Tournament Information


2004 Gulf Coast Invitational Champions
Houston Baptist University

Dates & Location:
The 2004 Gulf Coast Invitational in Orange Beach, Alabama will be hosted by Spring Hill College and the
University of Mobile. The tournament will be held March 5-7 at the Orange Beach Sportsplex.

Media Relations:
Results will be updated both below in pool play and on the PDF'd bracket. For daily recaps click here.  For game releases, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the game you wish to read about.

Format:
There will be four pools of four teams each, with the top two team from each pool advancing to the Gold Championship.
The third and fourth seed from each pool will advance to the Silver Championship.
The gold brackets will be single
elimination/consolation.  The silver bracket will be a 7-team single elimination tournament.

Seedings will be selected according to:

  1. Record

  2. Head-to-head competition

  3. Run differential among teams involved in tie (max. of eight runs in one game)

  4. Run differential among teams in pool (max. of eight runs in one game)

  5. Fewest runs allowed in pool

  6. Most runs scored in pool

  7. Coin toss

Pools:

Pool I
Faulkner University
University of Mobile
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
William Woods University
Pool II
Lee University
St. Gregory's University
Thomas University
William Penn College
Pool III
Culver-Stockton College
Oklahoma City University
Southern Wesleyan University
Spring Hill College
Pool IV
Houston Baptist University
Lindsey Wilson College
North Georgia College and State University
Martin Luther College

Pool Schedule:

Friday - 1 p.m.
Faulkner def. William Woods, 7-6
William Penn def. Lee, 9-0
Southern Wes. def. Culver-Stockton, 7-5
Lindsey Wilson def. Martin Luther, 6-0
Friday - 3 p.m.
Science & Arts def. Faulkner, 3-2
St. Gregory's def. William Penn, 5-1
Oklahoma City def. Culver-Stockton, 6-1
North Georgia def. Martin Luther, 11-0
Friday - 5 p.m.
Mobile def. William Woods, 4-2
Thomas def. Lee, 3-2
Spring Hill def. Southern Wesleyan, 7-2
Houston Baptist def. Lindsey Wilson, 8-0
Friday - 7 p.m.
Mobile def. Science & Arts, 4-1
Thomas def. St. Gregory's, 8-4
Spring Hill def. Oklahoma City, 4-2
Houston Baptist def. North Georgia, 3-2
Saturday - 11 a.m.
Faulkner def. Mobile, 6-4
Thomas def. William Penn, 5-0
Oklahoma City def. Southern Wes., 7-4
Houston Baptist def. Martin Luther, 8-0
Saturday - 1 p.m.
William Woods def. Science & Arts, 2-0
Lee def. St. Gregory's, 3-1
Spring Hill def. Culver-Stockton, 3-0
North Georgia def.  Lindsey Wilson, 4-1
Saturday - 5 p.m. (Silver Bracket)
#1 William Woods vs. BYE
#5 St. Gregory's def. #4 Lee, 8-0
#2 USAO def. #7 Culver-Stockton 7-4
#3 Lindsey Wilson def. #6 S. Wes., 6-1
Saturday - 7 p.m. (Gold Bracket)
#1 Houston Baptist def. #8 William Penn, 5-0
#5 Oklahoma City def. #4 North Georgia, 4-2
#6 Faulkner def. #3 Thomas, 3-0
#7 Mobile def. #2 Spring Hill, 12-0
Sunday - 9 a.m. (Silver Bracket)
#5 St. Gregory's def. #1 William Woods, 4-0
#2 USAO def. #3 Lindsey Wilson, 7-0


 

 

Sunday - 11 a.m. (Gold Winner's Bracket)
#1 Houston Baptist def. #5 Oklahoma City, 1-0
 #7 Mobile def. #6 Faulkner, 11-4
Sunday - 11 a.m. (Gold Consolation Bracket)
#4 North Georgia def. #8 William Penn, 8-2
#3 Thomas def. # 2 Sprig Hill, 9-3

 

Sunday - 1 p.m. (Silver Bracket Champ. Game)
#2 USAO def. #5 St. Gregory's, 5-1
Sunday - 1 p.m. (Gold Bracket Champ. Game)
#1 Houston Baptist def. #7 Mobile, 4-2
 
Sunday - 1 p.m. (Gold Bracket Consolation Game)
#3 Thomas vs. #4 North Georgia, 6-4
Sunday - 1 p.m. (Gold Bracket Third Place Game)
#5 Oklahoma City vs. #6 Faulkner, 4-3

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