TROJANS, BEARS SET TO BATTLE FOR BASEBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP
Holt's Heroics Propel Trojans to Finals; Shaw Bears
Ground NCCU Eagles
April 20, 2007
PETERSBURG, VA- The Shaw University Bears and Virginia State
Trojans will meet on Saturday afternoon to decide the 2007 CIAA
Baseball Champion.
The game will represent a rematch of last year's final where the
Bears emerged as the 2006 Champions. If they are to repeat, they
will have to beat the Trojans at 1:00pm to force a tiebreaker since
Virginia State defeated Shaw 7-5 Friday afternoon.
The Trojans owe their 2007 Championship appearance to the bat of
Andrew Holt. With the game knotted 5-5 with one out in the bottom
of the 9th, Holt, a 2007 CIAA All-Rookie Selection, smashed a 2-run
walk off homer for the dramatic 7-5 victory. Holt finished the day
with 3 RBI on 2 hits as the Trojans up their record to 21-29
overall.
The Shaw Bears rebounded in a big way, crushing the Eagles of NC
Central University 19-10. The Bears went ahead early (6-0) in the
top of the 1st inning and the Eagles responded in their half of the
2nd inning with four runs, but that was the closest the score would
get. The Eagle defense committed nine errors and offensively the
Bear's bats connected on 15 hits. NCCU finishes the year at 21-24
overall while the Bears improve to 24-20 on the year.
An automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Playoffs will be at stake
when the Bears and Trojans meet Saturday to decide the 2007 CIAA
Baseball Champion. Game time slated for 1:00pm at Whaley Colbert
Field on the Virginia State University campus.
2007 CIAA Baseball Tournament Day Two
Virginia State 7 Shaw University 5
Shaw University 19 NC Central 10
2007 CIAA Baseball Championship, Saturday, April 21
Shaw University vs. Virginia State University
1:00pm-Whaley Colbert Field- Petersburg, VA
Tiebreaker (if necessary) 30 minutes after game one
