiebreaker winning the season series 2-1.
Friday begins with an elimination game at 11 a.m. CT with the loser of the Cumberlands game taking on the Bethel/Campbellsville loser. The Cumberlands winner will face the Freed-Hardeman/Georgetown loser at 2:30 p.m. CT. The Bethel/Campbellsville winner takes on the Freed-Hardeman/Georgetown winner at 6 p.m. CT.
The winner's bracket final takes place on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT followed by the elimination bracket semifinal and final at 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. CT.
Sunday's championship game is scheduled for Noon CT with the if-necessary game to follow.
The MSC tournament champion receives the conference's automatic bid into the NAIA National Tournament.
The Cats took two of the three games the teams played this weekend in Campbellsville.